http://www.mail.com/in-en/locations/1502-poland.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/in-en/locations/1502-poland.html http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2089438-polish-exports-meat-jews-muslims-limbo.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — For some, it was a barbaric way to treat animals. For others, it was great business. Until January, slaughterhouses across Poland — a deeply Catholic nation — were the unlikely venues for the Islamic and Jewish slaughter of animals, which in both religions involves a swift cut to the throat of a conscious animal and death by bleeding... Thu, 16 May 2013 10:52:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2089438-polish-exports-meat-jews-muslims-limbo.html 2013-05-16T10:52:58Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2087520-polish-walkway-named-woman-who-saved-jews.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — 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 symbolically important spot after her. Sendler was a social worker who smuggled Jewish children out of the Warsaw ghetto during World War II, when Poland was occupied by Nazi Germany. The... Wed, 15 May 2013 15:49:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2087520-polish-walkway-named-woman-who-saved-jews.html 2013-05-15T15:49:31Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2083822-polish-economy-barely-grew-q1.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Official figures show that Poland's economy barely grew in the first quarter of the year. The Central Statistical Office said Tuesday that its preliminary data show the Polish economy was only 0.4 percent bigger in the first quarter, in non-seasonally adjusted terms, than the same period a year before. The consens... Tue, 14 May 2013 09:16:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2083822-polish-economy-barely-grew-q1.html 2013-05-14T09:16:03Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2076850-russias-foreign-min-defends-arms-sales-to-syria.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Russia's foreign minister has defended his country's sales of antiaircraft systems to Syria, insisting they are not banned by international law. Speaking in Warsaw on Friday, Sergey Lavrov appeared to avoid saying clearly whether Moscow would sell Syria advanced S-300 batteries. Israel has asked Russia to cancel what it says is an im... Fri, 10 May 2013 15:51:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2076850-russias-foreign-min-defends-arms-sales-to-syria.html 2013-05-10T15:51:51Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/2076314-body-parts-surgery-buried-poland.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish prosecutors say they are questioning a man suspected of burying body parts and other medical waste instead of delivering them for incineration. A prosecutor in Chorzow, in southern Poland, Marta Zawada-Dybek said Friday that the man, identified as Marek M., has confessed to burying body parts, syringes, bandages and other was... Fri, 10 May 2013 10:39:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/scitech/health/2076314-body-parts-surgery-buried-poland.html 2013-05-10T10:39:43Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2070596-polands-shale-gas-hopes-suffer-blow.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — 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 deposits of the hydrocarbon will soon cut its dependence on Russian supplies and support the weakening economy. Canada's Talisman and U.S. Marathon Oil said Wednesday they had not found enou... Wed, 08 May 2013 19:04:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2070596-polands-shale-gas-hopes-suffer-blow.html 2013-05-08T19:04:43Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/markets/2071056-poland-cuts-interest-rates-economy-slows.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — 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 cut its benchmark reference rate to 3 percent from 3.5 percent on Wednesday, surprising many economists who had expected the bank to keep rates on hold for now. The bank didn't give an ... Wed, 08 May 2013 11:58:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/markets/2071056-poland-cuts-interest-rates-economy-slows.html 2013-05-08T11:58:29Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2058490-huge-chocolate-white-eagle-marks-polands-holiday.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — 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. The holiday was introduced in 2004 as the Day of the National Flag, but also celebrates other national symbols, including the white eagle. The day celebrates Poland's sovereignty afte... Thu, 02 May 2013 15:50:57 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2058490-huge-chocolate-white-eagle-marks-polands-holiday.html 2013-05-02T15:50:57Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2044042-polish-airline-to-resume-flying-boeing-787s-june-5.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — 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 earlier this week that it would resume flights on the 787s in June without giving an exact date. The world's total fleet of 50 Boeing 787s has been grounded since Jan. 16 as Boeing and... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:42:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2044042-polish-airline-to-resume-flying-boeing-787s-june-5.html 2013-04-25T16:42:33Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2039106-poland-to-step-up-regulations-ritual-slaughter.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's prime minister said Tuesday his government has drafted new regulations that would reduce the suffering of animals during slaughter, including for the needs of religious groups like Jews and Muslims. Poland is covered by European Union laws allowing for ritual slaughter, but the country's own regulations say that an animal mu... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:54:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2039106-poland-to-step-up-regulations-ritual-slaughter.html 2013-04-23T15:54:29Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2038660-polands-boeing-787s-to-resume-flight-june.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — 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 that it will seek compensation from the U.S. plane maker. The world's total fleet of 50 Boeing 787s has been grounded since Jan. 16 as Boeing and investigators tried to figure out why on... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:12:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2038660-polands-boeing-787s-to-resume-flight-june.html 2013-04-23T15:12:02Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2038616-polands-jobless-rate-to-143-percent.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — 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. The Central Statistical Office said that some 2.3 million people in this country of 38 million were registered as unemployed at the end of March, a decrease of about 18,000 from February. Th... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:25:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/business/economy/2038616-polands-jobless-rate-to-143-percent.html 2013-04-23T13:25:23Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2034750-poland-beats-belgium-fed-cup.html KOKSIJDE, Belgium (AP) — 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 continental competition. The Radwanska sisters, Agnieszka and Urszula, both won their singles on Sunday to make sure Belgium drops out of the Fed Cup world groups for the first time si... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 15:04:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2034750-poland-beats-belgium-fed-cup.html 2013-04-21T15:04:45Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2033096-us-philanthropist-savors-opening-jewish-museum.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — As his train rolled across Germany in 1939, passing through small towns where swastikas fluttered from flagpoles, Tad Taube cowered in fear each time Nazi police entered his compartment and barked orders for his documents — papers that plainly identified him as an 8-year-old Jewish boy from Poland. But the full terror of the war was ... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:54:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2033096-us-philanthropist-savors-opening-jewish-museum.html 2013-04-20T15:54:07Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2033342-belgium-poland-level-1-1-1st-day-fed-cup.html KOKSIJDE,Belgium (AP) — 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 after Saturday's opening session. In the first match, fourth-ranked Agnieszka Radwanska swept past Alison Van Uytvanck, ranked 179 places below her, 6-2, 6-4 to confirm Poland's statu... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:15:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/sports/tennis/2033342-belgium-poland-level-1-1-1st-day-fed-cup.html 2013-04-20T15:15:53Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2030484-warsaw-marks-70-years-uprising-ghetto.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — 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 against German Nazi forces in the Warsaw ghetto uprising. The mournful sounds marked the start of state ceremonies that were led by Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski at the iconic Mon... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:33:18 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2030484-warsaw-marks-70-years-uprising-ghetto.html 2013-04-19T16:33:18Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2031174-2-ex-officers-poland-suspended-prison-terms.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — 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 in 1970. The provincial court in Warsaw on Friday also acquitted Stanislaw Kociolek, the deputy prime minister of the communist government at the time. The trial of the communist officia... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:50:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2031174-2-ex-officers-poland-suspended-prison-terms.html 2013-04-19T14:50:29Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2028680-ap-interview-warsaw-ghetto-survivor-recalls-hell.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — 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 uprising. Talking to The Associated Press on Thursday, the 83-year-old Gutenbaum recalled people in the basement lying on the floor in utter silence with no clothes on in that "infernal... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:38:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2028680-ap-interview-warsaw-ghetto-survivor-recalls-hell.html 2013-04-18T17:38:19Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2025446-poland-remembers-warsaw-ghetto-fighters.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — 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 ghetto's ill-fated revolt against Nazi Germans. The 48 pictures shown at Warsaw's Fotoplastikon are images of people walking or begging in the streets, street vendors, German troops and the J... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:57:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2025446-poland-remembers-warsaw-ghetto-fighters.html 2013-04-17T16:57:30Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2020262-heir-to-johnson-johnson-wealth-buried-poland.html WROCLAW, Poland (AP) — Barbara Piasecka Johnson, a former maid who married the American heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune, was buried Monday in her hometown in Poland after a modest funeral. An art collector and philanthropist, Johnson died at age of 76 on April 1 near Wroclaw, in southwestern Poland. She lived and studied art history in Wroclaw befor... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:20:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2020262-heir-to-johnson-johnson-wealth-buried-poland.html 2013-04-15T16:20:36Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2018642-events-mark-70-years-warsaw-ghetto-uprising.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A month of commemorative events marking the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising has begun, with a communal cleaning of a Jewish cemetery and a religious ritual at a new Jewish history museum. The key event will be a ceremony Friday led by President Bronislaw Komorowski remembering the hundreds of Jewish fighters who fought... Sun, 14 Apr 2013 15:28:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2018642-events-mark-70-years-warsaw-ghetto-uprising.html 2013-04-14T15:28:33Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2017626-poland-unveils-giant-statue-john-paul-ii.html CZESTOCHOWA, Poland (AP) — 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 statue of the Polish pontiff Saturday in the southern city of Czestochowa, the home of this predominantly Catholic nation's most famous pilgrimage site, the Jasna Gora monastery. ... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:11:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2017626-poland-unveils-giant-statue-john-paul-ii.html 2013-04-13T15:11:25Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2015312-warsaw-ghetto-memorial-reflects-changing-poland.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Almost nothing remains of the old Warsaw Ghetto: a few buildings here and there, a synagogue, some fragments of a brick wall. The rest was blown up by the Germans in their onslaught against the Jews who took up arms against them. Now this Holocaust-era prison of misery and death is undergoing a dramatic transformation in time for the... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:49:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/entertainment/lifestyle/2015312-warsaw-ghetto-memorial-reflects-changing-poland.html 2013-04-12T15:49:46Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2010146-mother-suspected-killing-3-newborns-poland.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors in northern Poland on Wednesday were questioning a woman suspected of killing her three newborn boys whose bodies were found in the family's freezer. Police spokesman Slawomir Nojman said that the woman, identified as 41-year-old Lucyna D. from the northern town of Lubawa, has confessed to killing the infants. If convicte... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 11:08:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2010146-mother-suspected-killing-3-newborns-poland.html 2013-04-10T11:08:37Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2008698-protesters-accuse-putin-murdering-polish-leader.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — About 200 Poles chanted accusations against Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, accusing the Russian leader of murdering their own President Lech Kaczynski in a 2010 plane crash in Russia. The rally in front of the Russian Embassy in Warsaw came on the eve of the third anniversary of the plane crash in Smolensk, Russia, that killed Kaczynski ... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:42:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/europe/2008698-protesters-accuse-putin-murdering-polish-leader.html 2013-04-09T18:42:21Z http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2007904-giant-john-paul-ii-statue-readied-unveiling.html CZESTOCHOWA, Poland (AP) — Workers are putting the finishing touches on a new statue of the late Pope John Paul II that its backer is calling the tallest one of the pontiff in the world. The 13.8-meter (45.3-foot) white fiberglass figure will tower over the southern Polish city of Czestochowa, home to the predominantly Catholic country's most important pi... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:58:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/in-en/news/world/2007904-giant-john-paul-ii-statue-readied-unveiling.html 2013-04-09T17:58:34Z