Resources

842 Resources for

poland

  • Subscribe to this listing via:
  • RSS
  • Email

BNET Resources

Polish-born German uses own history to heal wounds of WWII
ALEKSANDROW KUJAWSKI, Poland AFP — Six decades after World War II, the wounds of the conflict are still raw in much of Europe. One of those trying to heal them is Gustav Bekker, 71, a Polish-born German whose own history is a snapshot of the painful era. Bekker's...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Nazi, Poland
Research articles 2008-08-23
'Phoney' queues used to spur Polish iPhone launch
WARSAW AFP — Poland's biggest telecoms operator, Telekomunikacja Polska, acknowledged Friday that it had paid young, hip-looking film extras to stand in queues for the national launch of Apple's iPhone. "It was a marketing move. We thought it was a pretty interesting strategy," TP spokesman Wojciech Jabczynski told AFP....
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Apple Inc., Branding, MARKETING, Orange PCS, Poland, queue
Research articles 2008-08-22
US missile shield makes Poland a target: Russian general
MOSCOW AFP — Poland is making itself a target for Russia's military "100 percent" by hosting elements of a US anti-missile system, a senior Russian general was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency Friday. "By hosting these, Poland is making itself a target. This is 100 percent" certain,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, MARKETING, Poland, Russia, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-08-15
Poland's Euro 2012 stadium chief has resigned
WARSAW AFP — The man charged with overseeing the building of Warsaw's football stadium in time for the Euro 2012 championships has resigned under media pressure, the country's sports minister said on Wednesday. Sports minister Miroslaw Drzewiecki said Michal Borowski had stepped down as head of the National Sports...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, MARKETING, Poland, stadium, Ukraine
Research articles 2008-08-06
Polish monk preaches divine sex -- with Church's blessing
WARSAW AFP — He has been dubbed the high priest of Catholic Kama Sutra, but Polish Friar Ksawery Knotz says that by giving married couples tips on how to practice divine sex he is simply doing God's work. "I certainly encourage married couples to pray for a good and...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, INTERNET, Poland
Research articles 2008-08-02
Euro 2008 organisers confident successors will be ready
VIENNA AFP — Euro 2008 chief organiser Martin Kallen said Tuesday he was confident that Poland and Ukraine would be ready to stage the event without a hitch in 2012. Both countries have been under pressure to deliver amid fears that they are lagging behind with logistical and infrastructural...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Poland, Ukraine
Research articles 2008-07-29
Sunset Suits Holdings, Inc. Announces the Closing of $16 Million Private Placement
WARSAW, Poland -- Sunset Suits Holdings, Inc., ("Sunset Suits"), a designer and retailer of high quality menswear based in Poland, officially announced today the closing of its May 21, 2008 private placement. Sunset Suits sold 5,128,217 shares of its Common Stock to 71 accredited and international investors for $16 million....
Tags: FINANCE, Poland, Retail, SALES, SEC
Research articles 2008-07-25
Top US official to launch anti-missile defence meet
PRAGUE AFP — The head of the United States Missile Defense Agency MDA will Tuesday inaugurate a global conference on missile defence in Prague, the US embassy said. Henry Obering's visit will coincide with that of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who is scheduled to sign an accord finalising...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, conference, Manufacturing, missile, Poland, Prague, radar, Raytheon Co.
Research articles 2008-07-07
US missile shield gains favour in Poland: poll
WARSAW AFP — Polish opposition to hosting part of a US missile defence shield in the former communist country is weakening, according to the latest poll published on Saturday. Back at the end of February a survey suggested that 52 percent of Poles opposed the plans, however this new...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Manufacturing, MARKETING, missile, Poland, radar, survey
Research articles 2008-07-05
Poland sticks to security demands in US missile shield talks
WARSAW AFP — Poland refused to budge Friday from its demands for extra air defence-type security guarantees from the United States in exchange for agreeing to host elements of a US missile shield. "The installation of the missile shield would create new dangers and if the shield cannot counter...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Manufacturing, missile, Poland, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-07-04
International marketing in an enlarged European Union: Some insights into cultural heterogeneity in Central Europe*
We inhabit a global village in which international marketers are encouraged to think and act with both global and local interests in mind. The enlargement of the European Union EU in January 2007 has created a 27 member state EU with a population of nearly half a billion. The purpose...
Tags: brand, branding, European Commission, Hungary, identity, Identity, marketing, Mayer, Poland, survey
Research articles 2008-07-01
US warns Poland it could turn elsewhere for missile talks
WASHINGTON AFP — The United States warned Poland Tuesday it could turn to other countries if talks with Warsaw on hosting part of a US missile defense shield do not advance. The comments came as a top Lithuanian official was in Washington, although State Department spokesman Tom Casey said...
Tags: FINANCE, negotiation, Poland, spokesman, U.S., U.S. Department of State
Research articles 2008-07-01
Poles in Britain trickle home, but most here to stay
LONDON AFP — Walk down some streets in west London these days and you could be in downtown Warsaw: from thriving Polish supermarkets and cafes to the hum of Slavic chatter and rich smell of Polish dumplings. And while some of the hundreds of thousands of Poles who have...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Britain, Government, London, Manufacturing, Poland
Research articles 2008-06-29
Another final - but still no Mullers on German horizon
PARIS AFP — Once more, Germany are in the final of a European Championship, their sixth. Yet despite the country's impeccable record there is one piece of the jigsaw which Die Mannschaft has been trying in vain to fit for more than 30 years. A true, dyed-in-the-wool number...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, CAREER, Games, Germany, Poland
Research articles 2008-06-28
Fresh report of CIA jail in Poland driven by US election: Warsaw
WARSAW AFP — Poland's defence minister on Monday labelled a US press report which said that Warsaw allowed the CIA to operate a secret torture base for Al-Qaeda suspects on its soil as simple electioneering. "I see it as an element of the election campaign in the United States,"...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, CIA, Poland
Research articles 2008-06-23
In Poland, Chopin's heart may hold secret of his death
WARSAW AFP — The heart of Frederic Chopin, one of the world's most cherished musical geniuses, could hold the secret to his untimely death. The renowned 19th century Polish-French pianist and composer died at the age of 39, of what is believed to be tuberculosis. But leading Polish...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Biotechnology, Poland
Research articles 2008-06-21
EU10 adjusting well to global financial turmoil: World Bank
WARSAW AFP — Ten ex-communist European Union newcomer states have "adjusted relatively well" to recent global financial stress, oil and food price spikes and slowing growth, the World Bank said on Wednesday. The bank said in its EU10 Regular Economic Report that although economic growth was set to slow...
Tags: FINANCE, financial, inflation, Poland, World Bank
Research articles 2008-06-18
Lithuania would consider hosting US missile shield: minister
VILNIUS AFP — Lithuania would consider being the base for a contested US missile shield if Washington asks it, but believes the United States will persuade Poland to host the system, Lithuania's defence minister said Wednesday. "Lithuania would consider the possibility of participating in the anti-missile shield if asked....
Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, NATO, Poland, shield, Washington
Research articles 2008-06-18
US taps Lithuania as alternative to Poland for missile shield plan
WARSAW AFP — The United States has begun to sound out Lithuania as a possible alternative host for a controversial missile shield as talks with Poland on the project grind on. After a Polish minister said Tuesday that talks between Washington and Vilnius were indeed underway, US officials confirmed...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Manufacturing, missile, Poland, U.S.
Research articles 2008-06-18
Croatians lose Knezevic for rest of Euro
VIENNA AFP — Croatian defender Dario Knezevic is out of the rest of Euro 2008 after injuring knee ligaments, the national coach Slaven Billic announced on Tuesday. The 26-year-old, who plays for relegated Serie A side Livorno, was injured during Croatia's 1-0 win over Poland on Monday after colliding...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Poland, Vienna
Research articles 2008-06-17
advertisement
advertisement