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Poles claim compensation in Italian court Two Poles living in the Italian city of Trento are demanding compensation for violation of their personal rights committed by the Northern League, the anti-immigrant right wing of the Lega Nord political party.

A picture of the two Poles is on a poster heralding the fight with rising crime rate, undertaken by Lega Nord.

The poster, directed against the former

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PM appeals to President not to veto early retirement bill Prime Minister Donald Tusk has appealed to President Lech Kaczynski not to veto the early retirement bill, passed by the Lower House late Thursday.

Speaking in Parliament yesterday evening the Premier said he believes the President will help the government and refrain from vetoing. Donald Tusk added he is ready to beg the president on his knees if necessary.

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Polish women in court after sunbathing topless Two Polish women have caused uproar in the deeply conservative and Catholic country by daring to sunbathe topless.

Model Dorota Krzysztofek, 28, and her ‘accomplice’, known only as Anna K, 26, were today officially reprimanded in court for baring their breasts on a beach.

‘Showing nudity goes beyond social customs and norms in Poland,’ read part of the verdict

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Workers

Commission says Polish shipyards will be sold European Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes has announced plans for sale of the Polish yards saying, “Clearly, today’s decision is not the one which the shipyard workers would have liked. This is without a doubt one of the hardest proposals to the Commission that I have had to make as Competition Commissioner.” Blaming the Polish authorities for the present state of affairs, she said, “The sad

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Life & Health

30th anniversary of MONAR Today marks the 30th anniversary of setting up of MONAR, a special association established to help young people in their fight with drug addiction, and later expanded into a centre to help the homeless.

MONAR was the idea of Marek Kotanski, a psychologist and therapist who devoted his life to helping drug addicts and alcoholics.

Kotanski died in a car crash in

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Christian Culture Festival The event opened in the central city of Lodz on November 2nd and will last for two weeks.

Presented by Agnieszka Bielawska.

This year’s edition of the festival almost coincided with the 30 anniversary of electing Pope John Paul II as head of the Roman catholic Church. That is why, said the initiator and director of the festival father Waldemar Sondka, the even

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See Warsaw... differently! Today instead of taking you to a particular place we suggest a product which may help you see Warsaw with different eyes.

Presented by Danuta Isler.

Warsaw Map For Young Travellers will help you sightsee the capital while acting like a local. Do not be discouraged by the fact that it is pink - it is packed with practical information including the use of public