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Polish Bishops Appeal for Freedom to Broadcast
ROME, JAN. 30, 2012 ( Zenit.org ).- Attempts are being made in Poland to deny Trwam, a Catholic TV station, the possibility to broadcast. The incident has led to widespread protests by Catholics. Interviews and statements defending the freedom to broadcast have been published in the press.
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Poland's anti-communist icon Walesa, at last the movie
Protesters mass in the streets of Poland's Baltic port city of Gdansk, hurling Molotov cocktails at security forces as a tank advances -- and the cameras roll.
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Poland National Stadium opening
Fireworks explode at the end of the opening ceremony of the National Stadium, in Warsaw, Poland, Jan. 29, 2012. The stadium will host the opening game of the Euro 2012 soccer championships, to be held in Poland and Ukraine.
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Polish finance minister says no target date for euro entry yet
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Polish Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski denied on Monday that Poland was planning to adopt the euro in 2015, after a senior European Union official said Warsaw was targeting that date ...
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Polish party to put mask on statute of Christ in internet protest
Warsaw (dpa) - Poland?s liberal Palikot?s Movement party will put a Guy Fawkes mask on the country?s giant statue of Jesus Christ to protest at an internet anti-piracy treaty, party leader Janusz Palikot said Monday.Palikot said he would continue protests against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) by putting the grinning black-and-white mask on the giant statue in Swiebodzin, which ...
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Polish Economic Growth Will Exceed 3% This Year, Belka Says
Poland?s economy, which last year expanded at the fastest pace since 2008, will grow more than 3 percent this year, central bank Governor Marek Belka said.
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Poles keep up protests against copyright treaty
Poles keep up protests against copyright treaty Just last week most Poles had never heard of the treaty in question, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA. Since Sunday it has become the most-discussed problem in the country.
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Poland.pl: Polish and Ukrainian presidents meet in Davos
Polish and Ukrainian Presidents, Bronislaw Komorowski and Viktor Yanukovych, met in Davos on Thursday to discuss bilateral relations, energy security in the region and the situation in Ukraine.
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Rock concert opens Poland's main Euro 2012 stadium
Thousands of football fans attended a rock concert and fireworks display Sunday to celebrate the opening of Poland's new National Stadium where the 2012 European Championship will kick off in June. The 58,000-capacity Warsaw stadium was built specially for Euro 2012 at the cost of 2 billion zlotys ($600 million).
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Polish economy grows 4.3 percent in 2011
Polish economy grows 4.3 percent in 2011 The figures released Friday by the Central Statistical Office underline how strongly the economy has continued to grow in Poland, the largest of the ex-communist countries now in the 27-nation European Union. Tusk also expressed satisfaction that the Polish currency, the zloty, has been appreciating for more than a week, giving relief to Poles who have ...
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Polish national stadium rocks on its inauguration
Poland cleared a crucial hurdle Sunday in its closely-watched preparations for Euro 2012, as thousands braved bone-chilling temperatures at the rock'n'roll inauguration of its new national stadium.
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Poland finally unveils National stadium for Euro 2012
A five-hour pop concert highlighted the long-delayed grand opening of Poland's new National Stadium in Warsaw on Sunday, built for this summer's Euro 2012 finals which Poland will co-host with Ukraine.
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Poland's economic growth accelerated to 4.3 per cent in 2011 despite euro troubles
By The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland - New government data show that Poland's economy grew by a brisk 4.3 per cent in 2011, an acceleration over the already strong 3.9 per cent growth rate of the previous ...
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Football:National stadium rocks on its inauguration
(WARSAW ) - Polish rock stars gave the new national stadium a suitably rousing inauguration here on Sunday as Poland's final stadium for this year's Euro 2012 finals was unveiled.
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Poland's main Euro 2012 stadium opens with fireworks and rock concert
WARSAW, Poland - Thousands of football fans are attending a rock concert and fireworks display Sunday to celebrate the opening of Poland's new National Stadium where the 2012 European Championship will kick off in June.
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Debt crisis hardens Eurosceptics' antipathy in Poland
Opposition leader Jaros?aw Kaczynski campaigned for EU membership, but has been outraged by calls for federalism In Poland, Euroscepticism is the preserve of the conservative Law and Justice party, and its leader Jaros?aw Kaczynski. Until last year, he could have been described as a mild sceptic, but the debt crisis has amplified his antipathy. Kaczynski was particularly angered by the November ...
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Drivers in Poland protest rising gas prices
WARSAW, Poland - Hundreds of drivers in Poland squeezed by rising gas prices waged a protest across the country on Saturday, driving at a snail's pace and blocking key routes in a show of frustration.
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Drivers in Poland protest rising gas prices
WARSAW, Poland - Hundreds of drivers in Poland squeezed by rising gas prices waged a protest across the country...
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Drivers in Poland protest rising gas prices
WARSAW, Poland - Hundreds of drivers in Poland squeezed by rising gas prices waged a protest across the country...
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