According to official statistics there are almost 20,000 food companies in Poland, but only a few of them are large corporations and moreover only Grupa Nestle, Grupa Animex and Maspex Wadowice had annual sales exceeding zł.2 billion.

RYANAIR has stopped negotiations to establish a base in Poland because of increases in passenger fees.

Since placing fourth at the 2004 Olympics, the U.S. men’s volleyball team has been keen on proving it belongs among the world’s medal contenders. It took a large step toward proving it’ll be in contention for the Olympic podium next month with a five-set win over Poland on Friday.

WARSAW. JULY 24. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - U.S. Patriot missile batteries would not protect Poland from an attack by Russia, so the Polish government should concentrate on guaranteeing fast troop movements for U.S. or NATO troops, Polish daily Rzeczpospolita wrote Thursday.

Polish and U.S. negotiators have made progress on technical details of installing a controversial missile shield in Poland, the PAP state news agency quoted Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on Wednesday as saying.

Poland and the U.S. took a step on Wednesday toward resolving a dispute over Warsaw’s demands for defense aid in exchange for accepting part of an American missile defense system.

The United States and Poland will hold their next round of talks on US plans to install a controversial missile shield on Polish soil at the end of August in Washington, a senior Polish official said Wednesday in Warsaw.

Polish and U.S. officials are holding talks on Warsaw’s demands for defense aid in exchange for placing part of an American missile defense system in Poland.

Poland’s Elblag canal is a gravity-defying waterway like none other, offering a cruise that is part easy-going romp, part San Francisco cable car ride through idyllic countryside.

WASHINGTON — When Bronislaw Geremek was tragically killed in a car crash in Poland in mid-July, most Americans did not recognize his name. Geremek, who? Bronislaw, what? Oh yes, we do know where Poland is — more or less.