Krystyna Kolosowska
articles by the author
-
Jewish community among those mourning death of John Paul II in Poland
On October 16, 1978, Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla was elected Pope and assumed the name of Pope John Paul II. He was the first non-Italian Pope in 456 years and the first…
-
Poland in political turmoil
Poland's political scene never seems to have been in greater disarray than it is today - rocked by scandals and bitter disputes between left and right. All this is…
-
Polish journalist brings skeletons out of communist closet by posting list of former secret police…
Unlike Eastern Germany and the Czech Republic, Poland has not dug deep into its files of communist-era secret police and their informers. In fact Poland's first Solidarity…
-
Is EU membership good news for Polish illegal workers in Brussels?
"If you have no work, you have no life," says sixty year-old Wieslawa who has been working as a cleaning lady in Brussels for several years now. No, she hasn't got a…
