Poland vows no more deficit increases needed
The News Review:
- Poland vows no more deficit increases needed
- Cornerstone laid for Museum of Polish Jews
- US fficial in Poland to Discuss Missiles Threat
- Russia Still pposes US Plan for Missile Shield in Eastern Europe
- Poland-flooding input
- Poland lacks muscle to diversify gas supplies
Poland vows no more deficit increases needed
guardian.co.uk
72billion) the finance minister said on Thursday adding he sawpositive signs in the economy that boded well for the future. Jacek Rostowski speaking at a news conference also saidthe zloty has clearly stabilised compared with the first quarterof this year but that Warsaw was in no hurry to push anew forentry to the pre-euro ERM-2 currency mechanism. “There is no chance the deficit can be higher than the 27billion zloty figure” Rostowski told a news conference. Last week Poland’s centre-right government revised upwardsits budget deficit target from 18.
Related from Lasilla: Spain to review all taxes as deficit spirals -govt
Cornerstone laid for Museum of Polish Jews
AFP
In the works for a decade the long-awaited multi-million dollar multi-media facility is expected to open its door in 2011. “Prior to the Holocaust the Shoah Warsaw was one of the world’s main centres of Jewish life where politics culture publishing and Jewish theatre thrived — in fact it was the leading centre surpassing other cities in the US and Europe” project director Jerzy Halbersztadt told guests at the site. During the Holocaust the district was inside the infamous Warsaw Ghetto where all told Nazi Germany imprisoned more than 400000 Polish Jews many of whom died of starvation or disease or were sent to death camps. The bricks used as the cornerstones came from the World War II-era foundations of the last headquarters of the Council of Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto the scene of a famous wartime uprising Halbersztadt said.
US fficial in Poland to Discuss Missiles Threat
Voice of America
“And the longer-term expectation right now from the United States’ perspective is that eventually that capability will also be projected as far away as the United States. So working with our partners in this regard is very important. “The Bush Administration plan called for the installation of 10 anti-missile missiles in Poland linked to a sophisticated radar that would be built in the Czech Republic. Admiral Mullen says just how the new U. administration will work with its partners on missile defense is still under review. “The United States is committed to the relationship with Poland and certainly supporting modernization of the Polish military” he added.
Russia Still pposes US Plan for Missile Shield in Eastern Europe
Voice of America
President Barack bama and his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev. officials said the system was needed to defend Europe and the United States against potential threats from countries such as Iran. However Daryll Kimball Executive Director of the Arms Control Association – a private research firm – says Iran does not pose an immediate danger.
Poland-flooding input
Youngstown Vindicator
Poland-flooding inputPLAND ? Joseph Mazur village council president wants residents who experienced flooding during the last heavy rain to notify village hall. Earlier this year the Mahoning County Sanitary Engineer?s office installed plastic inserts in sanitary-sewer manholes in the village to try to prevent storm water from entering sewer lines. Mazur wants residents to call (330) 757-2112 so village officials will know if those inserts have worked. Man arrested in storeAUSTINTWN ? Police arrested a township man after he was found inside JCPenney after the store had closed. fficers responded to an alarm at the Mahoning Avenue business about 4:20 a.
Poland lacks muscle to diversify gas supplies
guardian.co.uk
The European Union’s largest ex-communist economy gets twothirds of its natural gas and more than 90 percent of its oilfrom Russia via pipelines across Ukraine and Belarus. A third ofPoland’s gas needs are covered by domestic extraction. Poland’s negotiating position appears as weak as ever aheadof a final phase of negotiations with Russia to secure deliveryof 2. 5 billion cubic metres of gas needed to meet annual demand.
Written by admin on July 2nd, 2009 with
no comments.
Read more articles on News.