Gdansk, Poland News

Poland's second-largest refiner, Lotos, could end up being bought by another large, state-owned energy firm, Treasury Minister Miko3aj Budzanowski suggested last week.

Poland's Transport Minister said last Thursday that two important roads scheduled to be opened in time for the Euro 2012 soccer championship, which kicks off in June, will not be completed according to schedule.

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in cities across Europe to voice anger at a controversial international copyright treaty , which they fear will lead to a curtailing of Internet freedoms.

The Nobel Prize-winning president who helped end communist control of Poland toured a museum Friday dedicated to the president who helped end slavery in the United States.

Poland's Treasury Ministry is considering the idea of merging electricity companies Energa and Enea after it failed to gain regulatory approval for PGE's takeover of the former company.

Wednesday, the Illinois General Assembly passed a House Joint Resolution 58 , honoring Polish freedom hero Lech Walesa and distinguishing February 9, 2012 as Lech Walesa Day in Illinois.

On average, employees in Poland earn the most in Warsaw, Wroc3aw and Poznan, and the lowest in Bia3ystok, Lublin and Opole, according to a recent survey of salaries carried out by consultancy firm Sedlak & Sedlak.

Poland 's Treasury doesn't rule out the sale of a controlling stake in Gdansk-based Grupa Lotos SA , the country's second-largest oil refiner, to a domestic buyer after failing to interest a foreign investor in the company, Treasury Minister Mikolaj Budzanowski was quoted today as saying in Puls Biznesu newspaper.

Looking on is celebrated Polish director Andrzej Wajda, 85, whose latest film is a biopic about Lech Walesa, the communist-era Solidarity opposition leader who left an indelible mark on world history by helping bring down the Iron Curtain.

It offers fireproof doors and partitions, smoke and heat exhaust systems, fire ventilation systems and fire protection systems for building structures.

The 29-year-old, who has won seven caps for his country, was treated by club medics after being taken ill at training on Thursday morning, before being transported by ambulance to Morriston Hospital in Swansea.

A stormy day in Sopot, Sopot Pier Sopot is a seaside town in Eastern Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. Sopot is a city with powiat status, in Pomeranian Voivodeship.

History is very possessive about its context and the timeframe within which an event under discussion occurred, and for a very good reason.

The abrupt dismissal of a Catholic monk from the college of Jewish studies he founded in the northern Polish town of Torun has shattered his dream and brought turmoil to his parish.

Politicians from Poland's main opposition party, Law and Justice , have called on the city of Gdansk to build a statue of former Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who died in the 2010 Smolensk tragedy.

Jan 23 - Fitch Ratings has assigned Zaklad Komunikacji Miejskiej w Gdansku Sp. z.o.o.'s PLN2.760m tram revenue bond issue, due 30 December 2024, a Long-term local currency rating of 'BBB' and National Long-term rating of 'A+ on RWN.

The Pomeranian Special Economic Zone has signed an agreement with Chen Honghui, the deputy mayor of the city of Zhuhai in Guangdong province, China, to develop a partnership between the ports of Gdansk and Gdynia and the Chinese port of Gaolan.

St. Mary's Church or, properly, Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Roman Catholic church in Gdansk, Poland, which is the largest brick church in the world.

It has linked-up with Vector Global Logistics Sp. z.o.o., based in Gdynia, Poland, to create a brand-new logistics joint venture, Keswick Vector SCM Polska Sp.

Firefighters in Poland are battling a blaze that has broken out at a ship-making facility in the northern city of Gdansk, famous for being the cradle of Lech Walesa's Solidarity movement.