Solidarnosc
Euro 2012 Warsaw stadium: once a bazaar hosting pop star popes
With its roof looking like a waving Polish flag, the national stadium became the newest addition to the Polish capital's fantastic skyline on 29 January. It opened seven months later than planned on the historic banks of the Vistula river but still in time for the 2012 European football championships this summer
solidarnosc, football, city planning, best of cafebabel.com, travel, poland, society
Poland: Solidarnosc 30th anniversary through Hackers cinema keyhole
'I'm taking over the TV network'...When we Poles watch the cult movie Hackers (1995) featuring Angelina Jolie, one line from the movie's main character makes us feel good to remember that the real takeover of the Polish TV network took place ten years before
solidarnosc, history, television, politics, trade unions, internet, poland
2 days in Warsaw: Solidarnosc, cult Polish documentaries and Berlusconi
For two days at the end of April 2009, the Polish capital becomes the 'centre of Europe' as the EU's largest centre-right party descend on the city. Quality time spent between British, Spanish and Polish colleagues raises an understanding of what the last twenty years mean, and the gap between east and west. Opinion
solidarnosc, divorce, england, donald tusk, european popular party, cinema, lech walesa
Solidarity turn their backs on 1989
In 1989, the Solidarnosc (Solidarity) trade union contributed to a democratic revolution in Poland. Now, on the 20th anniversary the celebrations could be called off due to trade union protestors
solidarnosc, 1989, gdansk, warsaw, cold war, iron curtain, berlin wall
Communism : a new tourist trap
Recycling the 'ostalgia' fashion, a young Polish entrepreneur organises tours around the last ruins of the soviet era
solidarnosc, travel, cracow, economy, poland, marketing, society
