Canadian’s fight to bring sons home from Poland continues; ruling on May 29
A Polish court is expected to make a decision at the end of the month in the case of an Ontario man fighting to have his two sons returned to him.
Stephen Watkins gained custody of his sons, aged 8 and 10, after he split with his wife Edyta. She and the boys vanished in March 2009 only to emerge two years later in Poland, her native country. Continue reading
Polish PM’s visit stirs emotions on Parliament Hill
It’s rare, indeed, to hear a foreign dignitary declare that his visit to Ottawa nearly made him cry.
Did David Cameron choke up at the thought of the close relations between Canada and Britain? Nope. Did Barack Obama get all teary about the volume of cross-border trade? Please.
But Donald Tusk pulled it off — and not one eyeball rolled. Continue reading
Poland hasn’t changed intent to join euro -Tusk
Poland is still ready to join the euro, even though the euro zone’s reputation has been dented by a protracted debt crisis, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday during a visit to Canada.
By joining the European Union, Poland had already declared its readiness to be part of the euro zone, Tusk said at a joint news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Continue reading
Canada and Poland set to expand energy relationship
Canada and Poland are promoting closer trade ties and co-operation in the energy and resource sectors during the first visit to Canada by a Polish prime minister in more than two decades.
A joint statement issued Monday outlined agreement on a tax convention and a committment to two-trade as a “platform” for the two countries to “explore further collaboration in the areas of energy policies and regulations, renewable and nuclear energy, carbon capture and storage, energy efficiency, and shale gas development.” Continue reading
Harper to meet with Polish PM
Trade and natural resources are expected to top the agenda when Prime Minister Stephen Harper sits down with his Polish counterpart in Ottawa Monday.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is in Canada on a three-day working visit.
Harper and Tusk will have a tete-a-tete in the morning before attending a reception on Parliament Hill with members of Canada’s polish community. Continue reading
Polish PM heads to Canada for three-day visit
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was headed to Canada on Saturday for a three-day visit postponed two years ago by the air crash that killed president Lech Kaczynski in Russia.
Trade issues are likely to dominate Tusk’s meetings Monday in Ottawa with Canadian leader Stephen Harper, with Poland especially keen to tap Canada’s technical know-how in extracting shale gas. Continue reading
Polish PM pledges to uncover truth over secret CIA prison claims
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk has promised to get to the bottom of allegations that his country played a role in the operation of a secret CIA prison on Polish soil where Al Qaeda suspects were interrogated.
Responding to newspaper reports earlier this week which revealed that prosecutors have charged Poland’s former intelligence chief, Zbigniew Siemiatkowski, with helping to set up covert CIA interrogation centers at the height of the ‘war on terror,’ Tusk told a news conference in Warsaw Thursday: Continue reading
Polish PM urges “discretion” around CIA prisons probe
Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Thursday appealed for more “discretion” around the country’s investigation into alleged CIA prisons for al Qaeda suspects on Polish soil, after media revelations about the probe.
Polish media said on Tuesday prosecutors had charged a former head of Poland’s intelligence service with helping set up secret CIA detention centers at the height of the U.S. “war on terror” in the early 2000s. Continue reading
Polish Governing Camp’s Parliamentary Majority Shrinks
The Polish government’s majority in the lower house of parliament was reduced this week with the defection of a lawmaker to an anticlerical opposition party, and the ruling camp now has a slim majority of only three votes in the lower house, three and a half years before the next election. Continue reading
France election: Polish PM denies boycott of Hollande
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has denied boycotting French Socialist presidential candidate Francois Hollande as he visits Poland. Continue reading
