http://www.mail.com/locations/1502-poland.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/1502-poland.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1761678-cheese-7500-years-ago.html LONDON (AP) — 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 cheese-making. Scientists performed a chemical analysis on fragments from 34 pottery sieves discovered in Poland to determine their purpose. Until now, experts weren't sure whether such sieves w... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1761678-cheese-7500-years-ago.html 2012-12-12T19:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1761360-polish-energy-advisor-using-coal-energy.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — 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 polluting fossil fuel with cleaner sources. Krzysztof Zmijewski, an expert on carbon gas emissions, said Wednesday that as global demand for energy rises, Poland should continue to use ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1761360-polish-energy-advisor-using-coal-energy.html 2012-12-12T15:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1751106-fiat-cutting-1500-jobs-polish-factory.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — 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. The layoffs amount to nearly a third of the site's workforce of 5,000. Fiat Auto Poland S.A., the company's Polish subsidiary, said in a statement Friday that the "very negative situation" in t... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 15:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1751106-fiat-cutting-1500-jobs-polish-factory.html 2012-12-07T15:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1747414-dutch-call-search-6-missing-crewmen.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — 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. The presumed death toll is 11 — taking into account the missing and five bodies found so far. A day after the Baltic Ace capsized in international waters off Netherlands' southern coast, s... Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1747414-dutch-call-search-6-missing-crewmen.html 2012-12-06T16:18:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1744864-poland-cuts-interest-rates-to-help-slowing-economy.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — 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. Wednesday's cut is the second in a month. In early November, the central bank lowered the reference rate also by a quarter point, to 4.5 percent, in its first cut in three years. The cuts aim to bo... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1744864-poland-cuts-interest-rates-to-help-slowing-economy.html 2012-12-05T12:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1729238-jewish-groups-struggle-holocaust-restitution.html PRAGUE (AP) — 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 a boost two years ago when 43 countries vowed at a Prague conference to back global guidelines for the restitution of property confiscated from Jews during World War II to their rightful owners o... Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1729238-jewish-groups-struggle-holocaust-restitution.html 2012-11-28T21:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1718706-debate-eu-debate-mixes-philosophy-money.html BRUSSELS (AP) — Which side of this week's debate on the European Union budget a country takes can depend largely on which side its bread is buttered. Those that contribute more to the EU than they get back generally want to hold the line on the organization's budget — or even see spending fall. Those who receive more money than they put in tend to support... Thu, 22 Nov 2012 16:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1718706-debate-eu-debate-mixes-philosophy-money.html 2012-11-22T16:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1716342-2-polish-plane-victims-buried-wrong-graves.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Forensic testing has proven that two more victims of the 2010 plane crash in Russia that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others were misidentified and buried in the wrong graves, Polish prosecutors said Wednesday. The number of misidentified victims has now grown to six and highlights flaws in the handling of the crash'... Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1716342-2-polish-plane-victims-buried-wrong-graves.html 2012-11-21T13:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1713080-poland-thwarts-terror-attack-top-leaders.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish university researcher driven by nationalistic and anti-Semitic hatred was arrested for planning to detonate a four-ton bomb in front of the Parliament building in Warsaw with the president, prime minister, government ministers and lawmakers inside, authorities said Tuesday. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the suspect and his... Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1713080-poland-thwarts-terror-attack-top-leaders.html 2012-11-20T12:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1705122-museum-heart-russias-jewish-culture-revival.html MOSCOW (AP) — In czarist times, Geda Zimanenko watched her mother offer the local police officer a shot of vodka on a plate and five rubles every Sunday to overlook the fact that their family lived outside the area where Jews were allowed to live. Then came the Bolshevik Revolution and Zimanenko became a good Communist, raising her own son to believe in i... Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:26:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1705122-museum-heart-russias-jewish-culture-revival.html 2012-11-16T12:26:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1702106-poland-europe-to-dreamliner-plane.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's national airline LOT welcomed its first Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" into its fleet Thursday, becoming the first European carrier to get the U.S. aircraft maker's newest plane. The plane has been hailed for a state-of-the art design that makes it more fuel efficient and comfortable for passengers than an earlier generation of air... Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1702106-poland-europe-to-dreamliner-plane.html 2012-11-15T11:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1693344-right-wingers-injure-2-police-officers-poland.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas at a right-wing march that took place in Warsaw as Poland marked its independence day. Police spokesman Mariusz Sokolowski says two officers were injured and that several hooligans were detained after throwing stones and metal objects at the police. The right-wing hooligans disturbed just... Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1693344-right-wingers-injure-2-police-officers-poland.html 2012-11-11T16:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1687830-marilyn-monroe-photos-auction-poland.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Who doesn't want a picture of Marilyn Monroe? Hundreds of photographs of the blonde bombshell and other celebrities, including famous ones of Monroe in bed and as a ballerina, were sold for some $750,000 Thursday evening at an auction house in Poland. Bidders and spectators packed the Desa Unicum house in Warsaw, ... Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:48:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1687830-marilyn-monroe-photos-auction-poland.html 2012-11-09T09:48:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1673920-poland-russian-gas-price-reduction.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has obtained a significant price reduction on the gas it imports from Russia, ending a legal dispute that had escalated to international arbitration, officials said Tuesday. The head of Poland's PGNiG gas an oil giant, Grazyna Piotrowska-Oliwa, said her company and Russian supplier Gazprom signed a deal in Warsaw on Monday tha... Tue, 06 Nov 2012 14:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1673920-poland-russian-gas-price-reduction.html 2012-11-06T14:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1675742-misidentified-2010-plane-crash-victim-reburied.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A repeat burial was held on Saturday for Poland's last president-in-exile, whose body was misidentified and buried in the wrong grave following the 2010 plane crash in Russia that killed 96 people. A funeral Mass attended by family members was held for Ryszard Kaczorowski at Warsaw's Temple of God's Providence and then the body was l... Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:06:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1675742-misidentified-2010-plane-crash-victim-reburied.html 2012-11-03T16:06:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1668244-experts-emergency-landing-poland.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Aviation experts said Wednesday that a LOT Polish Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey, made an emergency landing in Warsaw last year because of technical problems with the Boeing 767 and inadequate guidance in its cockpit handbook. None of the 231 people aboard were injured when the plane landed on its belly on Nov. 1, 2011, afte... Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:33:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1668244-experts-emergency-landing-poland.html 2012-10-31T15:33:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1666352-polands-bishops-halloween-harmful-pagan.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Some Catholic bishops in Poland say that Halloween is harmful because it promotes "diabolical" behavior and are asking believers not to observe it. Archbishop Andrzej Dziega in Szczecin, in the northwest, said in letter to his parishioners that under the vestige of fun, Halloween can be "destroying the spiritual life." The "tricks" ... Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1666352-polands-bishops-halloween-harmful-pagan.html 2012-10-30T15:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1661466-warsaw-museum-to-celebrate-jewish-life-poland.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The box-like glass building rises from soil marked by tragedy in the heart of Warsaw's former Jewish district. At certain angles, its luminous facade reflects the outlines of a dark memorial to those who fought and died in the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising against the Nazis. Yet despite reminders of Jewish suffering all around, the mod... Sun, 28 Oct 2012 10:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1661466-warsaw-museum-to-celebrate-jewish-life-poland.html 2012-10-28T10:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1658378-wwi-era-tank-returns-to-poland-afghanistan.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A tank used by Poland in its 1920 war against the Red Army was returned from Afghanistan where it was serving as a decoration at the defense ministry. Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said Friday the French-made FT-17 tank has "historic and sentimental value" for Poland. According to historians it probably was captured by the Bolshe... Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1658378-wwi-era-tank-returns-to-poland-afghanistan.html 2012-10-26T12:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1652234-auschwitz-prisoner-photographer-dies-95.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The images are haunting: naked and emaciated children at Auschwitz standing shoulder-to-shoulder, adult prisoners in striped garb posing for police-style mug shots. One of several photographers to capture such images, Wilhelm Brasse, has died at the age of 95. A Polish photographer who was arrested and sent to Auschwitz early in Worl... Wed, 24 Oct 2012 18:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1652234-auschwitz-prisoner-photographer-dies-95.html 2012-10-24T18:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1652440-branson-virgin-space-project-delayed.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — British billionaire Richard Branson says his space tourism project keeps being pushed back and isn't sure of an exact date for the first launch. He says it will be at least another 12 or 18 months before the Virgin Galactic venture can offer paid space travel to adventurers. The founder of the Virgin Group met with students on his fi... Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1652440-branson-virgin-space-project-delayed.html 2012-10-24T11:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1646862-oldest-auschwitz-survivor-dies.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The oldest known survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp — a teacher who gave lessons in defiance of his native Poland's Nazi occupiers — has died at the age of 108, an official said Monday. Antoni Dobrowolski died Sunday in the northwestern Polish town of Debno, according to Jaroslaw Mensfelt, a spokesman at the Auschwitz-Birke... Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1646862-oldest-auschwitz-survivor-dies.html 2012-10-22T14:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1642036-narrow-house-opening-art-work-warsaw.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The new house is only four feet wide (1.2 meters), but it comes with a bathroom, a kitchen and a bedroom, and its first tenant, an Israeli writer, will move in this weekend. Architect Jakub Szczesny said Friday he designed the two-story aluminum and plastic house three years ago to fill a narrow space between a pre-war house and a mo... Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:09:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1642036-narrow-house-opening-art-work-warsaw.html 2012-10-19T15:09:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1613446-spain-quip-adds-to-romneys-foreign-policy-trouble.html WASHINGTON (AP) — If Mitt Romney becomes president, he might need a crash course in Diplomacy 101. He irritated Britons and Palestinians during a summer tour abroad and has declared Russia to be America's No. 1 geopolitical foe. Just last week, the Republican candidate, who plans a foreign policy speech Monday, raised eyebrows in Spain by holding it up as... Sun, 07 Oct 2012 12:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1613446-spain-quip-adds-to-romneys-foreign-policy-trouble.html 2012-10-07T12:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1605216-polish-philharmonic-named-jewish-virtuoso.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Polish city of Czestochowa is renaming its orchestra to honor a native son: Bronislaw Huberman, a Polish-Jewish violin virtuoso who helped save hundreds of German Jews from the Holocaust and who founded the precursor to what is now the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. An inaugural concert by the Bronislaw Huberman Philharmonic on W... Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:29:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1605216-polish-philharmonic-named-jewish-virtuoso.html 2012-10-03T14:29:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1596044-thousands-poles-protest-pro-market-reforms.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of Poles blew horns, prayed and waved flags in downtown Warsaw on Saturday to show their anger over a new law that raises the retirement age and a host of other issues. The protest was organized by the conservative and nationalistic opposition party Law and Justice, led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski, as well as the Solidarity trade... Sat, 29 Sep 2012 10:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1596044-thousands-poles-protest-pro-market-reforms.html 2012-09-29T10:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1594172-polish-solidarity-hero-reburied-mix-up.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Mourners on Friday bid a second farewell to Anna Walentynowicz, a legendary figure with Poland's Solidarity movement whose body was mistakenly buried in the wrong grave after her death in a 2010 plane crash. The repeat funeral Mass for Walentynowicz in her hometown of Gdansk took place after her body was exhumed last week and DNA tes... Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1594172-polish-solidarity-hero-reburied-mix-up.html 2012-09-28T13:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1588080-polands-unemployment-rises-to-124-pct-august.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Government figures show that Poland's jobless rate rose to 12.4 percent at the end of August from 12.3 percent in July, as the economy shows signs of a slowdown. A statement on the website of the Main Statistical Office on Wednesday showed that some 1.96 million people in this nation of 38 million were registered as jobless at the en... Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/markets/1588080-polands-unemployment-rises-to-124-pct-august.html 2012-09-26T09:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1575628-poles-angered-ukraines-graveside-fashion-shoot.html KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Poland on Thursday protested a Ukrainian photo exhibition featuring models dressed as Catholic nuns posing next to the graves of Polish soldiers, an incident that threatened to upset close ties between the two neighbors as Kiev relies on Warsaw's help in its push to integrate closer with the European Union. The protest came during a v... Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1575628-poles-angered-ukraines-graveside-fashion-shoot.html 2012-09-20T15:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1575630-polish-troops-find-abandoned-baby-afghanistan.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish troops on patrol in southern Afghanistan have found a newborn baby abandoned on the side of a road. The towel-wrapped girl was found Wednesday by soldiers who were checking the safety of a route near their Waghez military base, according to Defense Ministry spokesman Janusz Walczak. The soldiers were first suspicious about the... Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:18:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1575630-polish-troops-find-abandoned-baby-afghanistan.html 2012-09-20T15:18:00Z