Poland

Theologians want to examine Tomasz Weclawski's writings

Friday, February 8, 2008

Theologians from outside Poznan's Adam Mickiewicz University will analyze the writings of an influential Roman Catholic priest and Mickiewicz faculty member who left the church without explanation last month.

Tusk to propose new pipeline scheme

Friday, February 1, 2008

The controversial Nord Stream natural gas pipeline may be a major topic when Prime Minister Donald Tusk visits Russia.

Poles in the UK have abortions legally

Friday, February 1, 2008

Recent surveys by the Polish Federation for Women and Family Planning might be considered shocking. More than 30,000 Polish women had an abortion in England last year, 30 percent more than the previous year.

Radwanska makes mark at Australian Open

Friday, February 1, 2008

Agnieszka Radwanska took another big step on her road to the top of world tennis, this time in Melbourne. The 18-year-old Krakow-based player reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, thus recording the best Grand Slam performance in her short professional career.

Poland wants own NASA

Friday, February 1, 2008

A Polish rocket in space? A group of Polish deputies wants to create a National Space Agency that would build a rocket and the first Polish satellite.

Funds may be granted to martial law victims

Friday, February 1, 2008

On Dec. 13, 1981, Communist authorities in Poland imposed martial law in order to fight the democratic opposition.

More and more parents are separating

Friday, February 1, 2008

Although there are not as many divorces in Poland as in Sweden, where the 70 percent divorce rate is the highest in the world, Poland has its own unenviable record.

Chief rabbi comments on "Fear"

Friday, January 25, 2008

A debate is scheduled today (Jan. 24) at Jagiellonian University in Krakow on the controversial book "Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland After Auschwitz" by Jan Tomasz Gross.

EU lawmakers pass credit directive

Friday, January 25, 2008

After six years of negotiation, EU lawmakers have passed the heavily disputed consumer credit directive.

Companies may receive national bailout

Friday, January 25, 2008

All Polish small- and medium-sized enterprises that want to gain foreign certificates may receive a national bailout. The government will reimburse the costs of consultative offers as well as the preparing and translation of the technical documents, the daily newspaper Rzeczpospolita reports.