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Deadly cold front continues as dam bursts in Bulgaria [Feb 06, 2012] WARSAW (AFP) - The toll from Europe's killer cold snap kept climbing past 300 on Monday with nine new victims found in Poland, most of them homeless, and at least three people died after a Bulgarian dam burst. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland aims to boost tourism at Hitler's WWII lair [Jan 23, 2012] WARSAW (AFP) - Polish authorities said Monday they plan to boost tourism at Nazi German dictator Adolf Hitler's "Wolfsschanze" (Wolf's Lair), which ended up on their territory after post-war border changes. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish MP 'lights up' for legal marijuana [Jan 21, 2012] WARSAW (AFP) - Janusz Palikot, the leader of a new party which brought in Poland's first trans-gender and openly gay MPs, launched a drive Friday to legalise marijuana by smoking pot in parliament. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish MP 'lights up' for legal marijuana [Jan 20, 2012] WARSAW (AFP) - Janusz Palikot, the leader of a new party which brought in Poland's first trans-gender and openly gay MPs, launched a drive Friday to legalise marijuana by smoking pot in parliament. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish air crash prosecutor in apparent suicide bid [Jan 09, 2012] WARSAW (AFP) - A military prosecutor probing the source of media leaks from the investigation into the 2010 air crash that killed the Polish president apparently attempted suicide on Monday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland pins hopes on starry-eyed students [Jan 01, 2012] JABLONOWO, Poland (AFP) - Starry-eyed youngsters living in the birthplace of Nicolas Copernicus have taken up celestial gazing like the father of modern astronomy, but using telescopes he could only dream of. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland pins hopes on starry-eyed students [Jan 01, 2012] JABLONOWO, Poland (AFP) - Starry-eyed youngsters living in the birthplace of Nicolas Copernicus have taken up celestial gazing like the father of modern astronomy, but using telescopes he could only dream of. [via YahooNews] More >>

Five Polish soldiers killed in Afghanistan: media [Dec 22, 2011] Ghazni, Afghanistan (AFP) Dec 21, 2011 Taliban bombers killed five Polish soldiers in an attack on their convoy in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the deadliest single loss for Warsaw's NATO contingent in the 10-year war. "This is the most deadly attack in the history of Polish military missions abroad," Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in comments broadcast in Poland Wednesday. The five ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish seniors flock to Spain for sun, subsidies [Dec 14, 2011] WARSAW (AFP) - Polish seniors are flocking to Spain, drawn by the cosy Andalusian sun and government subsidies for seniors aged 55 and older, designed to boost the tourist trade in the low season. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish seniors flock to Spain for sun, subsidies [Dec 13, 2011] WARSAW (AFP) - Polish seniors are flocking to Spain, drawn by the cosy Andalusian sun and government subsidies for seniors aged 55 and older, designed to boost the tourist trade in the low season. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland's Euro 2012 football drive right on track [Nov 30, 2011] WARSAW (AFP) - While the clock ticks down to the Euro 2012 draw in Ukraine, organisers in fellow host country Poland say they are ready for anything as they wait to learn which qualified nations will play where. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland plans its 1st atomic power plant on Baltic Sea [Nov 25, 2011] WARSAW (AFP) - Poland's first nuclear power plant, due to come on line by 2020, is set to be located near the Baltic Sea, Polish energy group PGE said on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish far-right's 'no gay sex' logo sparks anger [Nov 23, 2011] WARSAW (AFP) - Polish gay rights campaigners on Wednesday denounced a court ruling that allowed a far-right movement to formally register a homophobic symbol as one of its logos. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland's Walesa unveils Reagan statue in Warsaw [Nov 21, 2011] WARSAW (AFP) - Polish communist-era opposition icon Lech Walesa on Monday unveiled a statue to former United States president Ronald Reagan, highly respected in Poland for having helped hasten the fall of the Iron Curtain. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland's Tusk vows austerity to safeguard growth [Nov 19, 2011] WARSAW (AFP) - Poland's freshly elected centrist prime minister vowed Friday to use his second consecutive term to introduce sweeping austerity reforms aimed at safeguarding growth amid crisis in the eurozone. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland's Tusk vows austerity to safeguard growth [Nov 18, 2011] WARSAW (AFP) - Poland's freshly elected centrist prime minister vowed Friday to use his second consecutive term to introduce sweeping austerity reforms aimed at safeguarding growth amid crisis in the eurozone. [via YahooNews] More >>

Barcelona launch first European football school [Nov 16, 2011] WARSAW (AFP) - Football icons Barcelona on Wednesday launched their first European training school outside Spain in Poland, aiming to spread their "tiki-taka" style among kids dreaming of becoming the next Lionel Messi. [via YahooNews] More >>

92 Germans held in Polish Independence Day clashes [Nov 13, 2011] WARSAW (AFP) - Ninety-two Germans were among 210 people arrested by Polish police after clashes during Independence Day rallies in Warsaw that left dozens of people hurt, police said Saturday. [via YahooNews] More >>

92 Germans held in Polish Independence Day clashes [Nov 13, 2011] WARSAW (AFP) - Ninety-two Germans were among 210 people arrested by Polish police after clashes during Independence Day rallies in Warsaw that left dozens of people hurt, police said Saturday. [via YahooNews] More >>

WWII German soldiers reburied in Poland [Oct 22, 2011] WARSAW (AFP) - The remains of 618 German soldiers who died during Nazi Germany's World War II retreat through Poland and were buried in mass graves were laid to rest Friday, a memorial organisation said. [via YahooNews] More >>