News: Poland

We have started to collect the most important news related to Poland in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Poland: news

Poles and Russia try to mend ties

Thursday, October 5th 2006, 10:01
related countries: Russia

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov visits Poland in a bid to patch up strained relations.
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Polish ruling coalition collapses

Friday, September 22nd 2006, 8:46

Poland's ruling conservatives try to form a new government after the prime minister sacked his deputy.
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Poland to boost Nato Afghan force

Thursday, September 14th 2006, 14:15
related countries: Afghanistan

Poland is to send an extra 1,000 troops to Afghanistan to join Nato forces there, but not until next year.
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Fears for Polish workers in Italy

Thursday, September 14th 2006, 13:39
related countries: Italy

Polish police join the hunt for more than 100 Polish migrants feared to have been criminally abused in southern Italy.
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Poland eases rules to fill jobs

Thursday, August 31st 2006, 10:16
related countries: Turkey

Poland eases restrictions on workers from Eastern Europe and Turkey to fill jobs after a Polish exodus to the West.
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Polish PM in Brussels charm visit

Wednesday, August 30th 2006, 11:26
related countries: Belgium
related places: Brussels

New Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski meets senior EU officials to try to boost relations with his government.
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Walesa attacks Grass for SS role

Monday, August 14th 2006, 11:18
related countries: Germany
related places: Grass

Poland's ex-president Lech Walesa says German writer Guenter Grass should hand back a Polish honour.
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EU warns Poland over environment

Friday, August 11th 2006, 17:14

Poland could face legal action for failing to protect its natural habitats, the European Commission says.
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Berlin exhibition angers Poland

Thursday, August 10th 2006, 17:20
related countries: Germany

Poland's PM condemns an exhibition showing the plight of Germans expelled from the east after World War II.
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Safety op targets Polish uranium

Thursday, August 10th 2006, 9:07
related countries: Russia

Highly enriched uranium is removed from a nuclear reactor in Poland to prevent terrorists getting hold of it.
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Polish exodus shrinks job queue

Friday, August 4th 2006, 14:54

Poland sees its jobless rate hit a five year low in July as more of its citizens seek better paid work elsewhere in the EU.
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EU rejects death penalty debate

Wednesday, August 2nd 2006, 16:29

The European commission rebuffs the Polish president on his call for a debate on reinstating the death penalty.
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Polish city lures back migrants

Wednesday, August 2nd 2006, 14:04
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Wroclaw

Officials in the Polish city of Wroclaw step up a drive to lure back locals who have gone to the UK in search of work.
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Polish leader backs death penalty

Friday, July 28th 2006, 18:04

Polish President Lech Kaczynski says EU member states should reintroduce the death penalty.
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'Nazi aircraft carrier' located

Friday, July 28th 2006, 12:18

The Polish navy believes it has found the wreck of Nazi Germany's only aircraft carrier, the Graf Zeppelin.
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Poland moves against ex-spies

Friday, July 21st 2006, 23:59

Poland's parliament backs removing collaborators with the old communist secret services from public life.
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Polish head swears in twin as PM

Friday, July 14th 2006, 11:14
related places: Jaroslaw

Polish President Lech Kaczynski swears in his twin brother, Jaroslaw, as prime minister.
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Poland leader's twin named as PM

Monday, July 10th 2006, 17:41
related places: Jaroslaw

Polish President Lech Kaczynski appoints his twin brother, Jaroslaw, as prime minister.
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Polish president's twin to be PM

Saturday, July 8th 2006, 18:00

The twin brother of Polish President Lech Kaczynski accepts his party's nomination for the country's premiership.
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Poland's prime minister resigns

Friday, July 7th 2006, 22:13

Polish Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz resigns following reports of a growing rift with his party's chairman.
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Poland marks pogrom of Jews

Wednesday, July 5th 2006, 0:24
related places: Kielce

Poland marks the 60th anniversary of an anti-Semitic massacre in Kielce in which 42 people were killed.
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Arrests over Poland roof collapse

Tuesday, June 27th 2006, 2:21

Polish police arrest three men who designed an exhibition hall that collapsed in January, killing 65 people.
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Polish minister fired in spy row

Friday, June 23rd 2006, 13:57

Polish Finance Minister Zyta Gilowska is dismissed amid claims she lied about her communist past.
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Costa Rica 1-2 Poland

Tuesday, June 20th 2006, 16:05

Two goals from Boratosz Bosacki give Poland a pride-restoring victory in their final Group A match.
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Germany 1-0 Poland

Wednesday, June 14th 2006, 21:14

Oliver Neuville puts Germany within reach of the last 16 with a last-gasp goal to beat Poland in Dortmund.
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Police clash with fans in Germany

Wednesday, June 14th 2006, 20:34
related countries: Germany
related places: Dortmund

Police clash with football fans in Dortmund ahead of the World Cup match between Germany and Poland.
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Gay activists hold Warsaw rally

Saturday, June 10th 2006, 15:15
related places: Warsaw

Thousands of gay rights activists hold a rally in the Polish capital after Warsaw officials lift a ban.
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Poland 0-2 Ecuador

Friday, June 9th 2006, 20:54
related countries: Ecuador

Goals from Carlos Tenorio and Agustin Delgado give Ecuador a stunning victory over Poland in Group A.
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Secret CIA jail claims rejected

Wednesday, June 7th 2006, 20:38
related countries: Romania, United States

The US joins European nations in attacking a report accusing them of colluding over CIA flights.
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Poland to extradite MP3 suspect

Wednesday, May 31st 2006, 19:48
related countries: Belgium

A Polish court agrees to extradite a youth suspected of killing a teenager in Belgium over his MP3 player.
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Pope in visit to Nazi death camps

Sunday, May 28th 2006, 18:01

Pope Benedict XVI visits the former Nazi death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau as he ends his tour of Poland.
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