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Nobel-winning Polish poet Szymborska dies aged 88 [Feb 02, 2012] WARSAW, Feb 2 ? Nobel-winning Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska died yesterday at the age of 88, her assistant Michal Rusinek announced. Szymborska, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1996, passed away ?peacefully, in her sleep? at her home in Krakow in southern Poland, Rusinek told Poland?s PAP news agency. Born on July 2, 1923 in Bnin, near ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish Nobel winning poet Szymborska dies at 88 [Feb 02, 2012] WARSAW, Feb 1 - Polish Nobel Prize winning poet Wislawa Szymborska, once described as the "Mozart of Poetry," died on Wednesday, after suffering from lung cancer. She was 88. "She died quietly, in her sleep," Szymborska's assistant Michal Rusinek was quoted as saying by the state news agency PAP. The shy poet became a reluctant celebrity when she became the fourth Pole to win the literary Nobel ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish PM goes to Afghanistan to honour 5 dead soldiers [Dec 23, 2011] Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk went to Afghanistan on Thursday to pay homage to five Polish soldiers who were killed by a makeshift bomb, the PAP news agency reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Legia Warsaw fined for 'Jihad' banner - report [Nov 19, 2011] Legia Warsaw have been fined 10,000 euros ($13,500) by UEFA after fans displayed a banner saying 'Jihad Legia' during a Europa League match at home to Israeli side Hapoel Tel Aviv on Sept. 29, the Polish state news agency reported on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland's Ambassador to Bulgaria Leszek Hensel: Polish EU Presidency Hopes for Positive Balance Despite Unexpected ... [Sep 16, 2011] Exclusive interview of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) with His Excellency Leszek Hensel, Ambassador of Poland to Bulgaria, on the Polish EU Presidency, and Poland's role in Europe. ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland: Walesa son injured in motorcycle accident [Sep 02, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Jaroslaw Walesa, the son of former Polish President Lech Walesa and a member of the European Union parliament, was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident Friday, Polish media reported. Citing firefighters and police, the news agency PAP said the 34-year-old was on his motorcycle when he collided with a small SUV in Stropkowo, central ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland: Walesa son injured in motorcycle accident [Sep 02, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Jaroslaw Walesa, the son of former Polish President Lech Walesa and a member of the European Union parliament, was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident Friday, Polish media reported. Citing firefighters and police, news agency PAP said the 34-year-old was on his motorcycle when he collided with a small SUV in Stropkowo, central ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Additional news "Political news" [Aug 22, 2011] Prosecutor General of Belarus to the authorities of Poland gave data on bank accounts of the Belarusian opposition. This was announced August 11 the Belarusian news agency BelaPAN with reference to the Polish media. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish train derails, 4 people killed [Aug 13, 2011] WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish train travelling from Warsaw to the southern city of Katowice derailed Friday, killing four people and injuring 30 more, local police official Adam Kolasa told state news agency PAP. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish train derails, 4 people killed [Aug 13, 2011] WARSAW (Reuters) - A Polish train travelling from Warsaw to the southern city of Katowice derailed Friday, killing four people and injuring 30 more, local police official Adam Kolasa told state news agency PAP. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish World War II battle hero Kowalik dies at 96 [Jul 11, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Aleksy Kowalik, one of the three surviving heroes of Poland's first World War II battle has died. He was 96. Kowalik's daughter Jadwiga Bucz told Polish news agency PAP that her father died on Sunday in the southern city of Blachownia, where the family has lived for over 60 years. Kowalik was among the 205 Polish troops guarding the navy's ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish World War II battle hero Aleksy Kowalik dies aged 96 [Jul 11, 2011] WARSAW, Poland - Aleksy Kowalik, one of the three surviving heroes of Poland's first World War II battle has died. He was 96. Kowalik's daughter Jadwiga Bucz told Polish news agency PAP that her father died on Sunday in the southern city of Blachownia, where the family has lived for over 60 years. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish World War II battle hero Kowalik dies at 96 [Jul 11, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Aleksy Kowalik, one of the three surviving heroes of Poland's first World War II battle has died. He was 96. Kowalik's daughter Jadwiga Bucz told Polish news agency PAP that her father died on Sunday in the southern city of Blachownia, where the family has lived for over 60 years. Kowalik was among the 205 Polish troops at a military post ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Relic of newly beatified John Paul II _ his blood _ is placed in Polish church [Jun 11, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? A relic containing the blood of the recently beatified Pope John Paul II has been placed in the altar of a new church in Krakow. John Paul, the Polish-born pope who remains deeply revered in his homeland, was beatified May 1 at the Vatican by his successor, Benedict XVI. With his beatification, the faithful are now able to venerate such objects as relics. The Polish news agency ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland asks Nazi camp museums to drop .pl websites (AFP) [Feb 01, 2011] WARSAW (AFP) ? Poland's culture minister said Tuesday he had asked museums at former Nazi death camps to drop their Polish .pl Internet suffix to help counter the false impression they were Polish-run. The minister, Bogdan Zdrojewski, told Polish news agency PAP he had written to the directors of three museums in Poland asking them to use other suffixes for their websites, such as the more ... [via YahooNews] More >>