Poland

Poland

• Poland's last communist era leader in hospital

  A doctor says that the life of Poland's last communist leader hospitalized after a heavy nosebleed is not in danger. Hospital spokesman Piotr ... 

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  Cheese first made at least 7,500 years ago

  Little Miss Muffet could have been separating her curds and whey 7,500 years ago, according to a new study that finds the earliest solid evidence of ... 

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  Polish parliament passes 2013 budget

  Poland's lower house of parliament has approved a 2013 budget that foresees a slightly lower deficit than that expected for this year. The government ... 

• Polish energy advisor: keep using coal for energy

  An advisor to the Polish government says the country should keep using its coal for decades to come, despite a European Union policy of replacing the ... 

• Poland's airline, car makers get state support

  Officials say that Poland's struggling LOT airline and an auto plant are getting financial support from the government as both sectors are going ... 

• Poland asks EU to push Russia to return wreckage

  Poland is asking the European Union to pressure Moscow to return the wreckage of the plane that crashed in Russia in 2010, killing President Lech ... 

• Fiat cutting about 1,500 jobs at Polish factory

  The Italian carmaker Fiat says it plans to cut about 1,500 jobs at a factory in Poland due to falling demand for cars on the European market. 

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  Dutch call off search for 6 missing crewmen

  Rescuers called off search efforts for six missing crewmen Thursday from a cargo ship that sank in the North Sea after a collision with another vessel 

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  Poland agrees to take Bosnian Serb war criminal

  A Polish court has agreed to allow a Bosnian Serb war criminal to serve out his sentence in Poland after he was assaulted in a British prison. 

• Poland cuts interest rates to help slowing economy

  The National Bank of Poland has cut its key interest rate a quarter of a percentage point to 4.25 percent to support the slowing economy. 

• Poland gets new deputy PM, economy minister

  Poland's pro-business prime minister has reshuffled his government, giving the posts of deputy prime minister and economy minister to the new head of ... 

• Polish church defends 'boxes' for unwanted babies

  Poland's top church leader is defending the existence of "baby boxes" where mothers can anonymously abandon unwanted newborns, in reaction to a recent ... 

• Seeking renewable energy, Poland looks to sea wind

  Seeking renewable energy to meet EU recommendations and cut dependence on Russian energy imports, Poland is looking to offshore wind farms as part of ... 

• Poland's economy grows 1.4 percent in 3Q

  Poland registered a sharp slowdown in its economy when it revealed that its economic output had dropped for the third quarter in a row. The country, ... 

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  John Paul's artifacts, memorabilia to come to US

  Promoters of a traveling exhibit of artifacts and memorabilia belonging to Pope John Paul II unveiled two items from the pontiff's life Thursday that ... 

• Europe needs clear energy strategy, experts say

  Europe needs a clear long-term strategy to secure energy sources and find the funding to develop them, a group of experts said Thursday. 

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  Jewish groups struggle for Holocaust restitution

  More than 67 years after the Holocaust, Jirina Novakova refuses to give up her battle to regain property confiscated from her family. Her hopes got ... 

• Polish court approves same-sex couple inheritance

  Poland's Supreme Court said Wednesday that a same-sex partner can inherit the right to a deceased's rented apartment. The decision extends a right ... 

• Polish court nixes ritual animal slaughter

  A top court in Poland said Tuesday that the ritual slaughter of animals by religious groups, including Jews and Muslims, violates the country's ... 

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  Scientists make virtual portrait of Fahrenheit

  Scientists in Poland have created a computer portrait of 18th century physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit using images of his relatives. Jerzy Proficz ... 

• Poland weighs bid for 2022 Winter Games

  Poland is considering a joint bid with neighboring Slovakia to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday he is ... 

• Shrinking nation Poland needs to boost births

  Poland's prime minister says economic and welfare measures should be taken to encourage women to have more babies and to discourage emigration, to ... 

• Poland's jobless rate ticks up to 12.5 percent

  Official figures show that the onset of winter pushed unemployment in Poland up to 12.5 percent at the end of October from 12.4 percent the month ...