Folk ensembles from Asia, the Ocean Territories, Europe and South America will take part in the 18th International Folk Festival to be held in Strzegom, south-western Poland, between August 12 and 16.

Sirens wailed and church bell rang for one minute at 5 pm on Saturday to mark the 65th anniversary of the outbreak of Warsaw Rising. Traffic came to a halt in downtown Warsaw in tribute to Warsaw insurgents.

Former Polish PM Jerzy Buzek was elected the new President of the European Parliament during the Tuesday inaugural meeting of the chamber.
Buzek started his first address before the European Parliament as its president stressed that "human rights will be a priority" for him." He stressed the symbolic dimension of the election of a representative from Central and Eastern Europe: "This is how Europe changes.

Warsaw, 9 June,

Following a hard-fought campaign, the governing Civic Platform (PO)—center-right party—enjoyed an easy victory in the elections to the European Parliament on June 7, 2009. The party, led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, won 25 out of 50 seats on offer while Law and Justice (PiS)—the main opposition party came second with 15 seats.

PM Donald Tusk and members of the government met with the diplomatic corps in Warsaw on Monday night to discuss priorities of Poland`s foreign policy.

Oriental cuisine workshops, artistic performances and lectures on Muslims in Poland were held as part of the Podlaskie Days of Muslim Culture in Bialystok, north-eastern Poland, on Sunday.

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Thursday at a meeting on Asian markets in Warsaw organized by the monthly Znak, the portal Azjapacyfik.pl and the Collegium Civitas organization.

The programme of the visit provides for a meeting war veterans of the 2nd Polish Corps at the Polish Embassy on Sunday. Presidential minister Mariusz Handzlik told PAP on Friday that it is a very  important foreign visit aimed at paying tribute to soldiers of General Wladyslaw Anders who took part in the victorious Battle of Monte Cassino that ended on May 18, 1944.

Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski will arrive in Moscow on May 5 for talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, PAP learnt on Wednesday from diplomatic sources in Moscow. Preparations for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin`s visit to Poland planned for early September will be the main topic of talks of the Polish and Russian foreign ministers, the sources said. (PAP, 09 April 2009)
 

Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski arrived in Moscow on Tuesday evening for a two-day working visit Sikorski will meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer said the visit is serving "the continuation of Polish-Russian relations." He added that it is a normal and desirable thing that in neighbourly relations such visits are held on regular bases and stressed they should focus on bilateral relations and international affairs.

International security, India`s relations with Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and Iraq as well as economic cooperation are to be the main topics of talks of President of the Republic of India Pratibha Devisingh Patil with Polish politicians in Warsaw on Friday.

The 31st contingent of the shift of the Polish UNIFIL military contingent, the last one to go to Lebanon, was bidden farewell in Kielce, southern Poland, on Tuesday. The 450-strong mission will supervise commodity and troop transport from Lebanon to the Naqoura base, secure provision for operational units, store commodity and repair equipment as well as will monitor the contingent responsibility area.