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Poland wants Euro 2012 to showcase its success [Feb 01, 2012] WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland hopes Euro 2012 will attract about a million tourists and showcase its economic success and political stability at a time when a debt crisis has engulfed most of the European continent, Sports Minister Joanna Mucha told Reuters. Poland and Ukraine will co-host the European soccer games in June and July and Warsaw has pegged an ambitious infrastructure building programme ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland wants Euro 2012 to showcase its success [Jan 31, 2012] WARSAW, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Poland hopes Euro 2012 will attract about a million tourists and showcase its economic success and political stability at a time when a debt crisis has engulfed most of the European continent, Sports Minister Joanna Mucha told Reuters. [via YahooNews] More >>

Debt crisis hardens Eurosceptics' antipathy in Poland [Jan 29, 2012] 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 ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish economy grows 4.3 percent in 2011 [Jan 28, 2012] Despite the European debt crisis, Poland's economy grew a brisk 4.3 percent in 2011, even more than its strong 3.9 percent growth rate for 2010. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish economy grows 4.3 percent in 2011 [Jan 27, 2012] Despite the European debt crisis, Poland's economy grew a brisk 4.3 percent in 2011, even more than its strong 3.9 percent growth rate for 2010.The preliminary estimate released Friday by the Central Statistical ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland lowers growth forecast in 2012 budget [Jan 03, 2012] WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Polish leaders unveiled a 2012 budget on Tuesday that lowers earlier predictions of economic growth - an acknowledgment that Europe's debt crisis is impacting the country. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish lawmakers debate nation's EU future [Dec 15, 2011] MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Poland's prime minister defended his government's support for greater integration in the European Union during a lively parliamentary debate Thursday on the country's relationship with the crisis-ridden bloc. The heated exchanges reflected how deeply attempts to solve the eurozone debt crisis are shaping public debate even in EU states not using ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland?s parliament debates the nation?s future in the European Union [Dec 15, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? Poland?s prime minister defended his government?s support for greater integration in the European Union during a lively parliamentary debate Thursday on the country?s relationship with the crisis-ridden bloc. The heated exchanges reflected how deeply attempts to solve the eurozone debt crisis are shaping public debate even in EU states not using the common currency. Hungary and ... [via YahooNews] More >>

REFILE : Poland's Tusk defends backing EU treaty Eds: Clarifies author of quote in graf 5 [Dec 15, 2011] Warsaw (dpa) - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Thursday defended his government?s backing of an EU treaty for closer fiscal union, during a debate in parliament where his government faced a no-confidence motion by the right-wing opposition.Tusk said it was in Poland?s "direct interest" to save the eurozone from the debt crisis engulfing the bloc. "You don?t have to be an economist to see ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland's Tusk defends backing EU treaty [Dec 15, 2011] Warsaw (dpa) - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Thursday defended his government?s backing of an EU treaty for closer fiscal union, during a debate in parliament where his government faced a no-confidence motion by the right-wing opposition.Tusk said it was in Poland?s "direct interest" to save the eurozone from the debt crisis engulfing the bloc. "You don?t have to be an economist to see ... [via YahooNews] More >>

East Europeans balk at helping indebted richer neighbours with money for IMF [Dec 15, 2011] WARSAW, Poland - Of all the twists in Europe's debt crisis one of the oddest must be this: Poles, Czechs and other eastern Europeans, long the recipients of massive amounts of Western aid, are being asked to contribute to an emergency fund for indebted Western European states. [via YahooNews] More >>

East Europe balks at helping indebted richer West [Dec 14, 2011] (12-14) 07:32 PST WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Of all the twists in Europe's debt crisis one of the oddest must be this: Poles, Czechs and other eastern Europeans, long the recipients of massive amounts of Western aid, are... [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland to extend retirement age [Dec 12, 2011] WARSAW : The Polish government wants to raise the retirement age for uniformed services personnel and increase their minimum length of career as it tries to curb spending to safeguard against fallout from the euro zone's debt crisis. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish Central Bank Leaves Main Rate at Highest Since 2009 on Weaker Zloty [Dec 07, 2011] Poland?s central bank left its main interest rate unchanged at the highest in almost three years on concern a fall in the zloty will fuel inflation even as the euro area?s debt crisis threatens economic growth. [via YahooNews] More >>

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsPoland lowers growth forecast in 2012 budget [Dec 07, 2011] WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Polish leaders unveiled a 2012 budget on Tuesday that lowers earlier predictions of economic growth - an acknowledgment that Europe's debt crisis is impacting the country. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland lowers growth forecast in 2012 budget [Dec 06, 2011] (12-06) 08:17 PST WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Polish leaders unveiled a 2012 budget on Tuesday that lowers earlier predictions of economic growth _ an acknowledgment that Europe's debt crisis is impacting the country. The... [via YahooNews] More >>

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsPoland lowers growth forecast in 2012 budget [Dec 06, 2011] WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Polish leaders unveiled a 2012 budget on Tuesday that lowers earlier predictions of economic growth - an acknowledgment that Europe's debt crisis is impacting the country. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland lowers growth forecast in 2012 budget [Dec 06, 2011] VANESSA GERA The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Polish leaders unveiled a 2012 budget on Tuesday that lowers earlier predictions of economic growth ? an acknowledgment that Europe's debt crisis is impacting the country. The budget, which also aims to lower the country's deficit, assumes 2.5 percent growth. A plan announced in September had assumed 4 percent growth and was criticized by some ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland 2012 budget proposal assumes 2.5 percent growth, less than prior forecasts [Dec 06, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? Polish leaders unveiled a 2012 budget on Tuesday that lowers earlier predictions of economic growth ? an acknowledgment that Europe?s debt crisis is impacting the country. The budget, which also aims to lower the country?s deficit, assumes 2.5 percent growth. A plan announced in September had assumed 4 percent growth and was criticized by some economists as overly optimistic ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish GDP Slowed Last Quarter as Euro Crisis Curbed Exports, Poll Shows [Nov 30, 2011] Poland?s economy probably slowed in the third quarter as domestic demand failed to maintain growth amid a European debt crisis that weighed on exports. [via YahooNews] More >>