Warsaw | 6 days ago
Russia has no plans for new arms sales to Syria: Lavrov
Warsaw, May 10 - Russia has no plans to supply Syria with weapons beyond the current contracts that Moscow is honouring, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday.US officials Thursday reiterated their call to Moscow to cut off arms sales to Syria, after media reports suggested that Russia was ready to sell advanced ground-to-air missile systems to the country.Russia does not plan to sell ... read more

Warsaw | 16 days ago
Polish PM sacks justice minister
Warsaw, April 30 - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has fired Justice Minister Jaroslaw Gowin after the latter accused German scientists of buying and experimenting on embryos bought from Poland.Gowin, who was dismissed Monday, said in a television interview earlier this month that German scientists are importing embryos from other countries, probably also from Poland, and conducting experiments ... read more

Warsaw | 27 days ago
Poland honours Jews who fought Nazis
Warsaw, April 19 - A ceremony was held Friday here in the Polish capital to honour Jews who fought overwhelming Nazi German forces 70 years ago in the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, BBC reported.Sirens wailed and church bells tolled in the city, where several hundred Jews battled the Nazis during World War II.About 13,000 Jews died in the ghetto when the Nazis reduced it to rubble. Survivors were sent to ... read more

New Delhi | 29 days ago
Indian documentary on matchmaking to be screened at Polish film fest
New Delhi, April 17 - Much Ado About Knotting, a documentary by Geetika Narang Abbasi and Anandana Kapur, has been selected for screening at Poland's forthcoming 10th Planete+Doc Film Festival.The 10th edition of the festival is scheduled between May 10 and May 19 in Warsaw and it will also travel to Wroclaw where screening will take place from May 12 to May 19. A light-hearted comedy on matchmaki ... read more

London | 5 months ago
Heathrow airport cancels 60 flights due to fog
London, Dec 12 - Freezing fog has led to the cancellation of 60 flights in Britain's Heathrow Airport Wednesday, the Daily Mail reported.The disruption comes after another 60 flights were cancelled at Heathrow Tuesday, although the freezing fog was not the reason in all cases.Both incoming and outgoing flights were affected.Cancelled flights include scheduled trips to Warsaw, Nice, Stockholm and s ... read more

Rome | 5 months ago
Rome, Milan could host Euro 2020 games
Rome, Dec 8 - Rome and Milan are in the race to host the Euro 2020 as UEFA, the ruling body of football in Europe, mulls to host the showpiece tournament across the continent to celebrate the competition's 60th anniversary.Italian football federation - chief Giancarlo Abete believes that Rome and Milan have a fair chance, reports Xinhua.Rome had a Champions League Final not so long ago, Abete note ... read more

Rome | 5 months ago
Rome, Milan could host Euro 2020 games
Rome, Dec 8 - Rome and Milan are in the race to host the Euro 2020 as UEFA, the ruling body of football in Europe, mulls to host the showpiece tournament across the continent to celebrate the competition's 60th anniversary.Italian football federation - chief Giancarlo Abete believes that Rome and Milan have a fair chance, reports Xinhua.Rome had a Champions League Final not so long ago, Abete note ... read more

Rome | 5 months ago
Rome, Milan could host Euro 2020 games
Rome, Dec 8 - Rome and Milan are in the race to host the Euro 2020 as UEFA, the ruling body of football in Europe, mulls to host the showpiece tournament across the continent to celebrate the competition's 60th anniversary.Italian football federation - chief Giancarlo Abete believes that Rome and Milan have a fair chance, reports Xinhua.Rome had a Champions League Final not so long ago, Abete note ... read more

Rome | 5 months ago
Rome, Milan could host Euro 2020 games
Rome, Dec 8 - Rome and Milan are in the race to host the Euro 2020 as UEFA, the ruling body of football in Europe, mulls to host the showpiece tournament across the continent to celebrate the competition's 60th anniversary.Italian football federation - chief Giancarlo Abete believes that Rome and Milan have a fair chance, reports Xinhua.Rome had a Champions League Final not so long ago, Abete note ... read more

Warsaw | 5 months ago
Why pregnant women better be teetotallers
Warsaw, Nov 26 - Alcohol use by expectant mothers can impair the mental and physical development of their babies, in what is known as foetal alcohol syndrome, show results available through advances in magnetic resonance imaging -.Recently, researchers in Poland used three different MRI techniques to better define these effects. The study involved 200 children who were exposed to alcohol during th ... read more