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 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 - 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 19 December, 2007 Poland's first English language portal, the MasterPage, has added a Web Log that covers European and World News.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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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 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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.
 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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