Poland

News: Prague remembers Aug. 21, 1968 - Ceremonies, exhibits mark anniversary of Soviet-led invasion

praguepost.com     20 hrs ago          

By Kimberly Hiss Staff Writer, The Prague Post August 27th, 2008 issue From the exhibition "And the Tanks Arrived," part of the Warsaw Pact invasion re-enactment in front of the National Museum on Wenceslas Square. That’s...                    

Hearts swoop for Mrowiec

4thegame.com     19 hrs ago   2 related          

Hearts have added Poland midfielder Adrian Mrowiec to their already substantial ranks from FBK Kaunas. Mrowiec was part of the Kaunas side that dumped Rangers out of the Champions League qualifiers earlier this month....                    

Son of ex-Georgian president says Kremlin brutality never changes

kyivpost.com     21 hrs ago   1 related          

By REDJEB JORDANIA, the son of Noe Jordania, the president of the first Republic of Georgia The events in Georgia demonstrate once and for all that Russia has remained basically the same throughout the centuries, whether...                    

NATO denies Black Sea naval build up

iht.com     18 hrs ago   42 related          

NATO on Thursday rejected Russian criticism of its decision to send navy ships to the Black Sea, saying the four vessels there — from the United States, Spain, Germany and Poland — are on a routine exercise far from the...                    

A Polish tailor finds peace in Inverness

reuters.com     20 hrs ago          

EDINBURGH (Reuters Life!) - The wartime disintegration of family life is vividly portrayed in a hit play at the Edinburgh Fringe festival in which a young tailor from Poland finally finds a haven in the Scottish city of...                    

Blog: Reagan and the Cold War cont . . .

americanheritage.com     20 hrs ago   1 related          

Posted by American Heritage Staff at 07:00 AM EST Several letter writers in your recent Fall 2008 issue’s Letters to the Editor dismissed President Ronald Reagan's role in ending the Cold War, particularly in Poland. In...                    

Nanette Real Estate H1 pretax profit rises

finanznachrichten.de     21 hrs ago          

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Nanette Real Estate Group N.V. said its first-half pretax profit rose to 5.2 million euros from 3.7 million euros last year on the back of apartment sales in Hungary and Poland. For the six...                    

Poland's PGNiG to transfer Baltic LNG project to Gaz System

platts.com     13 hrs ago          

Warsaw (Platts) -- 28Aug2008 -- Poland's state-controlled PGNiG is set to sell the subsidiary responsible for its planned Baltic LNG terminal project to the country's state-owned gas transmission operator Gaz System, a...                    

ANALYSIS-Poles, Balts seek tough EU stance on Russia

alertnet.org     15 hrs ago   3 related          

By Gareth Jones WARSAW, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Poland and the ex-Soviet Baltic states hope to stiffen the EU's backbone in its stance on Russia at an emergency summit next week, but fear Europe's heavy reliance on Russian...                    

Poland Witnesses Huge Dive in Hog Numbers

thepigsite.com     23 hrs ago          

POLAND - The last time the number of hogs in Poland was this low was back in 1984. As a result, bankruptcies are expected. "The decrease is dramatic. On the one hand it’s caused by falling hog prices, on the other – by...