News - Poland

Poland’s leading symphony orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, is on a three-week tour of Japan. It comprises concerts in nine cities, including Tokyo.

Dave Douglas, Herbie Hancock, Bill Frisell and the other great artists in the world of jazz - in Katowice has just started an International Festival of Improvised Music "Jazz and surrounding".

From the monday news "Wiadomości", short before the broadcast, was removed a material about faint chances of the Polish President Lech Kaczyński to be re-elected in the next elections and his threats towards a journalist Monika Olejnik.

The Renault team driver, double world champion Fernando Alonso admitted that he would like to see how Filipe Massa (Ferrari) defeats Lewis Hamilton (McLaren). The Spaniard also admitted that it is his friend - Robert Kubica - he would like to see most on the first place.

John Paul II will be announced as saint during a separate ceremony, devoted entirely to his person, and not - as media have suggested recently- together with the other Popes - writes a daily "Dziennik".

Poland lost its match yesterday against Slovakia, being beaten 2-1 in the final minutes of the game in Bratislava.

EU leaders stuck to ambitious targets for tackling climate change on Wednesday, despite Italy and a group of eastern European nations calling for caution during the economic crisis.

Czech President Vaclav Klaus is in Poland with a working visit, having first met for breakfast with Poland's Lech Kaczyński. The visit closes this afternoon with a presentation of the Polish edition of a book by Mr. Klaus.

President Lech Kaczynski has reiterated his earlier announcement that he intends to attend the forthcoming EU summit in Brussels. “It is absolutely natural that both the president and the prime minister are present at a summit. There is nothing extraordinary about it. I say: let’s go together” – the president said in an interview for the private TVN24 station.