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Survivors, officials remember Warsaw Ghetto revolt [Apr 19, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Holocaust survivors and city officials have laid wreaths in ceremonies marking 68 years since Jewish insurgents in the Warsaw Ghetto began an armed resistance against the Nazis. Flowers were laid Tuesday at the monument to Ghetto fighters and at a monument at the point where in 1942 and 1943 where Jews gathered for deportation on trains ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Russians start questioning Polish witnesses of Smolensk air crash [Apr 19, 2011] A Polish witness to the April 10, 2010 Smolensk plane crash testified at the Warsaw Military Prosecutor's Office on Monday, local media reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland's Richest Banker Czarnecki Sees Home Loans Pushing Growth Above 10% [Apr 19, 2011] Leszek Czarnecki, the Polish banking billionaire who owns Getin Holding SA (GTN) , says rising demand for mortgages and corporate banking services will keep his group?s annual asset growth over 10 percent in coming years. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland seeks to boost tourism ties with Jordan [Apr 19, 2011] WARSAW - Poland seeks to strengthen ties with Jordan in the tourism sector and promote tourist destinations in both countries, according to a Polish official. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland to try in August if levies go down [Apr 19, 2011] Like it or not, the Poland school levies aren?t going away anytime soon. [via YahooNews] More >>

Russia-Poland rapprochement against a backdrop of contradictions [Apr 19, 2011] After the collapse of the Warsaw Pact, Poland saw itself as being the leading state in East-Central Europe. The objective clash of interests between Warsaw and Russia has its roots in that perception. First, Poland is interested in seeing a strengthened U.S. presence in Eastern Europe and NATO mechanisms. Poland?s political elite feel they need a powerful ally to counterbalance Russia and Germany. [via YahooNews] More >>

Korean Director Wins Top Prize at Off Plus Camera Fest [Apr 19, 2011] Kirill Galetski Park Jung-Bum clinches $100,000 prize for "The Journals of Musan" at the film festival, held in Krakow, Poland. read more [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland's halt of restitution plans angers many [Apr 18, 2011] (AP:WARSAW, Poland) Before the Nazis arrived, Maurice Deluty's life followed a rhythm familiar to so many Jews in small Polish towns. [via YahooNews] More >>

Russian investigators start questioning Polish witnesses in plane crash case [Apr 18, 2011] WARSAW, April 18 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian investigators in Poland have started questioning witnesses in the Polish presidential plane crash case. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland's halt of restitution plans angers many [Apr 18, 2011] WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Before the Nazis arrived, Maurice Deluty's life followed a rhythm familiar to so many Jews in small Polish towns. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland sparks outrage with failure to compensate private property seized by Nazis, communists [Apr 18, 2011] WARSAW, Poland (AP) ? Before the Nazis arrived, Maurice Deluty's life followed a rhythm familiar to so many Jews in small Polish towns. His father, a grain merchant, would stop work before dusk on Fridays to observe the Sabbath with his family, sitting down to a meal prepared on a wood-burning iron stove, the matzo bought from a bakery in their small town near Warsaw. [via YahooNews] More >>

6 coal mines in Poland go on strike to protest privatization plans [Apr 18, 2011] WARSAW, Poland - Six coal mines in southern Poland have suspended work for one day to protest government plans to partially privatize their company. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish soldier dies in Afghanistan: Military [Apr 18, 2011] Warsaw, Apr 4 (AFP) A Polish soldier has died in Afghanistan, Poland's military said today, bringing to 25 the country's death toll since it joined the NATO-led operation there nine years ago. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish Catholic Community In Las Vegas Celebrates Tradition [Apr 17, 2011] They gather at Our Lady of Las Vegas Catholic Church to hear the Mass celebrated in Polish, the language they knew first, know best or find the most comfort in, and to eat the consecrated bread that is their spiritual sustenance. Then they head to the [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish-language Mass catches on at the Church of Transfiguration [Apr 16, 2011] NEW BRITAIN [via YahooNews] More >>

Warsaw woman dies in head-on crash [Apr 15, 2011] A Warsaw woman was killed this morning in a head-on van crash north of Pierceton, Kosciusko County police said today. [via YahooNews] More >>

Thirteen Polish players charged with corruption [Apr 15, 2011] WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- A Polish prosecutor says that 13 players and a middleman have been charged with fixing a match five years ago for the equivalent of 25,000 euros ($37,000) to get a spot in the UEFA Cup. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish exhibit on display [Apr 15, 2011] AMHERST - Polish Consul General Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka was a journalist when workers at the shipyards at Gdansk, Poland, went on strike in 1980. She was there as the workers locked themselves in the shipyard and wouldn't leave. [via YahooNews] More >>

Wartime German bunker discovered in Polish capital by workers placing a new tram line [Apr 14, 2011] WARSAW, Poland - Workers in Warsaw laying a new tram line have uncovered a German bunker dating back to World War II, officials said Thursday. [via YahooNews] More >>

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