Polish plane makes emergency landing in Prague after threat
A Boeing 707 operated by a Polish charter airline made an emergency landing in Prague after a bomb threat by a passenger who was then detained by police, Czech officials said.
Dec 31, 2016, 12:24 PM IST
Polish President Andrzej Duda moves to end political crisis
Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets this weekend in protest at the governing rightwing Law and Justice party (Pis) and proposed measures including restrictions on media coverage of Parliament.
Dec 18, 2016, 19:03 PM IST
Polish minister Mariusz Blaszczak accuses opposition of trying to seize power illegally
A spokesman for the Civil Platform (PO) party, the largest opposition grouping in parliament, said about 20-30 members of the party had been taking turns to sit in the plenary hall.
Dec 17, 2016, 16:15 PM IST
4,000 US troops to be deployed in Poland in 2017: US commander
Some 4,000 US soldiers along with vehicles and other equipment will be deployed in Poland in 2017, a US senior commander said on Tuesday.
Three miners dead, five missing after tremor hits Polish copper mine
The Rudna mine, the largest copper mine in Europe and in operation since 1974, has 11 shafts reaching as deep as 1244 metres below the surface.
Nov 30, 2016, 16:20 PM IST
Polish Prime Minister calls for `good compromise` on Brexit
Britain`s shock vote in June to leave the European Union sparked fear among the 800,000 Poles living in Britain, particularly following a spate of xenophobic attacks after the referendum.
Families divided as Poland starts to exhume 2010 crash victims
The exhumation of Poland's former head of state was due to begin today, reviving a probe into a 2010 presidential plane crash that has stoked friction with Russia and caused divisions at home.
Nov 14, 2016, 11:02 AM IST
Poland's 'glow-in-the-dark' biking path has given moonlight cycling a new definition! - Watch video
The awesome bicycle path that is about 100 meters long, has become a tourist magnet of late and has created a global buzz.
Oct 11, 2016, 14:02 PM IST
Polish Parliament rejects controversial abortion ban bill
Poland`s majority right-wing parliament on Thursday rejected a near-total abortion ban after women staged massive nationwide protests.
Oct 06, 2016, 15:12 PM IST
Battle over abortion law heats up in Catholic Poland
Poland`s abortion battle will resume Thursday when the devoutly Catholic country`s parliament debates rival initiatives to either liberalise or further tighten a law that is already one of the strictest in Europe.
Sep 22, 2016, 09:13 AM IST
Poland calls on UK to protect Poles after attacks on migrants
Poland`s foreign minister on Monday called on Britain to protect Poles living in the UK, during an urgent visit to London following a spate of attacks against migrants.
Sep 06, 2016, 06:37 AM IST
Poland to make urgent UK visit following attacks on Poles
Poland on Sunday announced three ministers would make an urgent visit to London following attacks on its nationals in Britain, including a murder which may have been a hate crime.
Sep 05, 2016, 06:28 AM IST
RESPECT! Rio silver medallist sells medal for 3-year-old cancer patient; Harbhajan Singh overawed
Poland's Piotr Malachowski received a letter from the mother of a boy called Olek who said he had been battling eye cancer.
Aug 26, 2016, 14:07 PM IST
Poland now most common foreign country of birth in UK
There were an estimated 795,000 UK residents born in India, which had been the most common country of birth outside Britain for the previous 11 years.
Aug 26, 2016, 00:24 AM IST
New caterpillar-like robot can climb slopes, transport loads
Scientists have developed a tiny bioinspired soft robot capable of mimicking caterpillar gaits in natural scale, that can climb slopes, squeeze through narrow slits and transport loads. The 15-millimetre long soft robot harvests energy from green light and is controlled by spatially modulated laser beam.
Aug 21, 2016, 15:01 PM IST
Hunt for Nazi `gold train` resumes in Poland
Treasure hunters on Friday relaunched their search for a lost Nazi gold train allegedly loaded with loot and buried in southwestern Poland, despite there being no scientific evidence it exists.
Aug 12, 2016, 20:16 PM IST
Use the Gospel as your GPS, Pope tells huge mass in Poland
Pope Francis celebrated mass Sunday with over 1.5 million pilgrims in a vast sun-drenched field in Poland, wrapping up an emotionally charged trip with some choice technological metaphors.
Aug 01, 2016, 04:00 AM IST
Pope visits Auschwitz, says same horrors happening today
Pope Francis made an emotional and silent visit to the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz on Friday and later said many of the horrors committed are happening in places at war today.
Jul 30, 2016, 01:21 AM IST
Pope Francis walks alone through Auschwitz
The pontiff clutched his crucifix to his chest as he walked slowly along a row of memorial plaques, written in the 23 languages spoken by the prisoners.
Jul 29, 2016, 21:44 PM IST
Pope Francis to pay `silent` visit to Auschwitz
Pope Francis was set to meet Holocaust survivors at the former Auschwitz death camp in Poland on Friday, as well as people who risked their lives to save Jews from the Nazis.
Jul 29, 2016, 09:44 AM IST
