letter from Poland - Documentary about the Pres Plane Crash

[General of Darkness]

Very scary stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c6bqHONRMc&p=ED1826A493BF13F7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iK2LQ5quSM&p=ED1826A493BF13F7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u68eXju_2A&p=ED1826A493BF13F7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zp-jmpBLht4&p=ED1826A493BF13F7

[osoab]

Found this last night. I hadn't watched them yet though.

[General of Darkness]

Bump

[MNeagle]

I look forward to you changing your avatar General

[General of Darkness]

I look forward to you changing your avatar General


DONE, I did that for LIGHT. ;D

[MNeagle]

Thanks, I appreciate that.

[osoab]

Europe Seeks to Block Polish Gas Contract (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/11/business/energy-environment/11gazprom.html)



By JUDY DEMPSEY
Published: October 10, 2010
WROCLAW, POLAND — The European Commission has stepped up efforts to prevent the Russian energy giant Gazprom from reaching an accord with Poland that would lock the country into long-term natural gas contracts, hindering diversification of Poland’s, and Europe’s, energy sources and making Warsaw more dependent on Russia for its gas.

If the commission is successful, it could deal a blow to Russia, which seems determined to foil any attempts by outside companies to gain access to its pipelines that stretch from Russia to its lucrative markets in Europe.

Alexander Smolar, director of the Stefan Batory Foundation, a study group in Warsaw that promotes open democratic governments, said the gas negotiations with Russia were a test case for the Union’s ability to implement a common energy policy.

“Russia is using Poland as a test case to see if it can get around E.U. legislation,” Mr. Smolar said. “It’s a question of who will blink first.”



Poland confirms contract with Gazprom (http://www.wbj.pl/article-51797-poland-confirms-contract-with-gazprom.html)


27th October 2010
Poland's council of ministers on Tuesday gave their blessing to a new agreement with Russian energy giant Gazprom.

The contract, which could be signed as early as Friday by Russian deputy Prime Minister Igor Schetscyn and Polish deputy Prime Minister Waldemar Pawlak, says Gazprom will increase annual supply from the current 7.5 billion cu m to 10.3 billion cu m.

Poland's gas demand is expected to increase from some 14 billion cu m today to about 20 billion cu m in 2030. For the European Commission, it is important that the gas agreement also allows third parties to use the Yamal pipeline, which transports gas from Russia to Germany through Poland.

I was searching around for some business deals that had occurred with Poland after the crash. This is the only one I could find that dealt with Russia.

Poland's KGHM scores Chinese copper contract (http://www.wbj.pl/article-51927-polands-kghm-scores-chinese-copper-contract.html)


4th November 2010
Polish copper giant KGHM has just signed a copper cathode delivery agreement with China Mine Metal Corporation.

The deal is valued between zł.1.2-2.4 billion, dependent on the final amount of copper purchased, the price of copper at the time of purchase and the strength of the American dollar, reports the Polish business newspaper Parkiet.

Last year, was a good one for KGHM in China. The company sold some zł.1.67 worth of products, amounting to nearly 14 percent of the company's total global sales.

China's controversial Polish contract (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8259153.stm)


Wednesday, 16 September 2009 00:37 UK
By Rob Broomby
BBC News, Warsaw
At a dusty building site on the fringes of Warsaw, globalisation has just taken its latest twist - and it's one which will send tremors through Europe's construction industry.

Two decades after the fall of communist rule, a Polish government with an almost fundamentalist commitment to the free market has awarded contracts for two large motorway sections to a Chinese state-owned company that won the job with a dramatic knock-down bid.

It is the first time the Chinese have won such a contract in Poland and it is believed to be a first within the EU.

But instead of just cutting the price, they slashed it to pieces, offering to build the road for 60% less than the guide price - saving taxpayers millions, but leaving many wondering how they can do it so cheaply without pain.

Work is already under way on the interchange where the Lodz-Warsaw motorway will arrive in the Polish capital.

Stopping the traffic to allow heavy construction lorries to turn, Artur - clad in a hard hat and luminous jacket - says he is "very surprised".

"The Chinese probably work cheaply," he says.

Has Poland been put up for sale?