Poland

"Sixty Poles say a Gdansk labor recruiting agency lured them to Sweden with promises of skilled jobs that didn't exist ? and they ended up doing backbreaking work crushing rocks and clearing forests. And, they say, they weren't even paid for the work. "

Prime Minister Donald Tusk plans to offer a major incentive to try to lure back Poles who have been working overseas to make more money.

"Health Minister Ewa Kopacz has announced that she will sponsor a plan to finance in vitro fertilization for the one mln Polish couples ? one in three ? who are childless, usually as a result of infertility of either the wife or husband. But her plan met quick resistance on religious grounds from the Polish episcopacy."

Author Robert Biedron is trying to get his book "Rainbow Primary," which deals with gay sexuality, into the Polish school curriculum. The effort is causing a political firestorm, the Warsaw-based newspaper Dziennik reported.

Poland is placed in Group B for the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship. In the first round, the team will play against Germany, Croatia and Austria.

Following the mediation session between the broadcaster and the Georgian government, the Georgian authorities have vowed to allow broadcasting to resume.

Fifteen-year-old Patryk Budzinski is looking for a foster family who will love him, provide him with care and maybe help him out with his math homework.

"It was no coincidence that on Nov. 26 no other than Primary School No. 28 in Rzeszow hosted the presentation of the first-ever historical comic book published by the Institute of National Remembrance. This is how the school commemorated the day of its patron, Lukasz Cieplinski, who is the main protagonist of the comic book."

For the last two weeks, the health-care system in Poland has been a major media topic. And not without reason. A new law governing doctors' working hours, which could take effect on Jan. 1, may cause a labor catastrophe in hospitals throughout Poland.

" After the results of the recent general elections were presented Oct. 21, many journalists wondered about the nature of future cooperation between the new government and President Lech Kaczynski. Many feared that this relationship would be marked by quarrels and lack of good will. After last week's dispute over Poland's foreign policy, many observers believe that their anxiety seems justified."