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• 04.05.2010Krakow’s musical mystery solved

  Recently arisen suspicion towards allegedly fake Chopin’s piano now solved More »

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• 25.04.2010President Lech Kaczynski and wife buried in Cracow

  According to the police approximately 150 thousand people gathered in and around the main square in the center of Cracow to pay their respects and participate in the funeral ceremonies for President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria More »

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• 17.04.2010Krakow ready for President’s funeral

  Thousands of secret service officers, policemen and scouts ready for Sunday funeral celebrations, but Iceland’s volcano foiled funeral plans More »

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• 10.04.2010Krakow mourns for the President

  This is the greatest tragedy of modern Poland. Government plane crashed with 89 people on board, including Lech Kaczynski, the President of Poland More »

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• 01.04.2010Zakopane to have giant ski jump

  This will be the first giant ski jump in Poland and sixth in the world. Opening is due in 2012 More »

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• 24.03.2010‘Sukiennice’ to open in July 2010

  One of the biggest renovations of recent years completed in Poland on the Sukiennice Cloth Hall is almost over. Top to bottom, refurbishment cost 42 million PLN More »

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• 14.03.2010Spring sale of Krakow road holes

  You too can find yourself in a pantheon of Krakow’s fames. Just sponsor road repairs, prices start from 270 PLN More »

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• 22.02.2010‘Auschwitz tales’ reprinted

  A re-edition of six tales written during WW II in Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz has been published by Auschwitz Birkenau Museum publishing house More »

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• 18.02.2010The Krakow Bagel to be acknowledged by the EU

  Was the bagel invented in Krakow? This is a topic for debate amongst most bagel lovers although there does seem to be some consensus on the fact that the origin of the bagel was more than likely Eastern Europe and bagel legends seem to support this conclusion. A unique tasty treat for Krakowians of all ages! To have this local tradition recognised Poland has motioned t... More »

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• 08.02.2010Royal library digitalized

  The Jagiellonian Digital Library in Krakow is coming to life More »

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• Sukiennice gallery reopened

  05.09.2010

  Renovation of the biggest and the most important native Polish art gallery in Sukiennice has been completed. The enterprise is evaluated as one of ... more »

• Amon Goeth's villa for sale

  21.08.2010

  The Red House, villa of Nazi commandant of Plaszow concentration camp, Amon Goeth goes on sale. The city is not interested in buying the premises n... more »

• Krakow – city of thieves and frauds?

  08.08.2010

  Nightmare from Krakow: cheating taxi drivers, currency sellers, hostesses... Learn how much Krakow is genuinely tourist-friendly! more »

• Merchants’ Hall in Sukiennice reopened

  24.07.2010

  First stage of Sukiennice renovation has been completed. Refreshed and decorated Merchants’ Hall serves customers as before more »

• Krakow's discovery: Salmonella to fight cancer

  09.07.2010

  Genetically modified Salmonella bacteria developed in Krakow’s Jagiellonian University can disarm cancer cells from the inside. Test phase one pr... more »

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