Bronislaw Komorowski

Poland has reopened debate on a target date for its eurozone entry, after having played wait-and-see since 2009 when crisis struck the European single currency.

Proud of having been the only EU member state to keep growing as the crisis torpedoed economies across the bloc, Poland is bracing for a slowdown in 2013 as exports suffer and austerity measures bite.

Proud of having been the only EU member state to keep growing as the crisis torpedoed economies across the bloc, Poland is bracing for a slowdown in 2013 as exports suffer and austerity measures bite.

Banning the ritual slaughter of livestock for food, a bedrock of the Jewish and Muslim faiths, has split Poland into opposing camps of religious groups, animal rights campaigners and flourishing meat exporters.

The French and Polish presidents agreed Friday to lobby for strong development and farm spending as economic stimulus at upcoming European Union budget talks, despite the bloc's paymaster Germany wanting austerity.

A contingent of up to 10 American troops on Friday became the first ever full-time US presence in fellow NATO member Poland aimed at facilitating joint training exercises on US-made F-16 war planes.

Poland's ruling party is expected to introduce legislation which would recognize gay couples with partnerships. ?Poland's ruling party is expected to introduce legislation which would recognize gay and lesbian couples with civil partnerships. The Platforma Obywatelska (PO) Party decided last week to propose the legislation after several months of debate, according to Gay Star News. The draft bill is similar to France's PACS and would offer inheritance, pension funds, notary and medical rights to partners, but couples could not file joint tax returns and would remain banned from jointly adopting a child. France's recently elected Socialist government has promised to legalize gay marriage in 2013. The move surprised political analysts since last year the PO opposed similar proposals introduced by liberal parties. Conservative ranks within the PO and right wing parties are expected to object to the bill. But Gay Star News reported that neither President Bronislaw Komorowski, an independen

The Polish and German presidents Thursday joined 150,000 young music fans to launch Poland's wildly popular "Woodstock Station" rock festival on the border with Germany.

Republican White House contender Mitt Romney was set to deliver a keynote address in Warsaw on Tuesday likely to focus critically on Russia, after having scored a thumbs up from anti-communist freedom icon Lech Walesa.

White House hopeful Mitt Romney received a warm welcome from Poland's anti-communist freedom icon Lech Walesa on Monday as he made his first venture beyond the old Iron Curtain.

Poles were happy and Russians disappointed after their 1-1 draw in Tuesday's Euro 2012 football duel in Warsaw, a high-voltage face-off preceded by clashes between hooligans and police.

Euro 2012 kicked off in Poland and Ukraine Friday amid fears that racism and politics could overshadow Europe's premier football showcase, held for the first time in nations once behind the Iron Curtain.

The Czech Republic and Greece on Sunday became the first teams competing in Euro 2012 to arrive in Poland, a UEFA official said, with the opening matches in the tournament less than a week away.

As its team prepares to take to the pitch at Euro 2012, tournament host Poland is bracing for its biggest security challenge in decades.

US President Barack Obama has expressed "regret" at what he called his inadvertent use of the erroneous term "Polish death camp", in a personal letter to his Polish counterpart made public Friday.

The White House on Wednesday shrugged off Polish demands to express more than mere 'regret' after President Barack Obama mistakenly referred to a Nazi Holocaust site as a "Polish death camp."

New French President Francois Hollande was late for a very important date Monday, when he missed the start of a NATO summit and had to sneak into the talks 15 minutes after they started.

With just a month left until Euro 2012 kicks off in Warsaw, Poland is working flat-out and watching nervously as calls to boycott matches in co-host Ukraine tarnish the tournament.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao pledged at landmark talks in Warsaw on Wednesday to double bilateral trade turnover with Poland in the next five years.

Around 20,000 demonstrators rallied Saturday in Warsaw in support of a Catholic TV station denied the right to a free digital signal because of lack of transparency in its funding.