Politics

Jewish groups object to plans of building additions to Plaszow designed with tourists in mind. And real estate developers object to a plan for a construction-free buffer zone around Plaszow because it would mean they couldn't develop the area.

Minister of Education Roman Giertych plans a new kind of institution to educate students who disrupt the learning process at regular schools.

The head of Poland's controversial Catholic broadcaster Radio Maryja slammed President Lech Kaczynski for allegedly giving in to Jewish demands for compensation for property lost after the Holocaust, according to a report early this week.

Visa Europe recently led a research survey to find out how Polish people spend their free time, according to www.egospodarka.pl, an economic Internet platform.

The Swiss Parliament last week approved funding for a 1 bln Swiss frank contribution to the 10 new members of the EU, informed Swissinfo, a Internet news and information platform. Almost half of the funding, 489 mln SFr (around 1 bln zloty), will go to Poland as part of an effort to reduce social disparities within the enlarged EU.

German schools are recruiting science teachers from Poland with excellent pay offers at a time when Poland has a shortage of such teachers, the Dziennik Polski newspaper has reported.

Canada will help upgrade security at airports and border crossings in Ukraine to prevent nuclear terrorism, with a gift of five million Canadian dollars (4.5 million U.S. dollars), Foreign Minister Peter MacKay said early this week.

The Chancellery of President Ka-czynski announced earlier this month that the presidents of Georgia, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Poland were expected to meet on May 11-12 at the Wawel Royal Castle to discuss the oil transfer policies through their territories.