Archive for August, 2007



Reality TV could solve Poland’s organ donor shortage (Warsaw Business Journal)

Wednesday 1 August 2007 @ 2:29 am

Polish Ombudsman for Human Rights (RPO) Janusz Kochanowski asked the Minister of Health whether it would be a good idea to broadcast the controversial Dutch “Big Donor Show” in Poland.




PGNiG says gas supplies to Poland not interrupted (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)

Wednesday 1 August 2007 @ 11:38 am

WARSAW, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Polish gas monopoly PGNiG said on Wednesday it was not seeing any interruption in Russian gas delivery to Poland after Gazprom said it would halve its supplies to Belarus.




Poland sells 1.4 bln zlotys of 2-yr bond vs 2 bln offered - ministry (Sharewatch)

Wednesday 1 August 2007 @ 11:27 am

WARSAW (Thomson Financial) - Poland sold 1.4 bln zlotys of its 2-yr bonds at a primary tender today, short of the 2 bln zlotys on offer, the finance ministry said.




Poland’s PKN Orlen may appoint BGZ’s Maj as new CFO - report (Sharewatch)

Wednesday 1 August 2007 @ 8:25 am

WARSAW (Thomson Financial) - Poland’s largest oil refiner PKN Orlen may appoint Cezary Maj, Bank BGZ current deputy head, as its new chief financial officer, daily Parkiet quoted unnmamed sources as saying.




Fluor Selected for Grupa LOTOS Project in Poland (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Wednesday 1 August 2007 @ 12:00 pm

DALLAS—-Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded a contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services to build utilities and off-sites for the Grupa LOTOS Comprehensive Technical Upgrade Program in Gdansk, Poland.




Poland’s prime minister marks 63rd anniversary of the doomed Warsaw Uprising (KYIV Post)

Wednesday 1 August 2007 @ 3:30 pm

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski and other dignitaries attended wreath-laying ceremonies August 1 marking the 63rd anniversary of the doomed World War II revolt of Warsaw residents against their Nazi occupiers.




Visiting Jews involved in Poland incident (UPI)

Wednesday 1 August 2007 @ 10:19 pm

A group of Jews said they’d pay for damages caused when they forced their way into a museum at the former Nazi camp in Majdanek in southeastern Poland.




Poland observes 1944 Warsaw Uprising (UPI)

Wednesday 1 August 2007 @ 8:34 pm

Poland observed the 63rd anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising Wednesday with ceremonies paying tribute to Poles killed in the doomed revolt against the Nazis.




Poland marks 63rd anniversary of World War II’s Warsaw Uprising (Gulf Times)

Thursday 2 August 2007 @ 12:15 am

WARSAW: Memorial ceremonies yesterday across Poland marked the 63rd anniversary of the tragic Warsaw Uprising of Polish Home Army (AK) partisans against occupying Nazi German forces, bent on systematically destroying the Polish capital and its population during World War II.




Poland observes 1944 Warsaw Uprising (Moldova.org)

Wednesday 1 August 2007 @ 10:01 pm

Poland observed the 63rd anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising Wednesday with ceremonies paying tribute to Poles killed in the doomed revolt against the Nazis.Janusz Kurtyka, chairman of the Institute of National Remembrance, said the main goal of the revolt was to secure Poland’s independent position in the world, Polish Radio reported.Sirens wailed across Warsaw and other major cities, decorated …




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