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Polish election pits PM Donald Tusk against former Solidarity comrade [Oct 13, 2011] Polls put footballing prime minister ahead of Jaroslaw Kaczynski by anything from 1% to 13% in run up to Sunday's election He has sweetened sour relations with neighbours, started modernising Poland's creaky infrastructure and, in perhaps his greatest achievement, presided over economic growth while every other EU country went into recession in 2009. Yet Donald Tusk, the calm, football-playing ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Dramatic draw for Germany, Poland [Sep 07, 2011] Cacau snatched a last-gasp equaliser, rescuing a 2-2 draw with a ten-man Poland side to deny their neighbours what would have been a historic victory. [via YahooNews] More >>

Late Cacau strike denies Poland historic win [Sep 07, 2011] An equaliser from Germany's Cacau four minutes into added time sealed a dramatic 2-2 draw to deny ten-man Poland a historic win over their neighbours in Tuesday's friendly. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland slams vandalism of Holocaust memorial [Sep 02, 2011] Poland on Thursday voiced outrage at the vandalism of a Holocaust memorial in the north of the country dedicated to Jews who were burned alive in a barn by their Polish neighbours during World War II. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland slams vandalism of Holocaust memorial [Sep 01, 2011] Poland on Thursday voiced outrage at the vandalism of a Holocaust memorial in the north of the country dedicated to Jews who were burned alive in a barn by their Polish neighbours during World War II. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland: Russian controllers gave incorrect orders to president's plane before crash [Jul 29, 2011] WARSAW, Poland - A Polish report on the 2010 plane crash in Russia that killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others says Russian air traffic controllers gave incorrect and confusing landing instructions to pilots, a finding that could test already strained ties between the neighbours. [via YahooNews] More >>

State and religious ceremony marks 70 years since Poles murdered their Jewish neighbours [Jul 10, 2011] JEDWABNE, Poland - State and religious leaders are marking 70 years on Sunday since Polish villagers murdered hundreds of their Jewish neighbours in a World War II massacre that caused painful soul-searching in Poland when it was revealed in 2000. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish, German governments meet to mark 20 years of co-operation treaty [Jun 21, 2011] WARSAW, Poland - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and members of her Cabinet are in Warsaw for a joint session to mark 20 years of the co-operation treaty between the neighbours that have a troubled past. [via YahooNews] More >>

Czech villages angry over Polish border 'fix' [Apr 08, 2011] Czech villages bordering Poland have expressed their anger after it was announced some of their land is to be handed over to their Polish neighbours in compensation for mapping mistakes made after the Second World War. [via YahooNews] More >>