Lech Kaczynski

Poland's president in string of gaffes

Poland's president has put words in Barack Obama's mouth, kept Condoleezza Rice waiting, and snubbed national icon Lech Walesa. Now, many Poles are cringing over Lech Kaczynski's gaffes and fretting about the damage to Poland's...

Polish heros of Holocaust receive medals

Dozens of Poles were awarded medals Monday for risking their lives during World War II to save Jews from the Holocaust. President Lech Kaczynski awarded state medals — many posthumously — to about 70 people from across Poland....

Latvia celebrates 90 years since it first declared independence

Riga - Four regional presidents were to visit Latvia Tuesday to help the small Baltic republic celebrate 90 years since it first declared its independence from Russia. President Valdis Zatlers of Latvia will be joined by...

Missile Defense: Up in the Air

Among the questions raised by President-elect Barack Obama's victory, one has been largely overlooked by his critics and supporters: What fate awaits the international missile defense system Washington has been building over...

Well-Oiled Friendship Or Political Pipe Dream?

WELL-OILED FRIENDSHIP OR POLITICAL PIPE DREAM? Ruben Zarbabyan, RT Russia Today http://www.russiatoday.com/features/news/33286 Nov 14 2008 A meeting to discuss the diversification of Europe's energy supply in under way in Baku,...

Antimissile Antipathy

From the magazine issue dated Nov 24, 2008 He hasn't been the president-elect for long, but Barack Obama is already facing his first foreign-policy contretemps. Within hours of the election, Russian leader Dmitri Medvedev...

Civic Platform Still Dominant in Poland

Poland’s ruling party has lost public backing but remains well ahead of its rivals, according to a poll by PBS DGA published in Gazeta Wyborcza. 48 per cent of respondents would vote for the Civic Platform (PO) in the next...

Presidents of Azerbaijan and Poland meet

Touching on the Baku Energy summit, the Presidents noted its importance in terms of expanding international energy cooperation. President Ilham Aliyev met with his Polish counterpart Lech Kaczynski on November 14,. Both...

Biden prepares for role

Cheney welcomes VP-elect to his first Washington home Vice President-elect Joe Biden was all smiles yesterday when he paid a courtesy call on the man he will succeed, Dick Cheney. But he has insisted he wants to be nothing like...

Baku Energy Summit ends

Baku Declaration was adopted at the end of the Summit. The fourth International Energy Summit has ended today after three hours of speeches and discussions. The Summit was concluded by adoption of Baku Declaration. Azerbaijani...

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