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Kubica's high speed career gets Poles fired up over motor sport
Ski jumping wouldn't have reached its unprecedented popularity in Poland if it hadn't been for the successes of a single athlete - Adam Malysz. And now motor racing, a…
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Polish immigration changes Britain, and the Beatles tour!
Britain is debating the benefits of immigration again after Immigration Minister Liam Byrne said the country has been "deeply unsettled" by more than half a million east…
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Europe debates plans for US missile bases in Poland
US plans to base parts of its anti-missile defence system in Poland and the Czech Republic is being hotly debated around Europe at the moment. Not least in the two…
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Weeding out the spies - Poland's struggle with the past
The Polish Parliament has examined amendments submitted by the country's President to the vetting law of 1996, which is meant to weed out former communist police spies…
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Poland pushes patriotism and public life
Poland's Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Kazimierz Michal Ujazdowski, has unveiled a new programme called "Patriotism for Tomorrow" aiming to teach young people…
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Twenty years since Chernobyl and doctors still unsure about true consequences
With the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster coming up in April many scientists and analysts are still unsure of the true scale of the accident. Up to mid-2005…
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The plight of Polish Catholics in Northern Ireland's Derry
Polish migrants and others have been subjected to racist attacks in Northern Ireland. The province is part of the United Kingdom - one of the countries which did not…
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Central Europe and Schengen - can borders be friendly and effective at the same time?
The Visegrad four, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia are worried about their borders. The question is can they put up a friendly fence towards their Eastern…
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Divine Word Missionaries open new center for migrants and refugees in Warsaw
Poland has for decades been a land of emigrants - with Poles migrating to all corners of the world. But now it finds migrants and asylum seekers are choosing to settle on…
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Unusual holocaust exhibition opens in Warsaw
Before World War II more than 20 percent of world's Jewish population lived in Poland. They settled mainly in the eastern parts of the country, like the north-eastern city…