Thursday, September 27, 2007
Too many newborn babies, not enough doctors and nurses. That's how employees of hospitals in Krakow describe the situation in their maternity wards where births have risen substantially compared with 2006.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Bonsai, the Japanese art of growing miniature trees in shallow containers, has found many enthusiasts in Poland in recent years. Krakow's Manggha Center of Japanese Art and Technology, which has hosted meetings of the Polish Bonsai Club since the club's foundation in 1998, will open its doors for the 13th Bonsai Exhibition between September 25-30.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
More and more foreigners are learning Polish in Krakow.Most are from Europe but "we have had students from Asia, Africa and South America, too," said Anna Kulasik, a teacher at the Inter Lang & Text school.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
The number of tourists coming to Krakow has increased recently. But while alcohol sales are high and getting higher, the restaurant industry has suffered a big decline in business, perhaps 20 percent, the newspaper Dziennik Polski reports.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
On September 8, most of the picture-taking in Krakow's Rynek Glowny was being done not by tourists but by residents of the city. The occasion was the celebration of 80 years of bus transportation in Krakow.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Thousands of Poles across the country are moving from big towns to small ones because it's "Better to live in the village in a house than in the city in a tiny apartment."
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Krakow Jesuits, a Catholic charitable organization, and volunteer teachers from Poland and the U.S. team up to offer an English-language summer camp to poor youths each year.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
A new genre of photographic exhibition has become popular in recent years ? one that features the works of amateurs.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
The Krakow Philharmonic opened its 63rd concert season last weekend. Following tradition, the music was devoted to Polish contemporary composers ? Karol Szymanowski, Antoni Szalowski and Artur Malawski.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Wojtek Wieteska is one of the most popular Polish photographers. Born in 1964, he studied cinematography at the National School of Film, Television and Theater in Lodz and art history in Warsaw University and Sorbonne University in Paris.