Poland

Holland next direction for Polish migration

Thursday, August 23, 2007

When Poland joined the EU in May of 2004, Poles began flocking to the United Kingdom and Ireland to find higher-paying jobs that would give them a better life. That's because those countries opened their borders to workers from new EU members right away.

Report on "British Behavior Abroad" shows Brits lose all inhibitions while on holiday

Thursday, August 23, 2007

Young Britons often lose their inhibitions about drinking and bad behavior when they go abroad.

"A cardinal, a Jew and an immigrant's son."

Thursday, August 23, 2007

These were the words that Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, longtime leader of the French Roman Catholic Church, used to describe himself. He could have added to that description: honorary citizen of Bedzin.

German Haema earning on blood and plasma donation

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Residents of Zgorzelec, a Polish city on the German border, are traveling to the neighboring German city of Gorlitz to donate blood and plasma.

City fashioned after Wild West to be built in Zory

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Zory officials are trying to find an investor to build an American Wild West city as a tourist attraction.

Jews join Progressive Jews community

Thursday, August 16, 2007

More and more Poles of Jewish descent are joining the Progressive Jews community in Poland, Dziennik newspaper reports.

Poznan Tzadik Festival at former synagogue a treat for lovers of Jewish music

Thursday, August 16, 2007

One of the highlights was a concert by the renowned jazz artist John Zorn's Masada quartet.

Getting U.S. visas gets tougher

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Getting a visa to the U.S. may depend on an applicant's good or bad timing, Dziennik newspaper recently announced.

PiS motivating women to work

Thursday, August 16, 2007

It appears PiS is going soft on its right-wing family-orientated policies. The "Women in Business" ("Spelniona w Biznesie") campaign is being launched this September by Joanna Kluzik-Rostkowska, the labor and social policy minister.

Poland's preparations for Euro 2012 tournament are far behind schedule

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Poland's preparations for the Euro 2012 are behind schedule. Four months after Poland and Ukraine were chosen to co-host the championships, the Polish Ministry of Sport and Tourism is sounding an alarm about meeting deadlines for contractual obligations.