Poland: Government Will Sign ACTA Despite Massive Protest
Region: PolandWritten by Katarzyna Odrozek “The Acta agreement in no way changes Polish laws or the rights of internet users and internet usage” - despite a massive Internet protest [1] and controversies ar... more
Views: 1115Poland's President Kaczyński is Killed in Plane Crash in Russia: Initial Reactions
Region: Poland
The news of the plane crash in Western Russia, which killed the President Lech Kaczyński, his wife and dozens of other senior Polish officials this morning, is reaching the entire blogosphere, as well as the mainstream... more
Views: 2061Hong Kong Exchange Students Assaulted in Poland
Region: Hong KongToday I received the statement of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Student Union. It announced it’s highly concerned about our school exchange students battered incident. A few days ago, five e... more
Views: 2760Venus Storms into Quarter Finals
Region: New York
New York 09/01/08 Venus Williams (USA) storms into the quarter finals by defeating world no. 11 Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-1, 6-3 in her fourth round of women’s single match in U.S Open 2008 (Ne... more
Views: 1920Situation Tense as Russian and US Battleships Occupy Black Sea
Region: United States
It is being reported by Pravda, a Russian newspaper which is also published online, that the US is using the cover of humanitarian aid to the war torn region of Georgia to re-arm the Georgian military for another possible ... more
Views: 1376Russia moves Georgian Pullout Deadline and creates Buffer Zone
Region: United StatesIt was reported late last week that Russia was going to move its troops out of Georgia starting Monday. It seems now that Russia has decided to move its deadline for troop removal to Friday of this week. Although, Russia i... more
Views: 981Russia fumes over US and Warsaw Missile Defense Pact
Region: United StatesThe Bush administration has been pushing long and hard for a missile defense shield in Europe. The systems would include anti-missile batteries, missiles, and early warning radar. This plan was conceived by the US as a pro... more
Views: 1040Poland 1-1 Austria: Late Drama Keeps Hosts Alive, Free Beer to Goal-Scorer
Region: Austria
Thursday, 12 June 2008 Day six of GroundReport's exclusive on-the-ground coverage of Euro2008. Poland will walk out of the Ernst Happel Stadion in Vienna in disgust tonight after an injury time penalty cost them a nearly... more
Views: 1369Euro 2008: Croatia, Germany Win Openers
Region: Austria
Sunday, 8 June 2008 Day two of GroundReport's exclusive coverage of Euro 2008: By Daniel Yoon Co-hosts Austria opened their tournament against Eastern European lions Croatia in Vienna on Sunday. A controversial penalty ... more
Views: 1291Romania and Poland are fighting over Mercedes
Region: Romania
Both Romanian and Polish officials announce as certain the opening of a Mercedes factory in their countries, even though the auto producer hadn't made an official announcement about this subject. The minister for ... more
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