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• President of Poland unveils foundation stone of new SSEES building

Polish Elections 2011:

Parties

• Prawo i Sprawiedliwość
• Polska Jest Najważniejsza
• Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej
• Ruch Palikota
• Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe
• Polska Partia Pracy - Sierpień 80
• Platforma Obywatelska
• Nasz Dom Polska-Samoobrona Andrzeja Leppera
• Komitet Wyborczy Nowa Prawica - Janusza Korwin-Mikke
• Prawica Rzeczypospolitej

• National Electoral Commission

Comment/Observations

• Rzeczpospolita
• Interia.pl
• Gazeta Wyborcza
• Newsweek
• Polityka
• Wprost
• Dziennik
• Polska - the Times
• TVN
• TVP

Polish Elections 2010:

• Commentary by Aleksander Kwaśniewski (former Polish President)
• Paweł Fafara (Polska - the Times): 'Komorowski prezydentem, ale Polacy chcą też zmiany'
• Adam Michnik (Gazeta Wyborcza): 'Trudne wyzwania dla Komorowskiego'
• Tomasz Wróblewski (Gazeta Prawna): 'Wybory prezydenckie: PO zyskała więcej luzu w rządzeniu'
• Jarosław Kurski (Gazeta Wyborcza): 'To ostrzeżenie dla Platformy'
• Bronisław Wildstein (Rzeczpospolita): 'Nie będzie końca politycznej wojny'
• Paweł Lisicki: 'Polityczny przełom w Polsce'
• Anne Applebaum: 'Polish presidential election: a welcome end to a strange campaign'
• The Economist: 'President Komorowski: victorious but soon to be obscure'
• Andrew Rettman: 'EU's dream candidate wins Polish election'
• Financial Times: 'Will Tusk now deliver?'
• Spiegel: 'Path Clear for Reforms in Poland'
• Russia Today: 'Polish presidential candidates go neck and neck'
• Wyniki w gminach i powiatach [MAPY]
• Presidential Debate (27.06.2010) Part 1
• Presidential Debate (30.06.2010) Part 2
• Discussion on ABC National Radio, Australia (Contribution from Prof. Tomasz Mickiewicz, UCL-SSEES, from 16 mins in.)
• Early Presidential Elections in Poland 2010
• Date of Elections
• Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza
• Coverage - Tomasz Machała
• Coverage - Tok FM
• Coverage - Facebook
• Candidates
  • Bronisław Komorowski
  • Jarosław Kaczyński
  • Grzegorz Napieralski
  • Andrzej Olechowski
  • Waldemar Pawlak
  • Marek Jurek
  • Janusz Korwin-Mikke
  • Andrzej Lepper
  • Kornel Morawiecki
  • Bogusław Ziętek
  • Famous supporters of the various candidates

Smolensk plane crash of 10th April 2010:

• Polish Embassy in London - Online Book of Condolence

• Coverage by RMF24 (in Polish)
• Coverage by RIA Novosti (in Russian)
• Full list of victims of the air crash, in Polish
• List of affected institutions and their representatives
• Text of the speech President Kaczyński was due to give in Katyń (in Polish)
• Text of the speech President Kaczyński was due to give in Katyń (in English), from the Independent
• List of guests due to attend the President's funeral (in Polish)

• Phantoms that haunt the people return - Neal Ascherson, the Observer

• What's next for Polish central bank after governor's death? - Reuters
• Kaczyński Death to Aid Pro-Euro Tusk's Grip on Poland (Update1) - Business Week
• Polish leader's death reshapes political landscape - the Guardian
• Analysis: Ramifications of crash on Polish politics - CNN
• The Glory of Poland - the New York Times
• Russia-Poland thaw grows from tragedy - BBC
• A glimmer in Poland's darkness - Timothy Garton Ash, the Guardian

• Poland's tragedy may just herald a new dawn in the East - Misha Glenny, London Evening Standard
• Poland's National Grief: Time To Set Political Scores? - Pravda
• Attitude to Russia at heart of the dispute - the Independent
• Poland's new president will not be pro-Russian - political analyst - Russia Today
• Polish Leader Eyes Quick Election After Crash - the New York Times
• Grieving twin may decide to step into Polish President's shoes - the Times
• Poland's Komorowski walks political tight-rope - Reuters
• In dark times Poland needs the sunlight of truth - Ben Macintyre, the Times
• Poland-Russia: beyond tragedy? Part 1 - France24 (Video)
• Poland-Russia: beyond tragedy? Part 2 - France24 (Video)
• Katyń and 'The Good War' - Patrick J. Buchanan

• Plan to Bury Leader With 'Heroes' Splits Poland - Wall Street Journal
• Burial move shows cracks in Polish unity on crash - Reuters
• Air crash's high impact on Polish politics - BBC
• Poland: A nation haunted by demons - Magdalena Rittenhouse, the Independent
• Tragedy as Harbinger of Change - the New York Times
• Kaczynski burial plan causes split - BBC

• From Poland's Tragedy, Hope - Zbigniew Brzeziński, Time
• Where History's March Is a Funeral Procession - Olga Tokarczuk, the New York Times

• Unity born of tragedy - Leszek Miller and Piotr Dutkiewicz, Ottawa Citizen
• Russia and Poland: A Blood Feud Rooted Deep in the Past - Clifford J. Levy, the New York Times

• Truth rises from Poland's tragedy - Norman Davies, the Times
• Polish plane crash: country has shown resilience since President Kaczyński's death - Anne Applebaum, the Telegraph
• Video interview with Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Radosław Sikorski - Russia Today (in English)
• World leaders can't get to Poland for funeral due to ash - CNN
• Polish president and wife buried in lavish state funeral - the Guardian
• Eastern Europe comes together to mourn Poland's President - the Times

• The Cruelty of Chance - Nina Khrushcheva, the Moscow Times

• President of Poland
  Lech Kaczyński, Maria Kaczyńska
  Obituaries: the Guardian, the Times, the Telegraph, the Independent

• Last Polish President in exile
  Ryszard Kaczorowski

• Members of the Polish Parliament (Sejm):
  Leszek Deptuła
  Grzegorz Dolniak
  Grażyna Gęsicka
  Przemysław Gosiewski
  Izabela Jaruga-Nowacka
  Sebastian Karpiniuk
  Aleksandra Natalli-Świat
  Maciej Płażyński (also President of the Association "Wspólnota Polska")
  Krzysztof Putra
  Arkadiusz Rybicki
  Jerzy Szmajdziński
  Jolanta Szymanek-Deresz
  Zbigniew Wassermann
  Wiesław Woda
  Edward Wojtas

• Members of the Polish Senate (Senat)
  Krystyna Bochenek
  Janina Fetlińska
  Stanisław Zając

• National Security Bureau (Biuro Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego)
  Aleksander Szczygło - Head of the National Security Bureau
  Władysław Stasiak - Head of the President's Chancellery

• Ministry of National Defence (Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej)
  Stanisław Komorowski - Undersecretary of State

• Polish Armed Forces Operational Command (Dowództwo Operacyjne Sił Zbrojnych RP)
  General Bronisław Kwiatkowski - Head of the Polish Armed Forces Operational Command

• Polish Air Forces (Siły Powietrzne)
  General Andrzej Błasik - Head of Polish Air Forces

• Polish Land Forces (Wojska Lądowe)
  General Tadeusz Buk - Head of Polish Land Forces

• Polish Special Forces (Wojska Specjalne)
  General Włodzimierz Potasiński - Head of Polish Special Forces

• Polish Navy - (Marynarka Wojenna RP)
  Vice-Admiral Andrzej Karweta - Polish Navy Commander-in-Chief

• The Warsaw Garrison - (Dowództwo Garnizonu Warszawa)
  General Kazimierz Gilarski - Commander of the Warsaw Garrison

• Ministry of Culture (Ministerstwo Kultury)
  Tomasz Merta - Undersecretary of State

• Mininstry of Foreign Affairs (Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych)
  Andrzej Kremer - Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  Mariusz Handzlik - Undersecretary of State in the Chancellery of the President of Poland
  Mariusz Kazana - Director of Diplomatic Protocol

• General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces - (Sztab Generalny Wojska Polskiego)
  General Franciszek Gągor

• Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom - (Rada Ochrony Pamięci Walk i Męczeństwa)
  Andrzej Przewoźnik
  Stanisław Mikke

• Polish Olympic Committee - (Polski Komitet Olimpijski)
  Piotr Nurowski - Head of the Polish Olympic Committee

• Ombudsman (Rzecznik Praw Obywatelskich)
  Janusz Kochanowski

• National Bank of Poland (Narodowy Bank Polski)
  Sławomir Skrzypek - Head of the National Bank of Poland

• Institute of National Remembrance (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej)
  Janusz Kurtyka - Head of Institute of National Remembrance

• Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression - (Urząd ds. Kombatantów i Osób Represjonowanych)
  Janusz Krupski

• Canon of the Roman Catholic Church of St Andrew Bobola in West London
  Fr. Bronisław Gostomski

Government and official information:

• The Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland
• CIA World Factbook - Poland
• Internet Law Library - Poland
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland
• Ministry of Health, Poland
• National Security Bureau
• Polish Land Forces Website
• The Polish Navy
• President of the Republic of Poland
• Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
• Senat Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
• Supreme Court of the Republic of Poland
• United Nations Development Programme - Poland

Elections:

• Elections 2007
• Gazeta 2007 Election Coverage
• Onet.pl 2007 Election Coverage
• Wirtualna Polska 2007 Election Coverage
• Prawo i Sprawiedliwość
• Platforma Obywatelska
• Samoobrona
• Lewica i Demokraci
• Liga Polskich Rodzin
• Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe
• Political Parties and Organizations - Poland
• Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza
• Guardian Coverage 1
• Guardian Coverage 2
• Guardian Coverage 3
• Guardian Coverage 4 (Video)
• Telegraph Coverage
• Independent Coverage
• Times Coverage
• BBC Coverage
• Economist Coverage

Political blogs and debates:

• Władysław Bartoszewski
• Marek Borowski
• Ryszard Czarnecki
• Ludwik Dorn
• Piotr Gadzinowski
• Marek Jurek
• Ryszard Kalisz
• Janusz Korwin-Mikke
• Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz
• Leszek Miller
• Grzegorz Napieralski
• Mirosława Nykiel
• Wojciech Olejniczak
• Mirosław Orzechowski
• Janusz Palikot
• Janina Paradowska
• Daniel Passent
• Waldemar Pawlak
• Janusz Piechociński
• Polska XXI
• Joanna Seneszyn
• Marek Siwiec
• Trzy żółwie
• Lech Wałęsa
• Bronisław Wildstein
• Janusz Wojciechowski
• Rafał Ziemkiewicz
• Rafał Ziemkiewicz - new blog

• Kwadrans po ósmej

State visit of the President of Poland to the UK, 5-7 May 2004:

• Polish President welcomed to the UK (from BBC News)
• Queen praises Polish fortitude (from BBC News)
• Royal banquet (from Wprost Online; in Polish)
• President Kwaśniewski and his wife visit Elizabeth II (from Wprost Online; in Polish)

Economics and statistics:

• Central Statistical Office
• Economist Country Briefings: Poland
• Narodowy Bank Polski
• Polish Market Review
• Republic of Poland and the IMF
• Warsaw Business Journal

News and media (Polish language):

• Dziennik
• Gazeta Wyborcza
• Google News Polska
• Krytyka Polityczna
• Newsweek Polska
• Polish Press Agency (index)
• Polish Radio Podcasting
• Polityczni
• Polityka
• Polska Times
• Puls Biznesu
• Radio Tok
• Rzeczpospolita
• TVP
• Tygodnik Powszechny
• Wprost
• Życie Warszawy
• Wiadomości - 09/03/2007 -onwards (Video)
• Teleexpress from 16/02/2007 - onwards (Video)
• Panorama - from 17/02/2007 -onwards (Video)

News and media (English language):

• Eye on Poland (CNN)
• Polish Radio News
• Warsaw Business Journal
• The Warsaw Voice

Academic sites:

• Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
• Catholic University of Lublin
• Jagiellonian University, Krakow
• Maps of Poland (from the Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, The University of Texas at Austin)
• Polish Academy of Sciences
• University of Gdansk
• University of Warsaw
• University of Wrocław

Libraries and archives:

• British Library - Polish Collections
• Digital Libraries Federation
• Jagiellonian Library - Biblioteka Jagiellonska
• National Digital Library
• National Library of Poland - Biblioteka Narodowa
• Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America - Archival Information Center
• Polish Library in London
• Polish State Archives
• Polska Biblioteka Internetowa
• University Library in Warsaw

Language and literature:

• Biblioteka Literatury Polskiej w Internecie
• Polish-English/English-Polish Dictionary
• Polish Literature in English Translation
• Polish Writing
• Słownik języka polskiego
• Słownik wyrazów obcych
• Staropolska
• Wielki słownik ortograficzny

Culture and society:

• Film Polski (Polish cinema, films and their creators)
• Katyń - site for the film by Andrzej Wajda
• Kinoeye: Web Resources on Polish Cinema
• National Museum in Warsaw
• OSKA - National Women's Information Centre
• Polish Cultural Institute, London
• Polish Social and Cultural Association, London
• Polish Music Reference Center, University of Southern California

History:

• Archaeology in Poland
• Encyklopedia Solidarności
• Polish Resistance in World War II
• Skarby Dziedzictwa Narodowego
• Słownik "Niezależni dla kultury 1976-1989"
• WWW Virtual Library - History Index: Poland

Regions and cities:

• Kraków

Search engines:

• Google
• Wow!

Online Portals

• Gazeta
• Interia
• Onet
• Wirtualna Polska

Other resources:

• Encyklopedia PWN
• Poland Home Page
• Polska.pl
• Selected Internet Resources: Poland (from the Library of Congress)

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