SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 25, 2012
Germans used to think of Poland as a country full of car thieves and post-communist drabness. On the eve of hosting the European Football Championship, however, the country has become the most astonishing success story in Eastern Europe. Relations between Berlin and Warsaw have never been better. By Erich Follath and Jan Puhl more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- February 09, 2012
A gold rush is underway in Poland, where international energy companies are scrambling for the right to drill for shale gas. Poland's government sees the extraction as a ticket to independence from Russia's Gazprom, but some residents near the drilling sites are wary of the risks. By Jens Mattern in Warsaw more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- October 10, 2011
Donald Tusk has made history by becoming the first Polish prime minister to win reelection since the fall of communism. But he cannot feel too satisfied with his victory. He only won because his political opponents failed to come up with any answers to Poland's problems. By Jan Puhl more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- October 05, 2011
Former Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski is resorting to outlandish claims in his bid for election. In a new book, he suggests that Germany wants to annex part of Poland and that the East German secret police helped Angela Merkel win power. more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- February 21, 2011
Poland, once a backward agricultural country, is quickly becoming an economic powerhouse in Central Europe. The Poles are strongly pro-European, and even their relationship with the Germans is no longer as tense as it was just a few years ago. Nowhere is the transformation easier to see than in Wroclaw. By Jan Puhl more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- January 19, 2011
On Tuesday, it was Poland's turn. A week after a team of Russian investigators blamed the Polish flight crew for last year's plane crash which killed President Lech Kaczynski and dozens of other dignitaries, Poland has fired back with its own report. Russian air traffic controllers, it says, share responsibility for the disaster. By Jan Puhl more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- March 02, 2009
In a SPIEGEL interview, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, 51, discusses the US missile defense shield, Eastern Europe's precarious situation in the global economic crisis and the concern in Warsaw over a German monument to those expelled from Poland after World War II. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- October 15, 2008
The power struggle between Poland's President Lech Kaczynski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk is becoming increasingly bizarre. The two fought bitterly for days over who would represent the country at the EU summit in Brussels. Now, they're both going. By Christina Hebel more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- September 25, 2008
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk wants to pass a law that would impose "chemical castration" on pedophiles. Politicians at the European Parliament in Brussels have raised their objections to the proposal, but there is little the EU can do to stop it. By Christina Hebel more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- December 11, 2007
Poland's new prime minister, Donald Tusk, is in Berlin Tuesday for his first official visit to Germany. Although German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Tusk already enjoy a close working relationship, tough issues remain on the agenda. Expect hard bargaining. By David Gordon Smith in Berlin more...
