Stories about Poland from February, 2006
Polish Blogosphere Update
Upon news of the arrest of 17 pedophiles in Poland, part of a worldwide Internet child porn sting started in Spain, Peter Gentle of the beatroot ponders whether looking at...
Poland: “Looking for the Iranian Lech Welesa”
As the Bush administration intends to use Poland's Solidarity movement of the 1980s as a model for Iran's opposition, Beatroot examines Solidarity's history and explains why such a model may...
Poland: Iranian Perspective on the Holocaust
Beatroot corrects Mohammad Taheri, Iran's ambassador to Portugal, who thinks it necessary to reconsider the Holocaust numbers and has been quoted saying this: “When I was ambassador to Poland I...
Band Cancels Polish Tour
The Beatroot writes that a Swedish “death metal” band has decided to cancel its Polish tour, fearing legal action. A precedent was set two years ago, when a Norwegian “black...
“The Polish version of those cartoons?”
In 2003, part of an installation by a Polish artist had “a photograph of a fragment of a naked male body, including the genitalia” projected on a cross. The gallery...
What It Takes to Get a Polish Marriage License
After a bout with bureaucracy, Kinga of Kinuk in Poland has finally obtained her Polish marriage license. Name change in her Polish passport is next.
Poland: Stabilization
the beatroot reports on a stabilization pact signed by two minority parties with the Law and Justice government that mean new elections shouldn't be on the horizon.
Poland: Political Alliance
the beatroot reports that the UK's Conservative Party intends to team up with the Polish Law and Justice Party in the EU parliament.
Poland: Katowice
The Katowice roof collapse may have multiple causes says the beatroot.