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Poland's gas and oil monopoly, PGNiG, posted a better-than-expected third quarter net profit of 408 million zlotys ($148 million), as lower prices for imported gas improved its profit margins, the company said Thursday.
Russia's foreign minister said Thursday he was surprised by Poland's call for more U.S. troops on Polish soil in response to Moscow's assertiveness, a news agency reported.
A U.S. official says an American sailor fired three accidental shots from a machine gun aboard a Navy ship moored in a Polish port. No one was injured.
The U.S. violin virtuoso Joshua Bell helped raise funds Wednesday for a Jewish History museum in Poland with a charity concert at Warsaw's Opera House.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden travels Tuesday to Poland on the highest-level visit yet by the Obama administration to the country — a gesture Poles view as Washington's attempt to repair damage done by its handling of missile defense plans.
To try to reach young people around the world, the memorial museum at Auschwitz has launched a page on Facebook, the social networking site usually home to news and photos about friends, funny videos and the minutiae of modern life.
The memorial museum at Auschwitz has launched a Facebook page, hoping that the popular social networking site will help it reach young people around the globe and engage them in discussions about the former Nazi death camp and the Holocaust.
An 88-year-old retired auto engineer told a judge Tuesday that he never shot Jews while serving in a Nazi-controlled police force during World War II, during an initial hearing over whether the government can deport him.
Poland's president approved the European Union reform treaty on Saturday, ratcheting up the pressure on the Czech Republic as the only nation yet to sign off on the agreement designed to sharpen EU decision-making and increase its influence.
The head of Poland's anti-corruption office was charged with abuse of power Tuesday after a sting operation in which he encouraged his agents to fabricate documents and offer bribes, prosecutors said.
Poland's sports minister resigned Monday over allegations he illegally tried to influence a new gambling law.
For five decades, she kept his picture in her wallet — a black-and-white snapshot of a handsome young Polish man with brooding eyes.
Marek Edelman, the last surviving leader of the ill-fated 1943 Warsaw ghetto revolt against the Nazis, died Friday at the age of 90.
Marek Edelman, the last surviving leader of WWII Warsaw Ghetto uprising, died Friday in Warsaw at the age of 90.
Dell Inc. won EU approval Wednesday to receive a euro54.4 million ($80.4 million) subsidy from the Polish government to build a new plant there, replacing Ireland as the computer maker's new European manufacturing hub.
A Polish court on Wednesday ordered a Roman Catholic magazine to pay a fine and apologize to a woman for likening her to a killer for wanting an abortion and equating the practice with Nazi crimes.
A methane leak in a Polish coal mine set off an explosion Friday that killed 12 miners and left dozens injured, 15 of them in critical condition, officials said.
The Polish army says a soldier injured in Afghanistan in May has died of his wounds at a hospital in Poland.
The United States is assuring Poland that it has not made a decision on where to deploy a European missile defense system but will keep Warsaw informed.
Russia's prime minister on Monday condemned Moscow's 1939 treaty with Berlin that carved up Europe, as well as a British and French pact with the Nazis, in remarks published before the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II.
Crying on his front porch, an 88-year-old Michigan man targeted for deportation firmly denied shooting anyone when he was a member of a Nazi-controlled police force during World War II.
Back home in Germany, Erika Steinbach is hardly a household name. But in neighboring Poland she is a national hate figure, caricatured on magazine covers as a Nazi in SS uniform.
A Belarusian fighter jet crashed Sunday during an air show in central Poland, killing both pilots on board the two-seater plane, officials said.
Just before dawn on Sept. 1, 1939, 13-year-old Eugeniusz Kolodziejczyk stood on a train station platform, fidgeting with his father's watch.
Aged Holocaust survivors commemorated the 65th anniversary of the last deportations from the Lodz ghetto to Nazi death camps on Thursday, and Poland's president recalled their suffering and praised Poles who risked their lives to save Jews.
Reagan Didn't End the Cold War -- Leftist Intellectuals DidReagan was inspirational, but to claim he defeated Communism is a disservice to the millions of Eastern Europeans who struggled against great odds for their freedom.
DAWN.COM | Business | Pakistan slips five places in global corruption listISLAMABAD: In its Corruption Perception Index for 2009, the Transparency International has placed Pakistan at the 42nd place, slipping five places from 2008 when it was at 47.
Zizek: 20 Years of Collapse - "If capitalism is really so much better than Socialism, why are our lives still miserable?"TODAY is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
The Victory of the Cross by Newt Gingrich, Callista Gingrich, and Vince Haley As we remember in gratitude the demise of the Berlin Wall and the defeat of Soviet Communism, let us also remember that when human freedom and dignity were under assault during the Cold War, Pope John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan were in agreement that the spiritual nature …
Pajamas Media » Europeans' Obama Thrill Turns to DisappointmentCharm, it seems, can only get you so far. Despite Europe's initial wild reception of Barack Obama, the anti-Bush, and the bestowing upon him of the most prestigious of Euro-lib awards, the Europeans still seem to expect action from a sitting U.S. president.
Russia 'simulates' nuclear attack on Poland - TelegraphRussia simulates nuclear attack on Poland The armed forces are said to have carried out "war games" in which nuclear missiles were fired and troops practised an amphibious landing on the country's coast.
'Miracle' as communion wafer becomes heart tissueThe Catholic Church in Poland is investigating claims of a miracle after a piece of communion wafer was reported to have been transformed into human heart tissue after falling into water during a mass.
Man tries to rob bank with a spoonA would-be bank robber held a teaspoon to the neck of a cashier pretending it was a knife, a Polish news website said Tuesday.
Numerous memoirs of the Holocaust have been published, and no doubt many are yet to be published. Most of these fall into a particular genre. They chronicle someone's experience of one of the darkest periods in human history.
Biden seeks to calm allies over Russian resetVice President Joe Biden is traveling to Central Europe to reassure leaders who are nervous that the Obama administration's courting of Russia means a reduced commitment to their security.
Works and Days: Confusions of the Age: To Russia With Love. and how Putin screwed ObamaTo Russia With Love.
Debacle in Moscow by Charles Krauthammer"About the only thing more comical than Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize was the reaction of those who deemed the award "premature," as if the brilliance of Obama's foreign policy is so self-evident and its success so assured that if only the Norway Five had waited a few years, h …
Chemical Castration in Poland | Krakow PostThis is posted in the category of Technology but might be better in Politics or whatever. Maybe the Polish people have a good idea. Wouldn't a pedophile welcome castration as opposed to solitary confinement?
Appeasement Part 1: Betrayal of the Eastern Europe
Polish gov't wants RCMP chargedThe Polish government wants criminal charges laid against the RCMP officers involved in the death of an immigrant at the Vancouver International Airport, the Braidwood inquiry was told Monday.
Nine Days that Changed the WorldFormer Speaker of the U.S. House Newt Gingrich, a recent convert to Catholicism, is producing a forthcoming documentary about Pope John Paul II's first return visit to Poland in June 1979.
Poles indignant that U.S. altered missile-shield plans The American decision to back out of a Bush-administration agreement has played into fears that Obama is willing to sacrifice Central Europe to repair relations with Russia.
Poland okays forcible castration for pedophiles Poland on Friday approved a law making chemical castration mandatory for pedophiles in some cases, sparking criticism from human rights groups.
Poland okays forcible castration for paedophilesPrime Minister Donald Tusk said late last year he wanted obligatory castration for paedophiles, whom he branded 'degenerates'. Tusk said he did not believe "one can use the term 'human' for such individuals, such creatures".
Award for Poland abortion womanA Polish court has awarded $11,000 (7,400 euros) in damages to a woman likened to a child killer by a Catholic magazine for wanting an abortion.
Poland okays forcible castration for pedophilesPoland on Friday approved a law making chemical castration mandatory for pedophiles in some cases, sparking criticism from human rights groups.
Obama's Time Warp: The U.S. Is Still the Bad Guy :: Michael BaroneIn the early 1980s, while planning a vacation in Latin America, I went to bookstores to look for histories of the region.
Mark Helprin: Obama and the Politics of Concession During last year's campaign, Sen. Joe Biden famously remarked that, if his ticket won, it wouldn't be long before "the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy" on foreign affairs.
EDITORIAL: Worst foreign policy ever. Wednesday, September 23, 2009Tomorrow, President Obama will chair a special nuclear-disarmament meeting by the United Nations Security Council. The White House bills this as a historic first, but it is typical of Mr. Obama's emphasis on style over substance.
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