Poland

More money for Rydzyk

Thursday, November 15, 2007

The National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management is giving the controversial priest Tadeusz Rydzyk another 15 mln zloty for a geothermal-energy project for the university he founded.

27th Polish casualty in Iraq buried in Lublin

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Sergeant Andrzej Filipek, the most recent Polish casualty of the war in Iraq, has been buried in his hometown of Lublin.

Coca-Cola plays Santa Claus to needy Polish children at Christmas

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Coca-Cola in collaboration with the Polish Humanitarian Organzation (PHO) has launched a Christmas campaign to assist impoverished children in Poland.

Polish farmers break down doors to get EU funds

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Farmers from all over Poland crowded outside the Agency for Restructuring and Modernization of Agriculture local offices for over 2 days last week to get a share of EU subsidies totaling 360 mln euro.

Illegal use of intellectual property in EU

Thursday, November 15, 2007

For many years Poland has been among European countries with the largest share of illegal software on the market.

So who is the new PM?

Thursday, November 15, 2007

The Civic Platform Party's Donald Tusk is working on putting together a ruling coalition after President Lech Kaczynski designated him prime minister on November 9.

Bush telephones Polish ambassador

Thursday, November 15, 2007

President George Bush phoned Poland's ambassador to Iraq last week to wish him a speedy recovery from burns he suffered in a bombing in Iraq.

Tatra borders stay closed for winter

Thursday, November 15, 2007

On the night of Dec. 21-22, Poland will enter the so-called Schengen Zone.

Further waiting for new terminal at Okecie

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Travelers using Warsaw's Okecie Airport have received more bad news about when the new departure terminal at the country's largest airport will open.

Tatars: Poland's Muslim minority

Thursday, November 15, 2007

In Poland, the Muslim population is stedily growing. Many of these were students at Polish universities from Arabic countries, who arrived in Poland after the 1970s.