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Poland's veteran film maker Andrzej Wajda leads Oscar hopes
In Poland, cinema buffs and the film-making community are in jubilant mood. The list of Oscar nominations includes several Polish names, with the nation's most acclaimed…
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New York's Met gets applause in Poland
A visit to New York's Metropolitan is a dream of all opera fans but if you a Polish music lover, until now you had to fly there to to get a taste of a Met performance. But…
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Polish troops plan to leave Iraq - but other destinations await
In Poland, one of the first decisions of the new government is to have Polish troops withdrawn from Iraq by the autumn. The move has been approved by the president. But…
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Christmas Caroling across Poland - with a British academic
In predominantly Catholic Poland, concerts of Christmas carols are held in churches and concert halls across the country at this time of year. In quite a few Polish homes…
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Poland: Making a Wish - and getting a dinosaur park!
John 'Jack' Horner is a famous American paleontologist who served as the technical advisor for all of the 'Jurassic Park' films. He discovered and named the 'Maiasaura…
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Poland's new PM sets an ambitious reform agenda
Five weeks after Poles voted the conservative Law and Justice party out of office in a snap parliamentary election, Poland has a new government. It was formed by the…
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Poland's rising guitar star - Łukasz Kuropaczewski
Łukasz Kuropaczewski is an up-and-coming classical guitarist from Poland. He recently made his New York debut at the Carnegie Hall - a performance which has set the seal…
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Poland's Nov. 11th celebrations dampened by memories of a massacre
In Poland November 11 is a state holiday, an anniversary of the restoration of independence after over a century of the partitions. This is a day of official ceremonies…
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A big change in Polish politics - but is it the end of the Kaczynski era?
Last weekend's snap parliamentary election in Poland has brought about far-reaching changes in the country's political scene. "Out" is the conservative government of…
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Poland goes to polls in elections seen as referendum on conservative rule
For the seventh time since the collapse of communism in 1989, Poles are electing a new parliament. The vote comes two years ahead of schedule and as two years ago the…