25 th Anniversary of Solidarity
The celebrations of the 25 th anniversary commemorated the workers’ strikes in Poland in 1980. The strikes led to the establishment of the Solidarity Trade Union. The Solidarity movement, which began in Gdańsk, eventually led to historic changes and the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe. In pursuit of democracy, Poles formed the Solidarity Trade Union, the first free trade union in the Soviet – dominated countries in Europe... read more
Polish presidential election, 2005
Presidential elections were held in Poland on October 9 and October 23, 2005. The current President of Poland, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, has served two five-year terms and cannot stand for a third term.Two center-right candidates, Donald Tusk, chairman of the Civic Platform party (PO), and Lech Kaczyński, leader of the Law and Justice party (PiS) and mayor of Warsaw, led the poll in the first round. As neither received 50 percent of the vote, a second round was held on 23 October... read more
Lech Walesa
After graduating from vocational school, he worked as a car mechanic at a machine center and then, as an electrician. In 1970 he became one of the leaders of the shipyard workers and as a result of his activities, he was fired. To support his family he took temporary jobs. He began to organise free non-communist trade unions and took part in many actions on the sea coast... read more
Money, money, money
Money is counted and spent every day. Polish currency is called zloty. In the banknotes you can discern the pictures of Polish kings, though most of us don’t pay attention to this fact...read more
A penny saved is a penny earned. A class survey on spending and saving money.
