Poland News Archives

The zoo of Warsaw, Poland, has a pair of prehistoric humans on display over the weekend: Organiser Maria Mastalerz says the weeklong "performance" aims to attract interest in a play, "Caveman," showing in the Polish capital.

Researchers using functional magnetic resonance imaging to study brain activation have found that men and women respond differently to positive and negative stimuli, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America .

In this Nov. 17, 2008 file photo, U.N. climate chief Yvo de Boer speaks during a news conference in Poznan, Poland.

Poland Friday said it had again failed to sell off two struggling shipyards, after receiving tenders for only a slice of what was on offer, three months after a deal with Qatari investors fell through.

Visitors to Warsaw's zoo are being greeted by two "Homo sapiens" peering out from a cage - humans in animal skins trying to spark interest in man's caveman ancestors.Organizer Maria Mastalerz says the weeklong "performance" aims to attract interest in a play, "Caveman," showing in the Polish capital.

President Lech Kaczynski's Web site said Friday that he had signed the law. It provides for punishments of up to two years in prison for people who possess, purchase or spread items or recordings containing communist symbols.

ROME -- The average percent of population in central Wisconsin having Polish ancestry ranges from 33 percent in Stevens Point to 14 percent in Nekoosa.

European Jews asked Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday if his country would observe International Holocaust Day starting from next year.

HEIDELBERG, Germany a ' Soldiers from U.S. Army Europea TMs Patriot missile battalion could be deploying to Poland as soon as the spring for a six-month rotation as part of the Obama administrationa TMs new missile defense plan in Eastern Europe.

Discovering Roots in Krakow, Poland By Candyce H. Stapen Even as a child I was curious about Eastern Europe, land of my Jewish ancestors and, as it came to be, my husband David's too.

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Poland is thought to be mono-cultural countries. Indeed, in the streets of most of Polish cities you will not meet people of different color or race .

Three speed cameras in France and Poland were blinded with spraypaint this week.

It began on May 2 in Canterbury Cathedral, with a performance of Krzysztof Penderecki's magnificent St Luke's Passion, conducted by the composer.

Poland, Lithuania, and Ukraine have signed a letter of intent to form a multinational military brigade.

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A HUSBAND and wife have opened the largest Polish grocery store in Derby's city centre to sell a range of products from their native country.

Two British men have been fined by a court in Poland for pigeon tossing. The pair threw the birds up in to the air in historic Krakow's Renaissance market on October 24.

Carmaker expects financial support for Opel plant in Gliwice? Courtesy of GM Europe On Monday the Executive Vice President of General Motors, Nick Reilly, visited Poland and met with, among others, deputy PM Waldemar Pawlak.

Cambridge Crown Court today heard how the 25-year-old Piotr Bielicki had been attacked on the evening of the 13th September 2008.

Poland's foreign minister said in a radio interview on Thursday that he sent a letter to NATO setting out Poland's concerns and asking that the alliance take the matter into account.

A 95-year-old man who has been working as a leather-goods craftsman for over 70 years was named Poland's oldest worker.

Warsaw: Swine flu has claimed its first victim in Poland, after a 37-year-old man died of respiratory complications, a medical official said yesterday.

Gaining back independence by Poland is celebrated on the 11th of November and is a bank Holiday and one of the most important national celebrations In Poland.

A 37 year-old man suspected of carrying the H1N1 virus died in Gdansk on Friday in what was thought to be the country's first swine flu fatality, local media reported.

Poland has demanded that US troops be based on Polish soil in the wake of Russian war games which simulated a nuclear attack and invasion.

HEAVILY Catholic Poland has joined the Vatican in criticizing a European court ruling against the display of crucifixes in Italian schools.

KrakA3w is one of the easiest accessible cities ever: it's located right near a few motorways, which is quite rare in Poland, it has an international airport of Balice and one of the biggest railway and bus station in this part of Europe.

Poland's gas and oil monopoly, PGNiG, posted a better-than-expected third quarter net profit of 408 million zlotys , as lower prices for imported gas improved its profit margins, the company said Thursday.

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A Polish woman flashes the victory sign near the destroyed remains of a replica of the Berlin Wall in central Warsaw as a part of celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, on Nov.

If you are traveling on a budget and happen to make a stop in Krakow, Poland you are in luck.

Occupied, and suppressed, Poland's 20th century history was as bleak as its future now seems rosy.

Gdansk, Poland, is one of three cities that are known as the Tri Cities. Sopot and Gydnia are the other two cities.

The shadows from a group of tourists are cast onto an original section of the Berlin Wall in Bernauer Strasse, central Berlin, on Nov.

Professor Piotr Klodkowski with a rich academic background is the author of books, articles and essays on Oriental culture, politics and inter-cultural relationships.

A black Trabant pulled up in front of the Sheraton hotel and its driver helped passengers out of the boxy, cut-rate car that remains a symbol of communism two decades after its collapse.

The German parliament has celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Date : Sat, 7 Nov 2009 22:54:50 PST news.az, Azerbaijan Nov 7 2009 Polish students decide against shooting a film in Karabakh Sat 07 November 2009 04:55 GMT Gates to Shusha Two students at the Polish film school in Lodz have decided against making a film about Shusha in the occupied Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh. They rethought their plans ...

Guido Westerwelle made his first trip as German foreign minister to Poland on Saturday.

Following an article titled "Polish students make a film about Shusha City of Karabakh" posted in Regnum.ru news portal, Azerbaijani embassy in Poland had a meeting with Mateush Vayda and Pavel Zelmitski, students of Polish National Film, Television and Theater School in Lodz to discuss their alleged Shusha trip.

People across west Wiltshire and Corsham will pay their respects to those who have served in wars gone by and those who are still fighting for their country today, as Remembrance Day services are held across the area this weekend.

A view of the Treaty of Lisbon ratification document after the signing ceremony at Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, 10 October 2009.

Polish duo "relentlessly kicked in the head" 49-year-old man A man was "relentlessly kicked in the head" in the centre of Bedford by two drunk Polish men, a court has heard.

Unknown vandals defaced tombstones and spray-painted anti-Semitic and anti-Israel graffiti at the Jewish cemetery in the Polish seaside resort city of Sopot, near Gdansk.

A critic of President Lech Kaczynski has bought a fountain pen that malfunctioned when the Polish leader signed the European Union reform treaty.

With the steady growth of European MHP/GEM interactive Middleware and the imminent publishing of GEM 1.2 Hybrid Broadcast Broadband interactive middleware, Alticast, the worldwide leader in deployed DVB-MHP and OpenCable Platform solutions, announced today that it has opened an engineering center in Wroclaw, Poland.

When Joe Biden, the U.S. vice president, passed through Warsaw a couple of weeks ago, he larded unabashed praise on Poland for its participation in the war in Afghanistan.

Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland Oleksandr Motsyk has given a list to Polish authorities asking for medications, protection gear and equipment to help fight the flu epidemic in Ukraine.

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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called on the European Union to help neighbouring Ukraine fight a swine flu epidemic, saying its further spread is threatening the wider bloc.

The collapse of the Berlin Wall ended decades of anti-communist protests by people living in Eastern and Central Europe.

Szczecin Shipyard to become a special economic zone? Courtesy of Szczecin Shipyard Szczecin city council may take over the New Szczecin Shipyard and then press for it to be incorporated into a special economic zone .

The Polish Museum of America dug into its America Music Collection looking for rarely heard musical treasures and then invited two renowned performers for a Sunday afternoon concert.

Russia has provoked outrage in Poland by simulating an air and sea attack on the country during military exercises.

A U.S. destroyer accidentally fired three machine gun rounds at a Polish city while it lay at anchor Wednesday, but caused no injuries and no damage, a Pentagon official said.

Maj. Matt Henry takes a bow along with the concert band Oct. 24, 2009, during their performance at the Kutno Cultural Center in Kutno, Poland.

U.S. Navy Ship Mistakenly Fires on Polish Port >> Posted By TechnologyExpert 10 hours, 21 minutes ago in News > The U.S. Navy has egg on its face, but at least no blood, after an accidental firing incident in the Polish port of Gdynia on Wednesday.