Poland

Warsaw University friendly for disabled

Friday, December 21, 2007

Nearly 1000 students with a disability now study at Warsaw University (300 kilometers north of Krakow), making it the most disability friendly university in Poland.

Problems with school religious exam

Friday, December 14, 2007

The Ministry of Education has done an about-face and begun considering whether to add a section on religion to the comprehensive examination that high school seniors must pass before they can graduate.

Poles seek equal retirement age for men, women

Friday, December 14, 2007

Ombudsman Jan Kochanowski has sued the Constitutional Tribunal over regulations governing the retirement age of women and men. Currently, retirement age in Poland for men is 65 and for woman 60.

Tusk focuses on improving foreign policy

Friday, December 14, 2007

Poland's new Prime Minister Donald Tusk is focusing on improving his nation's foreign policy. He says the former government's policy was damaging Poland's relations with, for example, Germany and Russia.

Poland stands behind capital punishment

Friday, December 14, 2007

The Tusk government has reversed Poland's refusal to go along with a European Day Against Capital Punishment - a stand that had prevented the Council of Europe from establishing the day throughout Europe.

Christmas approaches with shopping madness

Friday, December 14, 2007

Christmas is coming soon and with it a fury of shopping.

Arrest warrant on tycoon Krauze lifted

Friday, December 14, 2007

The arrest warrant for business tycoon Ryszard Krauze has been lifted.

Judges to earn more nationwide

Friday, December 14, 2007

Budget plans for next year suggest an additional billion zloty will be spent on the judiciary. The Minister of Justice has also suggested regulation is needed to improve the status of judges.

Skyscraper to tower over Poland

Friday, December 14, 2007

The Palace of Culture and Science, the tallest building in Warsaw and in all of Poland, is set to be overshadowed in four years' time. A consortium led by Jan Kulczyk, one of Poland's richest people, plans to build a 282.4-meter-high skyscraper, which would be the tallest building in continental Europe.

Digital headhunter

Friday, December 14, 2007

Criminals - it doesn't matter if they are from the U.S., France, Germany, Poland or anywhere else - use the newest technology, including Internet and computers.