News - Poland

Twenty years ago today parliament voted to rename the nation the Republic of Poland and put the crown back on the head of the national symbol, the eagle. So ended the communist Polish People’s Republic.

The Chopin Year will be the focal point of the Polish presence at the MIDEM Fair opening in Cannes on 24 January. Its motto will be ‘Polska. More than Chopin’.

The global fight with climate change is expected to dominate the talks during the EU summit which starts in Brussels with the participation of Poland’s PM Donald Tusk today.

Dr. Jolanta Solecka, a microbiologist at the National Institute of Public Health in Warsaw, has discovered a new strain of antibiotics that could be used to fight bacteria that causes staph infections.

Eight investors have entered eleven bids for the sale of assets of the Gdynia and Nowa Szczecin shipyards, said Roma Sarzyńska, from the Poland’s Industrial Development Agency.

November 11 is Independence Day and a national holiday when Poland remembers gaining her independence in 1918 after over a century of partition.

Warsaw sees the inauguration of a film production marking the 200 anniversary of the birth of Frederic Chopin.

The Ministry of Defense plans to spend about 60 billion zloty (12.3 billion euro) by the year 2018 to modernize Poland's armed forces.

President Lech Kaczynski signed the Lisbon Treaty Ratification Bill at midday, Saturday, after delaying his signature for a year and half.

Poland will loan Iceland 630 million zloty (about 150 million euro), to be paid out this autumn.