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kISlUk, MITChEll NaMEd FIRST PaJF SChOlaRShIPPOLISH wINNERS AMERICAN JOURNAL— PagE • 20 JULY 2017 www.polamjournal.com 1 PERIODICAL POSTAGE PAID AT BOSTON, NEW YORK NEW BOSTON, AT PAID PERIODICAL POSTAGE POLISH AMERICAN OFFICES AND ADDITIONAL ENTRY DEDICATED TO THE PROMOTION AND CONTINUANCE OF POLISH AMERICAN CULTURE REMEMBERINg JOURNAL yaSTRZEMSkI aNd “ThE IMPOSSIBlE dREaM” ESTABLISHED 1911 JULY 2017 • VOL. 106, NO. 7 • $2.00 www.polamjournal.com PAGE 12 PRESERvINg OUR REMaININg PaRIShES • a TRIaThlON IS EaSy NExT TO SOvIETS aNd POlIO MaRTIN’S “wINgS” wINS IPPy BOOk awaRd • PaC ExPRESSES CONCERN OvER ORChaRd lakE SEMINaRy INTERvIEw wITh POlISh CONSUl, PaRT II • ThE MONTh OF ThE wOMaN • halF PRICE SUMMER SalE Newsmark At Top of Their Voice CUBaN CONNECTION. Poland’s Minister of Foreign Aff airs Witold Waszczykowski travelled to Cuba, the fi rst Polish offi cial to visit that socialist country in thirty years. In meeting with his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, talks centered on prospects for initiating Polish- Cuban cooperation in the areas of tourism, economy, cul- ture and higher education. “The Latin American and Caribbean region is an im- portant partner in Poland’s quest to fi nd a balance between a focus on Europe and global engagement,” said Wasz- czykowski. The Polish Minister met with the Archbishop of Havana and visited the Salesian Centre for Social Communication. The Polish Embassy in Havana has regularly cooperated with the Salesian Centre, an organization which focuses on social and educational activities for young people. Waszczykowski also discussed the development of co- operation and promotion of Polish culture in Cuba as well as renewed work between both countries on matters of monument restoration, off ering to employ the experience of Polish restoration experts in addition to using laser tech- niques in the restoration of Havana monuments. TRaININg aT BORdER. More than 800 troops from Russia, Belarus, and Serbia are training near Polish and Ukrainian borders. “Slavic Fraternity 2017” is the name of the exercises, which include practice of joint operations against terrorism. According to Poland’s IAR news agency, a battalion of special forces from Belarus, a battalion of ThE POlONIa ChOIR SOCIETy of Edmonton, Alberta, was the top-scoring choir at Polish Singers Alliance of America’s Russian landing troops and a company of special forces International Convention, held in Philadelphia, May 25-28, 2017. The Hlond Trophy-winning group is under the direction from Serbia are participating in the training maneuvers. of Oksana Ostashevska. Story on page 3. gaS ShIPMENT FROM UNITEd STaTES SIgNalS Trump to Visit EC Launches Case Crash Victims ChaNgE. A shipment carrying Poland’s fi rst ever lique- fi ed natural gas (LNG) from the United States was received Warsaw Before Against Poland Remains at the Świnoujście LNG terminal in northwestern Poland. WARSAW — The European Com- Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydło and representatives G20 Summit mission is launching legal cases against Mishandled from Polish and U.S. energy companies PGNiG and Che- Meeting with Three Seas Poland, Hungary and the Czech Repub- Poland fi nds other body niere Energy attended the “historic” gas delivery. Initiative May Reset lic over their refusal to accept migrants Chief economist at BPS TFI, Krzysztof Wołowicz, said from states under pressure in the EU’s parts in coff in of that the one-off delivery of gas from the United States is Tone with Allies migration crisis. President Kaczynski, others Poland’s next step in increasing energy security and lower- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White Poland has not accepted any refugees ing future gas prices. as part of an EU program to relocate WARSAW — Polish authorities He added that more diverse supplies of gas to Poland House confi rmed President Donald found the remains of two other people Trump will visit Poland on July 6 before migrants fl eeing the war-torn Middle can be a bargaining tool when Poland renegotiates its deal in the coffi n of former president Lech the G20 summit in Hamburg. East and Africa from camps in Italy and with Russia in a few years. Greece. Kaczynski while investigating the plane The most important element of Presi- Wojciech Jakóbik of the biznesalert.pl website said that The European Commission’s move crash in Russia that killed him and 95 dent Donald Trump’s trip to Warsaw will Poland’s gas terminal, opened in late 2015, will mean Rus- is likely to chill relations between War- others in 2010. be bilateral talks sia will have to make an eff ort to remain active on the Pol- saw and the EU, already tense following The caskets of 11 further victims also with President ish gas market. concerns voiced in Brussels about the contained body parts of others, prosecu- Andrzej Duda, state of the rule of law in Poland. tors said after examining 24 coffi ns from UNEMPlOyMENT dOwN. The rate of unemployment in said the chief of “I regret to say that despite our re- the crash, which some offi cials of the Poland dropped to 7.5 percent in May, a 26-year low for staff at the Polish peated calls to relocate, the Czech Re- ruling right-wing party have blamed on that month, reported the Family, Labor and Social Policy president’s offi ce, public, Hungary and Poland have not an explosion aboard, without providing Ministry. 1.2 million were without work at the end of May, Krzysztof Szcz- yet taken the necessary action,” said evidence. 49,300 fewer than in April. erski. Dimitris Avramopoulos, European The April 2010 crash near the west- “Unemployment will continue to fall in the coming “ T r u m p - Commissioner for migration. “For this ern Russian city of Smolensk – the months,” said Minister Elzbieta Rafalska. “The forecast for Duda’s bilateral reason the Commission has decided to worst such disaster for Poland since talks are the num- World War II – has left Polish society the end of this year is around seven percent.” President Duda launch infringement procedures against The Polish government recently adopted estimates for ber one point” on these three member states.” deeply divided over the cause despite the 2018 budget, expecting the rate of unemployment to the agenda, Szczerski said, adding that The Commission will send an offi cial the previous, centrist government’s con- fall to 6.4 percent in 2018. the upcoming visit by Trump was made letter to Poland, the Czech Republic, clusion from its own investigation that possible through an invitation by Presi- and Hungary. If it does not get a reply pilot error was at fault. CR CEaSES PUBlICaTION. The Cosmopolitan Re- dent Duda, “so it is defi nitely the most or judges the response as insuffi cient, Deputy Prosecutor General Marek view has published it last edition. The internet journal fo- important point from Poland’s point of it will send a second letter. The Com- Pasionek told reporters that in 12 of 24 cused on issues of social, cultural and historical interest view.” mission can then fi le a case to the EU coffi ns reopened since last year, bod- by English-speaking writers for English-speaking readers The second point, according to Szc- Court of Justice, but without requesting ies had been swapped in two, one con- throughout the worldwide Polish diaspora. It had readers zerski, is Trump’s participation at the fi nancial penalties. Brussels can only tained half the body of another person in 56 countries, the largest number in the United States, Three Seas summit in the Polish capital, apply for sanctions to be imposed when while nine other caskets held scattered Canada, the UK, and Poland. and thirdly, a public speech by Donald a country ignores a ruling by the judges remains of other victims. Established in 2008, cosmopolitanreview.com grew Trump with a message directed to Poles in Luxembourg. The process could take He said the coffi n of Archbishop from an on-line newsletter for alumni of Poland in the and other U.S. allies. years. Miron Chodakowski contained only the Rockies seminars, which are ten-day conferences of Polish The Three Seas Initiative — a loose “Most of [these people] are not refu- upper half of his body while the lower studies held in Banff , Canada every two to three summers. alliance including the Czech Republic, gees, only immigrants who have illegal half belonged to late General Tadeusz The site will still be available for reading and research. See “Trump Visit,” page 4 See “Immigration,” page 4 See “Crash Victims,” page 4 2 www.polamjournal.com POLISH AMERICAN JOURNAL • JULY 2017 Almanac Viewpoints POlISh Follow us on Facebook, aMERICaN and on the web, too, at: www.polamjournal.com Preserving Our Remaining Parishes JOURNal Q Dedicated to the Promotion July Lipiec and Continuance of Deszcze na lipca Polish American Culture pierwszego, drugiego, EstaBlishEd 1911 zapowiedzią deszczu czterdziestodniowego. 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