WARSAW, Poland—Polish police said Saturday that the body of a young Syrian man was found in the woods near the border with Belarus, the latest victim in a political standoff at the European Union’s eastern border. The regime in Minsk has for months been encouraging illegal migration across its border into the EU nations of…
Inflation Outlook Key for Timing of Polish Interest Rate Rise: Central Banker Says
WARSAW—Poland’s November inflation projection may be crucial for the country’s central bank in deciding whether interest rates rise again this year, Eryk Lon, one of the most dovish members of the Monetary Policy Council (MPC), said. In an unexpected move, the bank raised its benchmark interest rate in October by 40 basis points to 0.5…
Golabki, 2 Ways: Traditional and ‘Cheaters’
Roll out the special characters for another great Polish dish: gołąbki. You will hear it as go-LAHB-kee, but in Polish, that unusual (for us) “l” makes the word sound like ga-WOMP-kee. While the literal translation means “little doves,” these are stuffed cabbage rolls (the size of little doves, but likely better tasting!). As I wrote…
Polish Gene Project Moves to Drop Chinese Tech Over Data Concerns
September 23, 2021
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WARSAW—A European Union-funded project to build a genomic map of Poland plans to drop gene-sequencing technology from China’s BGI Group over concerns about data security, one of the project’s leaders told Reuters. The Genomic Map of Poland’s concerns stem from questions over how Polish genomic data may be used that relate to national security, said…
Potato Pierogi Are the Best Pierogi
Despite having grown up eating these Polish dumplings, especially around Christmas, I had to re-learn how to say their name as an adult. Two generations removed from speaking Slovak at home, we kids had transformed “pierogi” to “padokee.” And as with another popular Polish food, paczki, the word pierogi is already plural (who could eat…
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