Poland

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.

Polish workers released from Swedish labor camp

Saturday, December 8, 2007

"Sixty Poles say a Gdansk labor recruiting agency lured them to Sweden with promises of skilled jobs that didn't exist ? and they ended up doing backbreaking work crushing rocks and clearing forests. And, they say, they weren't even paid for the work. "

PO proposes tax abolition for emigrants

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Prime Minister Donald Tusk plans to offer a major incentive to try to lure back Poles who have been working overseas to make more money.

War launched over in vitro fertilization

Saturday, December 8, 2007

"Health Minister Ewa Kopacz has announced that she will sponsor a plan to finance in vitro fertilization for the one mln Polish couples ? one in three ? who are childless, usually as a result of infertility of either the wife or husband. But her plan met quick resistance on religious grounds from the Polish episcopacy."

Textbook helps gays and lesbians come out of the closet

Saturday, December 8, 2007

Author Robert Biedron is trying to get his book "Rainbow Primary," which deals with gay sexuality, into the Polish school curriculum. The effort is causing a political firestorm, the Warsaw-based newspaper Dziennik reported.