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Sunday, October 12, 2008
Poland
In-country train travel to get easier
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Everyone who travels by train in Poland has the same negative opinions about comfort and punctuality. Somebody has calculated that during one year all the trains in Poland were late a total of almost three years.
Gov't looks to provide better security for foreigners
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Almost all parties in the Polish parliament have supported the idea of introducing so-called supplementary protection to Polish law. This protection would apply to foreigners in Poland whose return to their home countries could be dangerous.
Poland voted top working nation
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Poles work more hours a week and more hours a year than anyone in Europe, according to the European Statistical Office. Poles work 2,366 hours a year. The second-place Danes work 2,288 hours.
Big web site moves Net servers to Poznan
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Concertina wire, thick cement walls, hardened windows, a fireproof interior, hundreds of monitoring cameras.
New exhibition center Expo Silesia opens
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Expo Silesia, a new exhibition center worth 45 million zloty, has opened in Sosnowiec in Silesia. The first event there is this month's EXPOPigeons2008 - the International Fair of Racing Pigeons.
Milk exporters have too many clients, too little milk
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Many Polish dairies export milk, butter and whey abroad and count the profits. However there is, as always, the other side of the coin: the dairy owners who produce for the domestic market complain of high prices and a lack of milk because it is being bought up by exporters.
Poland sends helicopters and extra men to Chad-CAR
Saturday, January 19, 2008
The first of 400 Polish soldiers will arrive in the eastern border region of Chad in March and April to help protect Chad civilians and refugees from the Darfur region of neighboring Sudan.
Warsaw pleads for God's help
Saturday, January 19, 2008
On Jan. 10, after a long debate, God was included in the Statute of the Polish capital. The reference to God in a Statute preamble received the approval of 38 members of the council, while 13 abstained from voting.
Breaking through kindergarten education
Saturday, January 19, 2008
The Ministry of Education has come up with two shorter-hour kindergarten alternatives aimed at increasing the percentage of Polish 3- to 5-year-olds who are in school.
Foreign policy review
Thursday, January 10, 2008
The main goals of Polish foreign policy in the new year will be maintaining good relations with the U.S., increasing Poland's stature in the EU and improving relations with Russia, Germany and other neighbors, analysts say.
