foregin affairs
Poland: easing trade with Kaliningrad
East Prussia died with the end of the war, its native German people expelled and the province split between Poland and Russia, but now a new agreement between Moscow and Warsaw allowing for visa-free cross-border travel may start to knit the region back together again. Continue reading
Poland is Going to Build Ballistic Missile Defense Anyway
Is it actually a good idea for Poland to spend billions of dollars on high-tech weapons systems whose practical combat effectiveness is, at a minimum,open to dispute? I have my doubts. But, from Warsaw’s point of view, Continue reading
Poland Wants to Build Missile Defense System with France, Germany
Poland wants to cooperate with France and Germany on the establishment of its own missile defense system, Polish Press Agency reported on Saturday, quoting Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak as saying. Continue reading
Patriarch Kirill’s visit to Poland: provocations as obstacles on the way to Russo-Polish reconciliation
The unprecedented visit of the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox church, reverend Kirill, to Poland is going to be a historic occasion. The Patriarch will meet with the mead of Polish church and they will jointly promote reconciliation between Russia and Poland. Hopefully, this noble step will help to distill at least some of the negative publicity that has been created around the church and Kirill himself in the recent months. Continue reading
Poland recalled staff of Polish Consulate in Lutsk
Foreign Ministry of Poland recalled all visa consuls and the Consul General Marek Martinek from the Polish Consulate in Lutsk in connection with the abuses in the issuance of visas, the director of the consular department of the Foreign Ministry of Poland Miroslaw Gajewski told today a press conference in Warsaw. Continue reading
The Abandoned Alliance
What might come of the U.S. eschewing its Eastern European allies.
Adding insult to injury has become a trademark of President’s Obama policies regarding Poland and other Central and Eastern European (CEE) states. After several political jabs and diplomatic mishaps, including referring to Nazi concentration camps as “Polish death camps,” Continue reading
Romney’s Russia Rhetoric May Backfire in Visit to Poland
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney arrives in Poland today seeking to burnish his foreign policy standing and score points against President Barack Obama for his “abandonment” of the eastern Europe. Continue reading
Will Romney denounce unions in Poland?
Mitt Romney will get a chance to redeem himself after a disastrous trip to London — where he insulted his hosts so badly that the conservative Sun newspaper labeled the presumptive Republican presidential nominee “Mitt the Twit.”
Romney’s off to Poland. Continue reading
Why Is Mitt Romney Going to Poland?
Mitt Romney’s foreign tour this week and next takes him to the United Kingdom, Israel, and Poland. The first two destinations make obvious political sense: Britain has a conservative government, the Olympics, and a lot of wealthy American bankers; Israel features more wealthy GOP donors and an opportunity to highlight President Obama’s supposedly Israel-hostile policies to both American Jews and evangelical Christians. But what about Poland? Of all the countries on the map, why go there? Continue reading
Poland President Komorowski Calls Support Of Ukraine’s European Integration One Of Priority Areas Of Poland’s External Policy
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski calls support of Ukraine’s European integration one of the priority areas of Poland’s external policy, reads a statement made by the Polish President’s press service. Continue reading