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Drug Sales Grow in Poland Posted by Kasia on Feb 9, 2012
Pharmaceutical sales rocketed in Poland ahead of the introduction of new drug reimbursement regulations and changes to the official list of subsidized drugs. Under the reimbursement law adopted by parliament last year and introduced this January, the Ministry of Health will negotiate the so-called fixed refundable price of a drug with its manufacturer. On the…
Little Madzia found… Posted by Kasia on Feb 6, 2012
Recently I have been following the story of “kidnapping” little Madzia, 6 month old girl in Poland. Supposedly (rzekomo) mother took her for a walk, was hit from behind by someone and lost consciousness (straciła przytomność). After she regained consciousness (odzyskała przytomność) , baby was gone. Being a mom myself, I felt horrible..Who could do such a thing…? Well…
Nobel Prize-winning Wisława Szymborska dies at 88 Posted by Kasia on Feb 2, 2012
Nobel Prize-winning poet Wisława Szymborska died Wednesday at home in Kraków, Poland. The 88-year-old poet had been afflicted with lung cancer. Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said on Twitter that her death was an “irreparable loss to Poland’s culture.” When Szymborska was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature in 1996, the committee cited her “for poetry…
New National Stadium opened in Warsaw Posted by Kasia on Jan 30, 2012
Polish football fans have celebrated the launch of the biggest stadium for this year’s Euro 2012 finals with a free music festival and fireworks display. Thousands fans arrived on Sunday and were given the chance to see Polish pop acts including VooVoo i Haydamaky, Zakopower, Coma, T. Love and Lady Pank. The 50,000-seat arena, which will…
First Polish satellite Posted by Kasia on Jan 28, 2012
Poland looks likely to see its first satellite in space very soon, according to reports this week. The ‘PW-Sat’ is one of nine satellites that will be launched on February 9 as part of a European Space Agency project which aims to test how to pull satellites back out of orbit. Roughly the size of…
Director of Auschwitz museum has died Posted by Kasia on Jan 27, 2012
Kazimierz Smoleń, a former prisoner of Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, passed away on The International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust. He was 91 years old. Kazimierz Smoleń was born on April 19, 1920 in Chorzów Stary. He was sent to the concentration camp for underground activities in Chorzów in one of the first…
Irena Jarocka has passed away Posted by Kasia on Jan 26, 2012
After more than 40 years on the international stage, Polish singer Irena Jarocka has passed away in Warsaw. One of the best known hits of Irena Jarocka was “Odpływają kawiarenki” (Sail Away Cafes). Irena Jarocka debuted in 1968 at the festival in Sopot. Her first hit was the song “Gondolierzy znad Wisły” (Gondoliers on the…