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Polityka

http://www.polityka.pl

Warsaw
Language : Polish
Circulation : 200,050

http://www.polityka.pl
Language : Polish

Established in 1957, Polityka is Poland's largest social and political news weekly and a reference for the nation's intelligentsia. Now under staff ownership, it is a journal with an obvious social-democrat bias. In a conservative society, it engages with controversial and taboo issues.

Since 1993, the magazine has awarded its prestigious "Passport Prizes" - the first step towards fame for many artists - in every cultural field from literature to ballet. In recent years, to the dismay of older readers, it has switched to a colour news magazine format, abandoning its traditional austere black-and-white front pages reminiscent of Die Zeit.

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A town in Europe | Cieszyn, a border run through it

It is not easy to celebrate a common past in a town that has been divided by history. However, in spite of tensions between Poles and Czechs, life in Cieszyn and Český Těšín is beginning to benefit from the border that separates the two towns.

Published on 05 Feb 2010 | Polityka

Wine | War of the Tokays

For more than 40 years, Hungary has been fighting to have the Tokaj wine region recognized as a protected designation of origin (PDO). Having battled with the Soviet Union, France and Italy, it is now in dispute with neighbouring Slovakia, which is putting up stiff resistance.

Published on 23 Dec 2009 | Polityka

Immigration | Why dread the migrant horde?

Immigration between member states and from outside the EU is the subject of ongoing debate in most European countries. Polish weekly Polityka reports on demographic data suggesting that immigration will be indispensable in the long term, and argues in favour of greater cooperation on this potentially divisive issue.

Published on 11 Dec 2009 | Polityka

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