Ever since I was a child, I was always curious about the house in Staszow, Poland, where my grandparents lived.

WEST holidaymakers, leisure travellers and the business community were stunned this week to learn that Ryanair were not taking internet bookings for their popular routes from Shannon airport from next March.

So today I finally decided to go see this exhibition in Krakow. It's called World Photo Press 2009 and it is basically a recollection of all meaningful events and the best photographs of them that were published in the press in the year 2009.

RYANAIR is taking the fight for supremacy at Liverpool John Lennon airport to rival Easyjet with three new routes and extra frequency on existing links.

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Lokale Immobilia sits down with Grzegorz Pekalski, president of the management board of developer Libra Project, to talk about the Polish retail market and the company's main investment plans in the segment Libra Project's Grzegorz Pekalski believes shopping centers are increasingly becoming elements of a lifestyle Adam Zdrodowski: What are of the ...

FAMOUS for its sex shops and strip joints, Hamburg in northern Germany has long been a port of call for stag parties and lads' getaways.

If you are traveling on a budget and happen to make a stop in Krakow, Poland you are in luck.

Gdansk, Poland, is one of three cities that are known as the Tri Cities. Sopot and Gydnia are the other two cities.

The late Pope John Paul II could be beatified within months, setting him on the path to full sainthood, according to reports in Italy.

Love music and travel? Then Hamburg is the perfect city for you. Laura Wurzal enjoyed a visit and was particularly enthralled by a tribute to The Beatles IT'S very early on a Sunday morning, and the Fish Auction Hall in the north German city of Hamburg is rocking to the rafters as the band belts out crowd pleasers by Johnny Cash and The Kinks.

Thirty years in the civil rights field can make one jaded. You meet folks who purport to care about humanity, who are lionized for their virtues but turn out to be, at least on a personal level, less than exemplary human beings.

Addressing the first freely elected Polish Parliament in November 1991, former Solidarity leader Lech Walesa recalled his dissident origins.

The Catholic Church in Poland is investigating claims of a miracle after a piece of communion wafer was reported to have been transformed into human heart tissue after falling into water during a mass.

Newcastle International's slogan "Your Airport" doesn't apply if you want to travel non-stop this winter to Berlin, Brussels, Madrid, Milan, Prague, Rome or anywhere in Poland .

Shoppers looking for festive bargains in continental Christmas markets should check the costs before heading for Prague, according to analysis by Virgin Money Travel Insurance .

Warsaw - Public toilets in Polish railway and bus stations, on trains and in camp grounds need a major makeover for the Uefa Euro 2012 championships Poland will co-host with Ukraine, experts said on Tuesday.

Last year we spent a fortnight in Poland exploring various areas and cities. Our small dog, Bodie, accompanied us and we found Poland to be very dog-friendly. We stayed in various locations and in various types of accommodations including an apartment in Krakow and a castle in Rydzyna.

Laurie Winters, a curator at the Milwaukee Art Museum, poses with Leonardo da Vinci's painting "Lady with an Ermine," which she brought to Milwaukee.

There is no reasoning with German bouncers. This is generally true, regardless of nationality, but a velvet rope is especially imposing when combined with a language barrier and a side of Hamburg beef.