Poland

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News about Poland, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jan. 15, 2014

Italian oil giant Eni gives up producing natural gas from shale rock in Poland; says its drilling efforts have not produced enough to be commercially viable.MORE »
Dec. 23, 2013

Poland's midsize cities like Lodz and Gdansk have become service hubs for the outsourcing industry; an international corporate clientele values the country’s well-educated and often multilingual work force.MORE »
Nov. 21, 2013

Poland's Prime Min Donald Tusk overhauls his cabinet apparently in an effort to bolster his poll numbers, replacing top finance official and changing environment ministers in the middle of a United Nations climate conference his country is hosting.MORE »
Nov. 1, 2013

Fossil-fuels holdout Poland has become increasingly active in trying to block aggressive European Union regulations to curb greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change; more than 88 percent of country's electricity comes from coal power, and its coal refinery at Belchatow is Europe's largest single carbon emitter.MORE »
Oct. 22, 2013

European Court of Human Rights rules that Russia has failed to comply with its obligations to adequately investigate the massacre of more than 20,000 Polish prisoners of war in the Katyn Forest near Smolensk by the Soviet secret police in 1940; court says it has no jurisdiction over the massacre itself or the subsequent treatment of the relatives of the dead, prompting an outcry in Poland and expressions of satisfaction among Russian officials.MORE »

Articles

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The Dangers of Certainty: A Lesson From Auschwitz

By SIMON CRITCHLEY

How a single episode of a 1973 BBC series taught a young boy one of the most powerful moral lessons of the 20th century.

February 02, 2014, Sunday

MORE ON POLAND AND: Auschwitz (Poland), Television, Philosophy, Ethics (Personal)

The Polish Church’s Gender Problem

By SLAWOMIR SIERAKOWSKI

For years, the church showed no interest in "gender ideology." Now it speaks of little else.

January 27, 2014, Monday

MORE ON POLAND AND: Roman Catholic Church, Gender, Poland, Pieronek, Tadeusz

Eni Is Said to Abandon Polish Shale Aspirations

By STANLEY REED

The Italian energy giant has found that its drilling efforts have not produced enough natural gas to be commercially viable.

January 15, 2014, Wednesday

MORE ON POLAND AND: Chevron Corporation, Poland, Europe, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Natural Gas, Coal, Eni SpA, Shale, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline

Britain's Poles Are Paying Their Way

By A. M. BAKALAR

What better way to win back lost voters than to demonize immigrants -- even if it means ignoring the facts.

January 14, 2014, Tuesday

MORE ON POLAND AND: Poland, Immigration and Emigration, Great Britain

Maersk to Sell Stake in Denmark's Largest Retailer

By CHAD BRAY

The Danish shipping conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk Group will sell a 48.7 percent stake in Dansk Supermarked for about $3 billion as Maersk streamlines its portfolio.

January 07, 2014, Tuesday

MORE ON POLAND AND: Sweden, Poland, Germany, Denmark, Shopping and Retail

Midsize Cities in Poland Develop as Service Hubs for Outsourcing Industry

By JACK EWING

Poland has become a hub for an international corporate clientele that values the country’s well-educated and often multilingual work force.

December 23, 2013, Monday

MORE ON POLAND AND: Gdansk (Poland), Poland, Labor and Jobs, Lodz (Poland), Outsourcing

Warsaw’s Leafy, Modernist Charm

By NICK FOSTER

Families and fans of architecture are increasingly drawn to the leafy streets of Saska Kepa on the right bank of the Vistula.

December 13, 2013, Friday

MORE ON POLAND AND: Real Estate and Housing (Residential), Warsaw (Poland)

BNP Paribas to Take Control of Polish Unit of Rabobank

By CHAD BRAY

In a deal valued at about $1.36 billion, the Dutch lender Rabobank would sell a 98.5 percent stake in its Polish unit to the French bank BNP Paribas.

December 05, 2013, Thursday

MORE ON POLAND AND: Bonnafe, Jean-Laurent, France, Poland, Bank Zachodni, BNP Paribas, Rabobank, Banco Santander S A, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures

India's Negotiator Says Climate Treaty Talks 'Partial Success'

By BETWA SHARMA

Ravi Shankar Prasad said the United Nations climate change conference kept the pathway open for a global climate treaty to be finalized in 2015.

November 25, 2013, Monday

Deals at Climate Meeting Advance Global Effort

By DAVID JOLLY

Delegates agreed to the outlines of a system for pledging emissions cuts and supported a new treaty mechanism to tackle the human costs of global warming.

November 24, 2013, Sunday

MORE ON POLAND AND: Warsaw (Poland), United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Global Warming, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, United Nations

Polish Prime Minister Replaces Top Cabinet Officials

By DAVID JOLLY

The prime minister, Donald Tusk, changed several ministers, including the finance and environment ministers, as his country is hosting a climate conference.

November 21, 2013, Thursday

MORE ON POLAND AND: Poland, Tusk, Donald