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Poland's Lech Walesa says members of today's Solidarity deserve to be beaten [May 16, 2012] WARSAW, Poland (AP) ? Poland's former President Lech Walesa says that members of Solidarity, the trade union he once led, deserve to be beaten for a disruptive protest they staged last week in Warsaw. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland?s far-right rally on plane crash anniversary [Apr 11, 2012] Several thousand far-right activists chanted anti-government slogans in Warsaw yesterday as they gathered to honour Poland?s former president Lech Kaczynski, who died in a plane crash in Russia in 2010 along with many of the country?s ruling elite. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish rightists rally on plane crash anniversary [Apr 10, 2012] WARSAW - Several thousand far-right activists chanted anti-government slogans in Warsaw on April 10 as they gathered to honour Poland's former president Lech Kaczynski, who died in a plane crash in Russia in 2010 along with many of the country's ruling elite. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland still divided on Smolensk on 2nd anniversary [Apr 10, 2012] Poland is remembering the victims of the air disaster two years ago to the day that killed 96 people including former President Lech Kaczynski and? [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland's Tusk mourns Havel as a national hero [Dec 20, 2011] Warsaw (dpa) - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Tuesday paid tribute to Czech former president Vaclav Havel, saying his country was mourning the pro-democracy activist as a Polish national hero."For us, there has departed not only a great Czech, but in a sense also a great Pole and certainly a great European," Tusk said after signing a condolence book at the Czech Embassy in Warsaw.Tusk said ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Walesa's injured son to leave hospital [Nov 18, 2011] The son of Poland's former president Lech Walesa calls it a "miracle" that he survived a motorcycle accident and plans to return to his work as a European parliament lawmaker in February. [via YahooNews] More >>

Walesa?s injured son to leave hospital, wants to resume work in February [Nov 17, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? The son of Poland?s former president Lech Walesa calls it a ?miracle? that he survived a motorcycle accident and plans to return to his work as a European parliament lawmaker in February. Walesa met with journalists on Thursday, on the eve of being discharged from a Warsaw military hospital where he has been treated since early September for massive injuries. Walesa used a ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Walesa's son improving in Poland after accident [Sep 04, 2011] The Associated Press The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland A hospital in Poland says the son of former President Lech Walesa is improving significantly following a motorcycle accident. A military hospital in Warsaw said Sunday that Jaroslaw Walesa will undergo surgery in the coming days on bones that were damaged in the accident. Walesa is on a respirator and in an induced coma, but his condition ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Walesa's son stable in Poland after spine surgery [Sep 03, 2011] WARSAW, Poland (AP): A doctor says the son of Poland's former president, Lech Walesa, is in stable condition after surgery to his spine following a motorcycle accident. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland dismisses air force officials after plane crash report [Aug 05, 2011] Warsaw, Aug 5 (IANS) Poland has disbanded a special air force regiment responsible for carrying top officials and dismissed 14 high-ranked officials after the probe into the plane crash that killed its former president, Xinhua reported. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland's Lech Walesa leaves hospital after treatment for pneumonia [Jun 29, 2011] WARSAW, Poland - Poland's former President Lech Walesa has been discharged from a hospital where he spent three weeks being treated for pneumonia. [via YahooNews] More >>

Sick Lech Walesa says he must cancel this year's foreign trips [Jun 20, 2011] WARSAW, Poland - Poland's former President Lech Walesa says he may have to cancel foreign trips this year to get over pneumonia that has keeping him hospitalized since June 9. [via YahooNews] More >>

Former Polish president Lech Walesa [Jun 09, 2011] Poland?s former president and the founder of Solidarity is hospitalized. Read full article >> [via YahooNews] More >>

'It doesn't suit me': Poland's former president snubs meeting with Obama on Warsaw trip [May 27, 2011] Poland's former president and Solidarity founder Lech Walesa has snubbed an invitation to meet with President Barack Obama. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland's Walesa to skip meeting with Obama [May 27, 2011] Poland's former president and Solidarity founder Lech Walesa says he has turned down an invitation to meet with President Barack Obama because it doesn't fit into his schedule. [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 commemorates Smolensk anniversary [Apr 11, 2011] Warsaw's Powazki Military Cemetery was the main site of Sunday's official ceremonies marking the first anniversary of the 2010 air disaster in Smolensk, Russia, which killed Poland's former president, his wife and numerous VIPs. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland commemorates Smolensk anniversary [Apr 10, 2011] Warsaw's Powazki Military Cemetery was the main site of Sunday's official ceremonies marking the first anniversary of the 2010 air disaster in Smolensk, Russia, which killed Poland's former president, his wife and numerous VIPs. [via YahooNews] More >>