A new temporary ruling will require all football fans arriving in Krakow for the European championships in June to take a basic language test. Polish vocabulary skills – or lack of them – will be used as a means to distinguish between hard core football hooligans visiting the city solely to cause…
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In this month’s Kino Mania we take a look at a dark and disturbing time in Poland’s recent history through Wojciech Smarzowski’s film Róża, review Roman Polanski’s latest feature, Carnage, and remember a Polish classic from the 1960s, Rękopis Znaleziony w Saragossie (The Saragossa Manuscript).
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Google has launched its Street View service in Krakow and other major cities across Poland. The popular service, first launched in May 2005, was extended to include Warsaw, Krakow, Łódź, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk, Szczecin, Lublin, Białystok, Gdynia, Gniezno and other…
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“We feel safe here. We want to show the world that Poland is place of Jewish life and not of Jewish death,” says Jonathan Ornstein, director of Krakow’s Jewish Community Centre (JCC). Voicing a feeling of safety seems like a mild claim, but it’s not something that all Jewish…
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Krakow’s main festivals have received an 11th-hour reprieve, despite fears that budget cuts could drive them elsewhere – but only at the cost of jobs, cuts to services, and last minute negotiations. Staff numbers at the Krakow Festival Office (Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe – KBF)…
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The 19th century Polish painter Jan Matejko is renowned for his monumental canvases glorifying Polish national identity, but did he also include a multitude of hidden symbols and images in his work? This is the claim being made by amateur historian and Matejko hobbyist, Barbara Walczak…
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Jerzy Stuhr is a Polish national treasure. His 40-year acting career has included roles in many of the nation’s best-loved movies, from the bawdy 1984 satire Seksmisja to Krzysztof Kieślowski Dekalog series to the voice of Donkey in the Polish versions of the Shrek movies. He is also a noted director, stage actor…
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I’m pretty sure I would have demanded to see Christ’s wounds. Just because some dude pops up claiming to be the guy you saw unequivocally nailed to a cross and then entombed is no reason to abandon basic empirical enquiry. It was in this spirit that I approached ul. Świętego Tomasza…
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Students seeking to use their holidays learning new skills and gaining work experience can take part in a careers fair in Krakow this month. NCS – Non-Corporate Summer – will offer workshops and advice on everything from finding and approaching potential employers around the world…
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I was first introduced to the wonders of shakshouka in Israel, where it seemed this deliciously simple breakfast dish was everywhere. Indeed it seems to be incredibly popular, in a vast number of variations, not only in Israel but also in northern Africa where it is said to originate.
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