The 35th International Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners Conference, which comprises national, regional and local data protection and privacy authorities from all five continents, convened in Warsaw last week. The Conference adopted a total of nine resolutions and a
WELL-PRESERVED 17TH CENTURY NATIONAL TREASURES RECOVERED IN POLAND
Record low water levels in Warsaw’s Vistula River due in part to heat waves and droughts last month have made accessible looted valuable 17th century marble and alabaster decorative structures from the riverbed. Police, archaeologists, and divers, came together to recover the precious large scale, over 350-year-old national…
Polish DPA Hosts First Conference on BCRs in Warsaw
On June 13, 2011, the Polish Data Protection Authority hosted a conference on the use of binding corporate rules for international data transfers.…
Back in the former CSSR
By propertyprof
I’m back in the Czech Republic, teaching comparative property rights to American law students at Charles University in Prague. On the way here I had the opportunity to stroll through the Old Town area of Warsaw (strategic layovers are my plan…
Polish MP Teresa Wargocka Wants IVF Providers & Users to Serve Jail Time
Warsaw Business Journal: Polish MP wants IVF use punished with jail time, by Victoria Ziarkowski: The Sejm finally sat down last week to begin legislating on the controversial subject of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in Poland. A number of…
Warsaw Prosecutors Eye Possible Money Laundering At 50 Platowcowa Street
By Fred Abrams
The General Inspector of Financial Control in Poland received an anonymous tip letter about alleged suspicious activity. This tip ultimately related to Ukraine resident Sergly Savchuk; Prime Invest L.L.C. of Florida and the Sesa Polska & Tecza Mazur limited…
Poland May Appeal European Human Rights Court Ruling On Abortion
Via the Post Chronicle:
Poland could appeal verdicts pronounced by Europe’s rights court declaring Warsaw authorities violated abortion and gay rights.Marek Jurek, of the Polish Right group, suggested Poland should appeal the two rulings, which he said violated rights
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Divisions Over Abortion in Mexico and Poland
In Mexico’s Congress, the Party of the Democratic Revolution has introduced a bill to decriminalize abortion, setting off a fierce debate.Abortion has long been an issue in this country of 107 million, where most Mexicans at least nominally consider themselves…
Poles Demonstrate for Abortion Rights
AFP News Brief:More than 1,200 people marched in Warsaw on Sunday to urge changes to Poland’s restrictive abortion laws and counter a bill to have a “right to life from the moment of conception” added to the country’s constitution.Rallied…
Karen Kovacik’s Metropolis Burning
For poetry fans.…