News from Poland

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  Senate Speaker heads for Siberia

  Created: Friday, September 3 2010 Poland’s Senate Speaker Bogdan Borusewicz has gone to Siberia for a series of meetings on Polish-Russian economic relations.
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  Warsaw airport runway shut down for repairs

  Created: Friday, September 3 2010 Dozens of flights are being cancelled or transferred to other Polish airports due to the renovation work on the runway at the Frederic Chopin Airport in Warsaw.
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  Chinese contraband cigarettes swamp Poland

  Created: Friday, September 3 2010 An increasing number of contraband cigarettes from China are being smuggled to Poland.
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  Pessimistic Poles expect living standards to fall

  Created: Friday, September 3 2010 Forty one percent of respondents have told an opinion pollster that they expect a fall in their living standards over the next three years.
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  Polish airports increase traffic

  Created: Thursday, September 2 2010 Polish airports have serviced over 8 million passengers in the first six months of this year, reports the Civilian Aviation Bureau.
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  Investors eye LOT privatisation

  Created: Thursday, September 2 2010 Investors from Turkey, Thailand, Canada, the US and Lithuania are eyeing shares in the privatization of Poland’s national carrier PLL LOT.
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  Medical tourism boom in Poland

  Created: Thursday, September 2 2010 Patients from the UK and western Europe are flocking to Poland for dental work and medical treatment at prices they find extremely competitive.
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  Budget cut plans ‘window dressing’ says top economist

  Created: Thursday, September 2 2010 A former deputy president of Poland’s central bank has said the budget deficit plan the government is to adopt tomorrow is superficial and shirks making crucial reforms.
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  Alimony cheats on credit blacklists

  Created: Thursday, September 2 2010 Debts resulting from unpaid alimonies and registered at the National Debt Register in Poland amount to 2.5 billion zloty (630,000 euro).
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  Coal miners vote in strike ballot

  Created: Thursday, September 2 2010 Miners working in collieries owned by Kompanii Węglowej, Poland’s largest colliery owner, are participating in a strike ballot after a breakdown in talks between unions and management.