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Poland October election campaign: vote for Kaczynski’s ‘Angelina Jolie’
Polish opposition leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski was seen as a no-hoper for the upcoming parliamentary elections on 9 October. Yet an unexpected comeback in opinion polls could be down to the conservative law and justice party’s new election campaign, in which seven attractive young women – one standing for Lodz, in particular - give the party a facelift
Kaczynski crash investigation: Russia blames Poland, Poland sees red
Scandal, mockery, insult. These were the words with which millions of Poles greeted the official report by Russian investigators on the crash of the Polish presidential aeroplane, made public on 12 January. The Russians see Poland as solely to blame for the accident. Warsaw is not issuing denials, but claims the investigation is incomplete
jaroslaw kaczynski, russian federation, smolensk, moscow, poland, politics, lech kaczynski
World's tallest jesus and crossing out secularism in Poland
Every country has its own vision of secularism.In late November, a 51-metre Jesus Christ statue was erected in western Poland, 14 metres taller than its colleague in Rio de Janeiro. Though privately funded, the Polish state is still looking for that perfect balance between sacrum and profanum in the public domain - takes its various crossings with the cross
jaroslaw kaczynski, religion, civil society, secularity, religion and democracy, society, warsaw
Pro-European Polish president: order no. Komorowski
The Polish people didn't vote emotionally on 4 July. Bronisław Komorowski won Poland's presidential elections with 52.6% of the vote across 95% of constituencies. His challenger Jarosław Kaczyński, twin brother of the late president Lech, trailed at 47.4%. The German, Italian and Polish press hail the politically mature result
jaroslaw kaczynski, eu presidency, bronisław komorowski, eurotopics, euweek, warsaw, european union
Polish elections: Jaroslaw Kaczynski, hamster candidate
A second Kaczynski mandate would be going back to the Middle Ages, warns Artur Kurasinski, owner of Polish new media agency Revolver Interactive. He brings politically incorrect 'hamsters' back to life on his 2005-launched website chomiks.com. The presidential elections take place on 20 June, after late incumbent Lech Kaczynski was killed in April
jaroslaw kaczynski, bronisław komorowski, best of cafebabel.com, animals, artur kurasinski, internet, youth
Schweinsteiger or Pig-Climber?
Foreign names are not often translated into Spanish in Spain: you don’t usually hear people talking about Guillermo Shakespeare or prime minister 'Shoemaker' (Zapatero) abroad, for example. But, what would happen if foreign names were translated in every language?
jaroslaw kaczynski, josé luis rodríguez zapatero, tower of babel, ségolene royal, expressions, translation, bastian schweinsteiger
Lech Kaczynski laid to rest next to kings
Images of mourning in Poland which circulated the international media revealed one quite unexpected crack. After Lech Kaczynski’s family chose Wawel Castle in Krakow to be the president's last resting place, many citizens were outraged. Can you imagine French president Nicolas Sarkozy being laid to rest next to Napoleon in the Invalides? Or Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi finding peace in Rome’s Pantheon?
jaroslaw kaczynski, civil society, katyń, death, cracow, accident, warsaw
President dead: what political future for Poland?
An election for a new president will need to be held in sixty days, but it’s hard to see how Polish society can pull itself together so quickly since their top illuminaries were largely killed in a plane crash on 10 April. Extract from cafebabel.com's Belgium-based American blogger 'Gulf Stream Blues'
jaroslaw kaczynski, death, russian federation, blogs, opinion, accident, president
Young Poles react: Lech Kaczynski death, 'second Katyn tragedy'
In the same place where the Polish elite was executed 70 years ago, a new Polish elite dies in a horrid aircrash, that leaves Poles at home and abroad in a state of shock. Young Poles across Europe help demystify the tragedy
jaroslaw kaczynski, dmitry medvedev, katyń, youth, russian federation, news, warsaw
The Europe-shaped hole in the Polish campaign for June elections
Obviously, this is not a country-specific phenomenon, but a pan-European one. What is not typical is the lack of any debate between the main political parties, even on domestic issues. The ruling party and the main opposition party seem to be focused exclusively on the names that supposedly ensure the highest possible score
jaroslaw kaczynski, abstentionism, eudebate2009, euroscepticism, european parliament, eurosceptic, power
Elections in Poland: the soap opera continues
The electoral campaign for the general elections has begun - two years early
jaroslaw kaczynski, warsaw, corruption, world affairs, elections, central and eastern europe, poland
Brown, Sarkozy and gang - sceptic fantastics
Is Europe increasingly Eurosceptic as with the arrival of a new generation of new leaders?
jaroslaw kaczynski, romania, united kingdom, european union, nicolas sarkozy, tony blair, brussels
Mission: Possible – Germany and Poland before the summit
The current crisis between Berlin and Warsaw cannot last – Germany and Poland have too many common interests to make a prolonged dispute worthwhile
jaroslaw kaczynski, integration, germany, european democracy, france, poland, politics
Poland risks isolation in Europe
The election of the conservative and nationalist Lech Kaczynski as President, coupled with the minority government’s possible coalition with the extreme right, has put Poland’s EU future at risk.
Weak election campaign in Poland
Poland is electing a new parliament on September 25 and a new president two weeks after that. But attention is more focused on the past than the future, as the resignation of the left-wing presidential candidate, Cimoszewicz, shows.
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