Friday, December 21, 2007
Krakow to build Guggenheim Museum? Guggenheim is a name known worldwide for its art museums. Now a resident of Krakow would like to build a Guggenheim in his city. In 1937, American philanthropist Solomon R. Guggenheim founded the Museum of Non-Objective Art (a type of abstract art) in New York City.
Friday, December 21, 2007
After years of promoting Krakow as a city of wild parties, authorities have decided to switch the focus to cultural events and high-tech advancement.
Friday, December 14, 2007
Jerzy Lackowski, a former Malopolska Province school superintendent who now heads the Teachers College at Krakow's Jagiellonian University, has become a consultant to an old friend, Minister of Education Katarzyna Hall.
Friday, December 14, 2007
The upcoming European Football Championships Euro 2012, which will be hosted by Poland, will lead to an investment boom in Warsaw. The city will be announcing its major tenders early next year, with one already set for this December.
Friday, December 14, 2007
Krakow may become a friendlier city for the disabled. The City Council hopes to adapt the city to the needs of disabled people through technical improvements.
Friday, December 14, 2007
The biggest Polish cities are competing for the title of the best New Year's party organizer. Television stations are participating in the parties in Krakow and Wroclaw. Thanks to TV support, the budgets for these parties are as high as 3 mln and 5 mln zloty.
Friday, December 14, 2007
A plaque to commemorate the great Polish pianist and composer Wladyslaw Szpilman was unveiled in Sosnowiec Dec. 5.
The plaque, made by Stanislaw Wozniak and Arkadiusz Koniusz, was placed in the tenement house in which the Szpilman family lived before World War II.
Friday, December 14, 2007
AGH University of Science and Technology plans a renovation of its dormitories that will transform the current 10-person units with one shared bathroom into two-person units with private bathrooms.
Friday, December 14, 2007
The low-cost French-Dutch airline Transavia has begun flying between Krakow and Paris.
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Prime Minister Donald Tusk has backed away from a campaign pledge to sign the EU's Charter of Basic Rights because he needs President Lech Kaczynski's support for a more important goal ? Poland's passage of the EU Reform Treaty.