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Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Israel - Polish President Lech Kaczynski met with Israeli Education Minister Yuli Tamir in Jerusalem, and Kaczynski told Tamir he thinks Israeli students visiting Poland should study Poland's pre-Holocaust history and various aspects of Poland's diverse culture in addition to its role in the Holocaust. According to Tamir, the Polish are trying to improve their historical [...]
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Always On Watch Two (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Excerpt from this obituary in the Washington Post : ...In recent years, a biography of Mrs. Sendler called her " Mother of the children of the Holocaust ," and Polish President Lech Kaczynski awarded her the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest civilian decoration. " Every Jewish child who survived due to my efforts has justified my existence on this Earth but is no cause for praise,"...
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THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Excerpt from this obituary in the Washington Post : ...In recent years, a biography of Mrs. Sendler called her " Mother of the children of the Holocaust ," and Polish President Lech Kaczynski awarded her the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest civilian decoration. " Every Jewish child who survived due to my efforts has justified my existence on this Earth but is no cause for praise,"...
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News & Observer (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
... She died at a Warsaw hospital, daughter Janina Zgrzembska told The Associated Press.President Lech Kaczynski expressed "great regret" over Sendler's death, calling her "extremely brave" and "an exceptional person." In recent years, Kaczynski had spearheaded a campaign to put Sendler's name forward as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize.Sendler was a 29-year-old social worker...
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Smooth Stone (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
... died at a Warsaw hospital, daughter Janina Zgrzembska told The Associated Press. President Lech Kaczynski expressed "great regret" over Sendler's death, calling her "extremely brave" and "an exceptional person." In recent years, Kaczynski had spearheaded a campaign to put Sendler's name forward as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize. Sendler was a 29-year-old social worker...
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Yourish.com (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... to a nursing home, did she finally become one of Poland's most respected figures, with President Lech Kaczynski and other politicians backing a campaign that put her name forward for the Nobel Peace Prize. Funny, isn't it, how the Nobel Peace Prize goes to thugs like Arafat and smugs like Carter, but not to true heroes of humanity like Irena Sendler?
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Fox News (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Despite the Yad Vashem honor, Sendler largely remained forgotten in her homeland. Only in her final years, confined to a nursing home, did she finally become one of Poland's most respected figures, with President Lech Kaczynski and other politicians backing a campaign that put her name forward for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
... ex-Soviet states Georgia and Ukraine were set on the path to NATO membership. However, President Lech Kaczynski denied there was a link between the two issues.
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i On Global Trends (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
Polish President Lech Kaczynski has said that Poland will continue lobbying for Macedonia's NATO integration. He also urged Macedonia to wrap up name talks with Greece as soon as possible. Kaczynski made the comment in a meeting with his Macedonian counterpart Branko Crvenkovski in Ohrid, a lakeside resort in southern Macedonia, where he is attending the 15th summit of central...
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worldwide-news.net (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
Polish President Lech Kaczynski said on Thursday that Poland will continue lobbying for Macedonia’s NATO integration, urging the western Balkan country to wrap up name talks with Greece as quickly as possible. Kaczynski made the com … Go to news source
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
Warsaw - Poland's opposition nationalist Law and Justice party (PiS) presented a bill to parliament Monday that would allow the country to accept certain decisions made at the European level only with the approval of the president. The draft bill was in accordance with the compromise made between the conservative President Lech Kaczynski and the liberal Prime Minister Donald Tusk on the...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 04/23/2008
Denmark highly appreciated the "close and good" cooperation with Poland in the EU and NATO, visiting Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in Warsaw Tuesday after a meeting with Polish President Lech Kaczynski. At their j ...
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Financial Time (Free subscription) | 04/19/2008
... by the government had made pushing through any reforms very difficult.The largest obstacle is Lech Kaczynski, the president, who has wide veto powers and has been unenthusiastic about plans to reform the health service and the pension system.Civic Platform and its coalition allies in the smaller Polish People's party do not have enough votes in parliament to override a presidential...
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Financial Time (Free subscription) | 04/19/2008
... by the government have made pushing through any reforms very difficult.The largest obstacle is Lech Kaczynski, the president, who has wide veto powers and has been unenthusiastic about plans to reform the health service and the pension system. Civic Platform and its coalition allies in the smaller Polish People's Party do not have enough votes in parliament to override his veto.But...
