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Lenin's name reappears at Walesa's shipyard in Poland - sparking anger [May 14, 2012] WARSAW, Poland - Lenin's notorious name has returned to a public spot in Eastern Europe: the Gdansk shipyard where Lech Walesa led his anti-communist movement. Though just for a film set, the move has sparked emotions. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland's Lech Walesa asks pope to support a free Cuba [Mar 22, 2012] Warsaw (dpa) - Former Polish labour union leader Lech Walesa has written to Pope Benedict XVI asking him to support Cuban political prisoners and activists during his upcoming visit to the Communist country, local media reported on Thursday."Your Holiness, please speak up for those who get sent to prison for their beliefs," wrote Walesa, who lead protests in the 1980s that helped topple Poland?s ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Fire destroys luxury yachts at Polish shipyard [Jan 20, 2012] WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Firefighters in Poland are battling a blaze that has broken out at a ship-making facility in the northern city of Gdansk, famous for being the cradle of Lech Walesa's Solidarity movement. Authorities said there were no injuries. Related Stories Gingrich denies asking wife for an 'open marriage' Christopher Hill: Iraq's Politics, Iraq's Problem Crooning President Obama wows ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish state investigation finds communists fabricated documents to compromise Lech Walesa [Dec 27, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? Communist authorities fabricated documents that suggested Lech Walesa was a communist collaborator to try to stop the Solidarity founder from being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, Polish investigators say. Evidence gathered as part of an ongoing investigation shows that communist secret security forged documents in the 1980s that suggested Walesa was their agent, said Zbigniew ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsCommunists fabricated documents against Walesa [Dec 26, 2011] WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Polish investigators say communist authorities fabricated documents that suggested Lech Walesa was a communist collaborator, to try to stop the Solidarity founder being awarded Nobel Peace Prize. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish city of Gdansk renames street to honor deeply revered anti-communist icon Vaclav Havel [Dec 23, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? Gdansk ? the birthplace of Poland?s Solidarity movement ? has renamed a street after Vaclav Havel to honor the Czech anti-communist icon deeply revered by Poles. Officials in the city, the home of Poland?s own anti-communist icon Lech Walesa, inaugurated Vaclav Havel Avenue on Friday, the same day the Czech playwright and president was being laid to rest in his homeland. Read ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish city of Gdansk renames street to honor deeply revered anti-communist icon Vaclav Havel [Dec 23, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? Gdansk ? the birthplace of Poland?s Solidarity movement ? has renamed a street after Vaclav Havel to honor the Czech anti-communist icon deeply revered by Poles. Officials in the city, the home of Poland?s own anti-communist icon Lech Walesa, inaugurated Vaclav Havel Avenue on Friday, hours before the Czech playwright and president is being laid to rest in his homeland. Read ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish state investigation finds communists fabricated documents to compromise Lech Walesa [Dec 22, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? Polish investigators say communist authorities fabricated documents that suggested Lech Walesa was a communist collaborator, to try to stop the Solidarity founder being awarded Nobel Peace Prize. Zbigniew Kulikowski, a prosecutor at the state National Remembrance Institute, said evidence gathered as part of an ongoing investigation shows that the communist secret security forged ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland unveils Reagan statue in Warsaw [Dec 11, 2011] Former Polish President and anti-communist leader Lech Walesa looks up at a statie to former US president Ronald Reagan after unveiled it on November 21, 2011 in Warsaw. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland unveils Ronald Reagan statue [Dec 06, 2011] Polish communist-era opposition icon Lech Walesa unveiled a statue to former US president Ronald Reagan. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland?s Lech Walesa unveils statue of Ronald Reagan on elegant Warsaw street [Nov 29, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? Former Polish president and anti-communist leader Lech Walesa unveiled a statue of Ronald Reagan on an elegant Warsaw street on Monday, honoring the late U.S. president for inspiring Poland?s toppling of communism. Though Reagan?s legacy is mixed in the U.S., across much of central and eastern Europe he is considered the greatest American leader in recent history for challenging ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Oscar-winning Polish director Andrzej Wajda begins shooting Lech Walesa film [Nov 26, 2011] WARSAW, Poland (AP) ? Oscar winner Andrzej Wajda said Thursday that his new film on former Polish president and Solidarity founder Lech Walesa will be his greatest challenge in 55 years as a director. [via YahooNews] More >>

Oscar-winning director starts film on Walesa [Nov 26, 2011] WARSAW, Poland - Oscar winner Andrzej Wajda said Thursday that his new film on former Polish president and Solidarity founder Lech Walesa will be his greatest challenge in 55 years as a director. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish master director Wajda to make Walesa biopic [Nov 24, 2011] Poland's famed director Andrzej Wajda unveiled plans Thursday for a biopic about Lech Walesa, his country's communist-era Solidarity opposition leader, Nobel Peace laureate and ex-president. [via YahooNews] More >>

Oscar-winning director starts film on Lech Walesa [Nov 24, 2011] WARSAW, POLAND (AP) - Oscar winner Andrzej Wajda said Thursday that his new film on former Polish president and Solidarity founder Lech Walesa will be his greatest challenge in 55 years as a director. "This will be the most difficult movie I have made in my life," Wajda, 85, told a ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Oscar-winning Polish director Andrzej Wajda begins shooting Lech Walesa film [Nov 24, 2011] WARSAW, Poland ? Oscar winner Andrzej Wajda said Thursday that his new film on former Polish president and Solidarity founder Lech Walesa will be his greatest challenge in 55 years as a director. ?This will be the most difficult movie I have made in my life,? Wajda, 85, told a news conference. ?I don?t want to, but I have to,? he said, quoting a line Walesa coined and often used while president ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Oscar-winning Polish director Andrzej Wajda begins shooting Lech Walesa film [Nov 24, 2011] WARSAW, Poland - Oscar winner Andrzej Wajda says his film on former Polish president and Solidarity founder Lech Walesa will be his greatest challenge in 55 years as a director. [via YahooNews] More >>

Lech Walesa's wife shakes Poland with frank biography [Nov 23, 2011] WARSAW (Reuters) - The wife of Nobel prize-winning Polish Solidarity leader Lech Walesa describes the loneliness and domestic grind she faced as her husband rose to power in a frank biography that is causing a stir in the country even before its official release. Danuta Walesa, now 62, was Poland's first lady from 1990 to 1995 when Lech Walesa served as the country's first democratically elected ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Lech Walesa's wife shakes Poland with frank biography [Nov 23, 2011] WARSAW (Reuters) - The wife of Nobel prize-winning Polish Solidarity leader Lech Walesa describes the loneliness and domestic grind she faced as her husband rose to power in a frank biography that is causing a stir in the country even before its official release. Danuta Walesa, now 62, was Poland's first lady from 1990 to 1995 when Lech Walesa served as the country's first democratically elected ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Walesa unveils statue of Ronald Reagan in Warsaw [Nov 22, 2011] Former Polish president and anti-communist leader Lech Walesa unveiled a statue of Ronald Reagan on an elegant Warsaw street on Monday, honoring the late U.S. president for inspiring Poland's toppling of communism. [via YahooNews] More >>