News - Poland

Bronislaw Komorowski received a resolution from the National Electoral Commission at noon today, confirming his victory in Poland’s presidential elections.

Contrary to initial reports, an examination of the Tu-154's black box flight recorders revealed that the crew made two, not four attempts at landing.

Polish president Lech Kaczynski and 95 people died in airplane crash during landing in Smolensk

The fossilised remains of a males from the Neanderthal period have been found in the Stajnia cave, in Bobolice, around 50 kilometres from Katowice, southern Poland.

Poland's Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity - the largest of Poland’s annual fund raisers for children’s help organisations - raised 36 million zloty (8.5 million euros), Sunday.

Twenty years ago today parliament voted to rename the nation the Republic of Poland and put the crown back on the head of the national symbol, the eagle. So ended the communist Polish People’s Republic.

The Chopin Year will be the focal point of the Polish presence at the MIDEM Fair opening in Cannes on 24 January. Its motto will be ‘Polska. More than Chopin’.

The global fight with climate change is expected to dominate the talks during the EU summit which starts in Brussels with the participation of Poland’s PM Donald Tusk today.

Dr. Jolanta Solecka, a microbiologist at the National Institute of Public Health in Warsaw, has discovered a new strain of antibiotics that could be used to fight bacteria that causes staph infections.

Eight investors have entered eleven bids for the sale of assets of the Gdynia and Nowa Szczecin shipyards, said Roma Sarzyńska, from the Poland’s Industrial Development Agency.