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Poland 1 – Greece 1 Posted by Kasia on Jun 10, 2012
And it started! The Poles controlled play for long stretches Friday but still had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Greece in the opening match of the European Championship. Both teams finished with 10 men, but Greece missed its chance for victory in Group A when substitute goalkeeper Przemysław Tytoń saved a penalty from Giorgos…
Start of Euro 2012 Posted by Kasia on Jun 6, 2012
Poland hopes to put on a good show Friday for the 55,000 fans expected to pack Warsaw’s sparkling new National Stadium and the millions more that will be glued to TVs when Poland opens the tournament against Greece. Both Group A teams are fully aware of how important a good start will be in their…
Obama’s holocaust comment Posted by Kasia on May 30, 2012
Poland has demanded an apology from Washington after President Barack Obama spoke of a “Polish death camp” while announcing an award to a resistance fighter for alerting the world to the Nazi Holocaust, largely perpetrated on Polish soil. The matter is a delicate one in Poland, which suffered a brutal Nazi occupation during World War…
Promotion of fascism punishment Posted by Kasia on May 26, 2012
Authorities have launched an inquiry into the case of two Asian tourists who are alleged to have made offensive gestures (obraźliwe gesty) promoting fascism (faszyzm) at Auschwitz recently. The incident (incydent) took place at the beginning of May and involves two men at the ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ entrance gate who are believed to have made the…
Pluses and minuses of Euro 2012 for Polish tourism Posted by Kasia on May 25, 2012
Although between 700,000 and 1.5 million foreign visitors (goście zagraniczni) are expected in Poland during Euro 2012, Poland’s tourist industry (przemysł turystyczny) says the championships are a mixed blessing (mieszane błogosławieństwo). The organization of the European football championships will bring both short and long term effects for the Polish tourism industry. Campaigns promoting Poland abroad (kampanie promujące Polskę za granicą)…
Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie – 150 lat! Posted by Kasia on May 17, 2012
The National Museum in Warsaw (Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie) starts celebrating its 150th anniversary this May. The anniversary celebrations begin May 17-20 with the reopening of refurbished interiors, a new exhibition (nowa wystawa), concerts (koncerty), movie screenings (pokazy filmowe) and a family picnic (piknik rodzinny). Anniversary-linked events will continue for 12 months. One of the…
Joke? Police? Safety? Posted by Kasia on May 14, 2012
I was reading Polish news and came across this really strange thing… Residents of Zachodnio-Pomorskie were left rubbing their eyes in amazement this week when they were confronted with the peculiar sight of a car perched on top of a large tree. The bizarre event occurred in the north western village of Lubczyna and according…