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PRESS: Famous Polish paintings stolen from Warsaw auction house

WARSAW. NOVEMBER 19. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - Two works by famous Polish painters were stolen from a Warsaw auction house in the early hours of Tuesday morning, Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza wrote Wednesday. "Two portraits painted by famous Polish painters were stolen from a downtown gallery," Gazeta Wyborcza wrote. "Losses have been valued at half a million zlotys. Such a burglary has not been seen in the capital for years." The alarm was triggered at the Desa Auction House at 2:37 a.m. Tuesday morning, but but by the time security guards arrived at the scene there was no sign of the thieves. The stolen paintings include "The Portrait of a Lady" by Polish painter and philosopher Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885-1939) and a painting by Jacek Malczewski (1854-1929), a painter from the Polish symbolism movement.

British telecom Vodafone to buy 4.8% in Polish mobile firm Polkomtel forEUR 176 mln

WARSAW. OCTOBER 29. INTERFAX CENTRAL EUROPE - British telephone operator Vodafone will buy 4.8% of shares in Polish mobile operator Polkomtel for EUR 176 mln, the company said in a statement Wednesday. Vodafone will buy the shares from Denmark's TDC. The transaction is set to close in the fourth quarter of this year, boosting Vodafone's shareholding in Polkomtel from the current 19.6% to 24.4%. In 2006, Polish state-controlled shareholders of Polkomtel agreed to buy the shares to which they hold the preemptive right, a stake of 14.8%, for EUR 650.5 mln. TDC said the closing of the sale to Vodafone and to Polkomtel's Polish shareholders will take place after the court lifts the injunction obtained by Vodafone earlier. TDC, which currently has 19.

Polish court reprimands topless sunbathers

WARSAW (AFP) - A Polish court Friday reprimanded two Polish women, including a model who has appeared in men's magazines, for indecent exposure after they sunbathed topless, a rarity in the deeply Catholic country.

Polish driver follows GPS directions into lake

WARSAW (AFP) - A Polish driver who was too sure of his GPS road navigation device ended up neck-deep in a lake after ignoring road signs warning of a dead-end ahead, Polish police said Friday.

Vodafone to buy additional 4.8% in Polkomtel for EUR 176 mln

Vodafone has agreed to buy an additional 4.8 percent stake in Polish mobile operator Polkomtel for EUR 176 million from Danish operator TDC. The acquisition will increase Vodafone's stake in Polkomtel from 19.6 percent to 24.4 percent. Vodafone has, along with the other shareholders in Polkomtel, elected to exercise its pre-emptive rights, pro rata to its existing shareholding of 19.6 percent, over TDC's shareholding in Polkomtel, which arose following the change of control of TDC in February 2006. TDC agreed in 2006 to sell the rest of its stake in Polkomtel to the Polish shareholders, KGHM Polska Miedz, PKN Orlen, Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne and Weglokoks. However Vodafone disputed the sale process and the acquisition by the Polish shareholders was suspended by a court injunction.

Polish banks given guarantees

The Polish banking sector has been requesting that the government looks after the sector, especially when its Western counterparts have been rescued in their hour of need. As a response, the government has approved a draft bill to help local banks, including state guarantees and loans.

Anything to declare? Kangaroos stopped at Polish border

WARSAW (AFP) - Polish border guards said Wednesday they had foiled an attempt to smuggle kangaroos, miniature ponies and 11 pheasants in a passenger bus across Poland's border with Ukraine.

Polish banks foresaw tighter monetary policies

Banks have expected tighter credit policies even before the financial crisis hit the banking sector, according to an NBP survey

Polish exercise book advertisement copies Wikipedia content, violates copyright

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Polish driver follows GPS into lake

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Swiss, Polish Central Banks Cooperate To Provide Swiss Franc Liquidity

(RTTNews) - Friday, the Swiss National Bank and Narodowy Bank Polski announced a temporary EUR/CHF swap arrangement to allow the later to provide Swiss franc funding to banks in its jurisdiction in the form of foreign exchange swaps.

Swiss, Polish Central Banks Cooperate To Provide Swiss Franc Liquidity

(RTTNews) - Friday, the Swiss National Bank and Narodowy Bank Polski announced a temporary EUR/CHF swap arrangement to allow the later to provide Swiss franc funding to banks in its jurisdiction in the form of foreign exchange swaps.

Web Shop Design: Add Polish to Products with Reflections

Apple kicked off a trend a few years ago when it started adding reflections to not only the images on its Web site but also inside many of its applications such as iTunes. Immediately after that reflections became a Web design trend that continues to grow in popularity.

Vodafone increases stake in Polish Polkomtel

Vodafone will purchase a 4.8 percent stake of Poland's second largest mobile operator Polkomtel from shareholder Danish TDC for €176 (z³.631) million.

Vodafone Increases Stake in Polish Network

Vodafone has agreed to acquire an additional 4.8% stake in Poland based operator, Polkomtel from TDC for a total cash consideration of €176 million (US$212 million) plus accrued interest at closing.

UPDATE 2-Vodafone increases stake in Polish operator

Vodafone acquires extra 4.8 pct stake in Polkomtel * To pay 176 million euros * Expects deal to close in Q4

Animals seized at airport

Warsaw - Polish border guards said on Wednesday they had foiled an attempt to smuggle kangaroos, miniature ponies and 11 pheasants in a passenger bus across Poland's border with Ukraine.

PC version of Gears of War 2 in WCG poll

Rumor: Polish video game website found out, that there is PC version of Gears of War 2 in World Cyber Games poll. Considering fact, that global tournaments like WCG must be prepared in advance, this can be true. Will GoW2 be released in early 2009?

Drunk driver's dozy dilemma

A Polish motorist lost his licence after he drove to a police station to ask officers if he was too drunk to drive.

San Franciscos Season of Visiting Artists

KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN: Polish-born pianist Krystian Zimerman was San Francisco Symphony’s guest soloist in the Piano Concerto of Witold Lutos&0000322;awski. (Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon)

San Franciscos Season of Visiting Artists

KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN: Polish-born pianist Krystian Zimerman was San Francisco Symphony’s guest soloist in the Piano Concerto of Witold Lutos&0000322;awski. (Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon)

Media: C.O.R.E Gameplay

Coming from new Polish developer NoWay Studios, C.O.R.E is a first person shooter for the DS. In the year 2028 a meteor crashes in the Mojave Desert bringing with it a strange radiation which begins to transform the surrounding environment. A lab is constructed around it called the C.O.R.E, when all communications with C.O.R.E are lost it's your job as part of an elite military unit to find out what happened... and get out alive.

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