The Ministry of Defence is searching for army recruits among Polish migrants, writes Rzeczpospolita.
Press review by Alicja Baczyńska
Polish Defence Ministry is looking for volunteers among Poles living in Britain to join the professional army, writes Rzeczpospolita. To boost its chances, the ministry intends to participate in the Twelve Cities Project, launched recently by Poland Street, a London-based organization representing the Polish community in England. The programme involves meetings of Polish migrants with delegations from twelve major cities in Poland, so as to attract natives living abroad back to their homeland. The Ministry of Defence is considering promoting specific military units in different regions or even a campaign promoting the army as a whole, projecting the image of the army as an attractive and reliable employer.
Meanwhile, the city authorities of Szczecin have already left for England as the first delegation of the 12 Cities project, writes Metro. Headed by City Mayor Piotr Krzystek, representatives of the region include local administrative officials and entrepreneurs. “We will try to convince Poles that Szczecin is a dream come true for them,” said one representative quoted by the paper. The stakes are high, since an estimated 1.5 to 2.5 million Poles have left the country since Poland joined the EU in 2004. Most of them settled in Britain.
The residents of Łódź, central Poland, do not fear the increase of the unemployment rate, despite the far-reaching financial crisis, writes the Polska daily. Dell, one of the largest computer manufacturers in Poland, is shifting production from Limerick, Ireland, to a factory based in Łódź. There are many such cases, where foreign companies reduce employment abroad and production is transferred to Poland, such as the English confectionery giant Cadbury or the Chinese computer company Lenovo. However strange it may seem, Polish factories of foreign corporations will gain greatly from the crisis, writes the paper.
Polish contributors to the world’s largest online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, want Gdańsk, northern Poland, to host the 2010 Wikimania conference, writes Dziennik. City authorities support the idea, and alongside 16 other cities from across the globe they are to prepare an offer for April, which will be reviewed by representatives of the US Wikimedia Foundation. Poland’s chances appear to be high, since it is the fourth largest language version of the encyclopedia, encompassing over half a million entries. If Gdansk wins the bid, meetings will take place from 9-11 July 2010, writes the paper.