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This is a full directory of all 266 articles about Wroclaw, listed in reverse order, with the most recent article at the top. If you'd prefer to search for some particular article, please use the search facility on the news front page.

Wroclaw Scientists Are Leg Men

Jan.28.2008

Ok so they haven't found a cure for cancer, or even the common cold, neither have they discovered a solution for viable and cost-efficient energy sources in the...

New Bournemouth to Wroclaw Connection

Jan.14.2008

Low-cost carriers and pioneers of the budget flight, Ryanair are expanding operations at Bournemouth adding five new routes from the southern coastal resort in ...

The Tallest Christmas Tree in Europe

Dec.10.2007

Yes this little city in Poland which we lovingly refer to as Wroclaw is staking a new claim to raise its status on the European map... The capital of Lower Sile...

Wroclaw Loses Out On Expo 2012

Nov.27.2007

Despite the months of hard work and preparation Wroclaw's hopes of hosting the Expo 2012 were cruelly shattered last night in Paris. The three way race betwe...

Poland Qualifies for Euro 2008

Nov.20.2007

The Wroclaw Life team don't often go to bed early on a Saturday night, but even they couldn't keep up with the hosts of enthusiastic Poles who celebrating their...

Snow Marks Polish Independence Day

Nov.11.2007

Wroclawians this morning woke up to the first snowfall of the winter as Polish Independence Day dawned. 11th November 1918 was one of the most joyful days of...

Poland Looks Foward Under New Government

Oct.24.2007

There was cause for celebration in Wroclaw and the whole of Poland this week, when it was announced that the Kaczynski twins had been ousted from power and that...

Stalin's Victims Unearthed

Oct.03.2007

Remains of victims of the brutal Stalinist regime, which affected Poland post-WWII, were uncovered in a Wroclaw cemetery earlier this month. After Poland became...

Perfect Crime Punished With 25 Years

Sept.05.2007

Krystian Bala has been sensationally jailed for 25 years for the planning and leading of the murder of Dariusz Janiszewski - despite no concrete evidence being ...

Crime Author On Trial For Murder

Aug.27.2007

A sinister and controversial case has arisen in Wroclaw containing shades of Paul Verhoeven's 1992 thriller Basic Instinct. Here in Wroclw crime author Krystian...

Will Poland Be Ready For Euro 2012?

Aug.06.2007

Earlier this week Sports Minister Elzbieta Jakubiak gave food to critics and doubters of Poland's Euro 2012 bid by announcing that more time was needed for the ...

Polish Doctors Save Iraqi Girl

Jul.27.2002

Polish doctors from Wroclaw were called on to perform a live-saving operation on ten-month-old baby girl, Jannat from Iraq. Jannat is lucky enough to have a gra...

Wizzair Increases Flights to Wroclaw

Jul.23.2007

Lowcost carrier Wizzair has announced two more flights to Wroclaw Copernicus Airport, from London Luton and Doncaster (Sheffield), which will start operating in...

Wroclaw Airport To Grow

Jul.02.2007

Wroclaw's diminutive Copernicus Airport is to receive considerable expansion in a project that will cost 670 million Polish zloty (around 175 million euros). ...

Wroclaw Downloadable PDFs!

Jun.11.2007

If you've been visiting us at Wroclaw Life recently you may have noticed a rather eye-catching red button at the left of every page. The curious amongst you may...

Wroclaw Bids For Expo 2012

May.25.2007

Not content with winning the rights to host Euro 2012, the pluckiest city in Poland is going all out to host the Expo 2012 as well! What is an Expo anyway? W...

Wroclaw Welcomes Euro 2012

Apr.20.2007

Not only was it great news for Poland and Ukraine when it was announced that their joint bid had won the right to host Euro 2012, but also it was a great boost ...

Google chooses Wroclaw

Apr.05.2007

Yes, those search engine giants from the US have decided to cast their eye over sunny Poland in search for a bonnie spot to set up shop. Having successfully ...

The End Is Near

April.03.2007

The Wroclaw-based AmRest restaurant group has announced their signing of an agreement with the colossal US coffee company Starbucks, which could result in the o...

Scots Criticised for Off-kilter Humour

Mar.21.2007

It seems the good citizens of Wroclaw have been unimpressed with the views on the Rynek recently, as groups of Scottish stag parties have been going around in a...

New, Improved Wroclaw Map!

March.16.2007

Here it is, boys and girls - our new and improved, ready to be abused Wroclaw map! (Notice our excitement!) Go ahead, give it try, click at will, drag it around...

Credit Suisse Open in Wroclaw

Mar.08.2007

Further proof, if any was needed, of Wroclaw's status as a boom city is the welcome arrival of Credit Suisse 'Centre of Excellence' in the Lower Silesian capita...

Wroclaw to Receive Facelift

Feb.01.2007

Great news for citizens of Wroclaw and fans of this splendid city. The Wroclaw Municipal Council has just announced that four hundred of its most forlorn buildi...

Wroclaw Life interviewed by the BBC

Dec.11.2006

For those of you who don't know none other than the BBC were in Wroclaw recently to scope out what all the fuss is about in this amazing capital of Lower Silesi...

BBC broadcast from Wroclaw!

Dec.01.2006

Ever since Poland's accession to the EU in 2004, Poles have been leaving their country en masse and heading to the lands of their West European neighbours, seek...

Roman Invasion

Nov.13.2006

The Romans never made it as far as fair Polska during their Empire days but thanks to Central Wings, those Italian wayfarers finally have the chance to touch do...

EUR 24.5m for Railway in Poland

Oct. 27, 2006

The Polish national network manager signed a deal with Bombardier Transportation (ZWUS) Polska that will provide a total of EUR 24.5m for the design, supply and...

Food for thought

Oct.09.2006

As part of the BBC Wales 'Me & My Health' season, David Williams has been making a documentary investigating the links between poverty and ill-health. The film,...

Diehl launches R&D centre in Wroclaw

Oct.09.2006

Warsaw (Puls Biznesu) – The German company Diehl Controls, which has a plant 60km from Wroclaw, is launching a Research and Development centre in the city. Fift...

Miss Northern Ireland on song

Sept.25.2006

Miss Northern Ireland has sung her way into the Miss World 2006 final by winning the competition's talent show. Catherine Milligan, from Newtownards, stunned...

Millionaire builds tallest tower in Wroclaw

Sept.21.2006

Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Leszek Czarnecki, a Polish millionaire banker and would-be astronaut, now plans to become a landlord for wealthy tenants by building the...

Miss Worlds flock to cultural Mecca

Sept.20.2006

WARSAW.- The contestants of the Miss World Pageant are flocking to Poland’s western city of Wroclaw, a cultural Mecca on the country’s Odra river. The contes...

Football president on corruption charges

Sep.05.2006

Another football official has been detained on corruption charges. The president of a second division club from Bydgoszcz is being accused of offering bribes to...

Papal letters returned to Poland

Sept.01.2006

A collection of 13th Century letters, found among the belongings of a US World War II veteran, has been returned to Poland. Some of the letters were written ...

Polish anger at Berlin exhibition

Aug.18.2006

A contraversial new exhibition in Berlin, entitled "Forced Paths - Flight and Expulsion in Europe During the 20th Century" has got the Polish press up in arms. ...

Peter Greenaway shoots parts of his new film in Wroclaw

Jul.14.2006

The southwestern city of Wroclaw will be the site of a new film production by British director Peter Greenaway. He is to shoot part of a his new film based on t...

Referee arrested in Poland in football scandal

Jul.14.2006

Berlin, July 5, IRNA - Another referee has been arrested in Poland on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in the corruption affair over a series of match-rigg...

Centennial Hall joins UNESCO's list

Jul.14.2006

The Centennial Hall in Wroclaw has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List of humanity's outstanding natural and cultural legacy. The Centennial Hall wa...

Wroclaw NonStop off to a good start!

Jun.28.2006

After the traditional excitement and fever pitch celebrations of Midsummer Night or 'Wianki' on the 24th June, it was definitely time for something more chilled...

Academy of Wroclaw wins Polish University Cup

Mon.05.2006

The inaugural Korfball Polish University Cup, a competition comprising teams representing various university institutions in Poland, became the property of the ...

'The Da Vinci Code' proves hit in Catholic Poland

May.24.2006

The controversial film "The Da Vinci Code" has proved a hit in Poland despite bishops urging the public in this overwhelmingly catholic country to boycott the m...

400 Poles on the Midlands buses

May.10.2006

An army of more than 400 Polish drivers has been drafted in to work on buses in the West Midlands, UK, the Express & Star can reveal. The newcomers, who were...

Can we have our workers back, please!

Apr.27.2006

Come and settle in Wroclaw – billboards like this are to be displayed in London and other British cities in coming weeks with a view to attracting young Poles t...

Poles grow fond of American football

Apr.19.2006

Even though Polish athletes do win medals of major international championships every now and then, Poland is no superpower in sport. And while Poles generally p...

Crump advertises Polish viagra

Apr.17.2006

JASON CRUMP is being paid to rise to the challenge by the makers of Polish Viagra. Aussie Crump, 30, who was World Speedway Champion in 2004, races in Poland...

Wroclaw bids to host Expo 2012

Apr.11.2006

The Polish government is to support a bid by the city of Wroclaw to host a thematic exhibition of EXPO 2012 devoted to culture, the media and life styles. The c...

Polish link from Glasgow

Apr.03.2006

Ryanair is continuing to expand its reach into Poland with the announcement of a new service between Glasgow Prestwick and Wroclaw. The Polish city is in the...

UK and Polish team to observe solar eclipse

Mar.29.2006

A team of three scientists and engineers from the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UK, and the Astronomical Institute of the University of Wroclaw, Poland, are...

Gangmasters exploiting Polish in Wales

Mar.27.2006

Criminal gangmasters are operating in Wales exploiting immigrant workers, a leading founder of Poland's Solidarity movement warned yesterday. Jozef Pinior, n...

Flights from Wroclaw to Korea to be launched

Mar.21.2006

Warsaw (Puls Biznesu) – Increasing Korean investments in Poland cause the necessity to offer direct flights among the two countries. LG, which last year dec...

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