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Rzeczpospolita

http://www.rp.pl/temat/2.html

Warsaw
Language : Polish
Circulation : 194,700

http://www.rp.pl/temat/2.html
Language : Polish

Newspaper founded after the declaration of martial law on December 13th, 1981, intended for the nomenklatura. "The Republic", which now follows the Kaczynski twins' political line, deals in the main with economic and legal issues, but its culture section and weekly literary supplement is of high quality.

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Gas | Energy solidarity not yet on tap

To avoid natural gas shortages that have marked the past few winters, the EU is studying a mutual assistance plan for member states. But the trigger conditions won't satisfy everyone, and member states aren't ready to play the game, writes Rzeczspospolita.

Published on 17 Mar 2010 | Rzeczpospolita

Economic crisis | Drop the European way of life

The belief that we can recover from the economic crisis without compromising our "European Way of Life" is quite simply a pipe dream argues, Polish columnist Marek Magierowski.

Published on 25 Feb 2010 | Rzeczpospolita

Crime | The war on cigarette smuggling

One cigarette in every ten sold in the European Union has been illegally imported. To combat the booming business in smuggled tobacco from Eastern Europe and Asia, Brussels has decided to tighten security on the EU's external borders. Poland is in the front line of the war on the cigarette smugglers.

Published on 21 Jan 2010 | Rzeczpospolita

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