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Polish exports of meat for Jews, Muslims in limbo
For some, it was a barbaric way to treat animals. For others, it was great business. Until January, slaughterhouses across Poland — a deeply Catholic ...
Polish walkway named for woman who saved Jews
Polish officials have honored Irena Sendler, a Polish woman credited with saving 2,500 Jewish children from the Holocaust, by naming a walkway in a ...
Polish economy barely grew in Q1
Official figures show that Poland's economy barely grew in the first quarter of the year. The Central Statistical Office said Tuesday that its ...
Russia's foreign min defends arms sales to Syria
Russia's foreign minister has defended his country's sales of antiaircraft systems to Syria, insisting they are not banned by international law.
Body parts from surgery found buried in Poland
Polish prosecutors say they are questioning a man suspected of burying body parts and other medical waste instead of delivering them for incineration.
Poland's shale gas hopes suffer blow
News that Talisman Energy Inc. and Marathon Oil are pulling out of exploration for shale gas in Poland is a blow to the country's hopes that its ...
Poland cuts interest rates as economy slows
The National Bank of Poland has cut interest rates to a historic low as the economy continues to slow and inflation is below target. The central bank ...
Huge chocolate white eagle marks Poland's holiday
A giant white eagle made of chocolate has been placed in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw to mark democratic Poland's young national holiday
Polish airline to resume flying Boeing 787s June 5
Poland's national airline, LOT, says it is resuming flights on its two grounded Boeing 787s on June 5 and is selling tickets for the flights. LOT said ...
Poland to step up regulations on ritual slaughter
Poland's prime minister said Tuesday his government has drafted new regulations that would reduce the suffering of animals during slaughter, including ...
Poland's Boeing 787s to resume flight in June
Polish national airline LOT said Tuesday its Boeing 787s, which had been grounded for months due to battery problems, will resume flying in June and ...
Poland's jobless rate down to 14.3 percent
Poland's jobless rate inched down to 14.3 percent in March from 14.4 percent the month before, according to government figures released Tuesday.
Poland beats Belgium in Fed Cup
Poland took an insurmountable 3-1 lead over Belgium on Sunday to secure its place in Fed Cup World Cup II and relegate the hosts to the Euro-Africa ...
US philanthropist savors opening of Jewish museum
As his train rolled across Germany in 1939, passing through small towns where swastikas fluttered from flagpoles, Tad Taube cowered in fear each time ...
Belgium, Poland level 1-1 after 1st day Fed Cup
Kirsten Flipkens kept Belgian hopes alive in the Fed Cup World Group II playoffs, beating Poland's Ursula Radwanska 6-4, 6-3, to level the tie at 1-1 ...
Warsaw marks 70 years since uprising in ghetto
Sirens wailed and church bells tolled in Warsaw as largely Roman Catholic Poland paid homage Friday to the Jewish fighters who rose up 70 years ago ...
2 ex-officers in Poland get suspended prison terms
A Polish court has handed suspended prison terms to two former army commanders in the shooting deaths of 45 workers protesting price hikes in Poland ...
AP Interview: Warsaw ghetto survivor recalls hell
Jakub Gutenbaum still squirms at the thought of scalding-hot walls in the basement where he hid while houses burned overhead during the Warsaw ghetto ...
Poland remembers Warsaw ghetto and its fighters
Israel's ambassador to Poland opened a 3-D show of Warsaw ghetto photos on Wednesday as part of observances marking the 70th anniversary of the ...
Heir to Johnson & Johnson wealth buried in Poland
Barbara Piasecka Johnson, a former maid who married the American heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, was buried Monday in her hometown in Poland ...
Events mark 70 years since Warsaw ghetto uprising
A month of commemorative events marking the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising has begun, with a communal cleaning of a Jewish cemetery ...
Poland unveils giant statue of John Paul II
A giant statue of the late Pope John Paul II billed as the world's tallest has been unveiled in southern Poland. Archbishop Waclaw Depo unveiled the ...