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Deadly cold front continues in Europe [Feb 06, 2012] WARSAW - The toll from Europe's killer cold snap kept climbing Monday with nine new victims found in Poland, most of them homeless, and at least three people died after a Bulgarian dam burst. [via YahooNews] More >>

Deadly cold front continues as dam bursts in Bulgaria [Feb 06, 2012] WARSAW (AFP) - The toll from Europe's killer cold snap kept climbing past 300 on Monday with nine new victims found in Poland, most of them homeless, and at least three people died after a Bulgarian dam burst. [via YahooNews] More >>

Nine more die in Poland in Europe cold snap [Feb 06, 2012] WARSAW, Poland ? The Interior Ministry says nine people have died of hypothermia in Poland over the past 24 hours in the cold snap that has swept across Europe. [via YahooNews] More >>

A draft of Europe's fiscal union treaty keeps Poland out of key decision-making summits [Jan 16, 2012] Despite its policy of striving to swim in what the government calls the ?European mainstream,? recently leaked drafts of Europe?s proposed fiscal union treaty suggest that Poland could be excluded from taking part in euro-zone summits even after signing the agreement, reported the Polish Press Agency, which gained access to the documents. [via YahooNews] More >>

Auschwitz has more than 1.4 million visitors in 2011, a record [Jan 07, 2012] WARSAW, Poland ? The memorial site of Auschwitz-Birkenau says it saw more than 1.4 million visitors in 2011, a record high for the former death camp. The figure released Friday underlines how the death and labor complex that Nazi Germany built in occupied southern Poland during World War II has become one of Europe?s most visited Holocaust remembrance sites. Read full article >> [via YahooNews] More >>

Auschwitz has more than 1.4 million visitors in 2011, a record [Jan 06, 2012] WARSAW, Poland ? The memorial site of Auschwitz-Birkenau says it saw more than 1.4 million visitors in 2011, a record high for the former death camp. The figure released Friday underlines how the death and labor complex that Nazi Germany built in occupied southern Poland during World War II has become one of Europe?s most visited Holocaust remembrance sites. Read full article >> [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 Treasury calls lower mining tax [Jan 02, 2012] WARSAW : Poland 's new mining tax, which will mainly fall on Europe 's No.2 copper producer KGHM , is out of sync with global standards and should be reviewed to reflect production costs, the treasury ministry said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland?s jobless rate climbs to 12.1 percent in November [Dec 22, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? State figures show that Poland?s jobless rate rose to 12.1 percent at the end of November from 11.8 percent the previous month. The state Central Statistical Office said Thursday that more than 1.9 million people in the nation of 38 million were unemployed in November. Despite the financial and economic turmoil in Europe, Poland?s economy has generally held up and growth this ... [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 >>

Silverstein Links With Poland?s Richest Man in Real Estate [Dec 12, 2011] Larry Silverstein, after more than five decades of investing almost entirely in New York City real estate, is making his first foray abroad in Poland, one of Europe?s most in-demand property markets. [via YahooNews] More >>

Silverstein Links With Poland?s Richest Man in Real Estate [Dec 10, 2011] Larry Silverstein, after more than five decades of investing almost entirely in New York City real estate, is making his first foray abroad in Poland, one of Europe?s most in-demand property markets. [via YahooNews] More >>

Silverstein Links With Poland?s Richest Man in Real Estate [Dec 09, 2011] Larry Silverstein, after more than five decades of investing almost entirely in New York City real estate, is making his first foray abroad in Poland, one of Europe?s most in-demand property markets. [via YahooNews] More >>

Silverstein Joins Poland?s Richest Man in Real Estate Venture [Dec 09, 2011] Larry Silverstein, after more than five decades of investing almost entirely in New York City real estate, is making his first foray abroad in Poland, one of Europe?s most in-demand property markets. [via YahooNews] More >>

What Poland Asks of Germany (and Britain) [Dec 08, 2011] Historically, the German-Polish relationship has been quite troubled. However, with Poland?s impressive transformation, the two largest nations at the center of Europe are increasingly becoming co-equals. [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 >>