Euro Dreams Shattered for Poles, Hungarians, Czechs as Currencies Plummet Dec 8, 2008
Given the currency volatility and the deepening slowdown, the euro adoption target is not realistic, Kalisz said. The risk aversion and volatility on the market will last for another two or three quarters. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
Central bankers see inflation falling in Central and Eastern Europe Sep 9, 2008
Piotr Kalisz of Citibank said he expected Polish growth to slow below 4 percent in 2009 on weaker exports and investment activity. And although inflation was likely to start to decline, it would probably remain above the central bank's 2. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Eastern Europe gets jittery over Russia Aug 19, 2008
" Renata Kalisz, an office administrator, spoke in a similar vein. "Only the U.S. can protect us, not Europe, and so there is no danger for Poland," Kalisz, 48, said as she emerged from St. John's Cathedral, a restored medieval church where a musical trio from the Polish mountains was performing loud ballads in dialect. Palasinski, the television commentator, said Russia's threats against Poland remained a fact of life regardless of the intensity of Warsaw's friendship with the U.S. Cementing... (Los Angeles Times)
* World News Quick Take Mar 23, 2008
The man, who lives in Kalisz, shot at the vehicles for more than a year until investigators were called in, the local prosecutor's office said. Walczak did not identify the man by name. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Kaczynski, Tusk Range Far From Home, Seeking Votes From Polish Emigrants Oct 10, 2007
Tusk's visit to London's estimated 400,000 Poles -- a number that would fill his hometown of Gdansk, made famous by the Solidarity movement that helped bring down communism in 1989 --followed a visit by Left and Democrats lawmaker Ryszard Kalisz on Sept. 26. Law & Justice Deputy Chairman Adam Lipinski has toured Ireland, while Lech Kaczynski, 58, is planning a trip to Germany on Oct. 12. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
