Poland and P Guide - Resources and Review

Journal dedicated to professionals and business people who have an interest in Poland and Polish business matters. Contains articles mainly in English on Polish law, economics and industry.
 
Basic reference information about Poland, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
 
Detailed assessment of human rights practices in Poland. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion; democratic rights, worker rights, and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability, language, or social status.
 
Detailed handbook describing the history of Poland and analysing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. Particular attention is given to the people who make up the society, their origins, dominant beliefs and values, common interests and the issues on which they are divided, and their attitudes toward each other and toward their social system and political order.
 
Information on travel and business in Poland, including a searchable directory of companies online.
 
Provides basic information about the Polish language covering the alphabet, pronunciation of individual vowels and consonants, division of words into syllables, stress, and changing sounds before certain consonants. Brief notes are provided on nouns, verbs, and other parts of speech, and lessons and pronunciation exercises are given together with audio files to assess progress.
 
Links to a range of information resources about Poland.
 
An index of electronic resources on the Balkans, the Baltic states, the Caucusus, Central Asia, Central Europe, the CIS, Eastern Europe, the NIS, the Russian Federation, and the former Soviet Union.
 
A scientific
professional and not-for-profit society founded in 1991 and dedicated to the advancement of the science of geomorphology as well as representative Polish geomorphologists.
 
Set of annotated links to online courses, course descriptions, tutorials, assignments, tests and other materials used in the teaching of Russian and East European Studies.
 
Official information from the Sejm, the Parliament of the Republic of Poland. Information is available in both Polish and English.
 
Polish Newspaper.
 
Information on the distribution and identification of butterflies in Poland for the years 1986
1997. Some of the text in the identification database is in Polish but the clear colour images and scientific names assist with identification.
 
Alphabetical list of academic and other libraries in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
 
Set of maps produced by the CIA covering the political and ethnic boundaries, administrative divisions and major defence industries in all countries in Europe.
 
A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in Poland, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness.
 
Basic reference information about Poland, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, coordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources.
 
Links to a range of information resources about Poland, including a selection of Polish newspapers and magazines.
 
Listing of political resources relevant to Poland, with links to parties, organisations, government, media and results of recent elections, where available.
 
Extensive index to European archaeological resources, organised by country.
 
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