Polish president worried about energy security
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Polish President Lech Kaczynski said in a letter to the country's premier he was worried about the country's energy security and gas supplies from Russia.
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Polish President Lech Kaczynski said in a letter to the country's premier he was worried about the country's energy security and gas supplies from Russia.
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Polish president Lech Kaczynski is in hospital with an infection and has cancelled all engagements this week, including plans to attend a meeting of European Union leaders, his office said today.
Torchlight (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
This story comes to us from Polskie Radio; An MEP from the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) is to petition the government for the removal of crosses from Polish schools. Joanna Senyszyn has also included all public offices and institutions as...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Poland regained independence in November, 1918 not only owing to the defeat of all three partitioning powers in WWI, but owing to the struggle waged by thousands of Poles, President Lech Kaczynski said in his speech during Wednesday's ceremonies marking the 91st anniversary of the events. "The second Polish Republic established in 1918 was not an ideal state, but managed to unite the lands earlier...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Warsaw - Poland's government approved a draft law Tuesday that would ban slot machines outside casinos and raise taxes for the industry, the prime minister's chancellery said Tuesday. According to the draft law, there will be no new permits issued to...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Warsaw - Poland will have a national plan ready next year to adopt the euro currency, Deputy Finance Minister Ludwik Kotecki said Thursday. Kotecki said Poland should adopt the euro as quickly as possible, adding that the national plan would be pub...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
POLAND'S president is auctioning off a fountain pen that refused to work when he signed the European Union reform treaty at a ceremony attended by EU leaders.
Sofia News Agency (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Polish president Lech Kaczynski was to auction off on Monday the faulty pen he used during a signing ceremony of the Lisbon Treaty. After holding out against the European Union's Lisbon treaty for more than a year, Poland's President Lech Kaczynski had to delay his signature for a few extra seconds on October 10 when his pen ran out. After Kaczynski sat down at an official ceremony to ink Poland's...
Ukrainian News Agency - Agency news (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
This is stated on President Viktor Yuschenko’s official Internet website.
Venezuela News And Views (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
Two news item from Europe this week tell us that the social future is in Europe and not in Venezuela. In Paris, former president Jacques Chirac will stand trial on some funky business when he was mayor of Paris. During his 12 years tenure at the presidency he managed to dodge the issue claiming that a president benefited from judicial immunity during his tenure. Now, he is again a simple citizen and...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Guido Westerwelle is making his first trip as German foreign minister to Poland on Saturday. This first visit to eastern rather than western Europe sets a new tone for the government's foreign policy.
Euractive (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
With former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair out of the race to become the EU's first permanent president, Luxembourg Premier Jean-Claude Juncker now appears to be the leading contender for the EU top job.
Bread and Circuses (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Treason! U.S. and Russia sold us on the back stabbed us, wrote the Polish daily Fakt's front page. President Lech Kaczynski said he worries that the new Obama's strategy to leave Poland in a dangerous gray area between Western Europe and the former Soviet sphere of influence. Recent events have rattled in [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Warsaw - Poland's conservative Law and Justice party will ask the Constitutional Tribunal to verify that the Lisbon Treaty cannot override the country's constitution, the daily Nasz Dziennik reported Tuesday. The proposal will ask the tribunal to con...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Polish Defense Minister Bogdan Klich denied on Monday that Polish president and prime minister had declared to enlarge the Polish contingent in Afghanistan. On Saturday U.S. Ambassador to Poland Lee A. Feinstein told TVN24 television that Polish President Lech Kaczynski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk had offered to maintain the present number of Polish soldiers in Afghanistan or even to increase it....