www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/14/AR2009071400795.html

For Poland, a Milestone in Choice for European Post

www.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/world/europe/15poland.html

Craving to Be a Great Power by Richard Pipes

www.themoscowtimes.com/article/1016/42/379522.htm

East Europeans nervous as US courts Russia (AP)

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/16/AR2009071600791.html

East Europeans seek Obama's support on Russia (Reuters)

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/16/AR2009071600824.html

Poland's leaders back appeal to Obama over Russia

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/17/AR2009071701416.html

Central Europe's Letter to Obama Cannot be Ignored

www.cepa.org/ced/view.aspx?record_id=185

Editorial: A Letter From Europe U.S. leadership in the post-Soviet age is needed to face new challenges.

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/18/AR2009071801678.html

If wishes were horses. The pragmatic argument for American engagement.[More on the open letter from Central Europe]

www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=14030617

CEPA Report No. 22: U.S.-Central European Relations in the Age of Obama [44 page PDF document]

www.cepa.org/publications/view.aspx?record_id=113

No grand US-Russia bargain. Obama's Moscow trip was no failure. Missile defence and Nato expansion can't be decided by Russia and the US alone

www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/jul/17/russia-us-obama-moscow-trip

Poland's National Security Bureau chief angered by Foreign Minister's "infantile" reaction

www.axisglobe.com/article.asp?article=1865

Biden to greet eager allies in Ukraine and Georgia

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/19/AR2009071900536.html

Suspected Killer of Polish Engineer Arrested in Pakistan

www.warsawvoice.pl/newsX.php/9312

British academics protest after Russia closes down history website. Move reflects official efforts to rewrite Stalin's role and to cover up Nazi-Soviet pact

www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/13/russia-shuts-history-website

To Shrink a U.S. Car, Chrysler Goes to Poland.

www.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/business/global/15fiat.html

No new light on windows' fate.[Stained glass in St. Stanislaw Kostka Church in Baltimore]

www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-bz.church15jul15,0,2889334.story

Polish philosopher and author Kolakowski dead at 81

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/17/AR2009071702081.html

New element named 'copernicium'."...element 112 finally has a name. It will be called "copernicium", with the symbol Cp, in honour of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus."

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8153596.stm

Nun becomes top-selling Polish cookbook writer

www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/18/AR2009071800910.html

After my Polish grandmother died, I did not speak her native language for 40 years My grandmother taught me Polish. After her death, I stopped speaking it. Then, 40 years later, my childhood language resurfaced. [A beautiful, touching story!]

www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jul/16/first-person-polish-grandmother