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Embassy of Poland to provide Hittin school with computer lab 
The Polish Embassy in Amman will open a computer lab at Hittin Refugee camp school on June 14 According to a press statement released by the embassy, the Polish government provided 11,000 euros to furnish the school with a computer lab that includes 20 computers, furniture, and Data Show device. The facility will be open to the public and serve the wider community in the area, where around 1100 student between the ages of 6-9 years are expected to attend this lab.This is part of the 500,000 euros project, the embassy started in 2007, where it established children's libraries in Anjara in the northern governorate of Ajloun and in As-samakiya town in Karak in 2008. [ more] & [ more]
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Polish, foreign leaders attend Kaczynski funeral Polish and foreign leaders attended a funeral mass on Sunday for President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria, but a volcanic ash cloud over Europe prevented some overseas guests from joining them.U.S. President Barack Obama was among those forced by the ash cloud to abandon plans to attend the funeral in Krakow for the Kaczynskis, killed on April 10 with 94 other, mostly senior, political and military officials in a plane crash in Russia.However, Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev managed to fly to the city, reinforcing a strong message of Russian solidarity since the crash that has raised Polish hopes for an improvement in long-strained ties with their communist-era overlord [ more]
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Poland honours crash victims, vows never to forget Poland paid an emotional tribute on Saturday to President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria and 94 other mostly senior political and military officials killed in a plane crash a week ago in Russia.
Up to 100,000 mourners, many clutching red-and-white national flags threaded with black ribbons, packed into the vast Pilsudski Square in central Warsaw to commemorate the victims of the country's most devastating accident since World War Two."They all had their dreams and hopes for the future of their homeland. This is a serious test for us to understand those hopes well and take them into the future," Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who had been a political rival of Kaczynski's, told the crowd."This is the most we can do for them. We are here to remember them. Poland is here to remember them. We will not forget," Tusk said [ more]
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Poland to reveal black box details from crash WARSAW Poland promised on Thursday to release details of cockpit voice recorders from the plane crash that killed its president and dozens of other top officials in Russia, hoping to end speculation about who was to blame.President Lech Kaczynski, Polish military leaders and senior opposition figures were travelling last Saturday to attend a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the massacre of over 20,000 Polish officers by Soviet secret police in Katyn forest when their plane went down.Russian air traffic controllers in Smolensk say they urged the pilot to divert to another airport because of thick fog, but say he ignored the advice and made four attempts to land before hitting tree-tops and crashing. [ more]
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Polish leader eyes quick election after crash WARSAW Poland's acting president vowed on Tuesday to move swiftly to set an election date and remove uncertainty stemming from the death of President Lech Kaczynski and dozens of other high-ranking officials in a plane crash.The coffin of Kaczynski's wife Maria was received by family members, top military officials and senior Catholic clergy at a sombre ceremony at Warsaw airport before being driven to the presidential palace to lay in state alongside her husband.Thousands of Poles lined the 10-kilometre route to the city centre, covering the hearse carrying the popular first lady's body with flowers in a replay of the moving procession that brought the president's body home on Sunday.Kaczynski, a combative nationalist known for his distrust of both the European Union and Russia, had been travelling to mark the 70th anniversary of the massacre of more than 20,000 Polish officers by Soviet secret police in the Katyn forest in western Russia when his plane went down on Saturday in thick fog [ more]
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Polish president, wife killed in plane crash SMOLENSK, Russia, Poland's President Lech Kaczynski, its central bank head and the country's military chief were among 96 people killed when their plane crashed in thick fog on its approach to a Russian airport on Saturday.The death of Kaczynski, who with his twin brother was a dominant force in Polish politics, brings political uncertainty.A presidential election had been due in October but now must be held within two months, according to the constitution.The president's wife and several other high-ranking government officials were also aboard the aged Tupolev Tu-154 that plunged into a forest about 2km from the airport in the western Russian city of Smolensk.Pilot error was a possible reason for the crash, said Andrei Yevseyenkov, spokesman for the Smolensk local government. Local officials said the plane had clipped treetops on its way down. [ more]
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Presidential Plane Crash
It is with the deepest sense of grief that we learned, in the morning hours of April 10th 2010, about one of the most terrible tragedies in the history of Poland. On the way to the commemoration ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the Katyń Massacre the President of the Republic of Poland Lech Kaczyński was killed in a plane crash along with the First Lady Maria Kaczyńska, many senior state officials, members of the Polish delegation and the plane crew. A week of national mourning was declared by the Speaker of the Sejm Bronisław Komorowski.  The victims of the plane crash include eminent members of the Polish foreign service: Andrzej Kremer, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Mariusz Handzlik, Undersecretary of State in the Chancellery of the President of Poland; Stanisław Jerzy Komorowski, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of National Defence; Mariusz Kazana, Director of Diplomatic Protoco [ more] |
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Candles and tears for Poland's president  Tens of thousands of Poles kept a sombre vigil in a central Warsaw square early Sunday, laying a carpet of candles and flowers to mourn the death of President Lech Kaczynski in a plane crash.Bronislaw Komorowski, the head of Poland's lower house of parliament who took over as interim head of state, was among those who poured into Pilsudski Square to mourn Kaczynski and other senior officials who died Saturday when their plane crashed while trying to land in thick fog in western Russia "The unprecedented scale of this tragedy is unique on a global scale," he told AFP. "We have to deal with this very difficult problem, and we will deal with it," he said. [more]
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The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Amman has the honor to inform that in view of the tragic death of the President of the Republic of Poland, H.E. Mr. Lech Kaczyński, His wife, and all the members of the accompanying delegation, the book of condolences is open at the premises of the Embassy. The book of condolences remains open from April 11th till April 15th, 2010, from 9:00 to 16:00 hours. On Tuesday, April 13th, the book of condolences will be open till 20:00 hours.
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Government plane crash 2010.04.10 For information on the government plane crash call the Government Security Centre: tel.: +48 22 601 58 35, fax: +48 22 601 58 14or write at dyzurny@rcb.gov.pl Heads of state and government wishing to convey their condolences may call the Chancellery of the Prime Minister Donald Tusk: tel.: +48 22 694 66 47tel.: +48 22 694 67 30or write at: beata.lamparska@kprm.gov.pl [more]
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Direct flights would help boost tourism between Jordan, Poland - diplomat Jordan and Poland stand to benefit if direct flights are initiated between the two countries, as the number of Polish tourists coming to Jordan has the potential to increase exponentially, a senior Polish diplomat said Monday.In an interview with The Jordan Times, Krzysztof Bojko, head of mission at the Republic of Poland embassy in Amman, said some 20,000 Polish tourists visited Jordan in 2009, compared to 35,000 in 2008."Taking into account the large number of Christian pilgrims who come to the Palestinian territories and Israel, the number of Polish tourists to Jordan can be increased to about 100,000 annually if we have direct flights," the diplomat said... ..[» more]
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Israel's policies have dangerous implications on region - King  His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday renewed warning against the consequences of Israel's continued policy of settlement expansion and its unilateral measures to alter the identity of Jerusalem and threaten its holy sites.At a meeting with President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek, the King said these Israeli measures undermine peace prospects and increase tension and instability in the Middle East.His Majesty stressed the need for an intensified European role in efforts to overcome obstacles that hamper progress in resolving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict based on the two-state solution and the relevant terms of reference, especially the Arab Peace Initiative.. ..[» more]
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UJ, Jagiellonian MoU 
In the presence of polish Charge d'Affaires Krzysztof Bojko. president of the University of Jordan (UJ), Dr. Khaled Al.Karaki signed an MoU with the Polish University Jagiellonian , represented by its vice president for international programs; organizing lectures and seminars; exchange of periodicals, publications and scientific research results . The Jagiellonian University , founded in 1364 in the Polish city Krakow, is the oldest and oalso the only Unversity that includes a faculty of medicine.
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Learning from others For the last few days, together with several Jordanian colleagues, I have been struggling to cope with sub-zero temperatures in "frozen" Poland, a Central European country with a dynamic population of just over 38 million inhabitants of different ethnic backgrounds, with a great history behind and a distinctively rich cultural heritage.We arrived here as guests of the Polish government, mainly representing the media and non-governmental organisations, such as the Regional Human Security Centre, which I joined the delegation to represent.As we arrived, the entire country was under a thick blanket of snow. It kept on snowing gently, and we learned that the cold might last for quite a long time. People, however, go on with their lives normally.. ..[» more]
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6th Polish Jordanian Business Forum convenes  The 6th Polish Jordanian Business Forum convened Sunday in a bid to increase the volume of trade and investment cooperation between the two countries. The forum hosted officials from Jordan and Poland, and representatives from 30 Polish companies and around the same number of Jordanian enterprises with their various products on display. Industry and Trade Minister Amer Hadidi, who inaugurated the forum, voiced hope that the gathering will yield fruit in enhancing bilateral relations, especially in the areas of investment and trade. ..[» more]
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Library instils reading culture among Anjara residents  ANJARA - Eleven-year-old Aramis Ayoub barely read a book before the Anjara library opened in 2008. "We had no books here, there was no library in Anjara. I was never really interested," he told The Jordan Times yesterday. Now a voracious reader, Ayoub said he has gone through every storybook in the library since it was established 18 months ago. Meanwhile, Dana Haddad, 11, said she spends many afternoons in the learning centre, ..[» more
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The visit from the Speaker of the Senate Bogdan Borusewicz in Jordan  On the 12th - 13th June 2009, the Polish Senate Speaker Bogdan Borusewicz visited Jordan during his official visit in the Middle East (before Jordan he traveled to Egypt, Israel and Palestinian Autonomy). During the first day of the visit he met with Polish representatives (about 100 people) in the Polish Embassy. In honour of him a piano music concert was organized. During the meeting the chief of the first Polish Association In Jordan, established in May 2009, Mrs. Maria Halaseh, informed about the Association establishment and passed to Mr. Borusewicz its official statute more
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The Regional Conference of Economical Councillors from the North African and Middle Eastern Countries  Between the 8th and 9th May 2009, the The Regional Conference of Economical Councillors from the North African and Middle Eastern Countries took place in Amman, organized by Polish Embassy in Jordan and the Department of Foreign Economical Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The following countries participated in the conference: Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunis and the United Arab Emirates Polish Ambassador Robert Rostek from Qatar and Charge d'Affaires Stanisław Smoleń from Iraq took part in the conference. Charge d'Affaires Krzysztof Bojko and the councilor Janusz Janke took part on behalf of the Polish Embassy and on the behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the Director of DZPE Wojciech Ponikiewski and the Deputy of the Director DZPE Grzegorz Gawin attended more
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Meeting of Chargé d'Affaires of Poland Mr. Krzysztof Bojko with representatives of the Jordanian media 
On 20 May in Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Amman was held meeting Chargé d'Affaires of Poland Mr. Krzysztof Bojko with representatives of the Jordanian media. K.Bojko said that the main purpose of his mission in Jordan is to improve and deepen Polish-Jordanian relations in terms of political, economic and cultural-scientific community..[» more]
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Pop Benedict XVI in JORDAN  "According to the felt Mr. Krzysztof Bojko Chargé d'Affaires of the Republic of Poland in Amman, the visit of His Holiness the Pope at this time can bring a lot to the Middle East. „Given the tensions that exist in the region since 2000, since the outbreak of the second intifada,we all hope, including the Jordanian authorities , that this visit will lead to a reassuring situation. [» more]
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Prince Mired visiting Poland HRH Prince Mired Raad Al-Hussein visited Warsaw, in his capacity as Chairman of the 8th Meeting of States Parties to the Ottawa Convention, to promote the prohibition of antipersonnel landmines. HRH the Prince was interviewed by Rzeczpospolita daily. An article by HRH Prince Mired on his mission to Poland was published in the same newspaper . [» more]
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