Truck driver did not give up the keys easily to terror suspect who then rammed vehicle into crowded Christmas market.

Poland's Interior Minister yesterday accused the opposition of attempting to stage a coup as MPs occupied Parliament's plenary hall for a second day.

The bizarre events leading up to the "natural causes" death of well-known conspiracy theorist Max Spiers, 39, have left a British inquest flabbergasted.

Polish Ambassador Zbigniew Gniatkowski tells us what Kiwis need to know about his homeland

Polish geology experts said they have found no traces of a train at a site allegedly hiding a World War II Nazi train.

The apparent discovery in Poland of a Nazi train thought to be packed with looted treasures could be the first of many, experts have said, suggesting just a fraction of Hitler's tunnel complex has so far been discovered.

The tale of a legendary Nazi ghost train carrying gold which allegedly disappeared without trace in the dying days of the Second World War has taken a new twist.

Survivors who escaped the gas chambers at Auschwitz have remembered the horror of the infamous Nazi death camp 70 years after liberation by Red Army soldiers.

Pope Francis has ordered showers to be built for the homeless in the heart of St Peter's Square.

Film director Roman Polanski was questioned by prosecutors in Poland and later released after the United States requested his arrest over his conviction of a child sex offence.

Police have detained two men they believe bashed, robbed and dumped an unconscious Kiwi hiker in Poland.

Prince Charles has compared Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler over Russia's actions in Ukraine.

Jared Savage confronts a tourist who's seemingly unaffected by the former concentration camp's sombre atmosphere.

Europe's most affordable ski slopes are in Poland, as Jared Savage discovers

There's no place like Poland when it comes to celebrating Easter, discovers Danielle Wright

Gdansk offers a chance for visitors to take in scenes of sea, ships and spires set in a magnificently reconstructed Old Town while contemplating the ups and downs of European history, including the famous shipyard strike led by Lech Walesa.

A missing letter 'G' that threatened to set the Scrabble World Championship on fire this weekend.

Lawyers representing suspected Holocaust camp guard John Demjanjuk have demanded that Germany suspend his war crimes trial.

It's that time of year again when we're compelled to buy a sentimental card for our loved ones and go out for a set-menu meal - or wallow in our singledom.

The eerie 'Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe' reflects the insanity of Nazi brutality in its alienating architecture, writes Chris Barton.