Sunday, July 22, 2007
The Appellate Court has upheld a decision of the Warsaw Regional Court sentencing Robert K. to 25 years in prison for the murder of Zdzislaw Beksinski.Another man, Lukasz K., who was accused of complicity in the crime, will be given a new trial in the Regional Court, the Polish Press Agency (PAP) reported late last week.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
The Reading Chronicle was the first British newspaper to publish a weekly Polish edition. Due to the overwhleming response of Polish patrons, other newspapers have begun to cater to the Polish community by including Poland in their circulation areas.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
In 2006, the birth rate in Poland dropped to 1.24 children per woman, reports Gazeta Wyborcza. This level is causing alarm, as it is the lowest birth rate in the EU and below the necessary level to replace the population (2.1-2.15 children per woman).
Sunday, July 22, 2007
A cold front came over Poland last week, with the temperature in several regions dropping to -7 Celsius.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
A 22-year-old Nigerian woman who was forced into prostitution in Poland was lured to this country with a false promise that she would play handball in Lublin, the newspaper Dziennik has reported.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
On Saturday, May 19, the Villa Decius Association and PAUCI Foundation will hold an international economic meeting at Villa Decius in Krakow. Planned topics include Ukraine?s present and future investment projects in Poland and the EU and Poland?s investment projects in Ukraine.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasburg has ruled that former Warsaw Mayor Lech Kaczynski broke the law by forbidding the Equality Parade two years ago. The ruling came as a number of top Polish officials are under fire for anti-gay comments.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
The Village Council of Jazowsko is upset about Gmina Lacko oblast officials registering Roma as Jazowsko residents ? a result of the discovery that a new housing project for Roma is actually in Jazowsko and not in the neighboring village of Maszkowice. Jazowsko is located approximately 100 kilometers from Krakow.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
The whole crew, immigrants and natives, stopped their work spontaneously, when managers issued a new work schedule that reduced their break time.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Karolina, the daughter of Polish immigrants, was killed in a shooting incident Saturday night in San Paolo Belsito, in the Naples province.