Michal Zajac

Poland's Solidarity trade union movement and the early anti-communist movement have a lasting place in the memory of many Poles. But the way in which workers' protests or…

In traditional East European societies being overweight once symbolised wealth and success. In Poland, for instance, a fat child meant a healthy and happy child. Of course…

Despite Poland's early knock-out from the Word Cup in Germany football remains in the limelight in Poland, the reasons being arrests of football officials on corruption…

Just over two weeks before presidential elections in Belarus, the life of the opposition there is becoming ever more difficult. One of Alexander Lukashenko's rivals was…

Poland's heart surgeons are among the best in the world. Just a decade ago waiting lists of patients in need of heart surgery were far longer than in most European…

Poland and Russia are looking across their borders and asking - what's wrong with this relationship? Every now and then new tensions occur: like the beating up of Russian…

With a population of 40 million, Poland is a pretty big country by European standards. But the number of people with Polish roots abroad is estimated at another 10 million…

Celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the creation of Solidarity are underway in Poland. Exhibitions, concerts, conferences, book presentations - even the…

"Journeys in a New Homeland" is the title of a play written by a Cameroonian refugee, Simon Mol, and shown to Polish audiences by a team of refugee-actors seeking asylum…

Most of the labour markets of the old EU member states remain closed to Polish job-seekers. While Great Britain, Ireland and Sweden are the only countries where Polish…