Poland

Warm winter, cold beer at Pod Wawelem

Friday, January 25, 2008

This year's strangely warm winter encourages you to, among other things, take a walk around Planty Park.

Poles end driver shortage in UK

Saturday, January 19, 2008

British transport companies are more and more willing to recruit Polish bus drivers. FirstGroup, one of the biggest companies in the UK, has employed about 1,500 Poles across its network in the last five years.

"Fear" reopens controversy over antisemitism

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Publishing Company Znak has organized a meeting in Krakow with Jan Tomasz Gross, author of "Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland after Auschwitz - An Essay in Historical Interpretation," on Jan. 24.

Nat'l postal service just can't deliver on time

Saturday, January 19, 2008

The national post operator, Poczta Polska, caused disappointment and frustration among its clients as countless gift packages and greetings cards failed to reach their recipients in time for Christmas.

In-country train travel to get easier

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Everyone who travels by train in Poland has the same negative opinions about comfort and punctuality. Somebody has calculated that during one year all the trains in Poland were late a total of almost three years.

Gov't looks to provide better security for foreigners

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Almost all parties in the Polish parliament have supported the idea of introducing so-called supplementary protection to Polish law. This protection would apply to foreigners in Poland whose return to their home countries could be dangerous.

Poland voted top working nation

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Poles work more hours a week and more hours a year than anyone in Europe, according to the European Statistical Office. Poles work 2,366 hours a year. The second-place Danes work 2,288 hours.

Big web site moves Net servers to Poznan

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Concertina wire, thick cement walls, hardened windows, a fireproof interior, hundreds of monitoring cameras.

New exhibition center Expo Silesia opens

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Expo Silesia, a new exhibition center worth 45 million zloty, has opened in Sosnowiec in Silesia. The first event there is this month's EXPOPigeons2008 - the International Fair of Racing Pigeons.

Milk exporters have too many clients, too little milk

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Many Polish dairies export milk, butter and whey abroad and count the profits. However there is, as always, the other side of the coin: the dairy owners who produce for the domestic market complain of high prices and a lack of milk because it is being bought up by exporters.