That giant sucking sound I heard when arriving in Warsaw was the sound of the Chinese buying all the rough amber in the Baltic region. I was in Poland's capital city attending a trade show called ...

Poland is not only one of the largest Eastern European countries, but also one of the most fascinating. With a complicated ...

DAHME, Germany — Axel Kramer knows exactly where to find amber. He walks down the boardwalk of the village of Dahme on the German Baltic coast, checks the wind and the surf, looks at the different ...