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America's credit rating was lowered in 2011. Poland is a candidate to have its credit rating raised in 2012. America keeps borrowing more and more. Poland keeps borrowing less and less. Currently, Poland borrows about a nickel per dollar while America borrows over 40 cents per dollar spent. According to Polish Finance Minister Jan Vincent-Rostowski - Poland will trim its public deficit to 1%

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To protest rising gasoline prices, Poles have taken to the streets and highways... in there cars. A significant number of drivers in Poland are downright indignant over rising gas prices. So in true Polish style they staged a protest across the country. Yesterday they drove at a snail's pace and snarled key routes in a show of frustration. News station TVN24 reported the protests took place 

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If you take time to talk to old people who experienced inter-war Poland (1919-1939) or Soviet dominated Poland (1946-1989) you usually come away with a story framed in the context of their life’s sculpted worldview. However, wisdom is not the sole providence of the old. The colloquial idiom “Out of the mouths of babes (oft times come gems)” reminds us children occasionally say remarkable or

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You might say that Polish voters are a fickle group. At least seemingly more so than Polish-American voters with their entrenched voting habits. Not once have Poles given any political party a second term of power since throwing off the yoke of socialism and the misery that 60 years of tyrannical communism brought them. Poles’ yearning for freedom and liberty is hardwired into their DNA.

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Here’s another case of corporate outsourcing greed. The famous and battle tested Sikorsky Blackhawk helicopter’s new variant built for the military units of America’s allies are now being made in Poland. In a time of economic uncertainty and financial crisis across our great country, you would think the manufacturing of high tech military aircraft costing as much as $10 million per copy would

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Shipyard cranes idle for decade The birthplace of the ‘New Poland’ is rusting away in Gdańsk harbor.   Once upon a time the Lenin shipyard gained international fame when Solidarność was founded there 30 years ago. Both Lenin and Stocznia Północna (Northern Shipyard) were huge functioning industrial complexes employing more than 17,000 workers before becoming the birthplace for civil

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Lately, I’ve been writing about Poland’s shining economy. Poles skating through the global financial meltdown with healthy growth is amazing. However, I hinted at the close of last month’s column that Poland’s lucky streak might be near the end. Well, what could go wrong you might ask. Poland assumed the EU presidency on July 1, 2011. The timing is unfortunate because the tires are about to

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Poland was the only EU country to escape the present recession and economic crisis. Industrial output jumped by double digits, while employment and wages are up and out pacing inflation. The discovery of natural gas shale fields that equal more than 300 years of the country’s consumption have major oil companies beating a path to Poland’s door. Then there’s a luxury goods market that is growing

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Więcej diamenty, proszę Aren’t you just doggone tired of reading how great the Polish economy is doing in this column month after month? The rest of the world seems to be mired in economic crisis and here in America the all mighty dollar continues to take a devaluation beating with quantitative easing by the Fed, stimulus programs, bailouts and no true spending reform. Polish-Americans

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nieprzyjemny smak Throughout the economic crisis plaguing the world for nearly three years, Poland appears to be an island paradise surrounded by a sea of red ink flooding the world. As others found out the hard way, unwarranted risk and the bundling of financial derivatives are dangerous to all aspects regarding quality of life. The wheeling and dealing that caused the bubble to burst

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While most of the world is still feeling the affects of the global economic slowdown and unemployment woes, Poland’s industrial output is showing double-digit growth. January’s output according to the Central Statistics Office was 10.3 percent, exceeding the average forecast of a 9.4 percent predicted by a survey conducted last year. Poland, which joined the European Union just seven years ago,

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Poland’s banks are exceeding expectations reporting strong profits for 2010 and rebuilding their balance sheets faster than many west European counterparts. Millennium Bank this week reported a better-than-expected 2010 net profit of 326 million złotys -- 217 times higher than 2009′s 1.5m złotys.  Multinational banks operating in the Polish market are doing great while rival banks without Polish

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Poland's culture minister Bogdan Zdrojewski asked museums at former Nazi death camps to drop their Polish .pl Internet suffix to help counter the false impression they were Polish-run. He suggests the more neutral, pan-European .eu. The three memorial museums, run and largely financed by the Polish state, are Auschwitz-Birkenau (www.auschwitz.org.pl), Majdanek (www.majdanek.pl) and Stutthof (

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Na Zdrowie Through the ages Żubrówka, a wódka made near the primeval forest where Polish buffalo still roam, has been recognized as one of the official Polish national drinks. The wild sweet grass bison love to eat is infused during distillation and a blade garnishes every bottle making it the most distinctive wódka in the world. My grandfather told me about Żubrówka when I was still quite

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 EU Gold Standard keeping it up! While several EU countries languish in recovery purgatory, 2010 saw Poland chalk up a 3.8 per cent growth rate making it one of the highest in the European Union. Coming in higher than expected was due mostly to strong domestic demand. Retail was up nearly 4 percent as consumers rushed to buy goods before this year’s scheduled VAT rise. However, the deficit

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Poland is right behind America in its use of Internet social networking services according to a  new Pew Global Attitudes study. While wildly popular in the U.S. and Poland, services like Facebook are not so popular in places like Germany and Japan who are generally viewed as high tech countries. While America is a place where more than 80% of homes have access to the Internet, what's crazy is

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Former Polish foreign minister Władysław Bartoszewski revealed the German government is paying $80 billion towards the upkeep of the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz memorial in Poland. America and other EU countries will offer an equal amount. The initiative was pushed by Bartoszewski. More than 150 buildings need to be preserved as well as personal belongings of the murdered inmates.

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Leaking The website WikiLeaks has released thousands of secret and private documents embarrassing to the U.S. and many other nations. One confidential file deals with the US Embassy in Warsaw and how Poland’s foreign minister believes that NATO is a “toothless club” and the 2008 Russian invasion of Georgia justified Poland’s warning of Moscow’s “aggressive behavior”. Foreign Minister Sikorski

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In the past, I had advocated for changing the name of the capital of Ohio to Jan in honor of Jan z Kolno (John from Kolno, Poland). As legend has it, he sailed under the Danish flag to the eastern coasts of what are now Canada and the U.S. as far south as the mouth of Chesapeake Bay 16 years before Columbus got funding from Queen Isabella to set sail on the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria. Now, I’m

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  It's the last day of November (2010) and the first snow for the season fell on Poland today. How do I know? I clicked on the Polish webcams at http://www.polishtoledo.com/. Both Warszawa and Kraków had a moderate amount of the white stuff. In Sweden however they are about to experience the lowest temperatures in 100 years and experts there predict a bitter winter. Winds blowing down

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 The Rock Band from Hamtramck Immediately the mention of the Polish Muslims to younger members of Polonia invoke thoughts of a gimmicky named Hamtramck polka-rock band that play quite frequently at all types of venues because of their popularity. Although I have a couple of their music CDs and enjoy their clever songs, those are not the Polish Muslims featured here. I’m talking about real

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Today, almost 60% of Poles are overweight, while 20% of them suffers from obesity. The increase of obesity among children and adolescents is upsetting the Director of the Institute of Food and Nutrition Miroslaw Jarosz. According to him it’s high time to take effective action against youth with weight problems because the number of youngsters with obesity or overweight predicaments has increased

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Events in Poland appear to be putting the public display of the cross in jeopardy in a country where 90 percent of the population professes to be Catholic. Here in America for comparison you might be aware that the World War I memorial cross in the Mojave Desert was torn down by vandals in the middle of the night after the Supreme Court ruled it may remain on public lands. Lately it seems

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Five years after a crowd of nearly 4 million broke into chants of "Santo Subito" (sainthood now) during Pope John Paul II's funeral, the case for his beatification has encountered a serious roadblock. We were all excited that the beatification and canonization of our dear late Pope John Paul II would coincide with the anniversary of his election as the 263rd successor to St. Peter in October.

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About half of Poles think that Polish state-owned energy companies, mines and hospitals should not be sold off to foreign investors. A survey by PBS DGA conducted September 3-5, 2010 finds: 46%  oppose selling off state owned companies to foreign companies 35%  support privatization in general 70 % privatization to Polish investors only, if it is necessary 33%  would not allow foreign

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Polonia is the name for Poland in Latin and some other languages. In modern Polish language it refers to the Polish diaspora, and to people of Polish origin who live outside Poland. You’ll find local congregations of Polish people across the globe and in some locales where many folks might least expect them. We’re most familiar with American and Canadian enclaves. In both countries the population

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The award-winning novel Water For Elephants is now in film production for release in spring 2010. In the cast is Oscar winner Reese Witherspoon and Hal Holbrook with Robert Pattinson (a Harry Potter co-star) playing the lead character. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, drifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus

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Western Economies are crashing.But, in Poland Industrial output climbed by 14.5% year-on-year in June 2010, an acceleration compared with the previous month, according to data from the Central Statistical Office (GUS). The highest growth was noted in manufacturing sector. In the case of the country’s manufacturing sub-sectors, a particularly impressive increase occurred in computer, electronic

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On Thursday, July 8 if you asked who is the current President of Poland there were three correct answers depending on what hour of the day you asked the question. Following the April 10 death of president Lech Kaczyński, Bronisław Komorowski, as Marshal of the Sejm (lower house) automatically became the acting president while still maintaining his day job as head of parliament. When Komorowski

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Election night, visions of Harry Truman holding up a copy of the Chicago Tribune in 1948 with the banner line “Dewey Defeats Truman” flashed through my mind, but the Polish press got it right. On the 4th of July, through the evening and wee early hours of the next morning, it was Komorowski then Kaczyński, then Komorowski then Kaczyński and finally ‘z ostatniej chwili’ STOP THE PRESSES it's

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A few months ago, Poland was slammed by WHO for not doing enough to clamp down on smoking.Poland’s lower house of parliament has voted for a liberal amendment to a bill banning tobacco smoking in public places.The bill makes provision for accommodating smokers in a wide range of public places. For a start, whereas it used to be illegal to smoke in hospitals or schools, now it’s not.While other

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The Toledo Polish Geneaological Society is making a trip to Poland this year. If you are interested in finding your family records, this is the year you must go to Poland. We will be going to towns, villages and cities in Poland to find your family records.Trip to Poland 2010 info: http://www.polishtoledo.com/tripThe trip to Poland is being organized this year in September so that people of

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Hanna Trojanowska, commissioner for nuclear energy, is looking for a pop culture character to promote nuclear power plants in the country.Next year, the Polish government is planning to start a propaganda campaign to convince Poles that the country needs nuclear energy and that nuclear plants are not as dangerous as most citizens believe. The idea is to create a character similar to Homer Simpson

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In a move intended to assuage the Polish government, the Obama Administration will send one small detachment of soldiers to Poland next year to man an anti-ballistic missile (ABM) battery intended to guard against a Russian attack. Officials in Warsaw have been clamoring for greater security assistance from the U.S. not only for protection against the longtime adversary from the east, but also as

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Heavily Catholic Poland has joined the Vatican in criticizing a European court ruling against the display of crucifixes in Italian schools.Polish President Lech Kaczynski said his country will never agree to remove crosses from its schools.The Nov. 3 ruling by the European Court of Human Rights does not require that Poland remove the crosses that hang in most public schools. It could, however,

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38% of Poles believe that Poland should seek allies in the European Union once the United States resigned its anti-missile shield plans. 28% said Poland should become neutral. 13% are for continuation of alliance with the United States while 10% said Poland should propose a new approach to relations with Russia. 11% of the pollees did not offer any opinion according to polling agency PAP.

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Coming sooner to Poland than America is a network of high speed intercity rail service. Recently the Polish government announced it plans to launch high-speed trains in 2018 with construction starting in 2014.The first trains will travel at up to 150 miles per hour and will link Warsaw with the central city of Lodz, the western city Poznan and the southwest city Wroclaw.For sentimentalists see

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Poles have been upset by Obama's move to scrap a Bush-era missile defense plan, fearing it may embolden a more assertive Russia especially after Russian intrusion in Georgia and threats of interfering with Ukraine politics. Poland has been a loyal NATO ally of America supporting with combat troops missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, helping the U.S. regarding the war on terror. The missile shield

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In the region of Germany near the border with Poland, a court has ordered the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party (NPD) to remove election signs declaring "Stop the Polish invasion".The court in the state of Mecklenburg said the signs were illegal and an incitement to racial hatred. The NPD hung more than 50 of the signs up in the Ueker-Randow district of the state which borders Poland and counts

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Thought it probably wouldn't be possible in the old Communist Poland -About half a million people attended this year’s Przystanek Woodstock, one of Europe’s largest open-air music festivals, held in Kostrzyn-nad-Odra, on the German-Polish border. The festival in its 15th year is organized by Jerzy Owsiak, a famed Polish philanthropist. The event raises tons of money for charity, something the

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Parents in Farminton, Utah (a suburb just north of Salt Lake City) are upset over a 'leftist propaganda' video shown to their grade school children. Incredibly, the parents featured in the Salt Lake Tribune news account are Polish-Americans.Eagle Bay Elementary showed a short video called "I pledge" on Aug. 28. The video opens with an image of President Barack Obama and part of a speech in which

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Polish-Indian Lisa Ray, born in Toronto, has been featured in the Canadian edition of Hello magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People' of the country.She spoke Polish to her maternal grandmother and watched movies of Federico Fellini and Satyajit Ray with her cinephile dad. She was spotted by an agent in a crowd during a family vacation in India when she was 16, when she began modelling.She

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Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota Governor often mentioned as a possible candidate for President of the U.S. is a Polish-American. Because he's a Republican, I didn't actually believe it at first. It was also difficult to find a picture of him wearing a red tie. - A kielbasa in every pot and an American made Buick in every garage!Perhaps he's the type that might follow in Lech Wałęsa's footsteeps. Jump a

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"Super-husbands" wearing t-shirts with the motto "I examine my wife's breasts," went on a parade in the city of Białystok, north east Poland, lately.Not necessarily a unique idea as American photo to left illustrates.The demo was part of an unusual campaign reminding women of the necessity of routine breast cancer tests.Among those wearing the "Super-husband" shirt was deputy chief of the

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Der Spiegel's article accusing Poles and other nations of collaborating with Nazis during Word War II, has caused a storm of protest in Poland.The influential German weekly wrote that Polish farmers, together with Ukrainian gendarmes, French mayors and others were accomplices of the Nazis and were partly responsible for the Holocaust.The article has caused outrage in Poland. Yesterday, former

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Poland produces 340 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually. Such an amount can be converted to 280 million tonnes of methanol, and then between 80-120 million tonnes of petrol or diesel oil. That is five times more than Poland currently uses yearly, Professor Dobieslaw Nazimek from the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, southeast Poland, told the daily Nasz Dziennik.That is still

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There's an oak tree in the town squar of Jaslo in rural southeastern Poland. The origins of the tree was discovered when plans were made to chop it down to make way for a traffic circle."We obtained information that this is no ordinary tree but was put here to mark Adolf Hitler's birthday," said Jaslo's mayor, Maria Kurowska. "So should I try to improve our town's communications or should I allow

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Madonna is scheduled to bring her "Sticky & Sweet" concert tour to Warsaw August 15, the day the Catholic Church celebrates the solemn Marian feast of the Assumption. The day is especially significant to Poles who honor the original Madonna under the title of Mary, Queen of Poland, at shrines all over the country, including the most important one at Jasna Gora (Bright Mountain) in

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America's promises to Poland going down the toilet under Obama administration. Poland to receive unarmed Patriots, no MRAP vehicles. Missile Shield in doubt.During talks in Brussels, Polish Defence Minister Bogdan Klich was told that Poland will not receive MRAP-type vehicles, and while they will receive the promised Patriot missiles, the missiles will be unarmed.The MRAP-type vehicles, or Mine

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You would be forgiven for thinking that Venus and Serena Williams have saturated the sisters' market in the tennis world. Oh how wrong you would be. There's a couple of Polish sisters on the tour who have also won Wimbledon. Watch out Venus and Serena.Agnieszka Radwanska and her younger sister Urszula have both won the junior title – in 2005 and 2007 respectively – and now the Polish siblings are

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A video clip produced by the European Commission on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the fall of Communism, does not show any pictures of the legendary Polish 'Solidarity' freedom movement, which cracked the Soviet dictatorship in Eastern Europe. Instead, it focuses on the fall of Berlin wall, and briefly reviews events in other countries.Poland appears in the clip only for several seconds

Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03921290103983765721noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20068567.post-80986674602656353152009-04-30T00:00:00.002-04:002009-04-30T00:16:16.497-04:00

Brad "Shake and Bake" Keselowski wins at Talladega narrowly beating Carl Edwards to snatch his first Sprint Cup win.

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The five Poles honored yesterday by US President Barack Obama at a ceremony at the Capitol ending the Holocaust Days of Remembrance, have returned home. The five are holders of the Righteous Among the Nations medal, awarded by the Yad Vashem Institute in Jerusalem for rescuing Jews from the Holocaust. One of those who took part in the ceremony at the Capitol is Anna Bando, who told reporters that

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Polish industrial production rose in March by 15.5% from February according to the Central Statistical Office (GUS) and nearly 2% year-to-year.The results are better than expected, and Economists assess the results to be good, especially against the backdrop of the region's economic performance e.g. Ukraine suffered a 30% and Russia a 14% fall year-to-year in industrial production.

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A NATO center to command a network of early warning radars will be set up in Poland. According to the Dziennik daily, three radars in Norway, Poland and Turkey will send data regarding airborne threats to a headquarter in Warsaw, which then will be sent to Moscow. In return, Moscow will provide NATO with its own information about airborne threats aimed against the Alliance. The Russian RIA

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Every fifth child in Poland is born out of wedlock. There are five times more 'illegitimate' children than thirty years ago. "In the past marriage was synonymous to family. Nowadays a wedding does not imply having children and a child is no longer a reason to get married", says Prof. Miroslawa Marody from the University of Warsaw, commenting that Poland's views on family life have changed.There

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Professor Maria Siemionow has returned to Poland from Cleveland, Ohio in the US where she led a team of internationally- renowned surgeons in successfully transplanting a woman's face.The New York Times has called the transplant "one of the most shocking medical operations of the last decade." The woman's face is now made up of her own forehead, upper eyelids, lower teeth and jaw – the remaining

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The Polish finance minister says that Poland will apply for the International Monetary Fund's Flexible Credit Line and thus wants to become a member of the prestigious "Platinum Club" which includes strong economies.Thanks to the Flexible Credit Line (FCL) the reserves of the National Bank of Poland will increase by USD 20 bln. Joining the mechanism will protect Poland against uncontrolled

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The heroic story of Irena Sendler the woman credited with saving the lives of 2,500 Jewish children from Nazi-invaded Poland is coming to Television on Sunday, April 19, on Channel 11.Nobel Peace Prize nominee Irena Sendler put her life at risk day after day for years, saving 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto during the Second World War.Her story, "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler

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Seventy years after the outbreak of World War II, Poland will launch a database of some 2 million victims of the fighting. The database will be available on straty.pl, and will include the location and circumstances of the victims' death. Statue of the Little Insurgent old towne WarsawFamilies or loved ones will have the option to add to the list of victims. Officials hope that the database will

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Up to one in four of the 9,000 marriages between foreigners and Polish citizens every year could be bogus. Some are looking for citizenship, not love. Poland has become a target for people from outside the EU looking to migrate from poorer regions of the world, but denied entry because of strict immigration controls."Registrars in Poland are helpless. They can't refuse to marry anyone, even if

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Poland's former First Lady Jolanta Kwasniewska thinks Michelle Obamaneeds to work on her style and behaviour."Michelle Obama is a wonderful woman, but sometimes I think she could use a couple of lessons of style," said the wife of Poland's former president, Aleksander Kwasniewski.Source: News.pl

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Poland's Ministry of Education has opposed including sexual education classes in every school's curriculum. According to the ministry, obligatory sex classes are unconstitutional.Parents have the right to bring up their children as they see fit, teaching them morality and religion in agreement with their beliefs. But sexual health campaigners disagree. "If parents do not agree with Darwin's

Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03921290103983765721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20068567.post-73682194635066294642009-04-08T22:29:00.002-04:002009-04-08T22:58:05.663-04:00

Polish President Lech Kaczynski and Afghan President Hamid Karzai attend a joint news conference in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, April 8, 2009.After the talks with Karzai, Kaczynski said Poland boost military presence up to 20% in Afghanistan before the upcoming Afghan elections. Poland currently has 1590 troops mostly stationed in the Afghan province of Ghazni.Kaczynski also visited Ghazni and

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Government’s spokesman Paweł Gras confirmed that Poland will not participate in the G-20 summit starting in London on April 2. The country, with the rest of the EU, will be represented by the current president of the bloc - the Czech Republic. “The point of such a move is for the EU to speak with one voice” Graś was quoted by the news agency PAP. He also informed that the Czech Republic received

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Poland’s Parliament has supported a Senate amendment banning the sale of low-alcohol drinks at mass events.Only the Social Democratic Left was against the amendment, arguing that it was a European standard to sell drinks such as beer at mass events, including sports meets or soccer games.Deputy Interior Minister Adam Rapacki said that the government initially had not been against the sale of beer

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Politicians who commented on the outcome of the Brussels summit for Polish Radio Three this morning agreed it ended with a success for Poland. Wladyslaw Stasiak, the deputy head of the presidential chancellery enumerated enhancing the bloc’s energy security and financial support for the project of the Eastern Partnership as the biggest successes. Deputy head of the European Parliament, Adam

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A long-term economic campaign encouraging Poles to buy national products called “Kupujnasze” (“Buy Ours”) has been launched today.The co-initiator of the campaign Jacek Sadowski stresses it is about “affecting the economy in a real way,” immensely important at a time of finance crisis. He points out that 60 percent of GDP in Poland is based on domestic consumer activity.“Kupujnasze.pl” is not the

Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03921290103983765721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20068567.post-5372296603298962009-03-17T00:08:00.002-04:002009-03-17T00:15:58.226-04:00

It has been a fairly good week for Poland’s currency – before the weekend the rate of the Polish złoty began growing.Moods also improved in this country after Switzerland decided to cut interest rates – many Poles have mortgages in Swiss francs. Financial analyst Piotr Kuczyński spoke on Polish Radio of generally brighter outlooks:Moods have improved on the markets and stock exchanges worldwide,

Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03921290103983765721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20068567.post-24693005928225614102009-03-17T00:00:00.001-04:002009-03-17T00:03:40.826-04:00

President Lech Kaczynski has declared himself in favor of creating a new province, by separating the capital city Warsaw from the central Mazovia province.Lech Kaczynski said that administrative changes will be necessary especially after 2013, when as new system of distributing EU funds will come in force.‘My idea is simple. The mayor of Warsaw should also be the province governor.

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It's what marketers strive for: to have their message fit the times.Long before the first economists began forecasting a recession, and the markets spiraled downward, Sobieski Vodka launched their "Truth in Vodka" campaign, with the pitch that consumers don't have to pay a "king's ransom" to drink a quality vodka.The message apparently has struck a chord.According to Impact, a spirits trade

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Poland does not need to take a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and does not plan any debt issues on foreign markets for now, a deputy finance minister said on Thursday. 'We have no specific plans about an IMF loan. Poland does not need to turn to IMF programs,' Dominik Radziwill told reporters. Source: Reuters 03-12-09

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U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL)today introduced a resolution to proclaim Casimir Pulaski (father of the U.S. Calvary) to be an honorary citizen of the United States. Pulaski, a Polish military officer who fought on the side of America during the Revolutionary War, died during a battle in Savannah, Georgia, in October of 1779.After coming to America, Pulaski wrote to George Washington, "I came

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Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski is likely to shortly submit his candidature for the position of the Nato secretary general. Polish embassies have been instructed to sound out the Alliance member countries' governments on this. Confidential instructions about 'probing the intentions' as to the election of a new Nato secretary general were received by Polish ambassadors in the 27 Nato member

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Recovery of Polish abductee's body increasingly unlikely.The chances of recovering the body of the Polish engineer murdered by the Taliban militants in Pakistan are waning due to the demands made to the Pakistani government, writes Polish daily Dziennik. In an interview with the paper, a son of one of the local mullahs has said that handing over the body can take just two days, but the Taliban

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While failing economies have sparked riots and financial bailouts in parts of Eastern Europe, Poland and the Czech Republic have relatively stable economies and are trying to distinguish themselves from their ailing neighbors.After the formidable economic reforms of recent years, these countries don't want their image tarnished by Hungary, Ukraine and Latvia, which have all received International

Dennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03921290103983765721noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20068567.post-58328829313756682192009-03-05T02:20:00.003-05:002009-03-05T02:30:14.617-05:00

WW2 veterans from Kraków want the 1st of March to be declared Underground Anti-communist Fighters Day. They support the initiative of honoring soldiers persecuted by the communist regime.Jerzy Bukowski, head of the Alliance of Veteran and Independence Organizations in Krakow explains: 'Our intention is for the Parliament to pass a resolution proclaiming a day of soldiers who fought for many years

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The weak zloty makes Poland's borderland an attractive shopping spot for Germans, Slovaks and Lithuanians. The current exchange rate means a harvest for retailers as the rate of the euro has almost reached five zlotys. The retail boom in shopping malls close to borders is the flip side of the weak zloty, which saw the government selling euros last week to prop up Poland's vulnerable

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The US secretary of defense Bob Gates (the only hold over from the Bush Administration) has given assurances that Poland will receive defense aid. He told Rzeczpospolita that if the threat from Iran disappeared there would be no need to base an anti-missile shield in Central Europe. But, America would keep its promise to base Patriot missiles on Polish soil. The defense secretary said during the

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The Poles have the most frequent sex in Europe, show latest international survey results. Not long ago sexologists complained that Poland lagged behind in Europe as far as sex is concerned.I was said Poles were neither inactive nor inventive in bed. In a word – underdeveloped.Opening up to the world and two decades of economic growth sufficed to make Poles one of the most amorous nations in

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Ian Fleming, the creator of 007 James Bond, had a war time lover. She was Winston Churchill's favorite spy. She was Polish.Now, a big budget Hollywood movie is being made to tell the story of Krystyna Skarbek who used the name Christine Granville during World War II.Dubbed `Churchill's favorite spy', she was awarded the George Medal for her work against the Gestapo. Her courageous actions,

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The Polish economy that grew at a brisk 6.7 percent in 2007 swelling the ranks of the middle class with money to spend on fine wines, fancy cars and large homes slowed to a still-healthy 4.8 percent in 2008, according to government figures. Data released this week however shows that Poland is starting to feel a chill as the global crisis hit the country's western European neighbors and the United

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A plaque was unveiled at the gate of the Gdansk Shipyard at a ceremony marking the awarding of the European Heritage Label to this historical place. It was here that the beginnings of the European transformations took place and it was only natural that it should be remembered as part of Europe's history. The honor for gate No. 2 of the Gdansk shipyard, the very gate over which Lech Walesa, future

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New Justice Minister Andrzej Czuma says he is strongly in favor of the right to possess arms for defensive use in Poland."I believe that the right to possess weapons at home should be extended. Decisions on that matter should be made by local governments," explained the Justice Minister who takes his post in the Ministry after the resignation of Zbigniew Cwiakalski."The right to defence is not

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War Games, the film based on the life of spy Ryszard Kuklinski and one of the most eagerly awaited documentaries ever made in Poland, has gone on general release in Polish cinemas. The American premiere of the movie took place last December at the CIA headquarters in Langley, VA, preceded by a closed screening for active CIA agents. The film tells the story of Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski, who

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While the rest of the world is facing economic meltdown - Poland's economic situation is holding up rather nicely, thank you.The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development states that the reaction of Poland's economy to the global financial crisis will be less sudden and less harmful than in other countries of Europe.According to EBRD specialists, Poland will be among the few countries,

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Never mind Don King holding Polish flags.... The most prestigious magazine about boxing "The Ring" awarded Polish boxer and IBF Champion Tomasz Adamek their “Championship Belt” confired by a jury of world class boxing experts.It is one of the most important awards for a boxer, because it means that he must be the best. Adamek, who is World Champion of IBF, is recognized all over the world, thanks

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A Polish immigrant woman in the U.K who was forced to give birth on the London Underground has revealed how she was sent away from a leading maternity hospital, St. Mary's where both of Diana's princes were delivered.Julita Kowalska, 26, became the first woman in 84 years giving birth in the subway when her daughter Jennifer was born at Kingsbury, North London, on the evening of December 19 last

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The inauguration speech was a disappointment, different Polish experts said on Polish Radio. What about the policy of the new administration, will it really bring any change internationally?Joanna Najfeld reports:Americans gathered at the inauguration ceremony no to listen to what the new president says, but how he says it, explains political studies expert Wojciech Jabłoński. In his opinion, the

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This is a bit strange.A Polish Rock group called Blog 27 released an album with Parental Avisory warning plastered on the front cover. The next thing you know a kid's TV show awards the group's lead singer named Tola an award. Then again, looking at this side of the pond - kids are listening to Avril Lavigne's hit song and music video "Girlfriend" in which she exclains "Hell yeah, I'm a Motherf**

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Warner Bros. a studio founded by a couple of Polish brothers originally from Youngstown, Ohio like other movie/television studios is laying off hundreds of people at its Burbank headquarters. Many cuts will impact significant numbers of "back office" workers in management information systems, finance and accounting. Many of those jobs will be outsourced to Poland and India, according to people

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Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Waldemar Pawlak told the parliament that energy companies have committed to building 25,000 megawatts of new energy powers. He highlighted that a large part of Polish energy may be obtained from renewable source till 2020."It is time to promote energy-saving energy sources and receiver. Poland is among the countries the least dependant on

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Five hundred tonnes of hay and beets have been prepared for the winter months by employees of the Bialowieski National Park (BPN) to feed Poland's precious bison herd maintained there. The director of the bison care facility at BPN, Jerzy Dackiewicz, claims that the recent drastic fall in temperatures means that the stocked food will be all the more necessary. The park has been feeding the bison

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Defense Minister Bogdan Klich says Poland may send 400-600 additional troops to Afghanistan, raising its total number to over 2,000.The government is prepared to review the Afghan mission's effectiveness this month and depending on the result may opt for increasing the number of troops.In October, Poland took command of security in the Afghan province of Ghazni, a volatile area two hour's drive

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Polish businesses are not afraid of economic crisis! What crisis?Polish entrepreneurs view 2009 with much hope. They plan further investments and anticipate job reductions will not exceed 1-2%.This optimism is reflected in a recent survey by the Marketing Research Center showing that the majority of managers positively assess the condition of their companies. 70% of those polled expect a repeat

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NATO is the world's most powerful military block, and soon it may be lead by Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski according to opinions of the German Der Spiegel The International Herald Tribune, and The Economist.Given the growing complicated international situation and NATO engagements - both direct and indirect - in various global conflicts and tensions, a great deal of competence and

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In the south of Poland, around a thousand people turned up on Krakow's historic Main Market Square for the annual carol singing lesson last Sunday. With songbooks aplenty, local artists led the crowd with how to sing all classic carols, as well as hymns that are less known. This was the 32nd time the carol singing lesson has happened on the Main Market Square in Krakow.

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The latest poll by the Public Opinion Research Center reviels that 61% mainly well educated citizens of major cities show optimism for 2009.Only 4% of respondents believe that politicians will stop squabbling, while 85% think that the level of corruption in the country will remain the same.On the economy,13% were optimistic 2009 prices will not increase unbearably16% are hopeful that living

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Poland's religious media tycoon, Father Tadeusz Rydzyk, head of Radio Maryja and Television Trwam, wants to broaden his empire on the Internet."If only we had a few Internet websites! We need to fight for young listeners, and the youth is the Internet. Let us all learn [how to use] the Internet," Father Rydzyk appealed to his followers during a holy mass he gave on the seventeenth anniversary of

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