Poland

A tumultuous September for US and Poland
Janek Lasocki
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

In 2003 Donald Rumsfeld, then US Secretary of Defence, divided Europe into ‘new’ and ‘old’. On one side was Germany and France, and on the other the countries of Central and Eastern Europe that were within months due to accede to the EU. The labels were condemned by many but they did represent real splits in Europe as regards supporting US foreign policy, specifically about Iraq.
Poland and Russia: 70 Years After the Invasion
Ara Iskanderian
Thursday, September 17, 2009

Seventy years ago today, the Soviet Red Army invaded a beleaguered Poland from the east, just seventeen days after the German invasion. The Polish army, outmanned and outgunned was quickly overwhelmed and the notorious Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact’s envisaged partition of Poland was complete. Everybody knows this course of events as marking the opening stages of the Second World War in Europe, or so it would seem.
The Rise of Poland
Janek Lasocki
Wednesday, July 15, 2009

On June 7th Poland went to vote for only the second time in European parliamentary elections. There were no major shocks to speak of and as was the trend throughout member states, turnout was low, the Left did not do well and eurosceptics gained an unprecedented number of seats.
Eric Alira: Home is Where the Heart is
Ferdinand Koenig
Tuesday, July 14, 2009

15 years ago, at the age of 24, Ali Jean Eric Alira set off for a two week holiday in Poland.
An EP with a Polish flavour:
Matthew Day
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Poland’s reputation in Europe for being a prickly and awkward customer could be set for a makeover come June’s elections to the European parliament.
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