The press has been reviewed by Alex Kropiwnicki.

I will make Polish school a better place, says Katarzyna Hall, Poland’s Minister of Education, in her interview with the FAKT daily. According to Mrs. Hall, in 2009 and 2010 Polish teachers will see their wages raising. They will also have a chance to improve their skills, as some more modern training for teachers and headmasters is to be introduced. Polish children are to start their school education at the age of 6, like in most of European countries, instead of 7, as they do today. ‘Don’t worry’, says Mrs. Hall to those parents who are afraid of sending their kids to school so early. ‘I want to make all Polish schools safe and friendly’, she points out.

We know how to build an efficient army, says Bogdan Klich, the Polish Defense Minister, in his article printed by DZIENNIK. The government is to make the Polish army fully professional by 2010. The critics are likely to say that the reform hasn’t been prepared properly, the army will be getting weaker. Plus, that the state has not enough money to make it. ‘We know how to overcome the difficulties’, says Mr. Klich. The number of soldiers in the army can be smaller than today, if they are well-trained and treat their duties professionally. After the reform the Polish soldiers will treat their military service like a normal career, not like just a temporary inconvenience, says the minister.

The war in Georgia was started in the net, says Michal Kleiber, a specialist in IT and an advisor of Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski, in his article printed by RZECZPOSPOLITA. Last year Estonia was attacked and temporarily paralyzed by Russian hackers. This time in Georgia the military invasion just followed the most damaging cyber-attack. Moscow can use this arm in any country. The only way to avoid the threat is to fight the hackers in their own way. Western states have to establish special forces, ready to fight against this kind of attack. It’s costly, yes, but apparently there is no other choice, says Mr. Kleiber.

Professor Norman Davies, a well-known British historian, has come to Poland to promote his new book, Europe at War 1939-1945: No Simple Victory. As GAZETA WYBORCZA writes, the author is sometimes tough on the winners of the Second World War. In 1945 democracy managed to beat the Nazis, yes, but it also meant a triumph of Stalinism. In many Western countries the public can hardly accept the truth about the crimes committed by the Soviet Union. People are reluctant to believe that in 1939 Stalin was an ally of Hitler. Why? Because the people in the West always like a story to be simple and clear. ‘Uncle Joe’ helped the UK and the US to beat Nazi Germany and therefore should be placed among angels not devils, that’s what people usually think, unfortunately.