Poland to Have New Coal Mine
For the first time in thirty years investments are being made into a new coal mine in Poland. The Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW) has commenced work to open a new coal shaft.
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Month: October 2007
Coal Companies Need More Miners in Silesia
The national government’s Silesia-based coal-mining operation ? the biggest in Europe ? is struggling to hire an additional 1,700 workers this year because higher wages overseas have lured away so many Poles.
Read moreDirector from Chorzow conquers European stage
When Ingmar Villqist presented his film version of “Helucik” in the Katakomben theater in Essen (made in cooperation with Adam Sikora, a Polish cinematographer), other European theater operators became interested in his plays. Ingmar Villqist is the artistic pseudonym of Jaroslaw Swierszcz, the Chorzow-born playwright, art historian and professor of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw.
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Churches Hold Masses in Range of Foreign Tongues
Many tourists visit the architectural and cultural wonders that are Krakow’s churches.
Read moreRegenorchester hypnotize at Club Re
It’s difficult to know what to expect when world-class musicians from different backgrounds get together as part of a project.
Read moreSilent Cinema for the 21st Century
When I tell you that the Spanish film “Antenna” is a black-and-white faux-expressionist silent film produced in the year 2007 AD, you will nod your head sagely and say that you know what you are in for, thank-you very much: a sassy post-modern screwball comedy that romps sacrilegiously through all the cinema conventions of the 1920s, pausing neither to reflect upon, nor to add to the filmic vocabulary developed in said time-period.
Read more“Red Bull Box Gallery” at Contemporary Art Center in Warsaw
“Red Bull Box Gallery” is a collection of unique projects of boxes designed and made by well-known artists representing various styles and genres of contemporary art. In one year at the gallery more than 100 patterns of boxes were created, every of which has only few copies.
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Calling all Poles to the polls! Early election on Sunday
A national election that some political observers are calling the most important since Poland voted for the Solidarity trade union in 1989 will be held Sunday.
Read moreTaxation Amendments for Polish Migrant Workers still in Blueprint
Despite the recently launched “Return Home” campaign by the Labor Ministry, small efforts are being made to amend Poland’s double taxation laws.
Read morePlaza Centers N.V to enter Warsaw Stock Exchange
Plaza Centers N.V is the seventh largest foreign company to make its initial public offering on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2007.
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