News - Poland
Money from the European Union strengthened Poland
Poland is covered by a huge support from the European Union. It is a huge ‘air-bag’ that can amortize almost everything – vividly said Mikołaj Dowgielewicz, chair of the Office of the Committee for European Integration.
US President honours five Poles at Capitol Holocaust ceremony
At a ceremony at the Capitol ending the Holocaust Days of Remembrance, US President Barack Obama honoured five Poles, holders of the Righteous Among the Nations medal, thanking them for their heroic courage.
Lublin awarded for best promotion
Golden Formats - awards for best promotion of cities and regions have been given out. A jury consisting of the best marketing experts in Poland decided that Lublin is the city that had the best promotion program last year.
Bruce Willis will be a face of Polish vodka!
Polish vodka is one of the most recognized products originating from our country. However Belvedere, a producer of Sobieski vodka, wants to expand to new markets in China and Western Europe. In order to fulfill their goal they hired a Hollywood star Bruce Willis, who stared in “Die Hard” series.
Japanese are shooting a film about Poland
What has changed in Poland since 1989? Japanese Public TV – HNK Enterprises is trying to answer this question at the moment. The TV decided to send their TV camera crew in order to shoot a film about changes in Poland.
Millions of Euros for Lower Silesia
100 million Euros is to be shard among local authorities and tourist organizations in Lower Silesia.
Poland pulls out of UN Conference
Poland will not take part in the ‘Durban II’ United Nations review conference on racism, racial discrimination and xenophobia which opens in Geneva today.
Race for European Parliament
This year's elections for the European Parliament, Poland's second since the country entered the European Union, will be an important popularity test for Polish political parties ahead of local government and presidential elections next year and parliamentary elections in 2011. All the main parties are trying to attract the most recognizable candidates to run on their tickets for the European Parliament.
A Step Ahead
While the global crisis has dampened strong growth, the Polish economy will be the only one in Europe to expand this year and the sixth fastest growing economy in the world, according to one forecast. Other projections are less optimistic, but still place Poland ahead of the pack.
EC against discriminating pension funds
Brussels has brought Poland before the European Justice Tribunal for imposing limitations on foreign investments by Open Pension Funds (OFE).