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 The Central and Eastern Europe continues to believe in the euro, despite the many problems in recent months, particularly for the crisis in Greece. Joining the single currency remains a goal of many countries in the area, but  the eurozone must set its own house in order first. According to a study by the Financial [...]

The EU does not forget Ukraine. In the same time as Russian President Medvedev was on an official visit to Kiev the European Parliament has approved a EUR 500 million loan to Ukraine to help it overcome the financial crisis.  The European Parliament speaker Jerzy Buzek welcomed the decision of the European Parliament to support [...]

 A panel of experts met in Brussels to begin to lay the foundation for the future NATO Strategic Concept to be approved at Lisbon’s summit in November.  A document has been issued at the end of the work.  The Alliance now faces a variety of “new threats from non-state actors”, including terrorism, cyber-crime, and maritime [...]

 On May 10th, Benedict XVI appointed Archbishop Jozef Kowalczyk, 71, as the archbishop of Gniezno and primate of Poland. He succeeds Archbishop Henryk Muszynski, who presented his resignation for reasons of age. Archbishop Kowalczyk had been serving as the apostolic nuncio to Poland since 1989. He witnessed firsthand the radical changes in his motherland.  Interview [...]

 There’s little uncertainty in these early presidential elections. Civic Platform’s Bronislaw Komorowski is the clear favourite front-runner and Jaroslaw Kaczynski, candidate for Law and Justice, is the best outsider. At the beginning of the presidential race the main interrogative is whether the speaker of the Sejm (Parliament) might win without a risky run-off.  Current surveys [...]

The West and Russia. Key excerpts from the interview. “Everyone is waiting for next year’s presidential elections… West has halted all movement and is waiting for them… We expected more…The West doesn’t like our course and doesn’t like the current president — that’s all there is to it. Let’s be honest. But the president is [...]

Why? No one has ever tried to understand the reasons for such as terrible decision taken by the Soviet authorities. The Russian historian, Natalia Lededeva, frames the tragedy of Katyn in the historical context of the time and recounts how the former superpower has begun to discover the awful truth. Article. Ria Novosti, Russia. April [...]

“The demographic situation is one of the most acute in Moldova but in order to improve the situation, it is necessary to take a number of urgent measures, including the promotion of the National strategy in the field of the national security, fulfillment of the Action Plan on the Employment of Labor Force, control of [...]

Polish writer Magdalena Rittenhouse shares her views on her country where people take too many risks. Article – The  Independent (UK) – April 14th, 2010.

POLSKI – ITALIANO – ENGLISH   Szanowni Przedstawiciele Rodzin Katyńskich! Szanowni Państwo! W kwietniu 1940 roku ponad 21 tysięcy polskich jeńców z obozów i więzień NKWD zostało zamordowanych. Tej zbrodni ludobójstwa dokonano z woli Stalina, na rozkaz najwyższych władz Związku Sowieckiego. Sojusz III Rzeszy i ZSRR, pakt Ribbentrop-Mołotow i agresja na Polskę 17 września 1939 [...]

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