http://www.mail.com/organizations/1321800-poland-government.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/organizations/1321800-poland-government.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2030586-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 16:31:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2030586-warsaw-marks-70-years-uprising-ghetto.html 2013-04-19T16:31:38Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2030854-polands-treasury-minister-fired-gas-deal.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Friday fired the treasury minister for failing to properly oversee state-run companies, in particular a gas deal one of them signed with Russia. Tusk said Mikolaj Budzanowski would be replaced by the current deputy administration minister, Wlodzimierz Karpinski. He said there had been an insuffici... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:32:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2030854-polands-treasury-minister-fired-gas-deal.html 2013-04-19T12:32:29Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1982202-slovak-polish-pms-support-joint-2022-olympic-bid.html BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The prime ministers of Slovakia and Poland say they support a possible joint bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico says the countries take the bid "extremely seriously" and will do all they can to make it successful. Under the proposal, the hub would be Poland's historic city of Krakow, with mo... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:31:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1982202-slovak-polish-pms-support-joint-2022-olympic-bid.html 2013-03-27T14:31:53Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1951612-walesa-avoids-hate-crime-charge-anti-gay-words.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish prosecutors say they will not charge former President Lech Walesa with hate crimes for recent remarks deemed offensive to gays. Walesa, a communist-era fighter for democracy and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, sparked outrage among liberal Poles by saying March 1 that gays have no right to a prominent role in politics. He said gay... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:08:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1951612-walesa-avoids-hate-crime-charge-anti-gay-words.html 2013-03-13T16:08:47Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1938424-opposition-uses-tablet-to-speak-parliament.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — In Poland, speaking out in parliament is a privilege mostly reserved for lawmakers, but the opposition has skirted that regulation with the help of a hand-held tablet computer. Nationalist opposition party leader and lawmaker Jaroslaw Kaczynski has introduced a non-confidence motion against the Cabinet of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, ... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 16:56:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1938424-opposition-uses-tablet-to-speak-parliament.html 2013-03-07T16:56:08Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1935028-polish-lawmakers-protest-walesas-anti-gay-rant.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's first openly gay and transsexual lawmakers took seats on the front bench of Parliament Wednesday to protest hostile remarks by former President Lech Walesa. Walesa, the leading hero in Poland's successful anti-communist struggle in the 1980s, said Friday that gays belong on the back rows of Parliament, or "even behind the wa... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:40:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1935028-polish-lawmakers-protest-walesas-anti-gay-rant.html 2013-03-06T12:40:19Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1928108-lech-walesa-shocks-poland-with-anti-gay-words.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Lech Walesa, the Polish democracy icon and Nobel peace prize winner, has sparked outrage in Poland by saying that gays have no right to a prominent role in politics and that as a minority they need to "adjust to smaller things." Some commentators are now suggesting that Walesa, the leading figure in Poland's successful democracy stru... Sun, 03 Mar 2013 12:10:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1928108-lech-walesa-shocks-poland-with-anti-gay-words.html 2013-03-03T12:10:45Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1902718-polish-parliament-approves-eu-fiscal-compact.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish lawmakers have approved the European Union's fiscal compact, a set of rules that will limit public debt. The vote Wednesday by the lower chamber of parliament empowers President Bronislaw Komorowski to formally ratify the compact. The move comes as the lawmakers debate when Poland should adopt the euro. An EU member since 2004... Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:17:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1902718-polish-parliament-approves-eu-fiscal-compact.html 2013-02-20T10:17:36Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1876796-polish-transsexual-lawmaker-loses-shot-top-post.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The before and after photos of Anna Grodzka show how much she — and her country — have transformed. As a man, she once wore a thick beard. Now, Poland's first transsexual lawmaker favors big dangly earrings, her hair in a bob. Grodzka attracted huge attention when she was elected in 2011, and earned even more recently when she became... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 14:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1876796-polish-transsexual-lawmaker-loses-shot-top-post.html 2013-02-08T14:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1827642-mother-polands-kaczynski-twins-dies-86.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Jadwiga Kaczynska, the mother of the late President Lech Kaczynski and his identical twin brother Jaroslaw — an unusual political duo who shaped public life in Poland for many years — has died. She was 86. Kaczynska's death Thursday was announced by Law and Justice, the conservative party led by Jaroslaw Kaczynski. The cause of death... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1827642-mother-polands-kaczynski-twins-dies-86.html 2013-01-17T16:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1808582-poland-launches-program-to-reduce-traffic-deaths.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland will upgrade its roads, improve law enforcement and take other steps as part of a new government program designed to improve the country's miserable road safety record. In 2011, Poland had Europe's worst road safety statistics, with 110 deaths per 1 million citizens, or almost 4,200 people killed, Interior Minister Jacek Cicho... Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1808582-poland-launches-program-to-reduce-traffic-deaths.html 2013-01-09T15:01:00Z 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