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Warsaw's communist past and capital present live in buildings and spaces
Warsaw is a city whose skyline is dominated by the Stalinist-era Palace of Culture and where a heated debate is under way on how to turn the vast space around it into a…
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Awards from unsung war hero keep importance of Holocaust education in
Irena Sendler is one of the unsung heroes of World War Two. Now 98, she saved two and a half thousand Jewish children from the Holocaust in Nazi occupied Poland. Today, 65…
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Warsaw marks 65 years since the uprising in the Jewish Ghetto
This week Warsaw held commemorative events to mark the 65th anniversary of the uprising against the Nazi's in the city's Jewish Ghetto. Politicians from Poland and Israel…
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Poland's orchestras - they survived censorship to face the free-market
Since the fall of communism nearly two decades ago funding of the arts has undergone a dramatic and, in many cases, successful transition in Central Europe. As you'll hear…
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Breathe the atmosphere of pre-war Warsaw in Café Fogg
Last week we followed in the footsteps, and coffee cups, of Kafka and co, into the cafes of Prague. This week Michal Kubicki of Polish Radio's External Service reckons he…
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EU reform treaty hits ratification snags in Poland and Slovakia
The European Union's Reform Treaty, also known as the Treaty of Lisbon, is running into ratification difficulties in Slovakia and Poland. In Slovakia opposition parties…
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Poland's PM gets US reassurances on military upgrade
The Polish government has been given assurances by the United States that it will help modernize the Polish army as part of a deal on locating a missile defense shield on…
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Poland's food traditions survive the fads and fast-food onslaught
Poland's food and restaurant scene has changed dramatically since the grey days of the communist era. I remember a visit to Warsaw in the early nineties when the dining…
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Warsaw students swap economics for Opera
Business studies and opera would, at first glance, not appear to be a perfect match. But if you happen to visit the Warsaw School of Economics on Opera Day, you can see…
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Poland debates its post-Holocaust history and anti-Semitism
In Poland, a heated debate is under way in most of the country's media following the publication of a book on Polish-Jewish relations after World War Two. It is by a…
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