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President Bronislaw Komorowski has been in Paris and Berlin this week for talks with President Nicholas Sarkozy and Chancellor Angela Merkel. On his first trip abroad as President of Poland since being elected in July, Komorowski has said that reinvigorating the Weimar Triangle – a diplomatic agreement signed by Poland, Germany and France in 1991 [...]
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Warsaw. New Monument to Napoleon.
27 Aug 2010Napoleon was widely appreciated in Poland. Erecting monuments to the Emperor was not accepted by the three occupants of the Slavic country. After restoring independence in 1918 the hundredth anniversary of his death was celebrated in Poland nearly as it was in France. Warsaw City Council has just given the go-ahead for the construction of [...]
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Newsweek. How we ranked the world. Poland 29th, Russia 51st.
In: CIS|EU Eastern Dimension|Energy&Economy|Poland|Russia|Ukraine
19 Aug 2010Newsweek magazine compiled a list of the 100 best countries in the world to live in according to 5 categories: health, economic dynamism, education, political environment and quality of life. Top 3 include Finland, Switzerland and Sweden. Estonia ranks 32nd, Lithuania 34th and Latvia 36th. Ukraine takes the 49th place having outrun Russia 51st and [...]
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At the end of July, Poland’s cabinet adopted a preliminary list of priorities for Poland’s EU presidency, which included the EU budget for 2014-2020. The negotiations of the EU budget for 2014- 2021 will be a crucial factor, determining the success of Poland’s presidency. Article – August 19th, 2010.
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Polonia, il futuro nelle proprie mani.
6 Jul 2010Ora la Polonia ha il suo destino nelle mani. Lo spauracchio di una nuova complessa coabitazione è stato sconfitto. Il Paese slavo può muovere verso le riforme che necessita senza ulteriori ostacoli e con il vento davvero in poppa. Non sfruttare un’occasione del genere sarebbe imperdonabile. Il duo Komorowski-Tusk non deve, però, sottovalutare alcuni elementi. [...]
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Polonia, Komorowski nuovo presidente.
In: Poland
5 Jul 2010E’ stato un lungo testa a testa che solo all’alba consolida il piccolo vantaggio di Bronislaw Komorowski. Troppa l’incertezza legata ai dati degli exit polls: circa 6 i punti di differenza tra i due candidati. In serata Kaczynski aveva ammesso la sconfitta, ma Komorowski non aveva festeggiato, aspettando la conta ufficiale. “E’ stata una campagna [...]
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Poland. Komorowski new President.
In: Breaking News|Poland
5 Jul 2010Komorowski 53.01%, Jaroslaw Kaczynski 46.99% Turnout, 55.31% Mr. Komorowski: “Tonight we will open a small bottle of champagne and tomorrow we will open a big bottle,” “We thank everybody – the more so that it was an unusual campaign, a difficult campaign held in the shadow of catastrophe.” Mr. Kaczynski: “We have to continue changing [...]
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On Sunday, 27 June, the first debate between Bronisław Komorowski and Jarosław Kaczyński took place live on the national television. For an hour the two candidates went head to head on domestic and foreign issues facing the country, as well as economic matters. The TV presidential debate was considered as ‘inconclusive’ by many experts. Komorowski [...]
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Адам Михник: Польша, Россия и Восточная Европа.
In: EU Eastern Dimension|Euro-Integration|Poland|Russia|Ukraine
21 Jun 201063-летний главный редактор крупнейшей польской “Газеты выборчей” Адам Михник: «В российско-польских отношениях нет симметрии. Россия — великая держава. Польша — страна среднего масштаба в Евросоюзе. Все зависит от того, какие тенденции возобладают в Кремле». «Партия братьев Качиньских до сих пор была партией национального страха, национального комплекса неполноценности, национальной угрозы. Их идеология сводилась к тому, [...]
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Polls gave Bronislaw Komorowski up to 41.54% of the vote, short of the 50% needed for an outright win. He beat Mr Kaczynski’s brother, Jaroslaw, into second place with 36.46%. In third place is Grzegorz Napieralski (Democratic Left Alliance) with 13.68 percent. Turnout was 54.85 percent. The results of the first round of the presidential election have [...]
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