Polish border guards ready for Euro 2012
May 23rd, 2012 - 6:08 pm ICT by IANS
Warsaw, May 23 (IANS) The Polish border guards are fully prepared for the June-beginning Euro 2012 football championship, guard deputy commander Marek Borkowski announced in the city of Bialystok, northeast ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Security preparations for Euro 2012 in final phase: Polish official
December 7th, 2011 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Warsaw (Poland), Dec 7 (IANS) Preparations for ensuring security during the Euro 2012 football championship, co-hosted by Poland and Ukraine, are in the final phase, Poland's deputy Interior Minister Adam ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
Belarusian police cordon off Minsk central square to quell protest
June 16th, 2011 - 2:12 am ICT by IANS
Minsk, June 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Belarusian police cordoned off a central square in Minsk Wednesday as the country's opposition called for a mass protest against government measures to prop up ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Belarusian President warns action against protesters
June 15th, 2011 - 5:04 am ICT by IANS
Minsk, June 15 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Tuesday he will clampdown hard on anyone found protesting against an export ban on fuel and certain goods, the Belta ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Fox ’shoots hunter’ in Belarus
January 14th, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Minsk, Jan 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A hunter in Belarus turned into the hunted when a struggle with a fox resulted in a gunshot wound to his leg.The hunter who was not identified ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
Poland bows to Sikh demand on turban row
September 9th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by IANS
By Surender Bhutani
Warsaw, Sep 9 (IANS) Polish authorities have bowed to a demand by the Sikhs to set aside a special room at airports for security check-up as the matter was "very ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Thief caught with German interior minister’s car
July 8th, 2010 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
Goerlitz (Germany), July 8 (DPA) German police have caught a Polish thief driving a stolen car that belonged to Thomas de Maiziere, the interior minister and head of Germany's domestic security.
Police confirmed ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Mail order service that offers human, animal body parts
June 1st, 2010 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 1 (IANS) What do you want - a sliver of human head, a piece of smokers' lungs or a slice of human hand? All that and much more are now ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
No strategic significance for Patriot missiles near Russia: Poland
January 21st, 2010 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Warsaw, Jan 21 (RIA Novosti) Poland's decision to deploy a battery of US Patriot missiles just 100 kilometres from the Russian border is neither political nor strategic, the Polish defence minister ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Hong Kong’s best-known war reporter fights for her life savings
November 1st, 2009 - 12:35 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Nov 1 (DPA) The family of Hong Kong's most celebrated war correspondent Clare Hollingworth said Sunday they were taking bankruptcy proceedings against a public relations consultant.
Legal papers were served Friday ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Britta Steffen will try to keep the German flag flying high
July 22nd, 2009 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Peter Auf der Heyde
Rome, July 22 (DPA) In 2004 German freestyle specialist Britta Steffen arrived at the Athens Olympics full of hope and expectations, but after slipping in the stands, Steffen ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Germans, Polish on war over nude sun bathing at common beach
July 31st, 2008 - 4:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 31 (ANI): A resort on the Usedom beach on the German-Polish border has sparked fighting between the residents of the two sides, after the removal of a fence separating ... Read more...
Posted in National |