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Polish emigrants to the United Kingdom return to Poland in larger numbers
Warsaw, Poland - 17 April, 2008  Polish emigrants to the United Kingdom are returning to Poland at about twice the rate that they did last year. Emigration to the United Kingdom has not stopped, but more who have spent their time there are opting to come home to Poland.

 

 

  

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Polish Weather: People Run For Bread As Snow Cuts Power in Szczecin, Poland
Warsaw, Poland - 9 April, 2008  Heavy snow in Szczecin, Poland caused power outages in and as far as 100 kilometers from the City. Polish people descended on bakeries and shops buying as many as five loaves of bread at a time.

 

 

  

Sex Genie
Polish Bureaucrat Wants To Raise The Age For Sex.
Warsaw, Poland - 25 March, 2008   The Polish Spokesman for Children's Law has proposed raising the age for allowing sex in Poland and brought upon herself derision and laughter.

 

 

  

White Easter In Poland
Poland Has A White Easter Week After A Warm Winter
Warsaw, Poland - 24, March 2008   In spite of predictions of global warming, snow continues to fall in Poland and is predicted to fall over the next few days.

 

 

  

Jaroslaw Kaczynski
Poland's Ex Prime Minister Says Polish Porn Watching Internet Users Easily Manipulated.
Warsaw, Poland - 12 March, 2008  Poland's former Prime Minister has created an Internet storm by describing Polish Internet users as an easily manipulated beer drinking pornographic movie watching group.

 

 

  

Plowing Snow
Is Poland's Climate Change Counter To World Climate Change?
Warsaw, Poland - 10 March, 2008   Warsaw, Poland -   In spite of a drop in world temperature averages over the last year, Poland, and other countries in Northern Europe, experienced a warmer than normal winter with temperatures in some cases at record levels. Do these countries offer evidence of global warming or has their weather been an anomaly in a pattern that may be showing global cooling? How should the Polish Government proceed?

 

 

  

Statue Of Liberty
Poland's US Visa Problem Less Dramatic As Polish Workers Go To EU
Warsaw, Poland - 25 January, 2008   As hundreds of thousands of Polish workers have chosen to go to Europe for work, the lines of people outside the US Embassy in Warsaw, Poland waiting for the opportunity to apply for a visa to visit the United States have essentially disappeared. Where the Embassy halls were full and hundreds stood in lines just to get inside, there is emptiness.

 

 

  

Donald Tusk Polish Prime Minister
Polish Prime Minister Needs More Than Quick Fixes To Poland's Problems
Warsaw, Poland - 21, January 2008  As Poland's economy races forward, private sector wages are rapidly growing while the traditionally low wages in the public sector remain stagnant. As those public sector employees who have chosen not to head West for better pay take to the streets to demand more, the Polish Government is resisting making quick concessions and looking to avoid future problems by developing comprehensive solutions to basic problems that must be solved.

 

 

  

Warsaw, Poland
Polish Workers Exercise Their Right To Fair Pay By Leaving Poland
Warsaw, Poland - 3, January 2008  In spite of a new "pro business" Government that is widely supported by the Polish populace, Poland's workers continue to emigrate to Western Europe for a better life and better pay. Their departure has changed a country from one long touted as having and abundant, young, well educated and low paid work force to one of few workers and spiraling wages.

 

 

  

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Poland's Post Office Still Delivering Mail For Polish Christmas Past
Warsaw, Poland - 2, January 2008  Because of a large labor shortage of letter carriers and staff in the post offices sorting mail, the Polish post office is still delivering mail from the year 2007 Christmas season. It hopes to have all the pre-Christmas delivered in Poland by January 15, 2008.

 

 

  

A Warsaw Independent Taxi Cab
Polish Taxi Cabs Limit Work On Poland's New Year's Eve
Warsaw, Poland - 31 December, 2007  Because of Polish Value Added Tax laws, many taxi cabs in Poland will not be taking passengers on New Year's Eve. But they will be available immediately after midnight as they start a new accounting year.

 

 

  

Bird flu diverts attention from other problems.
Poland's Bird Flu Economic Problem For Big Polish Farms Masks Danger
Warsaw, Poland - 19 December, 2007  The economic problems caused by bird flu devastating large farms in Poland are diverting the attention of the Polish people away from serious a flu virus that is killing people in the United States now. Journalists' attention to the death of chickens keeps politicians focused on birds and not people.

 

 

  

Get the world and european news here.
Poland's MasterPage Publishes New Europe And World News Review
19 December, 2007  Poland's first English language portal, the MasterPage, has added a Web Log that covers European and World News.

 

 

  

Time is not on Kaczynski's side
Is The Polish Law And Justice Party Losing Poland?
Warsaw, Poland - 18 December, 2007  Poland's ex-Prime Minster Jaroslaw Kaczynski's party is bleeding members as he settles into his new role as opposition party leader following his party's loss in the past Polish elections. And as he works to silence internal party debate, he may be creating conditions for more.

 

 

  

Polish opinion polls
President Of Poland Less Support Than Bush - Polish Poll
Warsaw, Poland - 17 December, 2007  The contrast between Former Polish Prime Kaczynski's defeated Government and recently elected Prime Minister Tusk's is quite dramatic. And as the people of Poland see Tusk in an increasingly favorable light, their support for Jaroslaw Kaczynski, and his brother, Polish President Lech Kaczynski is dropping. The President's popularity is now lower than that of US President George W. Bush.

 

 

  

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Poland, Iran, Russia and the Polish Missile Shield Base
Warsaw, Poland - 11 December, 2007  The missile base proposed to be built in Poland requires the Polish Prime Minister to weigh counterbalancing data, some of which is equivocal and some of which is based on predictions of the future. His decision affects not so much the protection of Poland but more the protection of NATO and US assets in Europe and the assertion of his country's independence of Russian domination.

 

 

  

Poland is now within missile range of Iran.
Polish Missile Defense - Is Poland Now In Range Of Iran's Missiles?
Warsaw, Poland - 29 November, 2007  As Poland's new Prime Minister is rethinking his country's participation in the US proposed missile defense shield, Iran has announced development of the "Ashoura" missile that, if the announcement is true, puts the Polish Capital City of Warsaw within range of a missile strike from Iran.

 

 

  

Polish weather in a more pleasant season.
Polish Weather Outlook For Poland Week Of 26 November, 2007
Warsaw, Poland - 27 November, 2007  The weather around Poland for the next week will continue to be a mix of rain and snow. Snow will be more likely in Southern Poland, but all Polish communities have been getting their share.

 

 

  

Polish pork is extremely high quality.
Poland Balks on Ban of Polish Meat
Warsaw, Poland - 27 November, 2007  Russia sees little hope in having the ban on Polish meat lifted as Poland fails to answer requests to inspect companies affected by the ban.

 

 

  

Prime Minister Donal Tuske before the people
Polish Prime Minister Tusk Pushes for Solidarity With Love In Poland.
Warsaw, Poland, 26 November, 2007 Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk's three hours of policy speech made before the Polish Sejm continued his approach toward fostering unification and dialogue.

 

 

  

Polish troops have served well in Iraq.
Poland To Extend Stay Of Polish Troops In Iraq
The new Polish Government will extend stay of Poland's troops on their current mission in Iraq for almost another year and may agree to keeping troops beyond 2008 working in a different form. Poland has already exceeded its committment and is committing to more.

 

 

  

Poland is a source of low cost narcotics.
Polish People Enjoy Low Cost Substance Abuse
Warsaw, Poland - 26 November, 2007   Illegal drugs sell in Poland below the European market averages despite their high quality. And despite the low cost, Polish people have use them less than their counterparts across Europe.

 

 

  

Chinese porcelain painted with lead paint has been found in Poland.
Polish Government Finds Lead In Porcelain Imported To Poland From China
Warsaw, Poland - 20 November, 2007   A safety warning has been issued to Polish consumers regarding porcelain imports from China after excessive levels of lead and cadmium were discovered in the paints used for decoration. Such porcelain may have been bought and transported all over the world by unsuspecting tourists.

 

 

  

It is proposed to reduce the number of seats in the Polish Sejm to 230.
The Polish Government Proposes Big Changes For Poland
Warsaw, Poland - 20 November, 2007   The new Polish Government gave some early signals as to what Poland can expect. Here is a summary of the main highlights of what the Civic Platform, under Prime Minister Donald Tusk, would like to accomplish.

 

 

  

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Polish Businesses Prepare For Postal Strike in Poland
Warsaw, Poland - 18 April, 2008 Poland's postal letter carriers have announced their intention to go on strike. The initial strike date was set for this coming Monday. But, so that they do not lose support of the Polish public, they will delay it until May 5 thereby allowing people to post their tax returns

 

 

  

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US Approaches Czech On Missile Base Proposed For Poland - Polish Internet
The United States and the Czech Republic appear to be close to an agreement on the European Missile Defense system. But the talks with Poland have been so difficult that the United States is said to have approached the Czech Republic and asked to put the missiles there rather than on Polish soil.

 

 

  

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As Polish Zloty get stronger, Poland's exporters get hurt
Warsaw, Poland - 12 April, 2008   Warsaw, Poland - 17 April, 2008   The Polish zloty has been dropping to new lows against the US dollar. And as the zloty drops exports from Poland's factories are dropping with it. Factories are closing and people are being laid off.

 

 

  

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Business Poland: US Dollar Drops Again Against Polish Zloty
Warsaw, Poland - 12 April, 2008   The US dollar continued its slide against the US dollar on Friday and is now quoted by the National Bank of Poland at 216.00 Zloty per 100 USD.

 

 

  

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Polish Missile Defense: The Bases In Poland And Not The Missiles Threaten Russia
Warsaw, Poland - 9 April, 2008  The ten interceptor missiles to be stationed in Poland as part of the European missile defense system were long ago acknowledged by the Russian military as not a threat to Russia's missile arsenal. It is what comes with the bases on Polish and Czech soils that concerns the Russians.

 

 

  

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Poland Dismisses And Punishes People Responsible For Catastrophic Polish Military Air Crash
Warsaw, Poland - 9 April, 2008   Poland lost 16 senior military officers and a crew of 4 when an Polish military plane crashed on a second landing attempt on 23 January, 2008. As a result of the investigation into the matter, 5 people have been relieved of their positions. And another 20 are slated to be disciplined.

 

 

  

Interceptor Missile
Polish Missile Base Gives US A Forward Base In Poland
26 March, 2008  Poland will give the Unites States a minimum of two things when it agrees to the Missile base on Polish soil. It gives the US a base from which it can challenge Russia and a leveraged increase in troops on the ground in Europe.

 

 

  

Polish Landfill
Polish Government Taxes Renewable Energy Companies Out Of Business
25 March, 2008   Poland's government is taxing into bankruptcy twenty four Polish companies that are using a new process that turns plastic bags into a liquid that can be refined just like oil. Only a last minute intervention by the Polish Deputy Prime Minister can save the companies and the technology.

 

 

  

atmospheric pollution
Necessary Economic Development Gives Poland The Right To Pollute
Warsaw, Poland - 21, January 2008 -  Destruction of the environment in Poland and its attendant pollution are acceptable to the European Union if economic development is considered necessary. The health of the Polish people is low priority as long as the economic and CO2 emissions objectives of the European Union are met.

 

 

  

Empty Polish Hospital Corridor
Will Pro Business Polish Government Destroy Poland's Public Health System?
Warsaw, Poland - 3, January 2008  Poland, suffering from a shortage of Doctors and new work rules imposed by the European Union, is considering preventing doctors that work at Polish hospitals from working in private clinics. Will this drive more doctors to work in the West or to move to full time private work and leave the Polish Hospitals unable to provide services?

 

 

  

Bird Flue Carriers
Is Poland's Health Service Paying Attention To Effective Bird Flu Prevention For The Polish People?
Warsaw, Poland - 2, January 2008  Poland's health care system is in a state of crisis with a critical shortage of doctors and new European Union rules limiting their hours of work. Is the Polish Government diverted from looking to future and providing effective bird flu and other disease prevention services while it tries to keep basic services on line? Will it be able to prevent bird flu, or any other disease from spreading or will it react after it might be too late.

 

 

  

The Polar Bears Know
Poland - Global Cooling Or Global Warming For The Polish People?
Warsaw, Poland - 20 December, 2007  While the Polish people have been being showered with the news that global warming will be a problem, record low temperatures across the world are killing people and crops. In spite of what the media and UN promote as a planetary emergency, when they look out their windows in the future they may see a very cold Poland.

 

 

  

Poland is looking forward to some sun.
Calm Returns To Poland As Polish Government Changes
Warsaw, Poland - 16 November, 2007  Shortly after the recent Polish elections a calm descended on Poland. Fighting and complaining politicians stopped dominating the news. The people are looking forward again. They are quietly waiting.

 

 

  

Jaroslaw Kaczynski considers himself the leader of the only true opposition party in Parliament.
Polish Political Parties Unite Against Poland's Jaroslaw Kaczynski
Warsaw, Poland 15 November, 2007  Event's in the Polish Parliament yesterday highlighted how Poland's Jaroslaw Kaczynski has united all the political parties in the Parliament to work together against him. In a vote on a key Parliamentary committee that left him on the sidelines, parties of diverse backgrounds united to put him down.

 

 

  

The media takes pictures from all angles and angers Poland's twins.
Poland's Twins Against The Polish Media
Warsaw, Poland 12 November, 2007  Poland's President and his ex-Prime Minister brother have gone on the offensive against the Polish Press. After last week announcing that he would take on the role of protecting press freedom in Poland, ex-Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski has now announced, because as a member of the opposition he lacks the ability to limit the press, he will sue people of the media.

 

 

  

Olejniczak is in a very powerful position in the Polish Parliament.
New Polish Government Must Rely On Poland's Post Communists
Warsaw, Poland 12 November, 2007   Polish President Lech Kaczynski is prepared to make life difficult for Poland's Prime Minister Designate Donald Tusk. Kaczynski promised, even prior the formation of the new Government, that he will wield his veto pen to prevent the passage of some reforms that Tusk proposed during the election campaign. It puts Poland's new Government Coalition is in a difficult situation. It does not have enough votes to override the Polish President's threatened veto of future key legislation. So in order to make meaningful reforms the Coalition will be dependent on a non coalition party that has historical ties to the communists.

 

 

  

The anti corruption bureau will be subject to investigation for alleged abuses.
Polish Anti-Corruption Changes By Poland's New Government
Warsaw, Poland 6 November, 2007  Poland's new government expand the Polish anti-corruption program and though it will make changes to the way enforcement is supervised, it will generally leave the enforcement bureau as it is.

 

 

  

Donald Tusk is planned to be the next Prime Minister
Polish President's Office Announces It Plans To Appoint Tusk As Poland's Prime Minister
Warsaw, Poland 5 November, 2007  The Polish President's office, reacting to news reporters that the President would not designate Donald Tusk as Prime Minister before 11 November, has announced that it plans to appoint Tusk this week and that he will be invited to all events on 11 November.

 

 

  

Polish weather has already been ripe for snow in Poland's mountains.
Poland Will Generally See Snow As Polish Weather Turns
Warsaw, Poland - 5, November, 2007 Winter will be upon Poland this week as snow is forecast in many Polish regions later this week. When there is not snow, there may be freezing rain. Here is a long range forecast for the week in Warsaw, Poland.

 

 

  

Lech Kaczynski is the President of Poland but has not been public since the last elections.
Poland Will Not Have New Prime Minister Before 11 November - Polish President
Warsaw, Poland 5 November, 2007  Poland will not have a new Prime Minister designated before 11 November, 2007 so that Polish President Lech Kaczynski does not have to appear with him at the ceremonies celebrating Poland's Independence day.

 

 

  

Donald Tusk has a battle ahead of him and the Kaczynskis dig in their heels.
Will Poland's President Force New Polish Elections? - Evasive Answers
Warsaw, Poland 4 November 2007  Once again reporters pressing for a firm statement from the Law And Justice party as to whether or not Poland's President would appoint Civic Platform Leader Donald Tusk to form a new Polish Government were only given evasive answers.

 

 

  

Radek Sikorski moved from the Law And Justice Party to the Civic Platform.
Poland's Exiting Government Attacks Ex Polish Minister Of Defense
Warsaw, Poland 24 November, 2007  Radek Sikorski, an Ex Minister of Defense under the exiting Kaczynski Government, after being announced as the candidate for Foreign Minister under the possibly incoming Government has come under an intense verbal attack by Kaczynski associates.

 

 

  

Different parts of the Polish press is under fire from both sides of the political spectrum for bias.
Poland's Jaroslaw Kaczynski To Monitor Polish Press Freedom
Warsaw, Poland 4 November 2007  Predicting that people who present news contrary to the views of the new Polish Government will be prosecuted, Poland's departing Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski has stepped forward as a defender of the freedom of the press and announced that because this is very important to democracy, he and his party will monitor it closely.

 

 

  

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