Poland

Striking miners return to work

Friday, February 15, 2008

The striking miners from the Budryk mine in Jastrzebia-Zdroj, Lower Silesia have finally agreed to go back to work after their union representatives came to an agreement with their employers.

Warsaw receives PET scanner

Friday, February 15, 2008

Warsaw medical patients will no longer have to go as far as Bydgoszcz or Gliwice to be examined by one of the newest inventions in modern medicine. Warsaw has finally has a PET scanner.

Poznan alternative community prospers

Friday, February 15, 2008

Rozbrat is the oldest squat in Poland. It was "founded" 14 years ago by groups of the Poznan freedom movement looking for their own place of safety.

Blood bank saves sick animals

Friday, February 8, 2008

Like humans, animals sometimes need transfusions quickly ? and only the blood from an acceptable animal blood donor can save their lives.

Homeless star in film

Friday, February 8, 2008

Homeless men from the Brother Albert Shelter are actors in a movie now being shot in Wroclaw.

Poland among top EU-supporting nations

Friday, February 8, 2008

Poland continues to rank near the top of the EU nations whose citizens are big supporters of the EU.

Stats show 2 mln Poles emigrate abroad

Friday, February 8, 2008

About 1.95 mln Poles lived abroad in 2007, more than double the figure in 2004, the year Polish membership in the EU allowed Poles to begin working in some EU countries.

Developers present plans for new stadium

Friday, February 8, 2008

Officials at UEFA (European football's governing body) have recently been getting apprehensive about whether the infrastructure will be in place in time for Poland and Ukraine's joint hosting of the 2012 European Championships.

Tusk and Kaczynski: Marriage from Hell

Friday, February 8, 2008

To many observers, the continual scrapping and backbiting between Premier Minister Donald Tusk and President Lech Kaczynski since Tusk's Civil Platform (PO) took power last November has taken on the character of a poorly scripted farce.

Poland in vitro discussion continues

Friday, February 8, 2008

As reported in The Krakow Post (Dec. 8), Health Minister Ewa Kopacz had announced last November that the government would sponsor a plan to finance in vitro fertilization for infertile Polish couples currently unable to pay for the process.