Poland

Elixir of the monks

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Can a clergyman sell us something harmful?

Living standards slowly match those of the West

Thursday, October 11, 2007

The 2007 Social Diagnosis study indicates Poland's living standards are rapidly improving. According to Dziennik, the unemployment issue is being resolved, poverty is at a lower level and safety in Poland is better than it has ever been.

ArcelorMittal Steel is looking for majorettes

Friday, October 5, 2007

The orchestra of Poland's largest steelmaker is looking for majorettes.

Pope movie underway

Friday, October 5, 2007

A Polish-Italian team will begin work at the end of November on an Italian-language film about Pope John Paul II, who grew up not far from Krakow.

Feminist parties: "Everything for the future - and nothing to hide"

Friday, October 5, 2007

Seven women running for parliament are providing voters with the bare facts about themselves. The members of the 9-month-old Women's Party, or Partia Kobiet, are using nearly nude posters of themselves in their campaigns.

Man fights for right to die

Friday, October 5, 2007

Warsaw District Court has denied a euthanasia request for Janusz Switaj, a thirty-three year old man from Silesia who has been completely paralyzed after a motorcycle accident in 1993.

Poland dances and sings with "Dancing on Ice"

Friday, October 5, 2007

Shows where celebrities sing or dance have become the most popular on Polish commercial television.

The Cure plans to hold live concert in Katowice

Friday, October 5, 2007

The legendary English band The Cure will perform February 19 in the Katowice Spodek arena, its second concert in the city in 11 years.

Poles no longer consider their jobs a necessary evil

Friday, October 5, 2007

Poles no longer consider their jobs as a necessary evil, to the extent that over 42 percent willingly work overtime, the daily newspaper Dziennik reported.

Local producer wants Gibson to head big-budget blockbuster

Friday, October 5, 2007

An ambitious Polish producer is trying to raise more than 120 mln zloty for what would be Poland's most expensive film ever - the story of how a combined Polish, German and Austrian army stopped the Ottoman Turks from conquering Vienna in 1683.