Poland’s new government admits it is in a ‘race against time’ to lure back economic migrants who went to the UK for a better life.

The construction of a new nuclear power plant in Lithuania does not depend on Poland’s participation, Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus said in Riga Tuesday.

WARSAW. OCTOBER 30. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - Poland dropped eight spots to No. 41 in an A.T. Kearney Globalization Index for 2007, primarily because the country failed to properly take advantage of benefits from European Union accession, Aleksander Kwiatkowski, chief executive for management consulting firm A.T. Kearney told a press conference Tuesday.

The Czech Republic and Poland are discussing the possibility of establishing a joint battle group within the Visegrad Four (V4) group, Czech military chief of staff Vlastimil Picek said in Prague Monday. “We discussed the year 2015. …

A U.S. envoy in Warsaw said a missile shield system in Eastern Europe is essential for Poland’s security, Polish Radio reported Monday.

(Updates, adding details.) BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- Hungary, the Czech Republic, Spain and Poland are lagging in their adoption of new European Union rules on financial services, the European Union’s executive commission said Monday.

MOSCOW, October 29 (RIA Novosti) - A military court in Moscow sentenced Monday a Russian major to seven years in prison for spying for Poland.

MOSCOW (AP) - A Moscow military court on Monday found an officer guilty of treason for selling state secrets to Poland and sentenced him to seven years in prison, a court spokesman said.

BRUSSELS -(Dow Jones)- Hungary, the Czech Republic, Spain and Poland are lagging far behind in their adoption of new European Union rules on financial services, the European Union’s executive commission said Monday.

WARSAW -(Dow Jones)- Jacek Rostowski, an advocate of fast euro adoption, is the odds-on favorite to become finance minister in Poland’s new government, led by the pro-business Civic Platform party, people familiar with coalition talks said Monday.