German President Revives Controversial Expellee Memorial Row
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- German President Revives Controversial Expellee Memorial Row
- Poland village starts planning for summer
- Poland to send more troops to Afghanistan.
- INTERVIEW Agora CE says hopeful results could top 100 mln zlotys in…
- Polish telecoms regulator eyes new tender for mobile frequencies
German President Revives Controversial Expellee Memorial Row
Deutsche Welle – Dec 31, 2007
The Polish side “would surely understand that any matters related to German personalities would have to be decided in Germany” he said. According to German estimates some 15 million German speakers were expelled from their homes in the aftermath of the war. Up to 2 million are thought to have died as a result of the expulsions. Poland wants joint European museumBerlin’s plans to build a memorial to ethnic Germans expelled from Eastern Europe at the end of World War II remain a strong irritant in German-Polish ties… Earlier this month newly elected Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk urged the German government to abandon the plans for the memorial in Berlin during a visit to the city to meet with Merkel. At the time Tusk told the online edition of the mass-selling newspaper Bild that Poland would never accept anything that called into question how the war was seen in its historical context. Poland fears the planned center might also portray the aggressors as victims. “It is important that the plans for a center against the expulsions in Berlin are abandoned” he said. Tusk proposed the Germans instead participate in a joint European project for a World War II museum. He called for establishing a museum that takes the fate of the expellees into account “in a conclusive and comprehensive context” of the war as a whole.
Poland village starts planning for summer
Youngstown Vindicator – Dec 31, 2007
By DENISE DICKVINDICATR STAFF WRITERPLAND ? Christmas trees remain standing and decorated in many homes but organizers of events to mark another holiday say it?s not too early to be looking toward that summer celebration. For 2007 Town ne Streetscapes and the Poland Firemen?s Association hosted the community?s Independence Day festivities. For several years prior a group called Poland Forum had run the fireworks portion of the celebration with the firemen?s association handling the parade. When the forum group decided not to continue their involvement the firemen?s association called on Streetscapes for help said Lee Ingold association president. The 2007 event drew between 6000 and 6500 people Ingold said.
Poland to send more troops to Afghanistan.
Free with registration – UPI NewsTrack – AccessMyLibrary.com – Dec 31, 2007
Poland to send more troops to Afghanistan. (31-DEC-07) UPI NewsTrack. 31 (UPI) — Poland’s defense minister Bogdan Klich said.
INTERVIEW Agora CE says hopeful results could top 100 mln zlotys in…
Forbes – Dec 31, 2007
It has just launched a subsidiary in Ukraine. ‘We can say with a large amount of certainty that the first projects (in Ukraine) will be in the internet area in 2008 although in the future we do not rule out engaging in other sectors – press or publishing’ Sowa said. He added that Agora expects to make a move on any one of the markets in central and eastern Europe although Poland remains the group’s core market. ‘ur own funds and current credit line will be enough to support our current organic projects’ Sowa said. ‘An issue of shares might be needed to finance large-scale ‘transformative projects’ where we would be moving outside the current activities of the group.
Polish telecoms regulator eyes new tender for mobile frequencies
Forbes – Dec 31, 2007
‘These resources can either be auctioned off and we can count on the budget receiving substantial cash from two operators who bid for them or we can conduct a tender for an operator (who will build) infrastructure’ she told daily Gazeta Prawna in an interview. ‘(The latter) would be an operator for operators offering services to other operators. We have not yet decided what to do but the tender should be announced at the start of 2008. ‘ Poland’s fifth mobile operator CenterNET earlier this year beat out bids backed by existing network operators Polkomtel and Centertel the mobile unit of France Telecom (nyse:.
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