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News from Poland

Saturday 28th January 2012

Protesters take action over ACTA

Thousands took to the streets in cities across the country this week to demonstrate public anger over a controversial anti-internet piracy law.

Protesters hit the streets of Warsaw to show their anger over the agreement

NATIONAL

MP in ‘darkie’ incident

A Law and Justice (PiS) politician made headlines this week after allegedly referring to black ...

BUSINESS

Bringing on the budget

Today will see Poland’s politicians vote on the country’s latest budget, and already there have ...

REGIONAL

Mazowsze

The A2 motorway between Lodz and Warsaw is making good progress, with several of the ...

Pomorskie

Archbishop Glodz’s plans for a new church on ul. Wielkopolska hit a stumbling block when ...

Malopolskie

Anders Hoegstroem, the Swedish man convicted of ordering the theft of the Arbeit Macht Frei ...

SPORT

National Stadium opens at last

Warsaw’s National Stadium will finally hold it’s first mass event this weekend. All the necessary ...

Radwanska’s curse recurs

Agnieszka Radwanska was knocked out of the Australian Open at the quarter final stage this ...

IN BRIEF

Poles poised for Oscars

There was good news for the Polish film industry this week as it was announced that Agnieszka Holland’s ‘In Darkness’ ...

Satellite set for space

Poland looks likely to see its first satellite in space very soon, according to reports this week.

COLUMNS

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A look behind the weeks' headlines from the Editor himself

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Pheonix from the flames From rubble to major tourist destination

Gdańsk is one of Europe’s best kept secrets. Expecting a glum commie city? Think again. The Old Town captivates, and couldn’t look any sweeter if it was built by the ... -

In defence of Katowice Someone really ought to stick up for Katowice.

Someone really ought to stick up for Katowice. The butt of jokes across the country and throughout this guide, it was the butt end of a rifle for Silesia during ... -

On the Wider Web

Accommodation wanted this June

Gdansk, Gdynia, Sopot, Poznan and Warsaw. Other areas considered.

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Mixed reports - So with the country in such good shape, why this week are we reading ...

This Month in History

1797 - Polish Legions are formed in Italy. These are several Polish units serving in the French army until the 1810s. Formed with support from Napoleon Bonaparte, they are commanded by Polish officers and with Polish military ranks.

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