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Warsaw cityscape: [Jan 06, 2012] Warsaw is the capital and largest city in Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly 360 kilometers from the Baltic Sea and 300 kilometers from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population as of June 2009 was estimated at 1,711,466, and the Warsaw metropolitan area at approximately 2,785,000. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland plans its 1st atomic power plant on Baltic Sea [Nov 25, 2011] WARSAW (AFP) - Poland's first nuclear power plant, due to come on line by 2020, is set to be located near the Baltic Sea, Polish energy group PGE said on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland plans its first atomic power plant on Baltic [Nov 25, 2011] Poland's first nuclear power plant, due to come on line by 2020, is set to be located near the Baltic Sea, Polish energy group PGE said on Friday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish Lotos, Italy's Eni In Talks On Shale Partnership -Report [Oct 04, 2011] WARSAW -(Dow Jones)- Poland's second-largest refiner, Grupa Lotos SA (LTS.WA) is in talks with Eni SpA (E) to jointly explore for shale gas on the Polish company's off-shore Baltic Sea licenses, daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna reports Tuesday, without citing a source. [via YahooNews] More >>

Ex-Chicagoan finds heritage, history in Gdansk, Poland [Jul 31, 2011] GDANSK, Poland ? ?I am glad you have come to Gdansk,? said the smiling hotel clerk. ?But ... why?? Even some residents of this Polish port city on the Baltic Sea still wonder what brings tourists to their town. While Gdansk once shined as a center of medieval European commerce, its light faded over time before being extinguished in World War II ? and being dimly relit as a communist-era workers ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Old cannons in Polish underwater find [Jun 22, 2011] GDANSK, Poland, June 22 (UPI) -- Polish archaeologists say they've discovered more than 40 18th-century cast-iron naval guns on the floor of the Baltic Sea off the Polish port of Ustka. [via YahooNews] More >>

Nord Stream no hindrance to Poland [Jun 22, 2011] WARSAW, Poland, June 22 (UPI) -- Berlin has given assurances the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea won't block development of Polish ports, the Polish prime minister said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Germany, Poland: Nord Stream Pipe Won't Block Polish Port Expansion [Jun 21, 2011] WARSAW -(Dow Jones)- The Nord Stream pipeline that will deliver natural gas from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea won't block development of a key Polish port, the German and Polish leaders said Tuesday as they sought to allay Polish public opinion mindful of German and Russian influence on its soil. [via YahooNews] More >>

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather Sports18th-century cannons retrieved from Baltic [Jun 20, 2011] WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Polish explorers have retrieved three 18th-century cannons from ship wrecks resting on the Baltic Sea bottom. [via YahooNews] More >>

18th-century cannons retrieved from ships resting on Baltic Sea bottom [Jun 20, 2011] WARSAW, Poland - Polish explorers have retrieved three 18th-century cannons from ship wrecks resting on the Baltic Sea bottom. [via YahooNews] More >>

Merkel: Nord Stream deals good for Poland [May 11, 2011] BERLIN, May 10 (UPI) -- The Russian-European pipeline project Nord Stream, which brings Russian gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea and bypasses potential transit country Poland, is good for the country's security, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Merkel: Nord Stream deals good for Poland [May 10, 2011] BERLIN, May 10 (UPI) -- The Russian-European pipeline project Nord Stream, which brings Russian gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea and bypasses potential transit country Poland, is good for the country's security, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland breaks ground on gas terminal to lessen dependence on Russia [Mar 23, 2011] Warsaw - Poland broke ground Wednesday on a gas terminal on the Baltic Sea aimed at diversifying energy sources and lessening the country's reliance on Russian gas. [via YahooNews] More >>

Firefighters rescue deer stranded on Baltic Sea ice floe [Jan 06, 2011] WARSAW, Poland -- Polish firefighters dodged treacherous sheets of ice in a risky after-dark rescue of a terrified deer stranded on a floe in the Baltic Sea, a spokesman said Wednesday. The rescue team faced serious hazards navigating among the... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish firefighters save deer drifting on ice [Jan 05, 2011] WARSAW, Poland - Polish firefighters dodged treacherous sheets of ice in a risky after-dark rescue of a terrified deer stranded on a floe in the Baltic Sea, a spokesman said Wednesday. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish Firefighters Save Deer Drifting On Ice [Jan 05, 2011] WARSAW, Poland -- Firefighters have rescued a young deer that became stranded on a sheet of ice drifting in the Baltic Sea off Poland. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish firefighters save deer drifting on ice [Jan 05, 2011] WARSAW - FIREFIGHTERS have rescued a young deer that became stranded on a sheet of ice drifting in the Baltic Sea off Poland. TV footage shows the team navigating through plates of ice by boat late on Tuesday and using flashlights to find the stranded deer, wrap it in a blanket and carry it back to shore. [via YahooNews] More >>

1 roe-deer saved by firefighters, another drifting on ice in the Baltic Sea in Poland [Jan 05, 2011] WARSAW, Poland (AP) ? A local governor says that firefighters have saved one of two roe-deer drifting on sheets of ice on the Baltic Sea off northern Poland's coast. [via YahooNews] More >>