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Teutonic Knights Meet Shipyard Heroes in Berlin?s Poland Show
The German capital is an hour?s drive from Poland, yet Berliners? weekend jaunts are more likely to feature Paris, London or Vienna.
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Teutonic Knights Meet Shipyard Heroes in Berlin?s Poland Show
The German capital is an hour?s drive from Poland, yet Berliners? weekend jaunts are more likely to feature Paris, London or Vienna.
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Polish government approves 2012 budget
Poland's government has approved the 2012 budget that foresees debt of 35 billion zlotys ($11 billion; euro8 billion) ? 53 percent of GDP ? and predicts growth of 4 percent despite the economic turmoil in Europe.
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The central bank head explained Poland's recent decision to intervene on forex markets
"Our intervention was not and will not be intended to defend the exchange rate level of the z?oty," said Marek Belka, head of the National Bank of Poland (NBP), in an interview with the Polish Press Agency.
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Poland?s Walesa visits Jaruzelski in hospital
WARSAW, Poland | They were once bitter foes: Lech Walesa, the pro-democracy activist, and Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, who imprisoned Walesa during Poland?s 1981 crackdown. In a sign of their reconciliation, Walesa over the weekend visited the ailing 88-year-old Jaruzelski, who suffers cancer and pneumonia.
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Poland holds prayers for European unity and the success of its presidency
WARSAW, Poland - Bailouts, crisis meetings, and now divine intervention. With the European Union deep in crisis, Poland's church leaders held a special Mass on Sunday to pray for European unity and the country's success as it holds the EU presidency. The service in Warsaw, attended by Foreign Minist
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Polish companies to expand investments in VN
Poland hopes to expand bilateral co-operation with Viet Nam in several areas, especially the provision of preferential export credit, Polish Deputy Economic Minister Rafael Baniak has said.
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Polish central bank intervenes to support currency
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's central bank on Friday intervened to support the country's currency, the zloty, pushing it up against the euro and dollar after weeks of depreciation caused by fears of economic turmoil in Europe.
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Walesa visits sick ex-communist leader in hospital
MONIKA SCISLOWSKA The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland They were once bitter foes: Lech Walesa, the pro-democracy activist, and Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, the communist leader who imprisoned Walesa for 11 months during a harsh martial law crackdown in 1981. In a sign of their reconciliation, Walesa visited the ailing 88-year-old Jaruzelski over the weekend, shaking hands with his former jailer who ...
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The company wants the Warsaw development to be the first "deep green" investment in Poland
Skanska Property Poland will launch construction on its Atrium 1 office project in Warsaw by the end of this year.
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Poland's Lech Walesa visits sick former political foe Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski
WARSAW, Poland - They were once bitter foes: Lech Walesa, the pro-democracy activist, and Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, the communist leader who imprisoned Walesa for 11 months during a harsh martial law crackdown in 1981.
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Polish Jewish museum to open in April 2013
Officials say a museum on the 1,000-year history of Poland's Jews will open on the anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising.
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Polish companies look to expand investment in VN
Poland hopes to expand bilateral co-operation with Viet Nam in several areas, especially the provision of preferential export credit, Polish Deputy Economic Minister Rafael Baniak has said.
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U.S. Returns Paintings Looted by Nazis to Poland
A pair of 19th century paintings by Polish Impressionist Julian Falat, looted by the Nazis nearly seven decades ago, were returned to Polish authorities on Thursday in a ceremony in New York.
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Polish leaders pray for the EU
Poland's church leaders held a special Mass on Sunday to pray for European unity.
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Polish church and state leaders pray for the EU
VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Bailouts, crisis meetings, and now divine intervention. With the European Union deep in crisis, Poland's church leaders held a special Mass on Sunday to pray for European unity and the country's success as it holds the EU presidency. The service in Warsaw, attended by Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski and other political leaders, came after Polish ...
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Polish church and state leaders pray for the EU
The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Bailouts, crisis meetings, and now divine intervention. With the European Union deep in crisis, Poland's church leaders held a special Mass on Sunday to pray for European unity and the country's success as it holds the EU presidency. The service in Warsaw, attended by members of the government, comes after Polish church leaders also held ...
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Polish Paintings, Stolen By Nazis, Repatriated In New York
Seven decades after Nazi forces looted the National Museum in Warsaw during World War II, two paintings by treasured Polish artist Julian Falat were repatriated in a ceremony Thursday night, according to a statement from the Immigration and Customs ...
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