Warsaw
Jędrzej Wijas: Polish election candidate’s heavy metal campaign
The PhD graduate from the Polish academy of sciences, 34, is running as a candidate of the left-wing party SLD (democratic left alliance) in the Polish parliamentary elections on 9 October. In a music video ‘A Concrete Message’, he gnarls out his political goals to a backdrop of heavy metal types. Interview
Poland October election campaign: vote for Kaczynski’s ‘Angelina Jolie’
Polish opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski was seen as a no-hoper for the upcoming parliamentary elections on 9 October. Yet an unexpected comeback in opinion polls could be down to the conservative law and justice party’s new election campaign, in which seven attractive young women – one standing for Lodz, in particular - give the party a facelift
World's tallest jesus and crossing out secularism in Poland
Every country has its own vision of secularism.In late November, a 51-metre Jesus Christ statue was erected in western Poland, 14 metres taller than its colleague in Rio de Janeiro. Though privately funded, the Polish state is still looking for that perfect balance between sacrum and profanum in the public domain - takes its various crossings with the cross
warsaw, secularity, civil society, religion and democracy, religion, lech kaczynski, jaroslaw kaczynski
Jacek Borcuch, Poland’s 2011 Oscar candidate: 'America doesn’t impress me'
'All That I Love' by the 40-year-old Polish director is one of 65 films competing for an oscar in the 2011 'best foreign language film' category. It is a nostalgic childhood tale about growing up with a punk rock band in a Poland under martial law
L.U.C: 'Poland is not just vodka and pretty girl exports'
Rather than rapping on his new album, producer Lukasz Rostkowski, 29, mixes in historical soundtracks, including the voice of ex-Polish president Lech Walesa. The jazz, trip hop and electro musician explains how a sometimes pessimist view of his country's past has inspired him in his musical projects, for which he has just picked up a 2009 'Passport award' from the journalists at Polityka
warsaw, album, reunification, music, history, identity, brunch
Vesna Goldsworthy: 'Radovan Karadzic is related to me'
The Belgrade-born journalist and author of ‘Chernobyl’s Strawberries’, 47, on fighting cancer, the traumas of war, her eccentric grandmother and her war criminal cousin
warsaw, nato, war, audio, serbia, radovan karadzic, chernobyl
Europe’s eastern bloc palaces
Berlin, Bucharest, Vilnius and Warsaw - four examples of what to do with those eastern state building dinosaurs
warsaw, bucharest, germany, berlin, building, architecture, vilnius
Easter in Europe: all about the egg
Everywhere you look, display windows, promotional offers, Easter markets and cards are covered with bright, beautifully decorated Easter eggs
warsaw, easter, traditions, culture, central and eastern europe, poland
Katarzyna Kozyra: plastic penises and ribbon vaginas
The Polish sculptor, video and installation artist, 45, probes the theme of the body as a costume - what it is like to be a ‘real woman’?
warsaw, interview, art, culture, central and eastern europe, poland
Marzena Sowa: 'in communist Poland I'd dream about getting a Barbie from Pewex'
At 28, the author of comic series 'Marzi' – about a little girl living in the Polish People’s Republic - on her own story as a Pole between France and Belgium
warsaw, biography, comics, sylvain savoia, marzena sowa, france, belgium
Jan T. Gross: Poland's 'anti-semitic' attitude
Public opinion in Poland is stirred after the American professor's post-war publication is released
warsaw, freedom of opinion, discrimination, freedom, anti-semitism, books, identity
Michal Zygmunt: 'By 2010, Poland will be talking commercial gay movement'
30-year-old author of the book ‘New Romantic’, the journalist and editor of gay magazine ‘Dik Fagazine’ talks politics, left-wing politics and emotion-drained religion
warsaw, religion, left-wing, gay, literature, european union, journalism
Elections in Poland: the soap opera continues
The electoral campaign for the general elections has begun - two years early
warsaw, jaroslaw kaczynski, corruption, elections, world affairs, politics, central and eastern europe
Disappearing in the crowd: Vietnamese immigrants in Poland
Thousands of Vietnamese are repressed in their home country and are forced to leave Asia and try their luck abroad. For those who choose Poland, the transition is sometimes tough
warsaw, labour, integration, warsaw, ton van anh, human rights, multiculturalism
No Europe without the Media
In a special article for café babel, celebrating the launch of its Polish version, journalist and co-founder of Gazeta Wyborcza Jacek akowski writes about the role of media in the development of the European public opinion.
warsaw, chronicle, washington, european constitution, new york, journalism, world affairs
Solidarity: the end of a myth
While the Polish trade union ‘Solidarity’ celebrates its 25th anniversary, what has become of Lech Walsea and his fellow freedom fighters?
warsaw, lech walesa, alexander kwasniewski, democratisation, world affairs, politics, communism
My beloved Poland
Many Poles have been forced into exile over the centuries, often because of the sufferings endured by their motherland. This has created a veritable diaspora - both multifaceted and influential.
warsaw, right-wing, london, united kingdom, lech kaczynski, brain drain, ireland
