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About Adam Szostkiewicz

Adam Szostkiewicz writes for Polityka weekly news magazine in Warsaw.

Articles by Adam Szostkiewicz

Wednesday 5th October

Poland: 1920 and all that

Adam Szostkiewicz, 5 October 2011
Even the most heroic and tragic moments of Poland’s modern history - the battle of Warsaw, the Katyn massacre, the Warsaw uprising - are subject to contentious political debate. A new cinematic epic is no exception, says Adam Szostkiewicz.
Wednesday 7th September

The mutilated world: 9/11 in Poland

Adam Szostkiewicz, 7 September 2011
The intense Polish empathy with America of the days after 11 September 2001 drew on an enduring connection. But there are signs of change, says Adam Szostkiewicz.
Friday 8th April

Poland’s tragedy: one year on

Adam Szostkiewicz, 8 April 2011
The air disaster that killed Poland’s president and many of the country’s leading figures in April 2010 is now a source of national division rather than unity, says Adam Szostkiewicz.
Tuesday 13th July

Poland's unique election

Adam Szostkiewicz, 13 July 2010
The choice of a successor to the president killed in the "second Katyn" tragedy was always going to be an emotionally and politically complex process. The result suggests that the Poles and their institutions have passed both tests, says Adam Szostkiewicz.
Tuesday 21st July

Leszek Kolakowski, 1927-2009: a master figure

Adam Szostkiewicz, 21 July 2009
A voice for reason, truth and decency amid the deceits of the communist era is stilled
Tuesday 15th July

Bronislaw Geremek: Polish and European liberal

Adam Szostkiewicz, 15 July 2008
The Polish scholar-statesman was an architect of democracy in his country and Europe
Wednesday 11th October

Poland marches: the people sound the alarm

Adam Szostkiewicz, 11 October 2006
Poland's bitter political crisis has reached the streets. Democracy in danger or democracy in action, asks Adam Szostkiewicz.
Wednesday 12th April

Poland's past and future pope

Adam Szostkiewicz, 12 April 2006
One year after the death of Pope John Paul II, Adam Szostkiewicz links Poland’s preparations for the visit of his successor Benedict XVI to concerns over the future of a Catholic media empire.
Tuesday 25th October

The Polish autumn

Adam Szostkiewicz, 25 October 2005
The double election victory of the Law & Justice party has left Poland’s leading political actors embracing new friends and old enemies, finds Adam Szostkiewicz.
Wednesday 21st September

The Polish lifeboat

Adam Szostkiewicz, 21 September 2005
Poles are preparing for a double election likely to see a major reshuffle of national politics, reports Adam Szostkiewicz of “Polityka” news weekly in Warsaw.
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