Warsaw

INTERVIEW warsaw : L.U.C: 'Poland is not just vodka and pretty girl exports'

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

by n- ost @ // 15/01/10 - 1 Comment - 4 votes

warsaw, reunification, history, music, album, identity, brunch

warsaw : Vesna Goldsworthy: 'Radovan Karadzic is related to me'

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

by Natalia Sosin @ // 23/07/08

warsaw, vesna goldsworthy, serbia, nato, radovan karadzic, war, audio

PANORAMA

Europe’s eastern bloc palaces

Berlin, Bucharest, Vilnius and Warsaw - four examples of what to do with those eastern state building dinosaurs

by Natalie Lazar @ // 01/04/08

warsaw, bucharest, germany, building, architecture, vilnius, romania

FOCUS warsaw : Easter in Europe: all about the egg

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

by inga pietrusiska // 21/03/08 - 1 Comment

warsaw, traditions, culture, central and eastern europe, poland

INTERVIEW warsaw : Katarzyna Kozyra: plastic penises and ribbon vaginas

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’?

by Natalia Sosin @ // 13/02/08

warsaw, interview, art, culture, central and eastern europe, poland

warsaw : Marzena Sowa: 'in communist Poland I'd dream about getting a Barbie from Pewex'

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

by aleksandra szukiewicz // 04/02/08 - 4 Comment - 1 vote

warsaw, sylvain savoia, biography, comics, marzena sowa, france, belgium

OPINION warsaw : Jan T. Gross: Poland's 'anti-semitic' attitude

Jan T. Gross: Poland's 'anti-semitic' attitude

Public opinion in Poland is stirred after the American professor's post-war publication is released

by agnieszka niezgoda // 28/01/08 - 1 Comment - 1 vote

warsaw, freedom of opinion, discrimination, freedom, anti-semitism, books, identity

warsaw : Michal Zygmunt: 'By 2010, Poland will be talking commercial gay movement'

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

by Natalia Sosin @ // 11/01/08

warsaw, religion, left-wing, gay, literature, european union, journalism

REPORT warsaw : Elections in Poland: the soap opera continues

Elections in Poland: the soap opera continues

The electoral campaign for the general elections has begun - two years early

by katarzyna dolna i natalia sosin // 03/10/07

warsaw, corruption, elections, world affairs, politics, central and eastern europe, poland

FEATURE warsaw : Disappearing in the crowd: Vietnamese immigrants in Poland

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

by Natalia Sosin @ // 14/09/06 - 2 Comment - 2 votes

warsaw, labour, warsaw, human rights, ton van anh, multiculturalism, integration

ANALYSIS

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.

by jacek akowski // 31/01/06

warsaw, washington, european constitution, chronicle, new york, journalism, world affairs

FEATURE warsaw : My beloved Poland

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.

by vanessa witkowski // 30/01/06

warsaw, right-wing, london, lech kaczynski, united kingdom, brain drain, ireland

REVIEW warsaw : Solidarity: the end of a myth

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?

by katarzyna dolna // 30/01/06

warsaw, lech walesa, alexander kwasniewski, democratisation, world affairs, politics, communism

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