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Poland back to winning ways, Serbia end South Korea's runHamburg, Nov 19 : Poland coach Franciszek Smuda got his first victory against Canada Wednesday while South Korea's 27-match unbeaten run in international football came to an end with a 1-0 defeat to Serbia in a friendly match played in... In this article: Poland, Franciszek Smuda, South Korea, Serbia, Nikola Zigic, Mirko Vucinic, AS Roma, Canada, and Macedonia |
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National Post | 2 days ago
Canadian men's soccer team falls to Poland
...head coach Stephen Hart. "The game here is much quicker and the playing conditions are different. We knew coming into this game that Poland was very strong at home, as they lost only one home match during FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
In this article: Dariusz Dudka, FIFA World Cup, Maciej Rybus, Canwest News Service, and Tomasz Kuszczak
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BBC News | 2 days ago
Poland seeks EU jobs transparency
Mr Reinfeldt (right) faces a difficult diplomatic balancing act as EU chair Poland says contenders for the new top jobs of European Council president and EU foreign affairs chief should "present their visions" to EU leaders. A Polish...
In this article: EU, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Sweden, Gavin Hewitt, Massimo D'Alema, Carl Bildt, and Tony Blair
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UEFA.com News | 2 days ago
Italy perform well in Poland
A day later in Katowice, Italy coach Roberto Menchelli gave debuts to Alberto Melis and Alex Merlim but his side trailed 2-1 at the break as Milewski scored on three minutes and although Edgar Bertoni levelled, Cleverson struck on the...
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BBC News | 3 days ago
UK pigeon tossers fined in Poland
...the incident at Krakow's historic Renaissance market on 24 October. The prosecutor said it was not known whether the pigeons survived. The Foreign Office said the British consulate in Poland was not informed about the court hearing.
In this article: Krakow, Culprit, UK, Ulverston, and Barrow-in-Furness
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | 3 days ago
British tourists charged in with cruelty to pigeons in Poland
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Reuters | 3 days ago
Poland's Tauron picks UniCredit, UBS to manage IPO
...and UBS <UBSN.VX> to manage its planned share listing next year which could be worth more than $1.5 billion. Tauron would become Poland's third listed energy group after state-controlled PGE <PGEPa. WA>, which completed Europe's...
In this article: Europe
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | 6 days ago
Poland reports first swine flu death
Swine flu has claimed its first victim in Poland, after a 37-year-old man died of respiratory complications, a medical official said. Jerzy Karpinski, head of the medical service in the Gdansk region of northern Poland, told reporters...
In this article: H1N1, World Health Organisation, Donald Tusk, Puck, Poland, Olsztyn, and Mexico
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USATODAY.com | November 12, 2009
Poland evacuates 3,000 after WWII bomb found
WARSAW (AP) Police say they have evacuated 3,000 people in Wroclaw, a city in southwestern Poland, after discovering a World War II-era bomb. Wroclaw police spokesman Pawel Petrykowski says workers found the 1,100-pound bomb Thursday...
In this article: Wroclaw, All rights reserved, USA Today, Warsaw, and Germany
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Reuters | November 09, 2009
Poland sells Handlowy stake for $76 mln-sources
Poland's treasury ministry sold its 2.5 percent rump stake in Citigroup's <C.N> Polish arm Bank Handlowy <BAHA.WA> for some 215 million zlotys ($76.2 million) on the open market, two market sources told Reuters on Monday. "The treasury...
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Reuters | November 05, 2009
France, Poland sign nuclear cooperation accord
...France had "taken a big step forward" with the agreement but it was too early to say what nuclear technology Poland would finally adopt for the reactor it plans to build by 2020. "Decisions on the choice of investors and partners are a long...
In this article: France, Donald Tusk, Coal, Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris, Japan, and South Korea
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Poland /ˈpoʊlənd/ (Polska), officially the Republic of Poland (Rzeczpospolita Polska), is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north. The total area of Poland is 312679 km2, making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe. Poland has a population of over 38 million people, which makes it the 34th most populous country in the world and the most populous Eastern European Member State of the EU.
The establishment of a Polish state is often identified with the adoption of Christianity by its ruler Mieszko I, in 966 (see Baptism of Poland), when the state covered territory similar to that of present-day Poland. In 1025, Poland became a kingdom and in 1569, it cemented a long association with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, by signing the Union of Lublin, forming the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Commonwealth collapsed in 1795 and Poland's territory was partitioned among the Kingdom of Prussia, the Russian Empire, and Austria. Poland regained its independence as the Second Polish Republic in 1918, after World War I, but was later occupied by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II. Poland lost over six million citizens in World War II, emerging several years later as the socialist People's Republic of Poland within the Eastern Bloc, under strong Soviet influence.
- Name:
- Poland
- Conventional Long Name:
- Republic of Poland
- Local Name:
- Rzeczpospolita Polska
- Capital:
- Warsaw
- Language:
- Polish
- Motto:
- None
- Largest City:
- Warsaw
- Government type:
- Parliamentary republic
- Founding Date:
- July 19, 1989
- Formations:
- People's Republic
- Area:
- 312679
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $693.971 billion
- GDP (per capita PPP) Rank:
- 50th
- GDP (nominal):
- $608.750 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita) Rank:
- 50th
- GPD (nominal) Rank:
- 18th
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $15,965
- Time Zone:
- CET
- Currency:
- Złoty
- Demonym:
- Pole/Polish
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- PLN
- Country Calling Code:
- 48
- ccTLD:
- .pl
- EU Accession:
- May 01, 2004
- Anthem:
- Mazurek Dąbrowskiego
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