Press reviewed by Elzbieta Krajewska.

"War on the streets of Mumbai", "Dramatic battle on the streets", "Battle in the hotels", "Al-Qaeda attacks again" are the headlines in Poland's leading dailies. "India and the whole world in shock" writes RZECZPOSPOLITA and METRO publishes a report by a Polish traveller who barricaded himself in his room at the Taj Mahal hotel and was freed by police after 16 hours. "I heard terrorists shooting people in the next room. I heard their voices" he said. Barely a day before the terrorist strike the Polish Consulate in Mumbai had celebrated its 75th anniversary at the Taj Mahal hotel with a reception for several hundred guests, writes METRO.

DZIENNIK daily reports that the financial crisis in Britain and rising unemployment are bringing to an end the "dream of the Isles". 200 thousand or so of the Polish emigrants may be coming back home because for the first time since the beginning of the great 2004/2005 emigration, Poles are having trouble finding jobs. Most didn't intend to stay longer anyway, comments the paper.

GAZETA WYBORCZA looks at a government plan to offset the economic crisis. After weeks of pressures from economists and bankers, the government has finally come up with a plan of recommendations, called a "package for stability and growth". Among others, the government would furnish guarantees for small and medium businesses, also consider temporarily increasing guarantees for all banks, and speed up investments based on EU funds. However, there's no mention of lower taxes, writes the daily.

And still with GAZETA WYBORCZA which under the title of "Pride and prejudice" publishes the results of a nationwide opinion survey which proved that Poland was... proud of its capital. 84% of respondents said they were proud of Warsaw. Around 80% said Warsaw was European, dynamic, atmospheric and friendly! The probe also proved another age-old cliché: that Kraków residents didn't like Warsaw. Quite expectedly 86% of Varsovians expressed pride in their city, however the overall result is somewhat baffling, writes the paper, reasoning "perhaps the answer is Warsaw people?"

Lastly, over to the tabloid SUPER EXPRESS which proudly proclaims that Polish lovers are the best in the world, according to research carried out by condom manufacturer Durex. Apparently, the research also showed that, among others, Germans are generally selfish, Scots loud, Britons slow, Greeks have a lax attitude to hygiene, while Americans are time-consuming. A Polish sexologist is not surprised at the result telling the paper that "Poles are open, honest and refined"...