Most dailies devote considerable space to analysis of the just concluded Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Reminding of the less than modest medal count of the Poland team  DZIENNIK repeats the most commonly asked question these days - Whose fault is it? A loooong list of potential offenders follows...

Press reviewed by Slawek Szefs.

The same newspaper quotes British Home Service data showing a substantial decrease in the number of Poles regsitering for official work permits. April to June figures speak of 25 thousand Polish applicants, which marks a drop by 1/3 compared to the same period last year. More and more Poles have decided to return home. The present number of Polish immigrants in the UK is estimated at half a million, while at the begining of 2006 British sources indicated some 1.2 million job seeking arrivals from Poland.

GAZETA WYBORCZA has an article on a list of people who suffered persecution at the hands of the Communists in times of the Peoples Republic in Poland. The register was published by the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN). Hard as it may seem to believe, the list does not include the name of Lech Walesa - founder of the legendary Solidarity trade union and first democratically elected president in post-war Poland. However, it does contain the names of Walesa's main political adversaries who have been fruitlessly accusing him of collaborating with the Communist secret service. It's just a coincidence, comments the IPN spokesman.

FAKT focuss on security of Polish troops serving on foreign missions pointing not only to the need for good arms and equipment, but also for effective intelligence back up. The tabloid stresses that information of even seemingly minor importance may prove crucial in saving soldiers' lives. Having this in mind, the Polish government has approved a program of assistance to foreigners who contribute to maintaining security of Polish servicemen, for instance in Iraq or Afghanistan, and warn them against planned attacks. Such collaborators may count on financial gratification of up to 40 thousand dollars, informs FAKT.

RZECZPOSPOLITA looks  at the growing popularity of cheap air connections among Polish passengers. The paper discovers that though flights tend to be delayed, sometimes even cancelled, departure terminals crowded to capacity and claiming any insurance for lost or damaged luggage hinders on the impossible, Poles show increasing interest in flying with cheap carriers. Such operators economize on all aspects of their services, asking for additional fees for practically everything, even sandwiches during flights. But all this has not discouraged air commuting Poles. Of the 17 million passengers last year, more than half took advantage of cheap airlines because of the ticket price factor.