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Ms Fotyga's Winding Road to NYC

Dominik Uhlig — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:01:00 GMT

Anna Fotyga, foreign minister in the PiS cabinet, is to go to New York as Poland's ambassador to the UN. Unless the Foreign Ministry decides she went too far in criticising the incumbent cabinet.

PO to PiS: Let's Amend the Constitution

Paweł Wroński — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:50:00 GMT

'Let's appoint a constitutional committee to amend the 1997 constitution before the next presidential elections', the Civic Platform proposes. The PiS replies: we can talk about it, but only after the European Parliament elections.

Brown, Berlusconi, Merkel, Fillon, or a Diplomatic Festival in Warsaw

Jacek Pawlicki — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:07:00 GMT

Half of Europe is set to arrive in Warsaw at the end of April for a series of visits, consultations and summits.

Ambassadors - Fotyga's Hostages?

Jacek Pawlicki — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:05:00 GMT

The president has paralysed the work of several Polish ambassadors, whose nominations he himself had earlier signed. 'This is making a laughing stock of the Polish state', says a diplomat.

The Heat Woke Us Up

Mikołaj Radomski, Adam Zadworny — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:11:00 GMT

'We jumped. In the windows on the second floor I saw the whole family Konik, unable to get out', recounts Agnieszka Drewniok. She lived on the first floor.

Commissioner McCreevy Is Wrong

Dominika Wielowieyska — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:17:00 GMT

The European Commission criticises Poland for trying to cut the open pension funds' commissions. Charlie McCreevy, the Commissioner for the Internal Market and Services, has written Labour Minister Jolanta Fedak that the decision may violate economic freedom. This is a highly peculiar opinion.

Rasmussen and Polish Tabloid Politics

Renata Grochal — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:45:00 GMT

Polish Wrangle over Nato Head

Dominika Pszczółkowska in Strasburg, Renata Grochal — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:44:00 GMT

The President offered his support to a different candidate for the position of the head of Nato than the government had planned, says prime minister Donald Tusk. According to president Lech Kaczyński, the matter was a foregone conclusion anyway.

Compensations for Victims of Anti-Communist Protests

Przemysław Jedlecki, Katowice — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:23:00 GMT

Relatives of people who lost their lives fighting communism in the years 1956-1983 will receive compensations. Parliament has just passed a bill granting them PLN50,000 each.

Europe Is Tired

Jacek Pawlicki — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 06:44:00 GMT

Bad News for PiS and Eurosceptics

Wojciech Szacki — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:18:00 GMT

Turnout in the Europarl elections looks set to be very low. But it is the euroenthusiasts who are better mobilised, with the PO and the SLD gaining support, a CBOS poll shows.

Sikorski: Russia in Nato? Why Not

Małgorzata Gołota, Paweł Wroński — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:11:00 GMT

We need Russia to address European and global issues. That is why, if she met the conditions, Russia could be in the Nato, Radosław Sikorski said yesterday.

Sikorski, Kwaśniewski and Russia

Marcin Bosacki, Washington D.C. — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 06:08:00 GMT

It ain't over until it's over, a popular American saying goes. So perhaps there is still a 1 percent change for a Pole to become the secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance. But I will be a disbeliever and will write a column even before the Nato summit about why a Pole will not become the alliance's head.

Mr Obama's Thirteen Million Friends

Vadim Makarenko — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:10:00 GMT

'For more than a decade, pundits have predicted that the Web would transform politics. [He] finally did it', wrote the prestigious US magazine Portfolio in a recent issue. And it did not mean Barack Obama, but a certain 27-year-old from Chicago, an ex-student of, among other things, Czech philology at Charles University in Prague, who was in charge of new media for Mr Obama's presidential campaign. His name is Joe Rospars and he is one of the world's most influential innovators in technology according to Portfolio, ranked right after the founders of Google and Steve Jobs of Apple.

Constitutional Tribunal on President-PM Competence Dispute

pm — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:03:00 GMT

This motion was unnecessary - that is how the president commented on the prime minister's motion, to be reviewed by the Constitutional Tribunal today, for clarifying the scopes of competence in foreign policy.

Keeping Our Fingers Crossed for the Czechs

Dominika Pszczółkowska — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:10:00 GMT

The vote of no confidence in the Mirek Topolanek cabinet was an act of extreme irresponsibility on the part of the Czech political class. Usually the elites abstain from score-settling when their country holds the EU presidency.

Two Thousand Soldiers in Afghanistan

Marcin Górka — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:39:00 GMT

The Council of Minister officially moved yesterdays for the Polish deployment in Afghanistan to be increased.

Experts in Self-Review

Michał Kokot, Wrocław; Konrad Niklewicz; research Maciej Nowaczyk — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:58:00 GMT

The Polish system of EU fund distribution is corrupt. Funding applications can be reviewed by the same persons who submit them. 'If I catch anyone doing this, I'll cancel the whole procedure', warns the minister of regional development.

Crisis Reaches Retail Sector

Piotr Miączyński, Leszek Kostrzewski — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:11:00 GMT

The crisis has reached the Polish economy's last sound driving engine - the retail sector, warns Ryszard Tomaszewski, head of Tesco Poland, in whose stores we spend an equivalent of 3 percent of Poland's government budget. Retailers are finding it hard to cope with growing euro-denominated rents charged by shopping centres and with power price increases.

Mr Tusk's Four Tasks

Konrad Niklewicz — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:11:00 GMT

When Prime Minister Donald Tusk flies back to Gdańsk from Brussels this afternoon (with a stop in Warsaw to drop off the president), we will be appraising him on the grounds of what he has achieved. Four issues are important.