NO. 28 WWW.KRAKOWPOST.COM NOVEMBER 15-NOVEMBER 21, 2007 WEEKLY Problems persist at city’s local musical institutions Walesa does not need transplant The health of the former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner has improved, and there is no necessity for surgery at this time 2 Sex scandal starring Andrzej Lepper The former deputy minister was questioned for two hours by prosecutors in Lodz, after being charged with soliciting sex from two women in 2001 and 2002 3

Bush telephones Polish ambassador President Bush phoned Poland’s ambassador to Iraq to wish him a speedy recovery from burns he suffered in a bombing 4 Coca-Cola plays Santa Claus to kids Coca-Cola and humanitarian organization play Santa Claus to needy Polish children at Xmas 5 Polish farmers look for EU funds Farmers from all over Poland rush to get their share of EU subsidies totaling 360 mln euro 5 For almost two years the philharmonic has had no director. Those involved in the cultural life of Krakow say it’s hard to believe that the officials who approve the selection of a director – some from Malopolski Province and some from the Ministry of Culture – have been unable to find a suitable person for a city so culturally and artistically rich. Further waiting for Alicja Natkaniec artistically rich. STAFF JOURNALIST “When such an institution doesn’t have an efficient manager, it doesn’t have a strategy Okecie terminal The Krakow Philharmonic and the Kra- and a long-term plan of artistic development Travelers using the Okecie kow Opera continue to struggle with lead- at the same time,” contended Malgorzata ership problems – and, in the case of the Pawlowska, a graduate of the Academy of Airport receive more bad news opera, a bribery scandal. Music in Krakow who now does research about when the new departure The effect? Critics of the two situations there. terminal at the nation’s largest say some productions have been of poor “Both musicians and spectators suffer airport will open 7 quality and there has been a decline in mu- from this stagnation,” she said, and “we sic lovers’ interest, artistic stagnation and a should remember that it has also a negative tense atmosphere. Philharmonic manage- effect on Krakow’s artistic image.” house of entertainment ment contend that is an exaggeration of Director Anna Oberc resigned two years the best entertainment in Krakow Office machinery what’s happening at their institution. ago. Wojciech Marchwica was chosen to re- For almost two years the philharmonic place her, but the orchestra’s unions refused piano bar museum opens has had no director. Those involved in the to accept him. live-music sessions Jan Kaluza’s 30-year love affair cultural life of Krakow say it’s hard to The second competition this summer bring card – get prize believe that the officials who approve the erupted in scandal. The winner was Adam with old office equipment has led selection of a director – some from Malo- Klocek, a young, but already renowned, to him opening the Typewriter HOTEL NOVOTEL, ul. Armii Krajowej 11 polski Province and some from the Minis- cellist and conductor. The orchestra’s musi- Tel.: +48 (0) 12 636-0807 Old Machines Museum in Tychy, try of Culture – have been unable to find a cians liked the choice. 80 kilometers west of Krakow 12 suitable person for a city so culturally and See MUSIC on Page 9 2 The Krakow Post POLAND NOVEMBER 15-NOVEMBER 21, 2007 R E G I O N A L N E W S Germany Canadian court rules Nazi Former president Lech Walesa lied to enter country gives 5 mln Canada’s federal court early this week gave a green light to strip an elderly Ukrai- does not need heart transplant euro to nian former Nazi of his Canadian citizenship and deport him to Italy where he faces jail for war crimes. Polish-Jewish “I am satisfied that Mr. (Michael) Seifert obtained entry to Canada and Canadian citi- LUK Agency LUK museum zenship by misrepresentation and nondisclo- sure of material facts,” Judge James O’Reilly said in his decision. in Warsaw “Had he told the truth, Mr. Seifert would not have been allowed into Canada,” he said. agence france-presse “However, I am not satisfied that the atroci- ties of which Mr. Seifert has been accused Germany early this week donated have been proved on the balance of prob- five mln euro ($7.3 mln) to help build abilities.” a new Jewish history museum in the Canada’s justice minister informed Seifert Polish capital Warsaw, home to Eu- in 2001 that he would revoke his citizenship rope’s largest Jewish community be- over Seifert’s failure to disclose his correct fore the Holocaust. place of birth and his misrepresentation of “In this way, the federal government his activities during World War II when he wants to make a new contribution to applied for a Canadian visa in 1951. redressing the immeasurable suffering The minister also accused Seifert of kill- inflicted in the name of the Germans ing prisoners and committing various acts upon the Jews in this country, and thus of cruelty in a police transit camp in Italy upon Poland as a whole,” said German in 1944-45. Seifert, 83, was condemned to Ambassador Michael Gerdts at a cer- life in prison in an Italian court in November emony in Warsaw. 2000, on 18 charges of murder and torture at “The Germans remain conscious Bolzano in 1944-1945. of their responsibility for this tragic He has always maintained his innocence past,” he added. on the charges. The foundation stone of the mu- In August 2003 the high court in the west- seum was laid in June. When it opens ernmost province of British Columbia ruled in 2009-2010 it will host exhibitions Seifert should be extradited to Italy and serve spanning 900 years of Polish-Jewish a life sentence for killings and torture at the history. Bolzano Nazi camp in northern Italy. It aims to be one of the world’s three Under Canadian law, authorities can re- largest Jewish museums alongside Yad voke the citizenship of people who make Vashem in Jerusalem and the Holo- false declarations and deport them, though caust Memorial in Washington. all such suspects have the right to appeal. The museum project is also being A final decision is up to the minister of funded by the Polish government, justice. Former Polish President Lech Walesa. Warsaw city authorities, the EU, Ger- This latest court ruling clears the way for man foundations and private donors. Seifert’s extradition. Michal Wojtas flow constriction. take any official role. The museum is being built in the Canada has withdrawn the citizenship of STAFF JOURNALIST But then the condition of his heart deterio- In 2000 Walesa ran for president for a third heart of the old Warsaw ghetto, which 54 people since 1977. Seven of those cases rated. Walesa said doctors have told him that time but suffered a bitter defeat with just 1 was set up by the Nazis after they in- were linked to World War II. (AFP) Lech Walesa will not have to undergo a his heart will fail within two to five years. percent of the votes. He then announced his vaded Poland in 1939 and razed by heart transplant, at least not this year. He said that he was not afraid of transplant withdrawal from politics. He concentrated them following a failed uprising in Five radioactive trucks The health of the former president and surgery and that he will not slow down the on presenting university lectures around the 1943. In 1939, Poland counted some stopped at Belarus border 1983 Nobel Peace Prize winner has im- tempo of his life. world and running an institute, which bears 3.3 mln Jews, 400,000 of whom lived proved recently, and there is no necessity for The surgery would cost about $100,000. his name and focuses on historical studies in Warsaw. Five trucks emitting high levels of radia- surgery at this time. Walesa acknowledged that he didn’t have and the promotion of local autonomy. In Jews made up 10 percent of the Pol- tion have been stopped on the border be- However, Walesa’s medical documents the money but had received offers of finan- 2004, Walesa appeared in Kyiv during the ish population and a third of all resi- tween Poland and Belarus, state television have been sent to a cardiology clinic in cial help. so-called Orange Revolution, addressed the dents in the capital. in Minsk said Tuesday. Houston, Texas, where the late Boris Yelt- Walesa was the co-founder of the Solidar- crowd and tried to mediate between the gov- After the Holocaust, Poland’s Jew- “Four trucks arriving from Italy and Ger- sin, the former Russian president, under- ity trade union in 1980, which helped end ernment and the opposition. ish population numbered just 280,000. many with a cargo of firebricks, ceramic went heart surgery. Communist rule in 1989. He was elected Most recently he backed Donald Tusk Of those, many emigrated to the quarry tiles and food colorings were stopped This is a prerequisite for a transplant if it president in 1990. and his Civic Platform (PO) party in par- U.S. or Israel, either immediately fol- at the Polish-Belarus border,” Belarus TV is needed in the future. Walesa, 64, suffers After he lost to Aleksander Kwasniewski liamentary and presidential elections. He lowing the war or during a wave of cited a high-ranking official at the Ministry from ischemic heart disease as well as from in the second presidential election in 1995, also strongly criticized Jaroslaw and Lech anti-Semitism under Communist rule for Emergency Situations as saying. A fifth diabetes. Walesa tried to organize his own political Kaczynski and their Law and Justice (PiS) in 1968. Estimates of Poland’s Jewish truck carrying a similar cargo was stopped Last year he underwent a heart operation party but failed. He backed the right-wing party. He left Solidarnosc (Solidarity) in population today vary between 3,500 at the Ukrainian-Belarus border, according in Milan, Italy. Stent implants were placed Akcja Wyborcza Solidarnosc (AWS) in the 2006, complaining that the trade union had and 15,000, out of a total population to the same source. into his coronary arteries to prevent blood 1997 parliamentary elections but did not become too allied with PiS. of 38 mln. Tests at the border revealed radiation lev- els two and a half times the normal level. The trucks are currently being examined by ministry specialists. (AFP) 27th Polish casualty in Iraq buried in Lublin U.S. blacklists Belarusian petrochemical firm the krakow post Poland sent its first soldiers to Iraq in June 2003. They have been The U.S. Treasury said Tuesday it was Sergeant Andrzej Filipek, the serving in the south-central region implementing sanctions against Belarus’s most recent Polish casualty of the under General Andrzej Tyszkiewicz. biggest petrochemical conglomerate, saying war in Iraq, has been buried in his Nine hundred Polish soldiers are in it was controlled by the country’s “oppres- hometown of Lublin. Iraq – one of nine overseas missions sive” president. The 31-year-old was the 22nd that Polish troops are involved in. The U.S. government has been critical of Polish soldier killed in the country The first Polish soldier to die in Iraq President Alexander Lukashenko’s leader- since Poland dispatched troops there was 44-year-old Major Hieronim ship of the ex-Soviet Republic for almost in 2003. Five Polish civilians have Kupzyk on Nov. 6, 2003. He was also died in the conflict. a decade. U.S. officials have described Be- shot after attending a reception cer- Filipek died Nov. 2 in Diwanyah larus as Europe’s last dictatorship and raised emony for Polish soldiers who had when his military vehicle hit a mine. just arrived in the country. concerns about political repression and hu- Two Polish soldiers were wounded man rights abuses. Thirteen of Poland’s 27 casualties in the blast. died in one battle. Eight were killed “Today’s action tightens our sanctions Filipek was beginning his third in helicopter and car accidents. Four against Lukashenko and his cronies by im- tour in southern Iraq. He was the died in car bombings or mine blasts. posing financial sanctions against a massive first Pole killed in action since April Polish civilians who have died in conglomerate under the regime’s control,” 20, when 25-year-old Tomasz Jura Iraq include the famed war reporter said Adam Szubin who oversees the Trea- died in a mine blast. Waldemar Milewicz, who was shot sury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. Defense Minister Aleksander execution-style along with his photo The Treasury’s sanctions target the Be- Szczyglo and General Roman Polko, editor Mounir Bouamrane on May larusian State Concern for Oil and Chem- acting director of the National Secu- 7, 2004. Two Polish employees of istry, also known as Belneftekhim, and its rity Bureau, attended Filipek’s fu- the American-based Blackwater pri- representative offices in Germany, Latvia, neral Nov. 7. vate security company were killed Ukraine, Russia and China, as well as a U.S. ”Today Polish soldiers in Iraq, in Iraq in June 2004. subsidiary identified as Belneftekhim USA, together with thousands of allies Rzeczpospolita, one of the big- Inc. from all over the world, are helping gest daily newspapers in Poland, The Treasury sanctions bar U.S. citizens the weak and giving them hope of a has reported that Poland will end its from doing business with Belneftekhim as better life,” Szczyglo said. ”This dif- military presence in Iraq in the late well as freezing any of the company’s assets ficult mission has a deep humanitar- summer of 2008. under U.S. jurisdiction. ian purpose and is very important as New Prime Minister Donald The blacklisting comes after Washington well to the security of the country.” Tusk has said recently that he wants in August expanded a list of top Belarusian Polko read a letter of condolence to begin talks with the U.S. before officials who are banned from entering the to the Filipek family from President the end of the year on plans to pull U.S. (AFP) Lech Kaczynski. out the Polish troops. 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Poland to cut Sex scandal connected with former Poland spit shared minister Andrzej Lepper continues commemorates with Russia WWII Katyn Alicja Natkaniec massacre for Baltic STAFF JOURNALIST agence france-presse Last week Andrzej Lepper, the head of the agrarian and populist Self Defense Party and a 1.2:Datrio G FDL access former deputy prime minister, was questioned Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski paid for more than two hours by prosecutors in Lodz. homage Friday to thousands of Polish sol- agence france-presse Lepper has been charged with soliciting sex from diers who were killed in the Soviet Union two women in 2001 and 2002. after being captured by the invading Red The Polish government early this week The women allege that Lepper promised them Army in World War II. gave the green light for a planned canal that jobs on condition they had sex with him. Lepper In a ceremony at the tomb of the un- would cut through a spit of land shared with has strenuously denied the charges and has been known soldier in central Warsaw, Kaczyn- Russia and give Poland a new, unfettered released on bail. ski awarded posthumous promotions to the outlet to the Baltic Sea. The investigation began a year ago after alle- 22,500 members of the military who in 1940 “The construction of this route linking gations were made in a newspaper interview. were massacred in the notorious Katyn for- the Vistula Lagoon to the Bay of Gdansk According to press reports, Lepper and his est and other areas. will promote the development of maritime deputy, Stanislaw Lyzwinski, were accused of “This is an act of remembrance for our transport in eastern and northeastern Po- pressuring women to have sex with them in ex- heroes, their families and the entire nation,” land,” the government said in a statement. change for jobs. Kaczynski said. Under Polish law, the names The border between Poland and Russia’s Both men have denied having sex with the of the beneficiaries of military promotions Kaliningrad enclave runs across the narrow women. They say they are the victims of a cam- must be read out at a public ceremony, stretch of water, which is known to Russians paign to discredit them and their party. The in- and Kaczynski began listing the first three as the Kaliningrad Lagoon. vestigation continues. dozen himself. The event had originally Poland plans to build the canal across In December 2006, Aneta Krawczyk said in been scheduled to take place last month, but the 70-kilometer-long (43-mile-long), two- an interview with the newspaper Gazeta Wybor- was called off after relatives of the victims kilometer-wide Vistula Spit, which is also cza that she had slept with both Lepper and Lyz- said it was ill-timed, falling just three weeks shared with Russia and which runs to the winski in exchange for a job in a regional party before Poland’s Oct. 21 parliamentary elec- Russian port of Baltijsk. office. tion. Kaczynski, his identical twin Prime The lagoon is cut off from the Baltic Sea According to the newspaper, Lepper invited Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski and their Law by the spit, and vessels heading to and from the woman to a hotel room five years ago after and Justice party had regularly played the Poland currently have to obtain Russian per- she was promised the job. She said that in order nationalist, anti-Communist card against mission to pass through a narrow outlet of to keep her job she was also required to have sex Poland’s liberal and left-wing opposition less than a kilometer at Baltijsk. with Lyzwinski. parties since coming to power in 2005. Polish authorities are hoping the planned Other female employees also alleged harass- Law and Justice lost power in the election canal will help revive the port of Elblag, ment. Krawczyk also said she had a child fa- to the liberal Civic Platform, but Lech Kac- which flourished when the region belonged thered by Lyzwinski. zynski’s presidential term runs until 2010. to Germany but which went into decline af- DNA tests ordered by prosecutors excluded Among those who protested last month ter World War II, when the victorious Allies the possibility of Lyzwinski being the father of were the acclaimed 81-year-old Polish film decided to divide the territory between Rus- her youngest child. director Andrezj Wajda, who recently re- sia and Poland after the defeat of the Nazis. That is when many people started to treat leased a film about the massacre and whose The government said it was planning her accusations with suspicion. Despite this, the father Captain Jakub Wajda was among the to invest around 417 mln zloty (115 mln investigation continued and new witnesses ap- dead officers due to be promoted. euro, $167 mln) in the project up to 2013, peared. The Katyn massacre came in the wake although it said an environmental impact At the time of the newspaper interview, Lep- of Moscow’s deal with Nazi Germany to study would take place before work could per served as one of four deputy prime ministers invade and carve up Poland in 1939. kick off. and as agriculture minister in the government The Polish officers captured by the Red Poland’s relatively limited access to the run by Law and Justice Party leader Jaroslaw Army were deemed anti-Communist “coun- Baltic Sea was a major issue for the Polish Kaczynski. terrevolutionaries” and picked out to be government before World War II, and was a The scandal shook the government and was killed by the Soviet NKVD secret police. flashpoint with neighboring Germany. a factor in breaking up the ruling coalition and The episode long remained obscured, Under post-war border changes, how- sparking early elections. even when the Nazis revealed the existence ever, Poland obtained around 500 kilome- The scandal was embarrassing for Jaroslaw of the mass graves which they discovered in ters of coastline from Germany. Tuesday’s Kaczynski, who had promised a “moral revolu- 1941 after they invaded the Soviet Union. decision was taken by Poland’s outgoing tion” in the country. Moscow blamed the Germans for the conservative government of the Law and In the election last month, Kaczynski’s Law massacre, and the West remained silent so Justice party, which was defeated by the and Justice Party lost to the pro-business Civic as not to antagonize the Soviet Union, then a liberal Civic Platform in parliamentary elec- Platform. valuable ally in the fight against Hitler. tions on Oct. 21. The Self Defense Party didn’t reach the 5 per- The subject remained taboo under Po- Law and Justice is still running the coun- cent threshold for entering parliament. land’s post-war Communist regime. try until the new administration takes office So Lepper is no longer protected by a deputy’s It was only in 1990, a year after the end in coming days, and it was not immediately immunity and can be brought to court. Sexual of- of Communist rule in Poland, that then So- clear if the Civic Platform government fenses of this kind carry a maximum prison term viet leader Mikhail Gorbachev admitted his would maintain the canal plan. of eight years. Former Deputy Prime Minister Andrzej Lepper. country’s responsibility. More money for Rydzyk the krakow post who oversees grants from the national fund that go to non-governmental organizations. The National Fund for Environmental Father Rydzyk said on his radio station, Protection and Water Management is giving Radio Maryja, that the geothermal water the controversial priest Tadeusz Rydzyk an- will be used to heat his College of Social other 15 mln zloty for a geothermal-energy and Media Studies in Torun, which he estab- project for the university he founded. lished in 2001. The man who is heading the The decision Nov. 6 came just three days project, Professor Ryszard Kozlowski of the before the Civic Platform Party formed a Krakow University of Technology, told the government to replace the outgoing Law daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza that the and Justice-led government. During Law geothermal water will also be used to create and Justice’s two-year rule, the party gave electricity and will be piped into swimming a number of grants to Father Rydzyk, whose pools on the campus. support was crucial to its election victory in “The electrical energy – even though it 2005. Civic Platform Party officials promise will be only 2 megawatts – will be worth 7 to cast a very critical eye at any other gov- mln zloty” a year, he said. ernment grants the priest seeks. Father Ry- As for the water’s use in swimming pools, dzyk asked for the additional money to buy it contains minerals so it will have healing fiberglass pipes rather than the originally properties, he said. planned steel ones. Many Poles are upset about the grant be- Fiberglass pipes are said to convey hot cause Radio Maryja, which Father Rydzyk water more efficiently and are lighter and directs, regularly espouses views that are easier to install than steel ones. anti-secular, anti-homosexual, anti-prostitu- The money will go to the Lux Veritatis tion, anti-Germany and anti-Russia. It also Foundation, which Father Rydzyk founded excoriates former Communists. and directs. Father Rydzyk’s other media properties The government awarded it first geother- include the daily newspaper Nasz Dziennik, mal grant to the priest – 12 mln zloty – in established in 1998, and the cable channel February of this year. The project involves Trwam Television, established in 2003. finding a geothermal source near Torun that The government’s anti-corruption agency can be used both for energy and for creating will keep a close eye on the geothermal- healing spas. energy grant, said Civic Platform spokes- “The application for the additional money woman Julia Pitera. If there is any violation was accepted because there is no way the of the law, the grant will be terminated “and money can be misappropriated or spent in the case will be in the public prosecutor’s of- the wrong way,” said Christopher Masiuk, fice,” she said. Tadeusz Rydzyk. 4 The Krakow Post POLAND NOVEMBER 15-NOVEMBER 21, 2007

R E G I O N A L N E W S Outgoing Latvian PM survives budget vote Latvian Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis So who is the new PM? survived a crucial budget vote late last week, ment. only weeks before he is due to quit in the The merged party, the Freedom Union, got face of criticism over his allegedly authori- 13.4 percent of the vote in the 1997 elections. tarian style and poor economic policy. Tusk himself was elected to the upper house or A total of 54 lawmakers approved the Senate. 2008 budget in its second reading, while Four years later, in 2001, he helped found 39 were against. The remaining members the pro-business Civic Platform Party, which of Latvia’s 100-seat parliament did not take won 13 percent of votes in that year’s election. part. Kalvitis had already announced Thurs- From that moment on, Tusk became more and more influential in national politics. day that his embattled center-right coalition In 2005 the party ran him as its candidate for would step down on Dec. 5. president. Lech Kaczynski of the Law and Jus- “I had made the decision to step down tice Party, the twin brother of Prime Minister a while ago already,” Kalvitis told report- Jaroslaw Kaczynski, defeated him in a runoff ers ahead of the budget vote. “The country by a margin of 54 percent to 46 percent. needs a new government. The current gov- Law and Justice politician Jacek Kurski ernment was facing challenges, including tried to discredit Tusk during the campaign working without some of its ministers, and by maintaining that Tusk’s grandfather fought public trust had lessened. We need new en- as a volunteer for the Germans during World ergy and a new force,” he said. War II. President Valdis Zatlers has urged the Tusk admitted that his grandfather, Jozef, government to step down in the wake of was in the German army. But he contended that four ministerial resignations since mid-Sep- the Nazis forced him to join. He also pointed tember. Kalvitis’ spokesman said the prime out that his father deserted the Germans 10 minister’s People’s Party, which steers the days later and joined the Polish Armed Forces four-party coalition, would play the “crucial in the West. role” in a new government. Some people believed the Law and Justice version of the story, however, hurting Tusk’s Opposition parties have been organizing chances for president. mass demonstrations outside parliament to Tusk would get his political revenge in Oc- step up the pressure on Kalvitis following tober of this year by leading the Civic Platform last month’s sacking of Latvia’s Anti-Cor- to its election victory over Law and Justice. ruption Chief Aleksejs Loskutovs. Ten days before the election, polls showed Critics claimed the sacking showed Kal- Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski and Tusk vitis’ lack of respect for the rule of law be- neck and neck. Then came a turning point – a cause he overstepped his powers to hire and national television debate between the two. fire officials. (AFP) Political pundits had thought that Kaczyn- ski, a blunt-talking populist, would vanquish Six Slovaks, Indian charged the courteous Tusk. Instead, it was Tusk who over smuggling people routed his opponent calmly and systematically. He came across as tough and decisive. The Donald Tusk, incoming Polish PM. Police have charged six Slovaks and one polls shifted to give the Civic Platform a 10- Indian national with trafficking more than Alicja Natkaniec “It was a battle. But we won it!” Tusk said That same year, inspired by workers’ strikes point lead heading into the election. 100 Asians including children through Slo- STAFF JOURNALIST after the election results came in. across the country, he helped found the Inde- Tusk has said that as prime minister he vakia, officials said late last week. Tusk was born in 1957 in Gdansk in north- pendent Movement of Polish Students. More would like to improve strained ties with Rus- Following a court order at that time, po- The Civic Platform Party’s Donald Tusk is ern Poland. It’s fitting that another political gi- important, he joined Solidarity. sia and Germany while maintaining strong ties lice searched 16 houses in and around the working on putting together a ruling coalition ant killer, the Solidarity movement against the His dissident activities led to the Commu- with the U.S. capital Bratislava, finding 19 Indians in one after President Lech Kaczynski designated him Communists, started in Gdansk, the hometown nists firing him from the state-owned company His political ideas combine strong social house alone, including nine children, Slovak prime minister on Nov. 9. of Solidarity leader Lech Walesa. where he worked. From 1984 to 1989 he had to conservatism and support of a free-market Interior Ministry spokeswoman Vladimira The Tusk-led Civic Platform Party won Tusk’s family has lived in Gdansk for gen- work as a laborer. economy without government interference. Hrebenakova said. the most seats in the snap election held in late erations. During World War II the Nazis forced After the fall of communism in 1989, Tusk He also has pledged to withdraw Poland’s 900 troops from Iraq. The group had been planning and co- October – 209 of parliament’s 460 seats. Tusk both of his parents into slave labor and put became a rightwing liberal and keen advocate hopes to put together a coalition of 240 par- them in concentration camps. of a united Europe. He left Solidarity in 1991 Tusk and his wife Malgorzata have two ordinating the trafficking of illegal immi- children, 23-year-old Michal, a journalist at grants from Pakistan, India and Bangladesh liamentarians by getting the Polish Peasant’s Tusk got into politics in the late 1970s as a to found a party called the Liberal Democratic student of Gdansk University. In May 1977, Congress. It major tenets were a free-market Gazeta Wyborcza, and 16-year-old Katarzyna, through Slovakia to third countries, police Party to work with him. The prime minister is a 50-year-old former after the Communist security service murdered economy, privatization of state-owned enter- who gained fame in her own right by taking said. More than 100 Slovak policemen were student and dissident Stanislaw Pyjas, students prises and Polish membership in the EU. part in the popular television show “Dancing involved in the bust, they said. historian and soccer fan. He has had a lot of experience in politics, beginning as a political at Gdansk and other universities founded the The Liberal Democratic Congress got 7.5 with Stars.” Slovakia, which should become part of dissident in the Communist era. He has helped first Students’ Solidarity Committee in Eastern percent of the vote in the 1991 parliamentary Tusk is a jazz lover and head of an amateur the EU’s passport free Schengen zone be- established three parties, including the Civic Europe. elections. But two years later it fell below the soccer team. fore the end of the year, is frequently used as Platform Party, which he chairs. Its main goals were to defend students’ rights 5 percent threshold needed for a party to have He was co-author and co-publisher of a a transit country for migrants coming from Many Tusk admirers like the guts he showed and to struggle against communism. Donald seats in parliament, a bitter disappointment for series of popular tour guides about his native the former Soviet Union, the Middle East in his election fight against former Prime Min- Tusk was one of its most active members. Tusk. town, Gdansk. and Asia. (AFP) ister Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s Law and Justice Tusk obtained a master’s degree in history in A year later, however, he helped engineer a A few years ago he began learning Kashu- Party, which appeared invincible during much 1980 with a thesis on the World War I-era na- merger of his party and the Democratic Union, bian, the language of his Slavic ancestors in Russia, Ukraine seek joint of its two-year reign. tional hero and military leader Jozef Pilsudski. which also had its roots in the Solidarity move- north-central Poland. efforts in oil spill crisis Russian Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov met his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanu- kovych early this week to discuss cleaning Bush telephones Polish ambassador up an oil spill near the disputed maritime border between the two countries. “We need to agree on how to coordinate Kinga Rodkiewicz governor of Texas. our efforts so that the slick does not move STAFF JOURNALIST During the phone call, Pietrzyk said, “I any further,” Zubkov said at the start of their thanked him for American help after the meeting in the resort of Anapa on Russia’s President George Bush phoned Po- attack. The immediate help from Ameri- Black Sea coast. land’s ambassador to Iraq last week to can soldiers saved my life.” “We have to agree on how to coordinate wish him a speedy recovery from burns The attack that wounded Pietrzyk and speed up the work to resolve this com- he suffered in a bombing in Iraq. killed one of the government men pro- plex situation,” Zubkov said. Ambassador Edward Pietrzyk, 58, tecting him, Bartosz Orzechowski, and A storm late last week wrecked five ships who suffered burns on 25 percent of his wounded six other Poles. in Russian and Ukrainian waters, including body in the Oct. 3 attack, left the Gryfice At a press conference on the day he left a tanker that poured 2,000 tons of fuel oil Burn Center on Nov. 10, two days after the hospital, Pietrzyk thanked his doctors into the Kerch Strait, which connects the the phone call from Bush. Poland has had for giving him a second chance at life. “I Black Sea and Azov Sea. forces in Iraq since 2003, making it a tar- am so grateful for everything you have Zubkov earlier met with rescue work- get of insurgents and terrorists. done for me,” he said. ers in the region. Yanukovych arrived early Pietrzyk, a former army general, de- The doctors, in turn, praised the am- this week after visiting areas affected by the scribed the chat he had with Bush, whom bassador’s grit. “We were satisfied with storm. The waterway is an environmentally he has met, as a courteous and pleasant the way the healing went,” said Dr. An- sensitive area that divides Russian shores “men’s conversation.” drew Gorzka, the director of the burn cen- from Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula and links “President Bush wished me a full and ter. “But this success isn’t just ours. The the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov. speedy recovery,” Pietrzyk said. Bush general’s determination ‘helped us.’” The border between Russia and Ukraine also said he hoped that he and Pietrzyk Pietrzyk, his wife and their two sons in the area has not been settled. would be working together again soon. In flew from Goleniow, near Gryfice, to “We need to go faster. There are a lot of fact, Bush said he was “counting on that,” Warsaw, where he planned to rest a few challenges,” Yanukovych told Zubkov dur- the ambassador said. days before returning to work in Iraq. ing their meeting. Bush may have a limited time to work “I want to go back to Iraq and carry on “We don’t want the situation to become with Pietrzyk, however. The man who my mission,” Pietrzyk said. “We went to too politicized.... We need to improve on will be Poland’s new prime minister, this country not to conquer it but to stabi- shipping in the Kerch Strait under interna- Donald Tusk of the Civic Platform Party, lize it,” he said. We must not leave it too tional norms,” he added. has indicated Poland will pull its troops soon, he added. Environmentalists and government offi- out of Iraq in 2008. Pietrzyk was the Polish army’s com- cials have warned of an environmental di- Twenty-two Polish soldiers have died mander in chief from 2000 to 2006. He saster in the Kerch Strait, which is a major in the conflict so far. Pietrzyk told the Pol- commanded Poland’s military contingent migration route for birds and home to the ish Press Agency that he has met Bush a in Iraq for six months before being named Black Sea porpoise. (AFP) number of times, the first when Bush was ambassador in May 2007. U.S. President George W. Bush. NOVEMBER 15-NOVEMBER 21, 2007 POLAND The Krakow Post 5 Coca-Cola plays Santa Claus to needy Polish children at Christmas Polish farmers break down doors to get EU funds FDL 1.2:Kuba G G FDL

Urszula Ciolkiewicz children by sending a code under each bottle Swietokrzyskie (Capital Kielce) regions. STAFF JOURNALIST cap via SMS or email to the Coca-Cola “Gift Pajacyk is an initiative of PHO that has of Giving” campaign. provided over 5 mln meals to underprivi- Coca-Cola in collaboration with the Pol- “The need to share with others is especial- leged children in Poland since its inaugura- ish Humanitarian Organization (PHO) has ly important at Christmas” said Coca-Cola tion in 1998. launched a Christmas campaign to assist Poland Services spokesperson, Katarzyna Hot meals were given to 6,432 children impoverished children in Poland. Borucka. Coca-Cola has worked with PHO in 162 schools across Poland during 2006- Every time someone buys a Coke, Fanta before during 2002-2003 providing almost 2007 thanks to Pajacyk. PHO is a non-gov- or Sprite from the special Coca-Cola Christ- 340,000 zloty towards scholarships for un- ernment organization registered in Poland mas series of drinks, they have the opportu- derprivileged children at secondary schools that works internationally and within Poland the krakow post control” said Agency spokesperson Ra- nity to support “Pajacyk” in its work feeding in the Malopolska (Capital Krakow) and on humanitarian aid projects. doslaw Iwanski. Farmers from all over Poland crowd- Dariusz Szumanski from the Plock ed outside the Agency for Restructuring area (110 kilometers west of Warsaw) and Modernization of Agriculture local had been queuing since Thursday, Incoming PM announces members offices for over 2 days last week to get spending nights in his car. “We decided a share of EU subsidies totaling 360 mln to come earlier in case there was any euro. trouble,” Szumanski told Zycie Warsza- Vice Minister of Agriculture Henry wy. “For this much money it’s worth of coalition government now chosen Kowalczyk assured farmers that every- putting up with the cold. The application body making an application would get for my business plan is worth 150,000 agence france-presse election the president nominates the prime Under the coalition deal, the Polish Peas- funded. “If this year’s funding is not zloty,” he said. minister but subsequently rubber-stamps the ants’ Party will have three ministers in the sufficient, the Agency will release pay- Twenty thousand farmers have ap- Poland’s incoming prime minister, Don- premier’s chosen ministers. new government. ments from funds intended for 2008- plied for EU payments. Each farmer can ald Tusk, announced Tuesday that he had Tusk has stuck with his long-announced Party leader Waldemar Pawlak will take 2009,” said Kowalczyk. receive a maximum of 300,000 zloty picked the members of his coalition govern- choice of foreign minister. Despite public the economy portfolio and will also be vice The minister’s guarantees did little to from the EU fund for such things as ment between the liberal Civic Platform and objections from the president he has picked premier. settle jostling farmers at Agency War- buying machinery, trees and plants for the centrist Polish Peasants’ Party. Radoslaw Sikorski. Sikorski, then the de- Pawlak’s party is also to take the reins of saw’s office with pushing and shoving orchards, breeding stock and building Tusk presented his list of ministers to fense minister, was axed in February this the agriculture and labor ministries. Among leading to the doors being broken down improvement. President Lech Kaczynski Wednesday, his year after falling out with Poland’s twin the senior Civic Platform figures in govern- in the early hours of Saturday morning Funds designated to Polish regions longtime political antagonist, and the gov- leaders. ment will be Grzegorz Schetyna, the party’s Nov. 10, according to Zycie Warszawy differ across the country. Mazowsze’s ernment is set to be sworn in Friday. He later jumped ship to Civic Platform. deputy leader, who will be interior minister daily. Eager farmers swarmed into the (Capital Warsaw) 2,317 applicants will Tusk won office after his Civic Platform Civic Platform missed its goal of obtain- and vice premier. Agency’s offices creating a state of cha- receive a total of 60 mln euro, as the beat Kaczynski’s conservative Law and Jus- ing a parliamentary majority, winning 209 of Tusk’s finance minister will be the inde- os when clerical staff arrived at 08:00 largest beneficiary, and Podkarpacie tice party in a snap election on Oct. 21, oust- the total 460 seats. pendent Jacek Rostowski, a former advisor to begin business. The Farmer’s actions (Capital Rzeszow, 160 kilometers east of ing Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the It therefore opted to form a coalition with to Leszek Balcerowicz, the mastermind of delayed proceedings until 11:00 when Krakow) will receive the least amount, president’s identical twin. the Polish Peasants’ Party, which has 31 Poland’s radical economic reforms after the Agency staff “got things back under at 11 mln euro. Under Poland’s constitution, after an MPs. Law and Justice won 166 seats. fall of communism in 1989. Illegal use of intellectual property in EU

the krakow post Twenty-eight percent of those polled said that 13 percent looked for electronic books. This made Poland the 15th worst copyright of- unauthorized copying and selling of copyrighted In all of these categories, 40 percent to 48 fender in the world. According to the report, 60 For many years Poland has been among Eu- works was a crime. percent of the group admitted that their copies percent of illegal transfers on the Internet are gen- ropean countries with the largest share of illegal Young people who were surveyed tolerated were illegal. According to the Business Software erated by peer-to-peer file exchange networks. software on the market. piracy much more often than the rest of society. Alliance, an organization of software producers, The problem will probably get even worse in And it is no surprise when public opinion on CBOS also asked people if they knew how to tell Central and Eastern Europe have the highest level the coming decades as more people from coun- this subject is taken into consideration. an original, copyrighted product from an illegal of software piracy in the world, with 68 percent tries with a high level of piracy – such as China, As results of recent polls show, Polish people copy. Sixty-two percent said they had no prob- using illegal applications. India and Brazil – connect to the Internet. As an generally accept use of illegal computer applica- lem, while 34 percent admitted that they couldn’t The global average is 32 percent. In Poland, annual BSA report on computer piracy shows, AGENCJA NIERUCHOMOŚCI tions, including movies and music. do it. Only half of the group taking part in the an estimated 57 percent of computers have illegal software producers have lost $484 mln in 2006 on www.property-krakow.com The Center of Public Opinion Research poll said that they checked legality while buying software installed, the BSA says. the Polish market due to unauthorized copying. (CBOS) asked a representative group of Poles software, films and music. Among EU countries only Greece (61 per- This makes Poland 15th of the world countries about their views on intellectual property. Another part of the poll concerned the down- cent), Romania and Bulgaria (69 each) have a with the highest copyright-breaking programs Sixty-five percent of them said that use of il- loading of files from the Internet. Forty-two per- higher illegal software share. market share. legal software, games, music and films was justi- cent said they used the Internet. In the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary, According to the report 60 percent of transfer fied by high prices set by producers and distribu- The most popular downloaded files were mu- the figures are much lower, respectively 39, 45 quota in the Internet is generated by peer-to-peer tors. The prices are, in fact, higher than in many sic (42 percent), movies (31) and other applica- and 42 percent. As an annual BSA report on com- (p2p) file exchange networks. This will probably countries of the EU, even though the average tions (32). puter piracy shows, software producers lost $484 go even worse in the next decades as more people wage in Poland is four to five times lower than in Nineteen percent of the Internet users ac- mln in 2006 in the Polish market due to unauthor- from countries with a high level of piracy, such as Germany or the United Kingdom. knowledged downloading computer games, while ized copying. China, India and Brazil, connect to the Internet.

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Poland may soon face national Tatars: Poland’s Muslim minority Russian humiliation over Euro 2012 inspections unrelated to meat dispute: Poland

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Russian experts Tuesday kicked off inspections of Poland’s food industry, but the move was unrelated to a bitter meat trade dispute that has hit Rus- sian-EU ties, veterinary authorities said here. UEFA in April chose Poland and joint bidder Ukraine to host the four-yearly tourna- Tatar mosque. “This is a routine visit to food in- ment, which will bring together Europe’s 16 best footballing nations. dustry factories and has no link to the Magdalena Lyko Christians neighbors quite well. For this rea- embargo by Russia on Polish meat,” staff journalist son, Polish Islam, for an extended period of Ewa Lech, head of Poland’s veterinary agence france-presse Polish authorities aim to construct 1,100 time, appeared to be different than the Mus- kilometers (682 miles) of motorway nation- service, told AFP. In Poland, the Muslim population is steadi- lims from Middle East countries like Iran. Poland faces “national humiliation” if wide by 2012. In November 2005 Russia imposed ly growing. Many of these were students at For example, Tatars rarely prayed five times an embargo on imports of raw meat it fails to build on time the new stadiums, They also want to upgrade the country’s Polish universities from Arabic countries, in a day because they said it was difficult and motorways and rail network it needs to host shabby rail network, which has suffered and carcasses from Poland, alleging who arrived in Poland after the 1970s. inconvenient to take a rug to the workplace. that Poland’s application of veterinary the Euro 2012 soccer championship, a report from years of under-investment. Only 20 But not everyone is aware that Poland has However, meetings are held every Friday at warned Monday. percent of the network currently meets EU control standards on the Polish side. her own brand of Muslims, who are much the mosque. Poland, which claimed that the ban The former Communist state is likely to norms. older and have lived here for more than 600 Most Polish Tatars don’t speak the Arabic have major headaches in meeting the dead- Poland is also planning to build several was groundless and purely political, years: the Polish Tatars. language; they usually know only some parts responded by blocking the start of line due to a labor shortage sparked by mas- match venues from scratch. of their holy book, the Koran, along with a Tatars is a name for a Turkish ethnic group crucial talks between the rest of the sive emigration of its workers to Britain and The EU has earmarked 60 bln euro for few prayers. They also marry with non-Ta- of Eastern Europe, as well as a collective 27-nation EU and Russia to renew a Ireland since it joined the EU in 2004, said Poland for the period 2007-2013. tars, such as Christians; even though marry- name for other various peoples in Asia. To- decade-old partnership and coopera- international ratings agency Fitch. While it is not specifically meant to help day, Tatars live in the central ing within the group is tion agreement. Fitch also noted that Poland has a poor the state get ready for Euro 2012, the fund- and southern parts of Russia equally valued. In fact, “The Russian inspectors will spend track record in using the massive infrastruc- ing nonetheless will play a crucial role in the (the majority in Tatarstan), traditions within the Pol- short feature... around two weeks in Poland visiting ture funding it gets from the EU to bring it country’s preparations. Ukraine, Moldavia, Poland, ish community and the around 20 dairies, and fodder and meat up to the level of the richer western Euro- But Fitch noted that Polish authorities Lithuania, Belarus, Bul- Tatar community have pean member states. have been repeatedly criticized in the past garia, China, Kazakhstan, Romania, Turkey adjusted, so that all may live in harmony. factories, which are not affected by the “These are very complex and lengthy over their sluggish spending of EU funding. and Uzbekistan. They collectively numbered Some things have begun to change due to the embargo,” Lech said. projects, which may prove difficult to de- “Their low capacity to absorb the monies more than 10 mln in the late 20th Century. younger generations becoming more inter- Warsaw has demanded that the ban liver before 2012,” the agency warned in ... is a major concern,” it said. Polish Tatars arrived in Poland in the 14th ested and involved in orthodox Islam. They be lifted unconditionally, but Russian an analysis of the “infrastructure gap” fac- “As all Europe will have its eyes fixed on Century to reside in the Polish-Lithuanian have learned the language and begun to travel officials have regular appeared to sow ing Poland as it prepares for the prestigious the host countries, it will be critical to de- Commonwealth. They were welcomed in Po- to Muslim countries to see how they function, confusion about alleged Polish con- tournament. liver the stadia on time.” land because of their outstanding and reliable they tend to partake in fasting more often than cessions. Last week, Russia’s veteri- The fear that “a failure to meet the dead- “This could place tremendous pressure on soldiers. For their efficient work in the Pol- the older generation, and try to meet more nary service had claimed that Poland lines could be a national humiliation” has the procuring authorities, in turn paving the ish armies, they received new trappings from people who believe in Allah and share the had agreed to allow Russian specialists spurred other countries in the past, Fitch way for cost overruns, with building com- every successive duke and king of the lands same faith. Marrying within the Tatar circle to inspect its meat exports, under an said, pointing to Greece’s last-ditch efforts panies demanding additional funds to meet from where they lived. has also become an important value to the agreement between Moscow, Warsaw to get ready for the 2004 Olympics. challenging orders,” Fitch said. The biggest trappings were real estate and younger generation of Polish Tatars. Partaking and the EU. European football’s governing body, It noted that pressure was likely to be titles, which led them to begin purchasing in Tatar celebrations and festivities, to which Polish liberal politician Donald UEFA, in April chose Poland and joint bid- increased by “adverse market conditions” “szlachta” – nobility, which allowed them to Tatars from neighboring countries are invited Tusk, who is poised to become prime der Ukraine to host the four-yearly tourna- in the construction industry, due to a labor have the same rights as Polish and Lithuanian due to the small number of Polish Tatars, has minister after beating Warsaw’s ruling ment, which will bring together Europe’s 16 shortage caused by massive emigration nobility, and even representation in the Polish become an incentive for younger generations conservatives in parliamentary elec- best footballing nations. of Polish workers, mostly to Britain and chamber of deputies. to continue the tradition. tions last month, has raised hopes of Neither country has hosted a major cham- Ireland, since the country became an EU It was this primary association with the Today, it has become quite popular to be a possible breakthrough in the dispute pionship before. member. Tatars, many of which settled in the Polish- a Tatar. To have Tatar ancestors in one’s lin- after signalling a desire for closer ties Lithuanian Commonwealth while retaining eage has become a matter of pride. There are with both Brussels and Moscow. their traditions and religious beliefs that led to not many Tatars occupying Bohoniki and The wide ranging EU-Russia accord their close Polish ties. Now, the older places in Kruszyniany, but due to frequent visitations being blocked by Warsaw because of Poland where Polish Tatars lives (from about from other Tatar neighbors, they are never the meat dispute is seen as particularly 300 years ago) are Bohoniki, Kruszyniany and at a loss. Moreover, every day more tourists important for the EU because it will in- others small villages near Bialystok. come to visit Tatar mosques, cemeteries – mi- clude provisions for energy relations. In fact, Polish Tatars assimilated with their zars – and restaurants where it is possible to The EU relies heavily on Russian sample traditional Tatar cuisines, such as pi- oil and gas imports, but Poland has ar- ereczekawnik or cybulnik. gued that the bloc should not kowtow It seems to be that the Tatars have success- to Moscow’s clout given that Russia is fully created a long-lasting legacy in Poland, not playing fair in other trade areas. from which everyone can benefit.

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the krakow post They will caution against illegal border cross- Michal Wojtas tract means the consortium of Ferro- been under fire during much of that ings and make people aware of the negative conse- staff journalist vial, Budimex and Lamela may have time. On the night of Dec. 21-22, Poland will enter quences of increased tourism for wildlife. to go to court to obtain the 650 mln For example, the national gov- the so-called Schengen Zone. The number of tourists visiting the Polish part Travelers using Warsaw’s Okecie zloty it was to be paid. ernment’s contract oversight agency For the first time no identity card or passport of the park increases every year. In July of 2007, Airport have received more bad news Adding insult to injury, the consor- contended that the original bid that will be needed to cross the Polish border with any 20,000 people entered the park daily during good about when the new departure termi- tium has been paying 250,000 zloty Polskie Porty Lotnicze accepted – 495 other country of the EU. weather. The Polish part of the park has an area of nal at the country’s largest airport will a month in heating and lighting costs mln zloty – was too low to cover the There will be, however, one exception. just 211 square kilometers, with 145 kilometers of open. since May. work involved. Even though Polish and Slovak citizens will tourist routes. The Fire Department has refused It will take a couple of months for The agency, the Supreme Chamber be free to cross their common border without any The Schengen Agreement was signed in 1985 to issue a safety certificate for the Polskie Porty Lotnicze to find another of Control, ordered the bid renegoti- controls, in the Tatra National Park this will not be by seven countries. By 2001 six other EU mem- completed terminal because tests have company to finish the contract. ated. Polskie Porty Lotnicze and the possible due to wildlife conservation regulations. bers had joined it, plus non-EU nations Norway indicated that airport fans would be so consortium came up with a new figure Authorities of the Slovak portion of the park and Iceland. state that joining the Schengen Agreement will not The agreement eliminates internal border con- loud during an evacuation that passen- The Fire Department has of 650 mln zloty. gers would be unable to hear evacua- Critics of Polskie Porty Lotnicze’s force any changes that might harm the park. trols and sets up a common policy on external bor- refused a safety certificate for Officially only one border crossing point exists ders. Great Britain and Ireland haven’t signed the tion instructions over loudspeakers. the terminal because tests in- oversight of the terminal contend that The Fire Department’s balking on it ordered changes in the original plan in the Tatra National Park. It is located near the agreement. dicate that airport fans would peak of Rysy, the highest mountain in Poland with the safety certificate prompted the be so loud during an evacua- for the project that led to delays in fin- company that operates the airport, ishing it. an elevation of 2,499 meters. tion that passengers would not Polskie Porty Lotnicze, to terminate In addition, news organizations Every year the crossing is closed from Nov. 1 hear evacuation instructions its contract with the Polish-Spanish maintain that the new terminal’s secu- to June 15. Tourists who are found to have strayed consortium that built it. over loudspeakers. rity setup is inadequate and that auto- across the border are returned to Poland. That means the terminal, which mobile access to the terminal is not as In the park many hiking trails in Poland and Slo- was supposed to open in May, may The good news is that it won’t be a good as it should be. vakia meet at the border, but it is illegal to cross to not open until the first of next year. big deal to fix the fan-noise problem. Okecie is by far the largest airport the other country. The date for completing the project Experts say a high-pitched woman’s in Poland. In fact, more than half The Schengen Agreement will not change this. has already slipped a couple of times voice will be able to be heard above the country’s flights originate or end Slovak park employees fear that the reopening of because the work went slower than the fans, so the solution involves re- there. In 2006 more than 8 mln pas- the cable car to Kasprowy Wierch, a popular tour- planned. recording the evacuation instructions. sengers used the airport, 15 percent ist destination, in December would mean more il- In addition, a surge in the price of The terminal work started three more than in 2005. legal border crossings in the area. building materials has led to the cost years ago. Polskie Porty Lotnicze has The 8-mln figure is more than twice Slovak park authorities plan to launch an in- being higher than originally the capacity of the airport formation campaign in the area around the city of Zakopane, where most Polish tourists begin their expected. NEW when it was planned. mountain hikes. Cancellation of the con- EMPLOYMENT PORTAL Hungarian Cuisine and More... Get your message LAUNCHING NOVEMBER across today! 2007 OLDSMOBIL

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Justyna Krzywicka markets with a shop area of more than markets, they will simply buy out locally Staff JOURNALIST 400 square meters operating in Poland. owned businesses, either outright or There are 1,300 supermarkets, 1,610 dis- through franchise options. Analysts pre- According to Adam Szejnfeld from count stores and 115,000 small privately dict it is only a matter of time for large the Civic Platform (PO) the new legis- owned stores. The statute was passed to foreign-owned conglomerates to buy up lation is a legal blunder. The new legis- protect the small shop owner from a fur- traditionally local shops in housing es- lation enforced from September of this tates, residential areas and small towns. year restricts the establishment of shops The French-owned Carrefour has Justyna Krzywicka to the rest of Europe that Poland is ca- standing at 10.88 bln euro. Analysts that are larger than 400 meters squared. Analysts predict it already commenced its take-over ac- Staff JOURNALIST pable of utilizing such funds well. however approximated imports to in- Dziennik reports the Constitutional is only a matter of tivities, offering independent grocers The primary concern however is crease to 15.4 percent. Tribunal is set to rule on the matter franchising licenses. Tesco has similar for the weakening export market in Statistics for the National Bank of The National Bank of Poland an- within the next couple of months. The time for large foreign plans. The British-owned supermarket Poland. According to the National Poland show that within the last 12 nounced a 681 mln euro deficit for legislation is deemed in breach of the owned conglomerates chain will open 5 new Tesco Express su- Poland in September. That is 140 mln Bank Poland exported 9.17 bln euro months there has been a 3.9 percent permarkets by February that will not be worth of goods, only 8.4 percent more deficit in the GDP. This percentage constitution by restricting trade. euro less than predicted by analysts. to buy up traditionally larger than 400 square meters. than it did last year. Experts predicted may increase to 5 percent by next Szejnfeld is of the opinion the wait for According to Dziennik the figures Both companies want to enter the export sales to reach 12.7 percent. year. Experts assure there is no need a ruling from the Tribunal is too long in local shops in hous- show how much money has entered coming, especially since the legislation shopping regions of residential estates and left Poland thanks to interna- Such a small incline in export growth to worry as the deficit is financed by ing estates, residential has not been seen since 2005. a large degree of funds coming from is a legal blunder. According to the PO traditionally run by local small store tional trade, how much capital from areas and small towns. owners. Szenfeld points out the prob- foreign investment is being made and The problem stems from the stable direct investments. senator, the legislation was meant to pro- lem will be more evident in the years to how many international money trans- strong zloty and the worsening eco- In order for Poland to be able to tect the small business trader, but its out- come. According to the senator, if further fers both private and public are being nomic situation of Western Europe, meet Maastricht requirements and come will achieve the opposite. Marek conducted. especially in Germany, Poland’s big- enter the euro currency system, the Sawicki, senator for the PSL (Peasants’ ther influx of large supermarkets. large conglomerates enter the market, The positive results are mainly gest trading partner. deficit must be less than 3 percent. Party), agrees, stating the party is look- Analysts however fear the opposite overtaking independently owned shops, thanks to the increase in the EU Import on the other hand is in- National Bank President Slawomir ing for alternative ways of dealing with will happen. If foreign hypermarket the unequal competition will destroy the funds. According to economists this creasing twofold. It increased by 13.9 Skrzypek warns Poland needs until the “hypermarket” question. branches will are not permitted to invest traditional small shop owner. PO does is a positive sign as it is an indication percent in September since last year 2012 if the criteria are to be met. There are currently 290 large hyper- in developing more large scale super- not want this to happen. 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According to daily newspaper Members of social network forums place networking sites though, with the Polish om- Dziennik, they have become more popular than their profile within the web site and can be con- budsman making a cautionary claim that such pornography sites, which until recently were tacted or initiate contact with other members of forums can be dangerous for children, poten- the most visited sites on the internet, especially the network. Forums, such as nasza-klasa can tially exposing them to pornography and vio- by young people. be very addictive as old friends catch-up on lent content. Software giant Microsoft recently Poland’s social network web sites include each other’s lives, loves and losses since their purchased a 1.6 percent stake in Facebook for grono.pl, spinacz.pl, and swoi.pl. The leading school days. $240 mln staving off a similar offer by search site is nasza-klasa.pl (“our class”). Poland also What started out as a simple and practical engine behemoth Google, which some in the has a range of business network sites golden- way for keeping in contact with the designer’s industry consider the real danger to social net- line.pl, ogniwo.net and biznes.net. school friends, nasza-klasa has turned into a work sites as their slice of the online market The site nasza-klasa enables Polish gradu- goldmine valued at over 15 mln zloty. begins to diminish. Maciej Popowicz, founder of www.nasza-klasa.com. Get your message across today! Contact: Andrzej Advertise in Kowalski, Marketing Manager The Krakow Post! +48 (0) 798-683-160 NOVEMBER 15-NOVEMBER 21, 2007 BUSINESS The Krakow Post 9 EU funds to be allocated regionally Picking one’s payment: Alternatives for pirating MP3 music files FDL 1.2:DocentX G FDL THE KRAKOW POST MP3 files legally. We want to make this virtual world a little more substantial. And Nearly everybody likes listening to mu- that’s how we figured out our ‘Pen drive sic, but not everybody wants to pay for it. music.’” That’s why illegal downloading is a grow- In addition to all the tracks of “Seven ing problem for the recording industry, par- Days” PenDrive includes MP3 and video ticularly for the most popular artists. formats and about 300 MB of memory for In response, musicians are trying new other data. Its price of about 50 zloty is a ways of distributing their records. As broad- normal price for MP3 players. band Internet access is more and more avail- The idea of buying “Pen drive music” able, almost half the people in Poland are doesn’t attract every music fan, however, using it for work, entertainment and as a as price has been the main reason they buy source of information. CDs so rarely or don’ t buy them at all. In- One can download almost everything. stead they download illegally for free. Re- Musical artists and record companies are cord companies are trying to encourage CD losing megabucks through illegal down- sales through various sales promotions. But loading. Even albums of the most popular the British band Radiohead may have had pop stars are suffering from low sales. the best idea. “I can’t remember when I bought a CD In 2004 Radiohead concluded a six-re- the last time, three years ago maybe,” says cord contract with EMI and decided neither 20-year-old Mateusz from Poznan. “It’s ex- to renew it nor to seek another label. Instead pensive. I usually download music from the the band chose to take charge of its own dis- Internet.” tribution. But in the view of the law, that may be Its new album can be purchased in two a crime. Even “peer-to-peer” programs in forms: 1) a beautiful collector’s disc box small quantities could be subject to two containing a CD, two vinyl records, artwork Justyna Krzywicka in the regional programs. available thanks to the Priority 2 Plan. years imprisonment. It is not difficult for and lyric booklets; and 2) a digital down- STAFF JOURNALIST The aim is for full regionalization. Busi- This plan is divided into various sectors. police to find illegal music in computers. load. nesses that have currently worked with The dominant sector is the micro-business The IP address included in every file makes The price of the disc box is 40 British More than 16 bln euro will be made the Polish Business Development Agency sector. An entrepreneur may receive up to tracking easy. Illegal music downloading is pounds. The price of the download is up to available between 2007 and 2013 for re- will no longer apply to the agency for as- 200,000 zloty for investment projects as so common, however, that many pirates go the user. gional development programs. sistance. Each regional center will inde- well as be able to take part in international unpunished. Fearing that CDs are sliding Radiohead concluded that it could make Gazeta Wyborcza reports some 3 mln pendently assess the projects and draw up trade shows. EU funds may make up 60 slowly into oblivion, the Polish pop group enough money on tour and through the sales euro will be allocated to support various procedures for allocating funds. percent of the investment capital. The Sile- De Mono last year launched the revolution- of disc boxes to allow it to theoretically of- industries. The money will not only be is- The Silesian example indicates how sian region has allocated 70 mln euro for ary idea of selling its album “Seven Days” fer the download free of charge. sued as direct allocations for businesses, such a regional fund allocation project will the Priority 2 Plan. not on CDs but on MP3 players instead. So it made the pay-what-you-want but also spent on developing institutions work. Small- to medium-sized businesses will “Pen drive music,” as they called their new download proposals for the entire album. that are needed in the business sector. The regional authorities have decided receive up to 136 mln euro in support. The product, includes four music clips and a Radiohead’s fans appreciated the band’s This means business will be able to get to firstly, as part of the Priority 1 Plan, to process is similar to that of the micro-busi- little book with photos and lyrics. The flash innovative offer. They paid an average of financial assistance not only from the one support technological parks as well as to ness Priority 1 Plan. An additional changes drive with the band’s logo looks really at- more than 8 British pounds per download, centralized national business program but promote industries within the region. The is that small businesses will be able to tractive. The user inserts it into a USB port and some paid even more than the CD usu- from 16 other regional program centers. funds will be given to the business and re- purchase advisory services while carrying and the computer will do everything else. ally costs in music stores. The allocation of funds will be divided search sector. Funds for these projects will out their investment plans. The maximum There is no need to install anything. If this experiment is successful, it could up. Larger innovative projects valued at not be made available directly to business- financial support amount is 750,000 zloty, “We have often wondered, together with be a breakthrough in distributing music. It more than 2 mln euro will be financed by es but companies may indirectly benefit with EU funds not being more than 60 our friends, how to meet young people’s may turn out that offering a pay-what-you- the Innovative Business program. from such projects. 85 mln euro has been percent of the investment capital for small needs,” Piotr Kubiaczyk, De Mono bassist, want download of a new album prior to re- Companies that do not reach the above allocated for the projects. businesses and 50 percent for medium- told the news agency PAP. leasing it on CD will be the only alternative amount will be required to seek assistance Direct funds for businesses will be made sized businesses. “There are already web sites offering to illegal sharing of MP3 files. 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Klocek, who had managed the Kalisz mote the orchestra in Poland and abroad, to build the new facility has pleaded guilty Philharmonic, declared his intention to re- following the example of other musical in the case. He was accused of taking a 1- vive Krakow’s orchestra. institutions across Poland.” mln-zloty bribe. Then public institutions and news or- Critics say lack of a director has pre- Prosecutors arrested the two on ganizations received an anonymous letter vented the philharmonic’s repertoire from grounds that they took bribes to ensure that accused Klocek of falsifying parts being modernized. The longer that situ- that the construction contract went to the of his resume, especially his “artistic ation continues, the more frustrated the consortium of companies that offered the achievements.” musicians get, insiders say. bribes. The consortium has been cooperat- Klocek denied wrongdoing, but his The Krakow Opera has had the same ing with the anti-corruption bureau since explanations didn’t satisfy the Ministry of leadership gap that the philharmonic has the bureau got wind of possible bribery. Culture. His selection was invalidated. had, plus a corruption scandal to deal Many hope the new director, Nowak, The governor of Malopolski Province with. will be able to deal with what critics say is spearheading a search for another can- Recently the national government’s is the institution’s declining reputation. didate. He or she will be chosen in an open Central Anti-Corruption Bureau accused There are many issues that must be ad- competition before the end of the year, of- the opera director of bribery in the build- dressed, both in terms of organization and ficials say. The deadline for applications ing of a new opera house, the construction art. is Nov. 23. on which started in September 2004. He Critics said the last few performances If the open competition fails to produce denies the allegation, saying his arrest was were poor and featured outdated staging. a suitable candidate, the Ministry of Cul- political. Nowak will also be responsible for ture is expected to allow a director to be Marek Nawara, the governor of Malo- overseeing the completion of the new op- named without an open competition. polski Province, fired him Sept. 25, but era house – which is over budget and will The men who are running the philhar- Nawara said he made the decision before not be finished by the end of this year, as monic in the absence of a director, Jacek the scandal surfaced. The main reason for scheduled. Berwaldt and Artistic Director and First the dismissal was the low artistic level of Despite the delays, opera officials say Conductor Jan Krenz, say things are just the opera’s performances and unskillful they expect performances in the artistic fine at the orchestra. management, Nawara said. He appointed season of 2008-09 to be in the new facil- “This problem is exaggerated,” Ber- Boguslaw Nowak as the new director. ity. Currently the performances are being waldt said. “The institution is active and The architect who won the competition held in the Slowacki Theater. it is functioning well. Our con- certs attract a wide public. And a new director will not perform any miracles at this institution.” INT’L WOMEN’S Some musicians see the prob- lem in a different light. “I think the ASSOCIATION musicians of the Krakow Philhar- OF KRAKÓW monic simply deserve a good full- time manager – a manager who The International Women’s Association will be able to create a comfort- of Krakow (IWAK) is a multicultural, able atmosphere and provide the social and family oriented organization artistic and financial security the providing friendship, advice and support musicians need,” said Malwina Li- piec, a harpist from Krakow now to its members, either in Krakow area working as a soloist in the Wro- temporary or permanently. Throughout claw Philharmonic. the year, there are many social events on “A stable situation in the phil- either a monthly basis. harmonic is a basic condition of its smooth functioning,” Lipiec said. “And of course a new director Our web site: www.iwak.pl should make a great effort to pro- 10 The Krakow Post KRAKOW NOVEMBER 15-NOVEMBER 21, 2007 Anniversary of “Operation Sonderaktion Krakau” Adelina Krupski

Ceremony remembers victims of Operation Sonderaktion Krakau.

Grazyna Zawada an alleged lecture by Senior Storm Unit Leader died soon after they were freed. detention survivor Jozef Wolski. sor of Polish law, and one of those imprisoned Staff Journalist SS Brunon Müller, as part of the Operation This year’s Remembrance Day ceremonies During the ceremonies, the Stanislaw Kutr- during Sonderaktion Krakau. Sonderaktion Krakau. started with a Mass in St. Anne’s Academic zeba prize was awarded to PhD student Patrycja “Heidelberg University and the Max Planck Since 1999, Nov. 6 has been commemorated The Nazi officer said the academics were Church in Krakow and the placing of flowers Pogodzinska, who wrote her doctoral thesis on Heidelberg Institute for Comparative and Inter- as University Remembrance Day to honor the under arrest for starting the school year with- on the graves of the professors and at memo- discrimination against homosexual and trans- national Law want to honor with this prize the Polish professors and academics who were out permission and for their “hostile attitude rial plaques at Jagiellonian and at the Oak of sexual people in the light of international law. events of Nov. 6, 1939,” said Bernhard Eithel, taken to concentration camps by the German towards German science.” Freedom, which grows in front of the Colle- This prize is granted every year to an out- the vice chancellor of Heidelberg University. “I Nazis in 1939, and also to honor all deceased The professors were sent to Sachsenhausen gium Novum (at the corner of ul. Golebia and standing academic or student at Jagiellonian want to assure that we members of academic members of the academic community. concentration camp. Planty). University, and allows the winner to spend a community of Heidelberg keep in mind those On Nov. 6, 1939, 144 academics from Ja- After international protests, including one The main events took place in room 56. year of research in Heidelberg and a weekly dramatic events. This prize should therefore giellonian University, 21 from Technology from Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, Participants included, among others, families practice in the European Tribunal of Human become a symbolical sign of warning and a ba- University (AGH) and three from Economic 101 academics over the age of 40 were granted of victims of Sonderaktion. The climax of the Rights in Strasbourg, France. sis for constant reminding about Nov. 6. 1939, University (UE) were lured to room 56 of Col- releases in February the following year. But ceremonies was the reading aloud of the names The man for whom the prize was named, because it expresses our mutual hope for future legium Novum (Latin for “New College”) for many of them were dead already, and others of 182 deceased academics, done by the last Stanislaw Kutrzeba, was an outstanding profes- peace, reunion and friendship.”

Hotel Stary interior voted the krakow post Hotel Stary (The Old Hotel), located in the Old Town in Krakow, took the first place in the French competition, Prix Villegiature, in the category called: “The best architectural interiors of European hotels most beautiful in Europe 2007.” This marks the first time that a Polish hotel won first place in the competition. Oct. 22 marked the day that the jury, namely 3 directors of the renowned hotels (Ezio Indiani from the Proncipe di Savoia in Medio- lan, Jacqueline Secchi from Baltimore Hotel in Paris and Alain Aster from the Raphael Hotel in Paris) and 20 journalists, chose the most beautiful hotels in all of Europe. The ceremony took place in Park Hyatt Paris Vendôme in Paris. Traditionally, it is the Parisian elite, members of the diplomatic corpus, famous architects, artists, publishers and owners of the luxu- rious hotels from all Europe who observe the competition. Hotel Stary conquered in the final 5 world-famous hotels: Pand Hotel in Brugia, Fouquet in Paris, Château Les Crayères from Re- ims, Monte Carlo Hotel and Resorts in Monaco and New York Palace from Budapest. The jury mostly appreciated the intricate interior of Hotel Stary, taking into consideration its fine and unique furniture, exotic woods, oriental carpets and silk fabric that is found in all of the 53 suites. The award for Krakow’s hotel was presented to Katarzyna Likus. The Stary Hotel belongs to the Likus Group, which owns many hotels and restaurants. The Likus Group includes the Copernicus Ho- tel, which was nominated for the same award 2 years ago, but in the final round lost to a hotel located in Amsterdam. The Likus Group is also the owner of “Pod Roza,” the oldest hotel in Krakow. The Hotel Stary opened in 2006 and is located in the heart of the krakowpost.com Hotel Stary. old town of Krakow at ul. Szczepanska 5. NOVEMBER 15-NOVEMBER 21, 2007 KRAKOW The Krakow Post 11 Saintly work as religious course goes nationwide Kinga Rodkiewicz Saints. STAFF JOURNALIST “To be a postulator means to walk in the footprints of a man who was a saint

Members of Poland’s clergy have un- and collect and enshrine them,” said 1.2:Kb G DFL dertaken the first nationwide course for course participant Father Jacek Wier- postulators with 33 people participating zba to Gazeta Krakowska. “The most in the 5-day program (Nov. 5-9) orga- important feature of a postulator is pa- nized by the Metropolitan Curia in Kra- tience. During the case nothing can be kow and Institute of Canon Law at the hastened.” Papal Theological Academy (PAT). In the Roman Catholic Church each A postulator within the Roman Catho- canonization case has 2 parts; firstly in lic Church is a person who proposes and the diocese, from which comes the can- pleads on behalf of a candidate for beati- didate for the altars and then the Vatican fication or canonization. component. ”The course assists in gaining practi- The most difficult and arduous work cal knowledge about the procedures in is collecting witness testimonies which canonization cases at the diocese level,” can prove the sanctity of God’s servant. said Andzej Scaber, Director of Canon- All the documents are sent to the Vatican izations in the Metropolitan Curia in where the Congregation for the Causes of Krakow, according to the Polish Press Saints analyses them. Agency (PAP). The final report by this congregation Participants in the course are people is the basis of a Pope deigning some- who lead beatification and canonization body with sainthood, in which at least 2 cases in the dioceses or will lead such miracles must have been attributed to the cases in the future. They were lectured candidate. on Church law regarding miracles and Poland’s most renowned postulator is documentation, as per the structure, com- Father Stanislaw Oder who is collecting petence and procedures applied by the documents and testimonies about the life Vatican Congregation for the Causes of of Pope John Paul II. “Etiuda & Anima” Two faces of rock music Martyna Olszowska interesting premieres of full-length films,” Lu- STAFF JOURNALIST kasz Kluskiewicz, spokesman of the festival says. “For example an animated comedy from The International Film Festival “Etiuda & Brazil – ‘Sex, Oregano and Rock N’ Roll’ is a Anima” will take place Nov. 16-22 at the CK movie about former hippies.” Rotunda and Kino Kijow theater. Nearly 1,000 There will also be feature films. film schools are invited to the festival. Three “Students who made their debut a few years hundred films were submitted to the competi- ago during the festival, have now done full- tion, and only 43 were accepted. In the course length feature films, so it is hard not to present of 7 days, a vast number of 400 films will be them,” Kluskiewicz says. presented during the fun and intriguing fall film It was at the festival that these brilliant cre- festival. Since it’s first organization in 1994, the ators took their first steps: the producer of “The “Etiuda” Festival (since 2005 “Etiudza & Ani- Return of the Idiot” Sasa Gedeon; winner of an ma”) is dedicated to the works of students from Oscar for the film “Quiero Ser” Florian Gal- film and art schools from Europe and around lenberger; Julia Loktev, author of the shocking the world. personal documentary “Moment of Impact”; Each year their final graduation film projects Marcin Wrona, one the most talented members and short studies compete for individual awards: of the young Polish generation of filmmakers; Gold, Silver and Bronze Dinosaurs. Besides Leszek David, multiple award winner at Kra- these awards, in the competition for world ani- kow Film Festivals and Gyorgy Palfi, creator mation masters and their students, professional of the hotly controversial film at this year’s and independent artists, creators of traditional Cannes Film Festival “Taxidermy.” animation and computer animation will fight for Besides competitions, “Etiuda & Anima” the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Jabberwocky. The proposes many additional events: Animators’ best film school on the Old Continent gets the self-portraits seem to be the most interesting. Special Golden Dinosaur Award. These are retrospectives of Priit Parn, Bill Plym- During opening night Nov. 16 at 18:00 in pton and Gil Alkabetz – directors of animated Kino Kijow, Priit Pärn, a remarkable Estonian films. There will also be meetings with the artist of animated films, receives the Special artists who come to Krakow. But besides this, Golden Dinosaur. This award is held for an filmgoers can look into the methods of anima- outstanding teacher who successfully combines tion. Artists will be creating animation live after his/her own artistic output with educational screenings and demonstrate how they work, Krzystof Skonieczny and converting them into our own language.” 19:00. Tickets, costing 15-20 zloty can be pur- work at art schools. Past recipients have been: thanks to the camera, which will be shown on Staff Journalist Strange as it may seem, the aforementioned chased at the ticket office of the Rotunda Com- Jerzy Kucia from the Krakow Academy of Fine screen simultaneously. Ten of the best German, mechanisms have not only worked to produce munity Center, from Monday to Friday, 10:00 Arts; Kazimierz Karabasz from the Lodz Film vanguard films from the 1920s, chosen by Prof. Two totally different bands will play within two LPs – “Osme Pietro” (“Eighth Floor”) to 13:00 and from 16:00 to 19:00 and within School; and Paul Driessen from the German Andrzej Gwóźdź will be screened on Nov. 18. two days of each other in two clubs that happen in 2005 and “Lewa Strona Literki M” (“The one hour before the concerts. Kunsthochschule in Kassel. The festival also wishes to celebrate 50 years to share the same building. Left Side of the Letter M”) a year later – but, The club is on ul. Oleandry 1. Animated films chosen by the members of of English Free Cinema and present the famed On Thursday, Nov. 15, the Rotunda Com- more importantly, to create the lively, melodic, Kombajn do Zbierania Kur po Wioskach the jury will be brought to a list called the Can- short features of British Karel Reisz, Tony Rich- munity Center will host a performance by somewhat eccentric, but nevertheless highly will enter the stage of Zaczek at 20:00. Tickets on of New Century Animation. At this year’s ardson or Lindsay Anderson. There will also be perhaps the most famous Polish Gothic rock emotional style of the band. cost 15-20 zloty can be bought at the ticket of- festival, retrospectives of Estonian and Iranian screened prized films from festivals in Annecy, group – Closterkeller, and on Saturday, Nov. Those who understand Polish should also fice daily. animations take place. But “Etiudza & Anima” Stuttgart and Třebon. 17, the Students’ Club Zaczek will welcome take notice of the witty and somewhat psyche- The club’s address is al. Maja 3/5. is not only for short films. More information and detailed program the young, eccentric, indie rock band going by delic lyrics that help to create the intense atmo- Closterkeller will begin their concert at “At this year’s festival, there will be very events: www.etiudaandanima.com the wordy name of Kombajn do Zbierania Kur sphere of the songs. Their live performances 19:00. Tickets, costing 15-20 zloty can be pur- po Wioskach. sound even better than their records, thanks to chased at the ticket office of the Rotunda Com- Closterkeller’s show is certainly not a prop- Kombajn’s ability to share their emotions with munity Center, from Monday to Friday, 10:00 krakowpost.com osition for spending a joyful night for the av- the audiences. to 13:00 and from 16:00 to 19:00 and within erage music listener. However, in their nearly Kombajn do Zbierania Kur po Wioskach one hour before the concerts. twenty years of existence, they have reached will be supported by the promising, alternative The club is on ul. Oleandry 1. a high position both in Poland and abroad in band Kid A, the winner of this year’s Przeglad Kombajn do Zbierania Kur po Wioskach their own musical genre – they have received Kapel Studenckich (a festival of student music will enter the stage of Zaczek at 20:00. Tickets acclaim on such festivals as Castle Party in groups in Krakow). cost 15-20 zloty can be bought at the ticket of- Bolkow, Poland or Wave Gothic Treffen in Closterkeller will begin their concert at fice daily. Leipzig, Germany. Their musical style is easily recognizable – mostly thanks to the distinguishable voice of Quality Accommodation for Less the vocalist, Anna Sabiniewicz, going by the curious stage name of Anja Orthodox. Being the only original member in the band TOURNET from its creation in 1988, she has had a ma- TOURNET jor influence on the musical side of the group, which includes inspirations from cold wave GuestGuest Rooms and heavy metal, all blended into a melancholic mix with Gothic-rock style. ul. Miodowa 7 The Krakow concert will be a part of the Kazimierz District, Krakow “Abracadabra 2007 Gothic Tour,” which fea- tures songs from the upcoming new record. Tel.: (0) 12 292-0088 Kombajn do Zbierania Kur po Wioskach www.accommodation.krakow.pl (which can be translated as “A Machine Used for Harvesting Chickens in the Villages”) is a young, promising alternative rock band. As for their musical creed – it’s there, in the name itself, which can be deciphered as mean- ing “an image of the machine for sharing and collecting feelings, impressions and thoughts – 12 The Krakow Post KATOWICE NOVEMBER 15-NOVEMBER 21, 2007 First office machinery museum opens in Poland the krakow post He always hoped one day he could share his passion with the world and in 2000 he went to Jan Kaluza’s 30-year love affair with old the Warsaw collectors’ exhibition where his office equipment has led to him opening the machines were a hit. Typewriter Old Machines Museum in Tychy “For 2 days there were crowds,” Kaluza told 80 kilometers west of Krakow. The museum Gazeta Wyborcza. “ I was talking about my ma- collection, a first for Poland, includes over 300 chines from 08:00 to 20:00. Even at night I was typewriters, counting machines and other as- dreaming about the exhibition.” sorted office equipment Kaluza’s was inspired to make his hobby a According to Gazeta Wyborcza, in the 1970s full-time occupation after his work repairing Kaluza received his first typewriter from his Xerox machines became financially unviable. godmother, a 1908 Mignum AEG. It has a Amongst the museum’s many gems are a double keyboard for capital and small letters. Smith Premier 1 typewriter from 1895 and a Kaluza kept the typewriter maintained over the German typewriter made in 1943 with a Nazi years and considered selling it as an antique but SS key. was disappointed in what people were willing Additionally there are Everests and Reming- to pay. tons, are all in working order and each with its “In the beginning, nobody knew about my own histories. collection, not even members of my family,” The museum is located at ul. Wojska Pol- said Kaluza on the TV program “Tropiciele.” “I skiego 18 and is open from Tue-Sun from felt ashamed of my hobby.” 10:00-16:00 with entry costing four zloty. Young businessmen from Katowice for children Urszula Ciolkiewicz some of us don’t have our own sTAFF JOURNALIST children.” And the children from Angels’ Employees of a business in have turned out to be very active Katowice are encouraged to each and challenging. The volunteers spend three hours of company time got busy. Some of the young ex- a month doing charitable work. ecutives tackled computer pro- They collectively chose Angels’ grams. Others offered financial ad- House, where psychologists and vice. Still others organized events educators care for children with such as a carnival party, supply- social problems. ing costumes, decorations, music Since 1991, Angels’ House has and food. The educators from the conducted various programs de- Angels’ House, skeptical at first, voted to neglected and forsaken became gradually convinced of the young people, many of them ad- volunteers’ methods. dicted to drugs. “I was afraid that we wouldn’t “Our charitable work has shown manage to crush the barrier be- us that all the good things which tween us and the children,” said are being told about Angels’ House Marta Szczyrbowska, an assistant are true,” said Dagmara Mielnik in the PwC tax department. “But of the Katowice office of Pricewa- from the first day, we learned that terhouseCoopers. When the PwC there was no point in being anx- businessmen and women, dressed ious. The children nestled close to in stylish suits, knocked on the us because of a huge need for ten- Angels’ door in December 2006, derness hidden deep inside them. everyone at the house thought: They remembered my name after “Someone wants to help us.” our first meeting, which was in- However, the business execu- credibly nice. They even baked a tives didn’t offer money. cake especially for us.” “We want to lead the work- A PwC foundation is prepar- shops,” they announced. Dagmara ing a program of cooperation with Mielnik remembers the reaction of Angels’ for the future. Some of the one of the educators. new services may include lessons “She stated that we had no ex- in make-up for the girls and foot- perience. In fact, we are young and ball for the boys. Angels’ House in Katowice.

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the krakow post On the Upper is an educational experi- presentation is one of its strongest aspects. in the visual culture of our times. Scenes So White“), love (“God Is Vain“) and death ence, while the Lower revels in the visually The show forms a brief history of photogra- taken from both mainstream productions (“Wind“) are some of her publicly-favored Krakow’s most precious art gallery Bunk- and conceptually sensual and brutal. phy in the second half of the 20th Century. and high culture creations build new ideas pieces. ier Sztuki houses Lower and Upper art galler- PHOTOsuisse is a diverse show present- Here one can find beautiful black and and senses. All these images in fact create our reality, ies, which sport a variety of exhibitions. The ing the documentary, journalistic, artistic white nudes by Christian Coigny, astonish- For some time, this technique was strong- our dreams and fantasies. Upper Gallery has become associated with and contemporary works of 28 artists, com- ing landscapes by Balthasar Burkhard, great ly present at all big art presentations around Putting them together is a way of search- serious and complex presentations, while prising both professionally proclaimed pho- journalistic photographs by Luc Chessex or the world and became quite popular among ing for hidden plots and collective con- the Lower is known as the domain of smaller tographers and emerging artists. Michael von Graffenried and some contem- artists. sciousness. It becomes a reflection upon presentations, often made by young artists. The curatorial idea was to divide the show porary classics like Urs Lüthi or Beat Streu- Because it is based on existing materials visual culture, specificity of film language Usually, the basement is more dynamic than into three distinct groupings: Matrix – Study li. Viewing these incredible pieces makes which are usually visually attractive, it re- and ways of its reception. the bright, spacious upper levels. of Surface; Environment – Social Space; the exhibition priceless. sults in spectacular, or at least eye-catching, The architecture of Lower with its laby- This time around, however, the Upper and Media – Relations between Images. The Lower Gallery gives way to a differ- works. rinth-like structure brings to this show of level has been transformed to play host to Additional divisions were made due to ent experience. The transition from a bright- This easiness in achieving strong visual reflections, repetitions and quotations an the colorful PHOTOsuisse exhibit, a review the architectural structure of the gallery— ly-lit and easily understandable exhibition effects bring a risk of using it as a cheap appropriate atmosphere of mystery and dis- of Swiss photography, while on the Lower the first floor is more traditional and classic, to a world of fluctuating images and intense trick. This is why they should be treated with covery. floor, Bogna Burska’s presentation of videos while the second is more modern and con- sounds becomes an adventure in itself. great caution. “A Game with Shifting Mirrors” transpires. temporary. The PHOTOsuisse exhibition is “A Game with Shifting Mirrors” is com- Bogna Burska composes her films not PHOTOsuisse These two shows stand at opposite ends of accompanied by a set of film presentations, posed from footage films by Bogna Burska. only around some common motives and Przeglad szwajcarskiej fotografii the art spectrum. The first is a wide presenta- or rather portraits, of each artist that were This technique assumes creating video topics but also around one actor or one re- Nov. 8–Dec. 7 tion of Swiss artists of various ages from all created by Swiss television. This additional works out of short fragments or scenes peating joke. Bogna Burska across Switzerland. The second is a small in- element intensifies the educational side of taken from existing film materials, most of This brings about works of different Nov. 8–Jan. 6 dividual showing. One is bright but serious; the show. Paradoxically, this highly infor- them being movies. True to its definition, significance and intensity. Films that trace Bunkier Sztuki the other one is dark but lighthearted. mative and educational perspective of the all works of this kind are strongly immersed motives and symbols of blood (“A Heart pl. Szczepanski 3a

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There was the political cabaret you have some people helping you in some in Piwnica Pod Baranami, the underground way or is it a more personal project? events that seemed to escape the notice of A: There’s a couple of people who orga- the authorities, the graphic art of Wieslaw nize Unsound and choose the artists, which Dymny that openly criticized the regime. makes it easier to create this diverse program You don’t seem to find much of this these as people have different taste or specialties. days. Do you feel you are filling a gap and In terms of your question, it depends what secondly, do you feel you are following on part of Europe. For example, in West Eu- from this tradition of counter culture, or are rope, there are a lot of artists who play at you starting from a clean perspective? different festivals, so if you see someone A: Krakow has a reputation for culture, you can decide to bring them to Krakow. but in a quite conservative form. The tradi- But if you’re talking about Ukraine, Be- tion that you mentioned, of political caba- larus, you have to search the Internet, make ret, also has morphed into something main- contacts, dig deeply, because those artists stream. In theater, music, art – I don’t think aren’t so visible. This year we don’t have so Krakow is as radical as Wroclaw and War- many artists from these countries, but usu- saw, for example. Partly it’s connected with ally we do, and making this connection is what events the council in each city chooses one of the main reasons Unsound exists, to to financially support, which has a huge ef- look to the east and west. Again, it’s a ques- fect, and also it’s because people in Krakow tion of funding. It’s hard to bring them here, are in many ways difficult to win over to because in Ukraine or Belarus they don’t more radical events, even the younger audi- have their own cultural institutes that sup- ence. port such music. Q: You don’t get any local authority Q: Are you making a political comment funding? by including acts from the East? It mentions This is the first year that we’ve received in the press release that Poles sometimes funding from the Town Council, and we’re have these stereotypes of Belarus and the very thankful for that and hope that it will culture there, these dog-faced policemen continue. We’re also supported heavily by everywhere and an incredibly dead cultural foreign cultural institutes like Goethe In- scene. Are you trying to change people’s stitute, British Council, Austrian Cultural perceptions? Forum, Pro Helvetia, Cervantes Institute. A: I think Poles still know relatively Without them we couldn’t survive. little about Ukraine and Belarus. Unsound A: I think there’s been a change in the has tried to expose local audiences to music local council’s funding policy recently, be- from these countries, and taken Polish mu- cause the Fall Jazz Festival at Alchemia, sicians to play in Kiev and Minsk. Maybe which is pretty “out there,” has received it changes the way people think, in some loads of funding for the first year. They have small way, I don’t know. I personally find some really experimental acts, actually. organizing in Minsk incredibly rewarding, You know, if someone reads the word because it’s so cut off in cultural terms, usu- “jazz” then even if it’s “out there” they will ally, and locals really appreciate it. Two Un- understand it. If they read “electronic mu- sound events took place there this year and sic,” “club music,” “experimental,” “instal- there will be another one next winter. Next lations” and so on, they might find it harder. year, we’re hoping to have more music and I hope this is changing. Because I think if discussions about Belarus during Unsound Philip Palmer Unsound received some substantial sup- here in Krakow, in fact maybe a whole se- STAFF JOURNALIST port, we could make it a major festival of its ries of discussions. But we’re quite careful Encounters with Jewish Culture kind not just in Poland, but Europe. It’s the not to make it political within Belarus, be- Mat Shulz, organizer of the forthcom- perfect city to make a bigger cutting edge cause then it could be stopped. So, there are Sunday, November 18th, 6:00 p.m. 14th ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF ing Unsound Festival, which runs from music and video art festival. But it’s also a no political slogans or connections. In terms THE CENTER FOR JEWISH CULTURE Nov. 21-25, talks with The Krakow Post. problem with the local scene. With some of music, the main thing the government in Chamber music concert dedicated to Józef JOACHIM (1831-1907) – composer, violinist, Jazz concert by Adam MAKOWICZ (USA). exceptions, I think the music scene that ex- Belarus doesn’t like is rock music with Be- and teacher; performed by Tomasz KULISIE- The Krakow Post: What brought you to ists here is not at interesting as somewhere larus text, so electronic music is something WICZ (violin), Boguslawa HUBISZ – SIELSKA Monday, November 26th, 6:00 p.m. Krakow and how did you become involved like Wroclaw. quite interesting to do there, because, ob- (viola), and Mariusz SIELSKI (piano). in the Unsound Festival? Q: Or the Tri-City (Gdansk, Sopot and viously in more subtle ways it does affect GREAT CHALLENGES OF Mat Shulz: I’ve been living here for over Gdynia)? the way people think and has some impact. Tuesday, November 20th, 6:00 p.m. THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD 10 years. I came here by accident first of all A: Exactly. There’s a good music scene It’s also easier to organize electronic music EU and Poland – Pathless Roads of Contemporary Anti-Intel- and thought I’d stay for a short period, but in Poland in certain places, and in Krakow there, because if you have bands, you have A meeting with Janusz ONYSZKIEWICZ, lectualism – a lecture by Archbishop Prof. Józef now I have a life here. I’m a writer as well. it’s not so noticeable. I have no idea why. to get permission for each band to play from Member of the European Parliament. ZYCIŃSKI. I’ve got a couple of novels published and Maybe it has something to do with that cul- the Ministry of Culture. Thursday, November 22nd, 6:00 p.m. plays, and so on, and Krakow was always tural conservatism, following a certain mu- Q: Do you feel Unsound performs some Wednesday, November 28th, 6:00 p.m. a good place for doing this kind of work. sical tradition. The talent is there, of course, kind of educational role? There’s a couple The State of Democracy in Poland - Comments and Remarks – A lecture by Prof. Andrzej ZOLL. FORUM KAZIMIERZ That’s one part of my life, and the other it’s just a question of the specific approach of documentaries being shown. There’s one part is organizing Unsound, which started to music. about Leon Theramin and there’s one that Sunday, November 25th, 6:00 p.m. The Idea of the Ashkenazi Institute in Krakow five years ago. I started it with an American Q: There’s quite a balance as you would deals with the background to the electronic – a meeting with Henryk HALKOWSKI. friend. There still isn’t exactly a multitude expect in a festival of this size. You’ve got music scene… of cutting edge music events happening in a mixture of veterans and new people just A: There’s also a workshop from Bar- Krakow, but back then there was even less, making a reputation for themselves. You’ve celona with the No-Domain VJ collective, and so our idea for Unsound came out of got club nights and events earlier in the eve- and a presentation of independent labels. that fact. ning designed more for listening and con- It’s important to have workshops, films and BAYIT HADASH Q: Yet this city has quite a big reputation templation, reflective music. What dictates discussions in a festival like this, so that it for culture. In more conventional terms, it the selection policy? In there some link be- has a context that is more than just going tween the acts, something that unites them? for a dance in a club. All this music is part A: All the music in the program is con- of vibrant cultures and sub-cultures that are ARKA NOEGO nected in the way that all the artists are tak- interesting to investigate. Advertise in ing risks and playing some form of adven- There seems to be some attempt to link Our restaurant is located turous music or sounds, however diverse. various art forms. 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