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Walesa unveils statue of Ronald Reagan in Warsaw
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.
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Lech Walesa's wife shakes Poland with frank biography
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 ...
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Reagan Towers in Poland's Warsaw
A monument of late US President Ronald Reagan has been unveiled in the Polish capital of Warsaw in recognition of Reagan's support for the Polish anti-communist movement. The monument of Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) was unveiled Monday by former Polish labor leader and President Lech Walesa to Reagan's role in supporting the Poland's anti-communist labour union Solidarity. "I wonder if modern ...
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Poland's Walesa unveils Reagan statue in Warsaw
WARSAW (AFP) - Polish communist-era opposition icon Lech Walesa on Monday unveiled a statue to former United States president Ronald Reagan, highly respected in Poland for having helped hasten the fall of the Iron Curtain.
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Poland Unveils Statue of Ronald Reagan in Warsaw
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.
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Walesa unveils statue of Ronald Reagan in Warsaw
Former Polish president and anti-communist leader Lech Walesa has unveiled a statue of Ronald Reagan on an elegant Warsaw street, honoring the late U.S. president for inspiring Poland's toppling of communism.
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New Polish government wins parliamentary backing
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's new government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk won a parliamentary vote of confidence on Saturday after he vowed to push through tough reforms to shield the economy from the euro zone crisis. In the 460-member lower chamber, the Sejm, 234 deputies backed the two-party coalition -- comprising Tusk's centre-right Civic Platform and the small agrarian Peasants' Party ...
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Poland's new government wins parliamentary backing
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's new government led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk won a parliamentary vote of confidence on Saturday after he vowed to push through tough reforms to shield the country's economy from the euro zone crisis.
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Poland's Tusk vows austerity to safeguard growth
WARSAW (AFP) - Poland's freshly elected centrist prime minister vowed Friday to use his second consecutive term to introduce sweeping austerity reforms aimed at safeguarding growth amid crisis in the eurozone.
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Poland, eyeing euro crisis, launches austerity drive
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk vowed on Friday to raise the retirement age and slash tax and pension privileges to reduce debt and shield the European Union's largest eastern economy from the euro zone crisis. Unveiling his newly re-elected government's plans, Tusk said even priests in this staunchly Catholic nation would be affected by a pension shakeup, part of an ...
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Polish PM Tusk's new cabinet sworn in by president
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski swore in a new government on Friday that has pledged to cut debt and speed up structural reforms aimed at bolstering the European Union's largest eastern economy at a time of financial crisis.
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Poland's Tusk vows austerity to safeguard growth
WARSAW (AFP) - Poland's freshly elected centrist prime minister vowed Friday to use his second consecutive term to introduce sweeping austerity reforms aimed at safeguarding growth amid crisis in the eurozone.
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Polish PM Tusk's new cabinet sworn in by president
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski swore in a new government on Friday that has pledged to cut debt and speed up structural reforms aimed at bolstering the European Union's largest eastern economy at a time of financial crisis.
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Australia aims to recruit 900 Polish miners
WARSAW, Nov 17, 2011 (AFP) - - Australia's Mastermyne Group has turned to Poland in a drive to find 900 new coalminers for collieries in the states of Queensland and New South Wales, recruitment firm Randstad said Thursday.
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Polish finance, foreign ministers retained
WARSAW (Reuters) - Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski will retain his post in Poland's new government and Radoslaw Sikorski will remain as foreign minister, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday. Tusk nominated Deputy Treasury Minister Mikolaj Budzanowski to take charge of the ministry overseeing privatisation. He previously oversaw the energy sector. Rostowski is regarded by financial ...
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Polish PM says to retain finance, foreign ministers
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed on Thursday that respected Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski would retain his post in the country's new government and that Radoslaw Sikorski would stay on as foreign minister.
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Poland working overtime with the goal in sight
IT?S A decade since my first and last visit to Warsaw?s national stadium. Then, the crumbling communist ruin was no longer a home to sports events but a vast market where you could buy everything from counterfeit vodka to very real guns.
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Football: Barcelona launch first European training school
WARSAW: Football icons Barcelona on Wednesday launched their first European training school outside Spain in Poland, aiming to spread their "tiki-taka" style among kids dreaming of becoming the next Lionel Messi.
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Barcelona launch first European football school
WARSAW (AFP) - Football icons Barcelona on Wednesday launched their first European training school outside Spain in Poland, aiming to spread their "tiki-taka" style among kids dreaming of becoming the next Lionel Messi.
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Fog halts air travel in Poland after Warsaw drama
Heavy fog has grounded planes at several Polish airports even as Warsaw's international airport remains closed following a dramatic emergency landing a day earlier.
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