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EU: no Community sanctions for Bielarus
Despite of the recent conflict with the Assembly of Poles in Bielarus the EU decided not to impose sanctions on Lukashenko"s regime.
2011 a chance for V4 to lead the EU in relations with eastern neigbours
The Wysegrad Group (V4) is a chance to unify common interests of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary in the EU.
Hearing in the European Parliament: applause for Lewandowski
Janusz Lewandowski, the designated Polish candidate for the budget commissioner has answered questioned in the EP for three hours. He is against a common EU-tax and the nationalisation of the CAP.
Lewandowski pleads for cohesion and dynamics
Polish Commissioner-designate for Budget and Financial Programming Janusz Lewandowski is said to be an experienced and competent economist. But some fear that as a Pole, he would oppose reform of cohesion expenditure. EurActiv Poland reports.
Serbia submited formal EU membership application
Serbia submited formal EU membership application on Tuesday, 22nd of December 2009.
Prime minister Donald Tusk: euro in Poland in 2015
2015 Poland will meet Maastricht cirteria and will be ready to enter the eurozone.
Cheaper Polish visa for citizens of Ukraine
Poland will issue cheaper visa for Ukrainians and will simplify procedure of Schengen`s visa - declared Wednesday in Kiev polish minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski.
Poland took the 22. place among the EU-countries regarding the competitiveness of the IT industry.
30% of Christmas lights cause a "serious safety risk"
To this conclusion came an EU report in which 5 countries were involeved: Hungary, Germany, Slovakia and Slovenia. Christmas lights cause a lot of problems every year in Poland as well.
Polish gouvernment for black and white cigarettes boxes
The Polish governement supports the EU proposal to eliminate colours from cigarettes boxes. The inscriptions should be identic - on a white background a black slogan warning from smoking.
European innovations and its best practices
In the Regional Committess in Brussels was held a meeting of EU-fonds consultants Euroforum KFE 2009 - European Innovation „Best practices – perspectives for Future”.
Time up to tune TV rules to digital age
So far only three countries (Belgium, Romania and Slovakia) implemented the EU-regulations.
The youngest Europeans can show their knowledge on a sustainable diet and a healthy way of life. The deadline is 31 of december 2009.
Poland spends more money from EU this year
Poland will spend 1 billion zloty (ca. 200 million euro) more than planned. European money are mostly invested in infrastructure, innovations, enterpreneurship and in e-learning.
2,280 questions asked about Albania"s EU readiness
Albania on Wednesday (16 December) took another step towards EU membership when the European Commission sent Tirana a voluminous questionnaire about its readiness to join the bloc.
Hungary says Slovak law breaches EU norms
Hungary"s prime minister said on Wednesday that Slovak legislation punishing the use of minority languages is unacceptable and goes against the basic values of the European Union and the Lisbon Treaty.
Energetical policy - security and solidarity
There will be a play in order to establish the energetical policy in Europe. Poland must be an actor in this play, comments the expert of the Kosciuszki Institute.
Poland becomes more and more dependent on the Russian gas
Poland"s dependency on gas is 20 percent. Dependence on the Russian gas may become a real danger for Polish energetical security. These are the conclusions from the "Gas debate" that took place in Cracow on the 1st of December 2009. EurActiv.pl was the media partner.
Portfolio attributions puzzle Eastern EU countries
Public opinion and politicians alike are questioning the weight and importance of the portfolios attributed to their national commissioners, a roundup by EurActiv"s network in Eastern Europe reveals.
The fall of the Berlin Wall in Warsaw as well
Symbolic wall has been destroyed in the centre of Warsaw to commemorate the 20. anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. In the happening "No more walls!" took part some dozens young people from different EU countries. The event has been prepared by the Polish Schuman Foundation and the German embassy in Poland.
By bicycle along the „iron courtain”
The project "Iron Courtain Route" engages 20 countries, inclusive 14 EU-members. Poland is one of them. The route has 6 500 kilometers - it begins at the Barents Sea.
European Radio for Belarus, with its headquarter in Poland, will be able to broadcast in Belarus. The independent television Bielsat, with its headquarter in Poland as well, however still cannot reach viewers in Belarus.
Special Award for European Democracy to Jerzy Buzek
The former Polish prime minister has been recognized for his role in Poland"s transition towards a free and democratic country and as a sign of confidence that he will bring the Parliament closer to EU citizens. Upon receiving the award, Buzek stressed that European democracy means more than holding European elections once every five years. "It is about engaging with national politics on a daily basis" and making the EU"s policies even more relevant to Europe"s citizens," he said, promising to make parliamentary debates more lively under his mandate.
Havel and Buzek in the European Parliament
Special session in the EP twenty years after the collapse of the "iron curtain".
Russia threats EU with gas reduction
Russian prime minster Wladimir Putin warned that Moscow may decrease the gas supply to Europe if Ukraine uses gas from the Russian transit. Ukrainian president Wiktor Jushcshenko said that the Ukrainina-Russian relations concerning gas are dominated by politics.
Aid for revitalisation of degraded areas in Poland for the period 2007-2013 authorised
The European Commission authorised financial support of 500 milion euro. Polish autorities plan to revitalise worse developed regions.
SMEs not seeing benefits of green stimulus
Eurochambres says that the European plan of stimulating the economy hardly helps the small enterprises in developing green technologies
Tusk-Barroso about Lewandowski and Polish vision of EU under Lisbon Treaty
Janusz Lewandowski, as the candidate for the Polish EU commissioner, and the Polish vision of EU under Lisbon Treaty should funcion - these were the main issues of the meeting between the primie minister Donald Tusk and the EC-president Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels.
Obama "doesn"t care" about Eastern Europe, analyst says
US President Barack Obama sees Eastern Europe as a "Bush administration project" and is not conscious of the need to counter growing Russian influence there, Edward Lucas, who has been The Economist"s correspondent for Eastern Europe for over 20 years, told EurActiv Slovakia in an interview.
Polska należy do państw europejskich o najniższym odsetku mniejszości narodowych i etnicznych. W Narodowym Spisie Powszechnym z 2002 roku zaledwie 1,23 proc. (471,5 tys. osób) zadeklarowało przynależność do innej narodowości.
Slovenia lifts veto on Croatia"s EU talks
Slovenia lifted veto on continuation of accession talks with Croatia. However, border dispute between those two countries remains unresolved.
EU acts to limit health risks from exposure to noise from personal music players
European Commission wants to regulate sound volume of mp3 players, arguing that laud music has negative health consequences on young people.
State aid: EC approves Polish support scheme for financial institutions
European Commission approved Polish support scheme stabilising financial markets struck by the crisis. According to the commissionel Kroes, Polish program helps market "without undue harms to competitiion".
Commission approves investment aid to Dell plant in Łódź
European Commission approved the Polish regional help for Dell Products Polnad, which should open new factory in Lodz.
50 % founds from Programme Infrastructure and Environment for Poland soon
Poland will soon receive 50% of financial funds for its Operational Program Infrastructure and Environment.
EP president about 70th anniversary of soviet agression
New EP President Jerzy Buzek, from Poland, talked about the 70th anniversary of Soviet attach on Poland. "Memories of September the 17th are serious and tragic for Polish people. And not only for us."
Tory MEP: Lisbon ratification can wait
British conservatives hope that the Polish President Lech Kaczunski, or his Czech counterpart Vaclav Klaus, will not ratify the Lisbon Treaty, untill the Conservatives form the new UK government next year.
Lithuanian MEP lodged a complaint
Lithuanian MEP Waldemar Tomaszewski from the Action Committee of the Polish in Lithuania, has complained to the EC President Barroso over the alleged discrimination of Poles in the Baltic country.
Kindergarden for Roma children
Roma children in Poznan should have separate groups in kindergardens. The proposal, which should have convinced more Roma parents to send their children to kindergardens is being heavily criticised for strenghtening the ghettoisation of Roma minority.
