This is a service of EIN News a digital news provider
EIN News
Sign up for a free trial
Register Now
Member center Log In
Lech Walesa News. Service for global professionals. Constantly updated news and information about Poland.
FORMATS: RSS | EMAIL

Latest Lech Walesa News

  • The Consequences of Bad Ideas (Part 1) 25 Dec 2009 00:52 GMT
    ... of Radio Free Europe in Prague. The keynote speaker was Noble Peace Prize Laureate Lech Walesa, former leader of the Polish Solidarity Movement and former president of Poland. Walesa's address ...

  • Obama's Nobel speech [Part II] 23 Dec 2009 23:51 GMT
    ... Poland created space not just for the Catholic Church, but for labor leaders like Lech Walesa. Ronald Reagan’s efforts on arms control and embrace of perestroika not only improved relations ...

  • Kaczynski looks back on four years in power 23 Dec 2009 10:55 GMT
    ... eventually did in October this year after Ireland’s second referendum on the issue. And Lech Walesa has taken him to court this year in a libel case after Kaczynski accused ...

  • The Difficulty of Being Ukraine 22 Dec 2009 13:42 GMT
    ... Yushchenko, once the Orange hero, is now polling in low single digits. Much like Lech Walesa in Poland a generation ago, the out-of-touch Yushchenko has unceremoniously morphed from national icon ...

  • Newest Nobel Peace Prize winner focuses on how the world should be 22 Dec 2009 08:54 GMT
    ... Luther King Jr., Henry Kissinger, Andrei Sakharov, Anwar al-Sadat and Menachem Begin, Mother Teresa, Lech Walesa, Desmond Tutu, Elie Wiesel and Nelson Mandela. All of the above are previous winners ...

  • TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2009 21 Dec 2009 08:16 GMT
    ... 1989 _ After 23 years of dictatorial rule, Romania ousts Nicolae Ceausescu 1990 _ Lech Walesa sworn in as Poland's first popularly elected president 1992 _ Libyan MIG-23UB attacks Boeing ...

  • Teach children to work for peace 20 Dec 2009 11:57 GMT
    ... King Jr., Mother Teresa, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Albert Schweitzer, Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams, Lech Walesa, Nelson Mandela, Mikhail Gorbachev, F.W. De Klerk, and even current religious leaders. I also ...

  • Pope decrees beatification of Poland's 'Solidarity chaplain' 19 Dec 2009 16:15 GMT
    ... his sermons with political messages backing the Solidarity trade union movement of future president Lech Walesa, a step away from sainthood. Three Polish secret service officers abducted Father Popieluszko in ...

  • 'I wanted things reformed. I told my father things should change' 19 Dec 2009 01:11 GMT
    ... its grip that no coherent dissident movement - and certainly no Vaclav Havel or Lech Walesa - ever emerged in Ceausescu's Romania. Ceausescu strengthened the Securitate as he destroyed Romania. ...

  • Infamous Auschwitz entrance sign stolen 18 Dec 2009 21:59 GMT
    ... according to a report in the Deutsche Welle. According to AFP, former Polish President Lech Walesa decried the theft of the sign and said he hoped it was only "a ...

  • 'Arbeit Macht Frie' Sign Stolen From Auschwitz 18 Dec 2009 20:26 GMT
    ... according to a report in the Deutsche Welle. According to AFP, former Polish President Lech Walesa decried the theft of the sign and said he hoped it was only "a ...

  • Arbeit Macht Frie Sign Stolen From Auschwitz 18 Dec 2009 17:57 GMT
    ... according to a report in the Deutsche Welle. According to AFP, former Polish President Lech Walesa decried the theft of the sign and said he hoped it was only "a ...

  • Auschwitz sign stolen 'by neo-Nazis' 18 Dec 2009 17:16 GMT
    ... again hatred and violence against Jews,” said Silvan Shalom, an Israeli vice prime minister. Lech Walesa, the former Polish president, called the crime “unthinkable”. “I hope this turns out to ...

  • Auschwitz's 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign stolen from camp 18 Dec 2009 17:13 GMT
    ... according to a report in the Deutsche Welle. According to AFP, former Polish President Lech Walesa decried the theft of the sign and said he hoped it was only “a ...

  • 'Arbeit Macht Frei' Sign Stolen From Auschwitz 18 Dec 2009 15:12 GMT
    ... according to a report in the Deutsche Welle. According to AFP, former Polish President Lech Walesa decried the theft of the sign and said he hoped it was only “a ...


1 - 15 / 26      NEXT >>>

Powered by Newsfeed Maker
NOT SATISFIED WITH THIS LECH WALESA (FORMER PRESIDENT) NEWS SECTION? MAKE YOUR OWN WITH THE INBOX ROBOT OR TRY OUR OTHER MEDIA MONITORING SERVICES.
These stories are not published by IPD Group, Inc. and these links will take you to other websites. Some of these websites require their own registration to read their stories.
<<< Please read the disclaimer for more details.>>>
 
 

Take This Poll

Are you more optimistic about the future than you were one year ago? (Dec. 22, 2009)



 

Quote of the Day

"We have determined that the Lithuanian State Security Department has received requests from the CIA to establish detention facilities."
— Arvydas Anusauskas, chairman of Lithuanian Parliament National Security and Defense Committee, on finding that the CIA set up secret prisons in Lithuania following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks

> Lithuania News

Markets

Exchange Rates: Polish Zloty
USD 1 = PLN 2.8813
EUR 1 = PLN 4.1499

Closing Stocks:
Warsaw WIG: 39,686.24(-0.28%)

Country Info About Poland

Visit the World Factbook for detailed information about Poland.
 

This Day in History

Dec. 25

The Treaty of Dresden was signed, ending the Second Silesian War between Austria and Prussia.
What year was it?

BUSINESS PROMOTION SERVICES

EIN Advertising · Place banner ads on EIN News industry specific publications.

EIN Presswire · Upload press releases to the EIN network and have them submitted to leading journalists and decision-makers worldwide.

EIN Global Events · Reach industry-specific readers and promote events, conferences or exhibitions.

EIN Business Directory · Present company or service information on highly-visible, industry and geo-specific news pages.

NEWS SERVICES

News Publications · In-depth geopolitical and industry specific news coverage aggregated from 35,000 online outlets. Updated every 15 minutes.

News Alerts · Receive a free selection of the day's top stories hand picked by EIN News editors.

Newsfeed Maker · Integrate customized newsfeeds in any format covering all industry and geopolitical topics, updated every 15 minutes.

EIN Presswire · Upload press releases to the EIN network and have them submitted journalists and decision-makers worldwide.

Inbox Robot · Customized newsletters delivered by e-mail. Search a news index monitoring thousands of trusted media sources.

COMPANY BACKGROUND

About EIN News · Established in 1995, EIN News began by supplying business professionals and individuals with relevant and interesting news products. It has grown to become the largest digital news provider in Europe.

Member List · See the partial member list and join a community of professionals from private industry, institutions, and governments that rely on EIN as a critical source for research, breaking news and media services.