Historical links Nov 9, 2009
It has been a long week, bound together by long train journeys through the cities and farmlands of Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland. I like trains. (BBC News -- Europe)
When the Berlin Wall came down Nov 9, 2009
From Bulgaria in the south to Poland in the north, the old order gave way to the new, change sweeping through Europe and later sweeping the Soviet Union into history. And the cold war would eventually end. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Fall of the Berlin Wall: Timeline Nov 9, 2009
April 5 The Roundtable Agreement is signed in Poland, legalizing independent trade unions and calling the first partially democratic elections in June ... Dec. 9 Poland elects Lech Walesa president. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Fall of the Berlin Wall: A Victory for Europe Nov 9, 2009
When the wall came down, change came rapidly to the East: Hungary opened its borders; Vaclav Havel was elected President in Czechoslovakia; Solidarity came to power in Poland. The Baltic States were freed two years later, and through this movement, Eastern Europe became democratic. (BusinessWeek)
Tear Down This Wall Nov 9, 2009
Reagan knew what the Berlin Wall signified, and Reagan knew also of the feelings of the people trapped behind it, far behind it even into Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and the Soviet Union itself. It took just nine years from the first time he stood before that Wall as an interested citizen and not even a candidate for office, on his first visit ever to Germany, until the time as President when he could stand shoulder to shoulder with the chancellor of Germany, Helmut Kohl, to appeal to... (Human Events Online)
Swimming & Diving Impressive In Sweep Over Maine Nov 8, 2009
Junior (Lodz, Poland) also won two events for the Seawolves. On the women's side, freshmen (Toronto, Ontario) and (Dover Plains, N.Y.) each won two events on Saturday. (Goseawolves.org)
Vacationing in Lovely... North Korea? Nov 7, 2009
In 2009, equally personable 20-something Ms. Han, who had studied in Poland, exclaimed "Sure!" via her front-of-coach microphone. We snapped away. (Time.com)
Good evening, live from the Berlin Wall Nov 6, 2009
By the autumn of 1989, the Solidarity movement had pushed out the Communist government in Poland, and Hungary had adopted a multi-party system. Demands for freedom were spreading across the region. (MSNBC -- International)
Fall Of The Wall? U.S. Sends Regrets Nov 6, 2009
Meanwhile, Russia has been practicing a nuclear invasion of an abandoned Poland ... It did not escape the notice of the Poles and indeed the rest of Europe when we chose the 70th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland on Sept. 17, 1939, to tell the Polish government in a midnight phone call that we were pulling the plug on our commitment to place ground-based missile interceptors in Poland ... Documents obtained by Wprost, one of Poland's leading news magazines, reveal that at that same... (Investors Business Daily)
Visiting Auschwitz and Birkenau Nov 5, 2009
Auschwitz and Birkenau are two concentration camps in southern Poland built in German-occupied Poland during World War II. These two camps are among the most well-known camps for several reasons ... The camps were built when Germany occupied that region of Poland. (Suite101.com)
From the archive: When the party's over Nov 4, 2009
Before the Wall became porous, more than 200,000 East Germans had already fled westward this year, first over Hungary's green border , later by way of Czechoslovakia and Poland. Many of the emigrants were young and well-qualified. (The Economist)
Russia 'simulates' nuclear attack on Poland... Nov 3, 2009
Russia 'simulates' nuclear attack on Poland - Telegraph ... Russia 'simulates' nuclear attack on Poland ... Russia has provoked outrage in Poland by simulating an air and sea attack on the country during military exercises. (The Drudge Report)
Bulldogs Host Alberta Monday For Lone Exhibition Contest Nov 2, 2009
Like Arop and Olynyk, Harris earned invaluable experience this past summer playing for Germany in the European championships in Poland. He played for BIS Speyer in the German ProB third division for four years, averaging 20. (Gozags.com)
Where the hotties live Nov 1, 2009
Thats according to researchers at the University of Gdansk in Poland, who clearly believe that beauty is not in the eye of the beholder, but in the numbers. So where do perfectly proportioned gender specimens congregate. (MSNBC -- Travel)
* Soccer Shorts Oct 31, 2009
The Poland international had made a solid comeback in the 2-1 victory over Liverpool as Arsenal advanced to the quarter-finals of the League Cup ... POLAND Loo patrols ahead of Euros ... Patrols of two, wearing white overalls, are boldly entering toilets across Poland to check whether the country is loo-ready for the 2012 Euro soccer championships. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Student-Athlete of the Week - Matt Hughes Oct 30, 2009
" - Superbad Favorite professional team: Toronto Maple Leafs (they're winning the cup this year) Favorite sports writer or announcer: Don Cherry Person you'd most like to meet: Han Solo Words that describes you best are: Awesome Best advice you've gotten about sports: "It means everything and it means nothing (Uoflsports.com)
NPS: Benefits to get better with time Oct 29, 2009
In Colombia, Uruguay and Poland centralised agencies collect contribution and distribute funds among the pension fund managers while Chile, Peru and Hungary have decentralised collection system and contributions are collected by the pension fund managers. In Chile, Mexico and Peru, there is no limit on fees, but there is not much variation in actual fee structure even without any cap. (India Times)
Eerie abandoned places Oct 28, 2009
He has photographed a deserted hospital in New Jersey, a vacant cinema house in Brazil, abandoned hotels on the beaches of Gabon and tenantless office buildings in Beirut, Poland, and Sri Lanka. I usually visit these places alone, unless there is a real danger, which there often is. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Polanski refused bail in Swiss court Oct 25, 2009
The court said that as a citizen of both France and Poland, Polanski could obtain more travel documents if he were required to turn them over to Swiss authorities. It noted that border crossings from Switzerland are especially easy by both land and air, in part because of the European Schengen agreement that allows for visa-free travel between member countries, but also because Polanski has access to private jets or helicopters. (CNN -- Showbiz)
US files Polanski extradition request in sex case Oct 24, 2009
A French native who moved to Poland as a child, Polanski has lived in France since fleeing the United States. France does not extradite its citizens. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
DVDs you should have seen -- but didn't Oct 22, 2009
It does pose a question right away: What's the relationship between this village in Poland or wherever the hell it is, and this suburban neighborhood in Minneapolis. E.C.: Another thing that appealed to us about it was that first you see Jews where you're used to seeing them, in the shtetl -- and then you see Jews on the plains. (Salon)
Poland Ready to Accept New U.S. Missile Defense Deal Oct 22, 2009
Oct. 21: Vice President Biden shakes hands with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk following a press statement after their talks in Warsaw, Poland. WARSAW, Poland Standing alongside Vice President Joe Biden, Poland's prime minister said Wednesday his country was ready to participate in the Obama administration's revamped plan for a U.S. missile defense shield in Europe ... President Obama removed a major irritant in relations with Russia last month by scrapping U.S. plans to place 10 interceptor... (Fox News)
Q&A on the news Oct 22, 2009
President George H.W. Bush traveled to Canada, Japan, China, South Korea, Italy, Vatican City, Belgium, Germany and England, and President George W. Bush visited Mexico, Canada, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Poland and Slovenia. President Jimmy Carter made trips to England and Switzerland, and Reagan traveled to Canada, but he was also recovering from the 1981 shooting at the same time. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
U.N. Repudiates Obama Diplomacy Oct 22, 2009
Remember, that s the same Russia for whom Barack Obama threw our allies in the Czech Republic and Poland under the bus, canceling plans for missile shields in those countries, in order to curry favor. There s one thing we know with certainty about Russia: They can smell weakness. (Human Events Online)
Biden to meet Romania leader, assure of US backing Oct 22, 2009
Romania has a U.S. military base at the Black Sea, but unlike Poland and the Czech Republic, the other countries the vice president is visiting on his Europe trip, there were never plans for a major anti-missile base in the country ... Biden began his three-nation tour of eastern Europe on Tuesday, to strengthen ties with America's allies in Poland ... Poland eagerly signed on to a revamped U.S. missile shield, a month after the Obama administration stung Poland by scrapping the Bush-era... (ABC 7 News, DC)
Spotted on Campus With...Kari Horn Oct 21, 2009
I had a three-week spring break when I was studying abroad and I spent the entire time traveling through Germany, Poland, Italy, Hungary, France and Ireland. I worked the entire summer to make up for it, but it was completely worth it. (Goleopards.com)
Polanski Loses Swiss Freedom Appeal Oct 21, 2009
Roman Polanski has received backing from directors and film stars in Hollywood and Europe, and from government officials in France and Poland, where he holds citizenship. (AP). (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Patriot League Volleyball Release - 10.19.09 Oct 20, 2009
Magdalena Tekiel, American Jr., OH, Warsaw, Poland Tekiel posted 46 kills (3. 83 per set) and 34 assists. (Patriotleague.com)
Boris Johnson: Divorce is good for London Oct 20, 2009
I wonder when would we reach that stage here in Poland. Thanks for a good read, Mr. Johnson. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Swimming & Diving Sweeps the College of Charleston Oct 20, 2009
Old Dominion Official Athletic Site. Swimming g Sweeps the College of Charleston. (Odusports.com)
Upsets galore as Wickmayer and Kvitova reach Linz final Oct 19, 2009
Third seed Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium defeated Italian Pennetta 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, and unseeded Czech Petra Kvitova upset Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-3, 6-2. Pennetta s defeat means that she is eliminated from the race for the last remaining place available at the WTA Championships in Doha, although her chance of qualifying was slim as she needed to win both Linz and next week s event in Moscow to have any hope of competing in the season-ending finale. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Humous in communism: East German jokes Oct 19, 2009
In the early 1980s, when the Polish government imposed martial law in response to strikes against food price increases and demands for political reform, the BND reported that some East German workers had also downed tools, and it gave the following analysis: "The GDR leadership believes the population is resilient and ready to make sacrifices but it is prepared to take tough action if necessary to prevent 'Polish conditions.'" It added a chapter on "Political jokes on the supply situation." Like... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Germany says EU concerns don't endanger Opel deal Oct 18, 2009
About half are in Germany and other plants are in Britain, Belgium, Poland and Spain. Klaus Franz, head of Opel's works council in Germany, echoed Guttenberg's comments, saying he did not believe the EU's doubts changed the situation. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Ewa Podles makes her Boston operatic stage debut in ‘Tancredi’ Oct 18, 2009
But many wonderful Polish singers, Alina Bolechowska for example, remained unknown outside Poland because of the restrictions. Money was another problem under communism, because the Polish currency was not freely traded on the international market. (Boston Globe)
Communist-era files still haunt old East Bloc Oct 18, 2009
While Germany has launched an ambitious effort to piece together millions of documents shredded as the Berlin Wall came down in November 1989, the Czech Republic and Poland are bitterly divided over how much access to grant. And at least two others Hungary and Romania are holding back hundreds of thousands of files implicating key figures, including some still powerful in business, media and politics. (MSNBC -- International)
Germany confident of Opel deal Oct 18, 2009
Opel and sister brand Vauxhall employ some 49,000 people in Europe about half of them in Germany and have plants in countries including Spain, Poland and Britain. Magna has said some 10,500 jobs could be cut overall, 4,500 of them in Germany. (Yahoo News)
Cognizant snaps up UBS' Indian captive for $75 million Oct 16, 2009
While around 2,000 staff of UBS India captive unit in Hyderabad will move to Cognizant as part of this transaction, the banks captive operations in Poland has not been included in this deal, a Cognizant spokesman added. The $442-million outsourcing contract bundled with this deal includes work beyond back office and knowledge process outsourcing and could involve application development and IT hardware management as well. (India Times)
Football and Poland's infrastructure: Shots on goal Oct 15, 2009
Football and Poland's infrastructure ... The Euro 2012 football championship is a belated spur to Poland s bureaucracy ... Poland may have shrugged off communism, but the scandalously bad infrastructure that it bequeathed lingers on. (The Economist)
Briton faces drugs execution in China Oct 14, 2009
But campaigners for the UK legal charity Reprieve have revealed bizarre details of Shaikh's erratic lifestyle prior to his arrest -- including traveling to Poland to start an airline and then on to Central Asia to become a pop star ... Shaikh's brother, Akbar Shaikh, said his family had lost touch with Akmal several years ago when he left London, where he had been running taxi firm, and moved to Poland with plans to set up an airline -- despite lacking any money to do so ... "He is a kind person... (CNN -- World)
US, Russia talk nukes Oct 13, 2009
The Obama administration unveiled the plan last month to replace an earlier version, backed by George W. Bush, to deploy missile defence facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic. Russia fiercely opposed Bush's plan. (iAfrica.com)
Energy crisis postponed, new gas rescues world... Oct 13, 2009
Projects are cranking up in eastern France and Poland. Exploration is under way in Australia, India and China. (The Drudge Report)
Rhode Island Competes At New E... Oct 12, 2009
Rhode Island Competes At New England Championship - RHODE ISLAND OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE. Justin Ellison was URI's top finisher, leading Rams to 38th place finish. (Gorhody.com)
HCL to hire 110 professionals Oct 11, 2009
"We will hire 110 IT professionals to increase our strength from 140 to 250 in our Polish operations in the next one-year. We plan to expand our operations in Poland as the market there is developing rapidly," HCL's General Manager (Global Delivery Centers), Siddhartha S, said here ... "In Poland, business process outsourcing (BPO) companies are bigger than other IT companies," he said. (India Times)
Study Examines Ethical Dilemmas Of Medical Tourism Oct 9, 2009
"While the 'big players' in medical tourism, such as India and Poland, are actively involved in the fertility sector, so too now are Latin American countries such as Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Argentina," says Dr. Williams-Jones. Reproductive tourism clinics are targeting wealthy North American or European couples through the Internet. (Science Daily)
Dell to close plant, lay off 905 Oct 9, 2009
In January, Dell said the company would move its Ireland manufacturing operations to Poland, a process that is still ongoing. Dell has plants in the US (Miami, Nashville, Austin, Texas), Brazil, Ireland, Poland, China, Malaysia and India. (India Times, India)
Emerging markets will surpass previous highs: Mark Mobius Oct 9, 2009
He also said then that he is adding to holdings in Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland. The investor said in August that markets are very bullish on expectations that governments will continue to pour funds into their economies. (India Times)
Dell to close US plant, lay off 905 Oct 8, 2009
In January, Dell said the company would move its Ireland manufacturing operations to Poland, a process that is still ongoing. Dell has plants in the U.S. (Miami, Nashville, Austin, Texas), Brazil, Ireland, Poland, China, Malaysia and India. (India Times)
Boris Johnson on Blair as Europe president Oct 6, 2009
steve 1:52 "Boris this is just a red herring. Yes, but we are hoping he will become a UKIPper. Simple Sailor on October 05, 2009 at 11:32 PM If Bliar becomes EU President, what provision will be made to assure that his expense records are not shredded by accident? Simple Sailor on October 05, 2009 at 11:27 PM Wouldn't the citizens of the EU be better served by a "straight sort of guy"? Simple Sailor on October 05, 2009 at 11:27 PM If Bliar becomes President will he promise to serve a full term?... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
IMF takes on bigger role, seeks funds Oct 5, 2009
The IMF managing director said the fund's new Flexible Credit Line had provided important support to emerging-market economies amid the global economic crisis, with Mexico, Poland and Colombia signing up earlier this year. But the credit line, offered at a fee for access to the fund's reserves, is limited in scope and concerns only a certain category of countries, the former French Socialist finance minister said. (India Times)
Sleeping Around for Free? Oct 1, 2009
Couch surfing figured into her visit to York, England, where she stayed with a dentist originally from Poland ... " Flink concurred with other surfers and hosts that the best payback from the experiences was enduring friendships, though he adds in terms of little thank yous, a couple from Estonia brought me a bottle of their homeland's well known booze and a guy from Poland shared his how to pick up women secrets, which eventually led me to meet my wife. Stay at (a) home. By traditional... (Fox News)
Polanski And The Crux Of Art and Excess Oct 1, 2009
Poland, which was home to Polanski for most of his youth and early adulthood, is equally outraged ... As a child, he survived the Nazi occupation of Poland by living as a street urchin in the Krakow ghetto. (CBS News)
Europes hiddengems Sep 30, 2009
Janek Skarzynski / AFP/Getty ImagesStretching from Poland to Belarus, this nature reserve is one of Europe's last surviving old-growth forests. On the Polish side, the Bialowieza Glade offers a hotel and horse-drawn carriage tours of the woodlands. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Lawyer: Polanski will fight extradition to U.S. Sep 30, 2009
France, Poland want director, held over sex with girl in 1977, freed on bail ... An international tug-of-war over the 76-year-old director escalated Monday as France and Poland urged Switzerland to free him on bail and pressed U.S. officials all the way up to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the case. (MSNBC -- News)
What crisis? Sep 30, 2009
There are more Irish, Poles and Armenians living in the USA than there are in Eireland, Poland and Armenia. so why shouldnt Ethiopeans and Kenyans have the same "God-given" right to migrate. (BBC News -- Africa)
Polanski asks Swiss court to free him from custody Sep 30, 2009
Meanwhile in Poland, the prime minister urged restraint after two days of heated calls from government officials for Polanski's release ... Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk also weighed in, urging his Cabinet ministers to exercise calm and reminding them that it is a "case of rape and of punishment for having sex with a child." ... Associated Press writers David Germain and Anthony McCartney in Los Angeles, and Angela Doland in Paris and Monika Scislowska in Warsaw, Poland, also contributed... (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Polanski's artistic genius does not excuse child rape Sep 30, 2009
And yet the leaders of France and Polanski's native Poland have launched a diplomatic offensive of the kind befitting a prisoner of conscience. Poland's Foreign Minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, vowed not only to lobby Switzerland to release Polanski, but also to explore the possibility of a pardon from US President Barack Obama. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Krakw & Warsaw, air/6 nights, from $789 Sep 25, 2009
An off-season steal for Poland that includes train travel ... Discover the past - and present in one of Polands oldest cities. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Colgate oral health bus stops at LES Sep 24, 2009
The program, which was formed in 1991, now has associated programs in Australia, New Zealand, China, Jamaica, Pakistan, Poland and South Africa. Advertising. (Forest Scott County Times, MS)
Infy to give pay hikes, promotions in Oct Sep 24, 2009
It will happen across the board, Infosys group HR head Nandita Gurjar told over phone from Poland. She did not say what the extent of the salary increase would be. (India Times, India)
The Imaginary Pirate of Globalization, Antoine Garapon, Eurozine Sep 23, 2009
"In retrospect, the great event of 1968 in Europe was not Paris, but Prague." Articles on 1968 in Czechoslovakia, Poland, Russia, Ukraine. Populist politics are on the rise in Europe. (Harper's Magazine)
Airline tickets to raise cash for UN health effort Sep 23, 2009
Also, taxpayers paid more than $20,000 so the governor and three state officials could fly a seven-passenger charter jet earlier this year when traveling from Poland to the Czech Republic, Germany and Switzerland, according to the records. MINNEAPOLIS -- Travelers will soon have the chance to donate $2 or more to help fight AIDS in developing countries when they buy an airline ticket. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Tata Tea stocks look promising Sep 22, 2009
In an effort to better manage its growing global reach, the company has divided its operations into six global regions: US, Canada and South America, Europe including UK and Poland, Russia, India-Bangladesh-Pakistan and East Asia. A change in name to reflect its new identity is also in the offing. (India Times)
We need health care reform — even Joe Wilson should get that Sep 21, 2009
where you are really from, is Dumbassville just south of Poland " gcamp wrote on Sep 19, 2009 12:13 PM:" You are an idiot titan. the point is he (Obama) lied plain and simple and you have the ignorance to say the right is spreading fear. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
#11 Field Hockey Plays Host To NU & #9 BC Sep 20, 2009
Freshman Crystal Poland and junior Pam Aldridge lead the Huskies' offense with three goals each. Northeastern has used a balanced offensive attach with seven goal scorers, five of which have either two or three goals on the season. (Umassathletics.com)
UBS in talks with Cognizant, Genpact to sell its BPO units Sep 18, 2009
UBS India Service Centre, or ISC, which has two offices in Hyderabad along with its Krakow (Poland) centre, is valued at close to $100 million (about Rs 480 crore at current exchange rates), according to an executive familiar with the transaction. The deal, if it were to eventually transpire, could also include a sweetener for the new owner in the form of a multi-year contract with a committed revenue of around $400 million. (India Times)
