Greater Solidarity

Editorial on the situation in Poland in 2009 as the country celebrated the 20th anniversary of the June 1989 elections which ended the Communist party’s monopoly of power and led to the collapse of the Soviet empire.

ESO: Background information: Risk shifts summit from Gdansk http://www.europeansources.info/record/risk-shifts-summit-from-gdansk/

Polskie Radio, 4.6.09: Press Review: Freedom celebrations http://polskieradio.pl/thenews/news/artykul109501_freedom_celebrations.html

PressEurop: Briefing: 1989, 20 years on http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/topic/64701-1989-20-years

European Parliament: 1989 - 2009: 20th anniversary of democratic change in Central and Eastern Europe http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/public/staticDisplay.do?language=EN&id=163

European Commission: 1989-2009: Europe, whole and free http://www.europa1989-2009.eu/

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