ON one side of Tumski Bridge in Wroclaw, in southwest Poland, the Gothic Cathedral of St. John the Baptist hovers agelessly over Ostrow Tumski, the city’s oldest quarter. Nearby, a boot-sized brass ...

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For centuries, Poland was a military crossroads between east and west Europe, a battleground coveted by her neighbours. It's a legacy that has left the country steeped in legend and lore, ghosts and ...

At bay number four in Wroclaw's bus station, a group of young Poles are standing around in the afternoon sunshine. Among them is Michal Wardas, a 24-year-old university student. He is off to spend the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Fifteen years ago, a trip out to the desolate rail yards to the north-west of Wroclaw would have been difficult ...

The worst floods to hit central Europe in at least two decades have left a trail of destruction from Romania to Poland, spreading mud and debris in towns, destroying bridges, submerging cars and ...

Pablo Picasso said the post-war reconstruction of Wroclaw was a powerful inspiration for him and you do not have to look far among the seven islands it is based on to see why. Pablo Picasso once said ...

Also known, in German, as Breslau, the inhabitants of this Polish town are retelling their history through culture. This Cultural Capital of Europe 2016 launched its year in icy temperatures and snow.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Soldiers and firefighters used sandbags to reinforce river embankments and delivered food and drinking water to cut-off communities as the worst flooding in years moved Tuesday ...