SPIEGEL ONLINE
- October 17, 2013
The brief appearance of a concrete sculpture in Gdansk last Saturday depicting a Red Army soldier raping a pregnant woman has sparked ire on both the Polish and Russian sides. Now the artist could be facing two years in prison. more... [ Comment ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- August 23, 2013
A decision by Germany's high court means that Poles with German ancestry can now take part in September's general election via absentee ballot. For many members of the minority group, the change is of huge symbolic importance. By Friederike Heine more... [ Comment ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- July 31, 2013
Adam Michnik is editor-in-chief of Poland's leading daily and its most prominent former dissident. In a SPIEGEL interview, he talks about the threat of authoritarian regimes in Eastern Europe, the decline of the region's political culture and feelings of being treated like second-class citizens in Europe. more... [ Comment ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- July 22, 2013
A chilling find has been made in Poland: at least 17 skeletons buried with the skulls severed and placed between the knees or hands. That, say archaeologists, is how vampires used to be interred, to stop them rising from the dead. more... [ Comment ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- July 17, 2013
He's loved by his congregation but loathed by the archbishop. Rebellious priest Wojciech Lemanski is seen as the church's No. 1 enemy in Poland. His dismissal highlights the deep divide between church authorities and the faithful in this staunchly Catholic nation. By Jan Puhl more... [ Comment ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- July 08, 2013
Followers of a charismatic Ugandan priest packed a Warsaw stadium this weekend. It wasn't just an ordinary worship ceremony, though. Father John Bashobora is famed for his talents as an exorcist. more... [ Comment ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- June 27, 2013
Three influential Europeans from Luxembourg, Spain and Poland call on Germany to lead the euro zone out of the crisis without pursuing its own interests. By SPIEGEL Staff more... [ Comment ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 02, 2013
A flourishing garden gnome industry spared an entire region around the town of Nowa Sól in western Poland from economic ruin. With the decorations now out of style, the industry is branching out to plastic tigers, dinosaurs and even churros. By Jan Puhl more... [ Comment ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 19, 2013
Poland commemorated the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising on Friday, marking the day by bestowing honors on survivors and opening a new Jewish history museum. more... [ Comment ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- April 10, 2013
The Polish media is angry over the portrayal of the country's World War II resistance fighters in a popular miniseries that aired recently in Germany. So angry, in fact, that a Polish weekly has put an image of Chancellor Merkel as a concentration camp prisoner on its cover and accused Germany of rewriting history. more... [ Comment ]
