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- Budget still expected to be in surplus in April
Poland's budget surplus at end-April is still seen at PLN 600 mln, despite a downward revision of end- March surplus, deputy Finance Minister Elzbieta Suchocka-Roguska told PAP. 'A smaller surplus after three months ... has no impact on our forecast. We
- Warsaw stocks ride wave of upbeat global sentiment
Warsaw stocks enjoyed a strong rebound on Monday after a couple of down sessions to end last week. The Polish market was once again influenced by global sentiment. The market remains in a sideways trend, but more and more analysts are saying that global
- Negative global sentiment sends stocks down Friday
Warsaw stocks slipped on Friday as generally negative global sentiment dominated. The headline blue-chip WIG-20 index sunk below 3,000 points. The WIG-20 fell 0.25% to close at 2,998.59 points. The broad market WIG was down 0.28% to 47,598.66 points.
- Polish angel, 98, who saved 2,500 Jews dies
WARSAW - A 98-year-old woman credited with saving some 2,500 Jewish children from the Nazi Holocaust by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto died Monday. Irena Sendler, who was among the first non-Jews to be honored by Israel's for wartime heroism,
- Scenarios for Health Expenditure in Poland
NEW: RESIDENT ECONOMIC ADVISOR/AZERBAIJAN Latest Publications (E-brief No. 3/2008)) Inflation - do we have a new problem?(BRE-CASE No. 95) Price Convergence in the Enlarged Internal Market (Report No. 75) Determinants of Portofolio Flows into CIS
- Hero of Warsaw Ghetto children, dies
PM Irena Sendler, a Polish woman who saved thousands of Jewish children during World War Two by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto, died in the Polish capital after a long illness, local media said. Israel's Holocaust remembrance authority, Yad
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Poland gained its independence in 1918 only to be overrun by Germany and the Soviet Union in World War II. It became a Soviet satellite country following the war, but one that was comparatively tolerant and progressive. Labor turmoil in 1980 led to the formation of an independent trade union "Solidarity" that over time became a political force and by 1990 had swept parliamentary elections and the presidency. Complete freedom came with the implosion of the USSR in 1991. A "shock therapy" program during the early 1990s enabled the country to transform its economy into one of the most robust in Central Europe, boosting hopes for early acceptance to the EU. Poland joined the NATO alliance in 1999.
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