WARSAW (Thomson Financial) - Poland is unlikely to enter the pre-euro exchange rate mechanism this year and its chief barrier to joining in the near future will be volatility on financial markets and high inflation, Finance Minister Jacek Rostowski said Sunday.

WARSAW. FEBRUARY 24. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - Poland has started to rebuild its international position and revived hopes within the European Union of playing a prominent role in the shaping of the EU’s eastern policy, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Sunday.

WARSAW, Poland Poland will only sign up to accept a U.S. missile defense base if Washington gives significant help to modernizing Poland’s military, the Polish defense minister said in comments published Saturday.

WARSAW, Poland - Poland will only sign up to accept a U.S. missile defence base if Washington gives significant help to modernizing Poland’s military, the Polish defence minister said in comments published Saturday.

Poland will only sign up to accept a U.S. missile defense base if Washington gives significant help to modernizing Poland’s military, the Polish defense minister said in comments published Saturday.

Britain’s admission that the US used its territory to transfer terror suspects has rekindled debate in Europe over secret renditions. The EU is urging Romania and Poland to respond to charges that they hosted CIA jails.

LUBLIN, Poland — Rabbi Tanya Segal wraps a fringed prayer shawl around her shoulders, holds a guitar on crossed legs and leads Poles in songs celebrating the Jewish Sabbath.

Pittsburgh’s Andrew Paul, directing “Stuff Happens” in a language he does not speak at the Slaski Theatre in Katowice, Poland, continues his occasional journal.

The European Commission on Friday said Poland and Romania have been dodging requests for clarification about allegations they were involved in Washington’s program of secretly transporting terror suspects to clandestine prisons.

WARSAW (AFP)–Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced Friday moves to introduce a single-rate so-called ‘flat tax’ on personal income in 2010, or 2011 at the latest, but didn’t reveal the planned percentage.