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Not Your Grandma's Poland Anymore [Dec 04, 2011] LETTER FROM WARSAW : Poland is known as a bastion of Catholic conservatism. Twenty years of democracy have brought new openness about religious and sexual minorities. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish PM Tusk's Ruling Party Wins General Elections - Exit Polls [Oct 10, 2011] The Civic Platform party of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has won Poland's general elections on Sunday, exit poll results indicate. Tusk's centrist liberal party Civic Platform (PO) has won 39.6% of the votes, an exit poll showed, opening the way for the party to return to power for a second term in a coalition -- an unprecedented feat in the history of Poland's young democracy, The Warsaw ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Arab Spring activists from Egypt, Tunisia and Libya observing Poland?s election [Oct 08, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? A group of Arab Spring activists observing Polish parliamentary elections are championing the spirit of civil society, and say such ballots back home will be milestones in turning hard-won freedoms into lasting democracy. Fifteen activists and election officials ? five each from Tunisia, Egypt and Libya ? met Friday with deputy foreign ministers Krzysztof Stanowski and Jerzy ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Arab Spring activists from Egypt, Tunisia and Libya observing Poland?s election [Oct 07, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? A group of Arab Spring activists observing Polish parliamentary elections are championing the spirit of civil society, and say such ballots back home will be milestones in turning hard-won freedoms into lasting democracy. Fifteen activists and election officials ? five each from Tunisia, Egypt and Libya ? met Friday with deputy foreign ministers Krzysztof Stanowski and Jerzy ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Arab Spring activists from Egypt, Tunisia and Libya observing Poland's election [Oct 07, 2011] WARSAW, Poland (AP) ? Arab Spring activists from Tunisia, Egypt and Libya ? in Poland to watch and learn from parliamentary elections here ? say free ballots in their own nations will be milestones in turing hard-won freedom into lasting democracy. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poles hope to inspire democracy in Belarus [Aug 30, 2011] A Polish organisation hopes Belarusian activists will draw inspiration from Poland?s own history of battling regimes as Warsaw gets set to re-double its efforts to support democracy in Belarus and make up for a recent diplomatic blunder. [via YahooNews] More >>

Obama lauds Polish democracy, defends Russia "reset" [May 28, 2011] WARSAW (Reuters) - President Barack Obama lauded Poland on Saturday as a key U.S. ally whose democracy and economic prosperity can serve as a model for neighbouring former Soviet republics such as Ukraine and Belarus. [via YahooNews] More >>

Obama lauds Polish democracy [May 28, 2011] WARSAW (Reuters) - President Barack Obama lauded Poland on Saturday as a key U.S. ally whose democracy and economic prosperity can serve as a model for neighboring former Soviet republics such as Ukraine and Belarus. [via YahooNews] More >>

Obama lauds Polish democracy, defends Russia "reset" [May 28, 2011] WARSAW (Reuters) - President Barack Obama lauded Poland on Saturday as a key U.S. ally whose democracy and economic prosperity can serve as a model for neighbouring former Soviet republics such as Ukraine and Belarus. [via YahooNews] More >>

Obama lauds Polish democracy [May 28, 2011] WARSAW (Reuters) - President Barack Obama lauded Poland on Saturday as a key U.S. ally whose democracy and economic prosperity can serve as a model for neighboring former Soviet republics such as Ukraine and Belarus. [via YahooNews] More >>

Obama seeks Polish help on Arab uprisings [May 28, 2011] JULIE PACE Associated Press WARSAW, Poland Seeking ways to support Arab uprisings, President Barack Obama is asking Polish leaders to use the lessons they learned during the fall of communism to aid fledgling democratic movements in the Middle East and North Africa. Obama will meet Saturday with Poland's political leaders, as well as a democracy-building team that recently returned from Tunisia ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Looking to boost Arab uprisings, Obama asks Poland for lessons learned from political change [May 28, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? Seeking ways to support Arab uprisings, President Barack Obama is asking Polish leaders to use the lessons they learned during the fall of communism to aid fledgling democratic movements in the Middle East and North Africa. Obama will meet Saturday with Poland?s political leaders, as well as a democracy-building team that recently returned from Tunisia, where popular uprisings ... [via YahooNews] More >>

President Obama makes last stop of tour in Poland as he focuses on security in Eastern Europe [May 27, 2011] President Barack Obama's last stop on his European tour brings him to Poland for the first time, where he will hold political meetings that will focus on security, energy and joint U.S.-Polish efforts to promote democracy in North Africa, Belarus and elsewhere in Eastern Europe. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland's Lech Walesa warns democracy is too slow for unrest-propelled changes in Tunisia [May 09, 2011] WARSAW, Poland - Lech Walesa said Monday that democracy in Tunisia is failing to keep pace with the changes sought by the population. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland's Lech Walesa warns democracy is too slow for unrest-propelled changes in Tunisia [May 09, 2011] WARSAW, Poland - Poland's former president and Solidarity founder Lech Walesa has warned that democracy in Tunisia is failing to keep pace with the changes sought by the population. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland Looks to Its Past in Assessing Arab Present [Apr 14, 2011] The crisis provides an opportunity for the European Union to help the Arab world on a road toward democracy, a top Polish official said in an interview. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland Looks to Its Past in Assessing Arab Present [Apr 13, 2011] The crisis provides an opportunity for the European Union to help the Arab world on a road toward democracy, a top Polish official said in an interview. [via YahooNews] More >>