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Warsaw, Poland 31 August, 2007 Poland's Solidarity Hero Lech Walesa has compared the behavior Poland's President and Prime Minister to the Polish Communist Party crackdown on Solidarity Activists in 1981, as one more was arrested and another is being hunted in matters related to what is now being referred to locally as the Polish Watergate.
Warsaw, Poland 30 August, 2007 In a move that will prevent Poland's Former Interior Minister and Former Chief of Police from testifying before the Polish Parliamentary Secret Services Committee tomorrow, the Polish Internal Security Agency arrested both this morning.
Warsaw, Poland 30 August, 2007 "We live in the world of Orwell's 1984 and it is worth being aware of it," according to Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz, Polish Prime Minister once removed. And as more leaks about secret testimony reveal widespread eavesdropping and spying by Poland's Government, the public is becoming aware, and concerned.
Warsaw, Poland 29 August, 2007 The testimony by Poland's Former Minister of Interior about Polish Government use of special services organizations to spy on political opponents has stopped proceedings of the Polish Parliament. And the stoppage may end up being long term. Parliamentary Speaker Ludwig Dorn said if the opposition continues to demand breaks the current session could "go on for months".
Warsaw, Poland 28 August, 2007: Poland's Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro, the most trusted politician in Poland, is under fire and faces a head on assault opposition parties that are trying to force his removal through a vote of no confidence in the Polish Parliament. But also, according to testimony of Former Minister of Interior Janusz Kaczmarek, he already lacks the confidence of Poland's President.
Warsaw, Poland 28 August, 2007 : In secret testimony before a Polish Parliamentary oversight committee, Poland's former Minister of Interior Janusz Kaczmarek revealed that Prime Minister Kaczynski's Anti-Corruption Bureau was being used for political purposes.
Warsaw, Poland, 24 August, 2007 Polish Police got stuck in an elevator on a secret operation to take a Samoobrona political party member, whose immunity from prosecution was just lifted, from a hospital in Gdansk to a prosecutor in Lodz.
Warsaw, Poland 24 August 2007 The Polish Government of Jaroslaw Kaczynski suspended secret parliamentary committee hearings to prevent Poland's former Minister of Interior from giving information about the activities of Poland's secret services on the pretext that the information that he may be giving to the closed door meeting of the commission responsible for overseeing the secret services is a state secret.
Warsaw, Poland 16 August, 2007 A call for an Independent Investigation into the CBA Affair: What government officials in Poland were behind what appears to be a politically motivated and perhaps Unconstitutional Provocation and firing of the Agriculture Minister? Who knew what when?
New Polish Elections Not Guaranteed - Poland Outlook
Warsaw, Poland 13 August, 2007 In order to have new elections in Poland, enough members of the Polish Parliament must vote to for self-dissolution of the Parliament. But with the polls showing that many Parliamentarians will likely lose their jobs, there is the possibility that they might instead choose a new prime minister.
Poland Losing Its Main Attraction - Low Cost Polish Workers
Warsaw, Poland 13 August, 2007 Foreign investors have been flocking to Poland with the expectation of finding a good supply of well educated, low cost Polish workers. But they continue to flee the country as recruiting firms tell companies that they must hire specialists to help them find those that are left.
Poland a totalitarian country - Discharged Polish Interior Minister
Warsaw, Poland 10 August, 2007 Poland's newly discharged Interior Minister Janusz Kaczmarek has lashed out at the Polish Government and charged that Poland is now a totalitarian country. In a brief of an interview that is to be published tomorrow in the Polish Daily Gazeta Wyborcza, he makes claims that show much wider Government use of police powers than are generally known.
Illegal Polish Emigrants To America Hurt Poland
Warsaw, Poland 7 August, 2007 Poland's Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski publicly admitted that it was by reason of people overstaying their visas that the Polish people have not been granted visa free travel to the United States.
Polish Election Laws May Bring Down Poland's Government
Warsaw, Poland 6 August, 2007 Poland's State Election Commission fined Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski's political party so much that he may be forced to bring down his own Government to avoid payment.
Poland: Removing Locked Gates And Breaking Locks Is OK For Death Camp Visitors
Warsaw, Poland 1 August, 2007 Visitors to the Majdanek Nazi death camp museum located near Lublin, Poland apologized that they did not know it was wrong to remove a locked gate from its hinges and break the locks on doors to get into the closed exhibit.
Polish President Says Safety Must Improve On Poland's Roads
Warsaw, Poland 1 August 2007 The catastrophic bus accident that killed Polish Pilgrims in France has prompted Poland's President to pay attention to road safety in Poland.
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