Poland will be borrowing $3.73 billion from World Bank to assist the country's social services, labor market and public finances, government officials said. World Bank President Robert Zoellick and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, accompanied by Polish banking and financial experts Monday considered

Text of report in English by Polish national independent news agency PAP Warsaw, 7 October: Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday that in his opinion the Polish parliament would not approve plans to hold a referendum on ownership transformations in hospitals.

Text of report in English by Polish national independent news agency PAP Warsaw, 10 September: Asked about his opinion concerning the case of a 45-year-old man accused of imprisoning and raping his daughter, Prime Minister Donald Tusk called the situation a "tragedy" and said he would push for a law to require incorrigible pedophiles to be chemically castrated.

Text of report in English by Polish national independent news agency PAP Konstantynow Lodzki, 30 July: Polish hospitals will face "wild privatisation" unless healthcare reform legislation prepared by ruling Civic Platform has been adopted, Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.

Text of report by Czech privately-owned independent centre-left newspaper Pravo website, on 16 July [Commentary by Alexandr Mitrofanov: "Russia, oil, and missiles"] After signing the radar treaty [with the United States on 8 July], the Czech Republic has moved closer to becoming, in line with the government's intentions, the United States' advance outpost.