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Krakow, Poland – Dozens of European leaders and anti- communist icons celebrated the 20th anniversary of Poland’s first partly-free elections since World War II.

Warsaw – In a rare speech to parliament Friday, Polish President Lech Kaczynski has interrogated the government’s handling of the economic crisis and warned against adoption of the euro.

Warsaw – Two of Poland’s largest unions said Monday they were to boycot a planned televised debate with the government, saying Prime Minister Donald Tusk had invited other smaller unions to sow discord and harm negotiations.

Warsaw – Poland’s second confirmed victim of swine flu is in good condition and will have a short stay in the hospital, health officials said Friday.

Warsaw  – Poland recorded its first case of swine flu after a 58 year-old woman returned from a trip to the United States, the daily Wyborcza reported Thursday.

Warsaw – Warsaw signed a deal Monday with one of Europe’s largest construction firms to build a stadium for the Euro 2012 football championship.
The National Sports Centre – created to build and manage the stadium – signed a deal with Alpine Bau, a consortium of Austrian, German and Polish companies.

Gdansk  – Tourists visiting Poland’s Baltic coast often snap photos at the gates of Gdansk’s shipyard, famous as the site where Lech Walesa founded the Solidarity trade union and helped topple the country’s communist regime.

Warsaw – Polish President Lech Kaczynski met with his Portuguese counterpart on Tuesday to discuss Georgia, Ukraine and the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty.