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Janusz Morgenstein passed away. Posted by Kasia on Sep 12, 2011
An outstanding Polish movie director Janusz Morgenstern died on September 6th. He was 89 years old.He was a head of Movies’ Studio Perspective and the graduate of the Film School in Łódź. One of Andrzej Wajda’s closest associates, they worked together during directing the movie “Kanał”(“Canal” 1956). Morgenstern was also the second director of Wajda’s movie”Popiół…
Barcelona opens football school in Poland Posted by Kasia on Sep 9, 2011
Barcelona has opened a football school (szkoła piłki nożnej) in Poland to help develop talented young players (utalentowanych młodych graczy) from the country. Program director Xevi Marce and former defender Julio Alberto Moreno announced the opening of the Warsaw school at a news conference on Thursday, in the presence of around a dozen recruited boys, who…
Andrzej Lepper found dead Posted by Kasia on Aug 8, 2011
There has been a lot of sad news lately from Poland… Polish populist politician Andrzej Lepper has died at the age of 57 in Warsaw, with police suspecting he killed himself. The leader of the Self-Defence Party was found dead in a party office, police said. His career in politics was latterly overshadowed by a…
Poland releases report into 2010 plane crash Posted by Kasia on Aug 4, 2011
Poland’s government released a long-awaited report into the plane crash in Russia last year that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and dozens of senior officials. Russian air traffic controllers gave incorrect and confusing landing instructions to pilots of a plane that crashed, killing Poland’s president and 95 other people, a Polish report said Friday –…
Polish couple killed in Peru Posted by Kasia on Jul 22, 2011
I don’t like to share such sad news, but this one got me really upset… If you follow news from Poland, you probably heard about the couple from Poland who was killed in Peru on May 27th 2011. Today I read about some new evidence in the case. The Polish couple killed while canoeing through…
Bronze in World Volleyball League finals Posted by Kasia on Jul 14, 2011
For the first time in sporting history, Poland managed to secure a podium finish in the World Volleyball League finals on Sunday, beating Argentina 3-0 to take the bronze in the championships (mistrzostwa). Poland almost took third position in previous league finals, although lost out to Cuba 2-3 in Belgrade in 2005, as well as…
EU rotating presidency Posted by Kasia on Jul 7, 2011
On 1 July, in its eighth year of EU membership, Poland took over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, which will be the first EU presidency for Poland. There is a common belief in the ‘Brussels Bubble’ that only after holding the presidency does a country become a “mature” and “genuine”…