http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/poland/ en-us Tue, 2 Sep 2008 22:39:00 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073321/posts A joint Ukrainian-Polish-British tactical exercise began on Tuesday at the Nova Demba military training grounds in Poland, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said. The Cossack Steppe 2008 exercise is part of the NATO Partnership for Peace Program and has been conducted in succession on the territories of the three countries since 1997. rian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2073321/posts#comment Tue, 2 Sep 2008 22:39:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072015/posts [translated from Polish]The assembly of a gigantic monument of Christ the King has just begun on the outskirts of Swiebodzin, Poland. Situated on the small hill several miles east of the German-Polish border, the statue is erected not only as a fruit of faith of the local people but also as a towering symbol of welcome to Catholic Poland, perfectly seen from both A-2 Highway and S3 Fastway. Almost 100-foot-tall statue of Christ the King will be 4 feet higher than a famous statue of Christ the Redeemer, which is overlooking Rio de Janeiro. Designed by a priest Sylvester Zawadzki... Wirtualna Polska http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072015/posts#comment Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:06:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2069962/posts Citing the “increased threat from a traditional enemy,” Syrian President Bashar Assad is beseeching Moscow for new weapons to defend his country. The “increased threat” supposedly comes from the recent Polish-US agreement to install anti-missile defenses in Poland. With most observers having difficulty comprehending the connection, Assad explained his reasoning. “The threat to our country from Poland goes back six decades,” Assad asserted. “They had an opportunity to finish off their Jews. Instead, after the war, they allowed them to escape to Israel. Israel now poses a constant irritation to us. We are seeking Russian aid to help us eradicate... AZCONSERVATIVE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2069962/posts#comment Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:03:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069294/posts Russia may use Poland's energy needs as leverage Missile deal could interrupt oil and gas link Gabriela Baczynska and Pawel Bernat, Reuters Published: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Poland must brace for possible trouble with Russian gas and oil supplies after Warsaw angered Moscow by agreeing to host parts of a global U.S. defence missile shield, analysts say. A deliberate interruption in supplies may not be in the cards but Poland is likely to have a hard time renegotiating long-term contracts and convincing Russia to keep using it as a transit country. Russia, which supplies 95 per cent of Poland's oil... Calgary Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069294/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:59:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069285/posts Poland's Sikorski: Russia would lose confrontation with West (Roundup) Europe News Aug 27, 2008, 13:03 GMT Warsaw - Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski said in an interview Wednesday he would prefer Russia to work with the West and that Moscow would lose again if it came to confrontation. 'As Europe, we're 10 times richer than Russia and along with the United States 20 times,' Sikorski told the daily Dziennik. 'I'd prefer if Russia worked together and integrated itself with the wider-known West, but if it comes to confrontation, then it will lose again.' Sikorski's comments came a day after Russian... M&C http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069285/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:50:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069282/posts 100 GIs to man Patriot missile battery in Poland By Jeff Schogol, Stars and Stripes Mideast edition, Wednesday, August 27, 2008 ARLINGTON, Va. — About 100 U.S. soldiers are expected to man a Patriot missile battery in Poland as part of an agreement recently struck between U.S. and Polish officials, a top State Department official said Monday. Under the agreement, the United States can base part of its missile defense system in Poland; in return, the U.S. military will send Patriot missiles to Poland. Both sides hope to establish a garrison for the battery by 2012, said John C. Rood,... Stars and Stripes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069282/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:45:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068567/posts Russia threatens military response to US missiles MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is warning his country may respond to a U.S. missile shield in Europe through military means. Medvedev says that the deployment of an anti-missile system close to Russian borders "will of course create additional tensions." "We will have to react somehow, to react, of course, in a military way," Medvedev was quoted as saying Tuesday by the RIA-Novosti news agency. Russian officials have already warned of a military response to the U.S. plans, but the statement by the Russian leader was likely to further aggravate already... AP via Google http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068567/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:56:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068463/posts Poland is to open job market to workers from Moldova, Georgia 26.08.2008 Poland's labor ministry plans to open the country's labor market to citizens of more non-EU countries, including the citizens of Georgia and Moldova. According to the ministry's estimations, the first workers from these countries could arrive to Poland as early as next spring. Danuta Isler reports It was back in February that the Polish Ministry of Labor and Social Policy introduced new regulations allowing the citizens of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia to work in Poland for up to six months. Now the ministry is working on opening of... polskieradio.pl http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068463/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:31:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068462/posts 'Drink Georgian wines, don't be afraid of Putin!' 26.08.2008 Drink Georgian wines, don't be afraid of Putin! This is the slogan of the "Solidarity with Georgia" initiative, which organized a happening in Warsaw. Co-organizer of the event, journalist Piotr Lisiewicz has said that Poles should buy Georgian products to support that country's economy. Lisiewicz stresses, that Vladimir Putin introduced an embargo on Georgian wines in 2005. Wine and mineral water are main export products of Georgia. In 2005 Russia imposed an embargo on both. Earlier it had been the largest importer of those products. polskieradio.pl http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068462/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:29:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067827/posts Polish Commentary Analyzes Russia's Relations With West Posted on: Monday, 25 August 2008, 06:00 CDT Text of report by Polish newspaper Polityka on 23 August [Commentary by Marek Ostrowski: "What about Russia?" - the article incorporates a box with commentary by "W.S": "Shield Still Uncertain"] The interests of global powers - Russia, the United States and the EU - are bound up with the issue of Georgia, a small yet strategically located country. This conflict has yet again intensified Poland's fear of Russia, a feeling that runs in our blood. Do we have reason to fear? History likes to repeat... redOrbit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067827/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:15:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067822/posts Eastern Europe Can Defend Itself By MAX BOOT August 25, 2008; Page A13 Eastern Europeans are rightly alarmed about the brazenness and success of the Russian blitzkrieg into Georgia. For many living in Russia's shadow, this is reviving traumatic memories -- of 1968 for Czechs, 1956 for Hungarians, 1939 for Poles. It does not help that senior Russian generals are threatening to rain nuclear annihilation on Ukraine and Poland if they refuse to toe the Kremlin's line. Even those states which, unlike Georgia and Ukraine, are already in NATO can take scant comfort. As Poland's foreign minister, Radek Sikorski, says,... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067822/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:08:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067814/posts U.S. to give Poland five C-130 Hercules planes 2008-08-26 00:06:58 WARSAW, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Poland will get from the United States five 40-year-old C-130 Hercules transport planes as part of allied assistance, Rzeczpospolita daily reported on Monday. The first one is expected in Poland in October and the last one in 2012. 50 Polish pilots and technicians are being trained in the U.S. to service the planes. According to the newspaper, the planes will be used for soldier and equipment transport for military missions. At present the Polish Air Forces use Spanish CASA C-295M which are not fit for... Xinhua http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067814/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:57:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067812/posts Katyn “deserved revenge”? Created: 25.08.2008 15:09 “Stalin was an efficient leader, not a murderer. The killing of Polish officers in Katyn was a well-deserved revenge,“ will be the new official historical theory taught in Russian schools. Before the opening of the new school year, the Russian Academy of Qualification Improvement and Professional Retraining of Education Employees has released guidelines for teachers regarding the history syllabus in schools. From now on, Russian pupils will be informed that some 22,000 Polish officers were indeed killed by the NKVD in Katyn in 1940, but the act was fully justified and “politically suitable”, reports... thenews.pl http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067812/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:54:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067276/posts Swedish power metal band singing praises of Polish soldiers 22.08.2008 A song recorded by a power metal band from Sweden tells the story of a heroic stand by Polish soldiers in World War II. Presented by Elzbieta Krajewska "Baptised in fire, 40 to 1 Spirit of Spartans Death and glory; Soldiers of Poland Second to none" goes the song by the Swedish power metal band Sabaton. They tell the story of the Battle of Wizna, when over four days of September 1939, 720 Polish soldiers under the command of WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Raginis held off an attack by more than 42 thousand... polskieradio.pl http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067276/posts#comment Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:25:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066920/posts WASHINGTON — U.S. outrage over Russia's invasion of Georgia could prompt Congress to speed up plans for a missile defense system in eastern Europe. As missile defense proponents push congressional Democrats to drop funding restrictions, however, they appear to be bolstering an argument made repeatedly by Moscow and rejected by Washington: that the true target of the system is Russia. But Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif., one of the authors of the restrictions, said Democrats will not bend on testing. "The events in Georgia have nothing to do with the interceptors the U.S. is considering deploying in Poland, and Congress believes... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066920/posts#comment Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:53:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066848/posts Mr. Putin’s mistake By VANYA EFTIMOVA BELLINGER - Guest Columnist I might be biased. My husband was one of the first American soldiers deployed to train the Georgian troops in 2006. We pray for our friends stuck in that tiny country — both Georgians and Americans. I am Bulgarian by birth, an Eastern European — a member of a group of countries and societies known as very sensible when it comes to the Russia of the past of the Soviet bloc. Reading the news about the violence in Caucasus, the average Westerner might be surprised and confused about how the... The State http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066848/posts#comment Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:20:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066859/posts Polska osada na tureckiej ziemi Saturday, August 23, 2008 'Our situation is extraordinary,' used to describe the position of Polish residents of Polonezköy Zofia Ryzy, who lived there all her life, 'Poland is our motherland, but Adampol on the Bosporus is like Poland with all its traditions on the Turkish soil' Marzena Romanowska ISTANBUL – Turkish Daily News The asphalt road leading to Polonezköy, or Adampol, as residents call it, was constructed only 10 years ago. Nowadays, especially in spring and fall, hundreds of vehicles use it to get to this peaceful oasis in the outskirts of Istanbul. People escaping... Turkish Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066859/posts#comment Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:51:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066609/posts http://www.russiatoday.com/guests/video/1484 Autonomous Nonprofit Organization TV-Novosti http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066609/posts#comment Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:58:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066301/posts Text of US-Polish anti-missile agreement published Created: 22.08.2008 09:07 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has published on its web site the unabridged text of the agreement on the deployment of the antimissile shield between the US and Poland signed yesterday by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski. According to the agreement, the antimissile shield is to be an answer to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and means for their delivery, including ballistic missiles. Washington and Warsaw stress that the agreement was signed in compliance with international law and previous agreements between the two... thenews.pl http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066301/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:20:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066298/posts Georgian President grateful for Poland’s help Created: 22.08.2008 12:20 President Saakashvili of Georgia expressed gratitude on Polish Radio this morning to President Lech Kaczynski and Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski for their visit to Tbilisi during the war with Russia. President Mikhail Saakashvili told Polish Radio and other Western media in an eight minute interview on Friday that President Kaczynski and FM Sikorski’s Georgian visit after the outbreak of military action in South Ossetia, “was an act of great courage” on their part and he was grateful for that. "These people took a great risk,” said Saakashvili and explained that their... thenews.pl http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066298/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:16:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066265/posts WARSAW (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski celebrated the signing of a missile shield deal this week with Georgian wine, a choice sure to leave a bitter taste for Russia. Moscow, embroiled in a row with the West over its military incursion into the tiny ex-Soviet republic of Georgia, is fiercely opposed to the missile shield, saying it poses a direct threat to its own security. Poland says the choice of Georgian 2005 Kakhetian Royal wine to complement Polish pike-perch at a dinner hosted by Sikorski was not meant as a slight... reuters.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066265/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:54:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066014/posts NATO warships, which passed through Istanbul's Bosporus Strait Thursday, entered the Black Sea for long-planned exercises and routine visits to ports in Romania and Bulgaria, the alliance said. A U.S. Navy warship entered Turkey's Dardanel Strait on Friday taking relief supplies to Georgia. Three warships - from Spain, Germany and Poland - sailed into the Black Sea on Thursday. The move is not linked to the tensions over Russia's invasion of Georgia, which lies on the eastern shore of the Black Sea, about 900 kilometers (550 miles) from the Romanian coast, said officials at NATO's military command in southern Belgium.... Hürriyet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066014/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:55:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065854/posts The most grotesque aspect of Russia’s aggression in Georgia is the repeated Russian claim that Georgia poses a threat to Russia and its citizens. In language harking back to the Orwellian rhetoric of the Cold War, all Russian troops are “peacekeepers” and all Georgian forces are “diversionaries” and “terrorists.” Russian troops are now openly occupying Georgian territory on the grounds that law and order in Georgia has collapsed. Of course it has. Russian tanks and airplanes crushed it underfoot. Moscow bemoans the absence of “legitimate political leadership” in Georgian territories like Gori even as its troops occupy Gori without the... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065854/posts#comment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:59:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065725/posts US senators urge Poland to ratify missile shield Posted : Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:50:13 GMT Author : DPA Warsaw - Two top supporters of US presidential hopeful John McCain on Thursday urged Poland to "quickly" ratify a deal to station part of a Pentagon anti-missile shield, and condemned Russian "belligerence" in the wake of its invasion of Georgia. "We cannot allow ourselves to be bullied by the Russians out of ratifying this agreement," said US Senator Joe Lieberman, whose name has been mentioned among the possible vice presidential candidates for the Republican Party. Lieberman and Senator Lindsey Graham stopped... EarthTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065725/posts#comment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:43:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065722/posts Poland, Ukraine and the Baltics Nervous neighbours Aug 21st 2008 | MOSCOW AND WARSAW NOBODY has watched the war in Georgia more anxiously than Russia’s western neighbours. Recently the Russians have been bellicose towards Ukraine, the three Baltic states and Poland. It was no surprise when leaders from the other four flew with the Polish president to Tbilisi to express solidarity with Georgia’s Mikheil Saakashvili. It was also no coincidence that Poland signed a deal with the Americans to host missile-defence interceptors. The deal marks the end of a game of hardball, with the Poles turning down many American offers... The Economist http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2065722/posts#comment Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:41:03 GMT