Just as months of negotiations seemed destined to end in deadlock, Poland and the United States have struck a deal to base part of a controversial US missile defence system on Polish soil. With a little help from recent events in the Caucasus?

Poland needs a big victory against Croatia and a lot of help in tomorrow's other Group B match in Euro 2008 to keep alive its hopes of advancing to the quarterfinals at the European Championship.

UEFA Euro 2008: Błaszczykowski injury damages Poland's Euro 2008 hopes

At 23:30 Saturday 10th May Krakow (Poland) local police received a call from the crew of a charter boat, the 'Krakow 69,' reporting that they had two missing members and that they suspected they may have fallen overboard.

The International Center for Education about Auschwitz and the Holocaust at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum is joining a pilot program connected with the comic book The Search, which is intended to familiarize young people with the story of the Holocaust. The comic book is published by the Ann Frank Foundation in Amsterdam.

Poland and Germany have held unprecedented talks about German plans for a museum to commemorate the expulsion of Germans from eastern Europe following World War II.

Danuta Hübner, Commissioner for Regional Policy, today attended a special session with Poland's Union of Voivodeships in Brussels. The union brings together representatives of regional authorities in Poland, and the discussion focussed on the future of cohesion policy in Poland, the role of regions, and how best to benefit from European investment worth €67.3 billion for 2007-2013.

The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum has acquired two new exhibits: paper sacks for cement from one of the sub-camps, and a portable warming kettle for soup.

A fresh, eighth, outbreak of H5N1 bird flu has been confirmed in the north of the country, where the deadly virus was discovered earlier this month, the chief sanitary official said on Saturday.

Poland plans to open its first exorcism center, for those who believe they are possessed by the devil, in the town of Poczernin 30 km (18 miles) from the city of Szczeczin, Polish media said Wednesday.

Poland’s new Prime Minister said Friday that the country would withdraw its troops from Iraq next year, but continue mission in Afghanistan.

Poland will be ready to resume dialogue with the United States on the missile defense issue after consultations with NATO and neighboring states, the prime minister said on Friday.