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Spanish national football team coach Vicente Del Bosque gives a press conference in Madrid on May 04, 2012, ahead of the European Championships. Spain will take on 2006 World Cup winners Italy in their first Group C match in Gdansk, Poland, on June 10.
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Verification of almost 24,000 applications from 142 countries and qualifying interviews lasted until the end of December 2011. We have been signing contracts with selected volunteers since January, some groups started their training in February, but the workshops with UEFA representatives will officially commence in Warsaw and Wroclaw on Saturday and in Gdansk and Poznan on SundayMore quotes »
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Lenin's name reappears at Walesa's Polish shipyard
-- Lenin's notorious name has returned to a public spot in Eastern Europe : the Gdansk shipyard where Lech Walesa led his anti-communist movement. Though just for a film set, the move has sparked emotions.A reconstructed sign with the words "In the name of Read more »
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Gdansk: 5 free things for visitors to do
The major sporting event is to take place across eight cities in Poland and Ukraine ,Here are five things that visitors to Gdansk can do for free:MAIN TOWN: The colorful facades of stately merchant homes dating back centuries attest to the prosperity of the Read more »
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Freewheelin' all the way to Gdansk
-- all to raise money for charity.The group are part of the Pedal to Poland team, which set off from Dublin today and plans to reach Gdansk in time for Ireland's first-round match against Spain in the European Championships.To get into the mood for the match 5/29/12 from Independent.ie Read more »
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Solidarity emblem placed on the gate of Gdansk shipyard is considered criminal
Gdansk Shipyard, where the movement was born in 1980. In a rare irony of history, Malgorzata Michalewska, a police official in Gdansk, on the Baltic Sea, said Tuesday that the culprits should be fined. Unnoticed, someone placed the red-letter Solidarity emblem from Minneapolis Star Tribune Read more »
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From Solidarity to super yachts: Gdansk's historic shipyards try to stay afloat
from each nation. May 29, 2012 -- Updated 0551 GMT (1351 HKT) During the 1970s and '80s it was said that what happened in Gdansk moved the world. Now its just trying to stay afloat. May 25, 2012 -- Updated 0815 GMT (1615 HKT) Once just a cassock, a cross and from CNN Read more »
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'F*** Euro 2012' - The protests, fury & disaffection that threaten to overshadow this summer’s tournament in Poland & Ukraine
away, but as the glitterati of the game prepare to descend on Poland and Ukraine for the beginning of Euro 2012, the atmosphere from Gdansk to Donetsk is anything but a carnival. For the locals, excitement has been replaced by antipathy, bitterness and hostility. from Goal.com Read more »
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Enjoy Poland responsibly
– Trap has picked his squad and Joxer is packed for Gdansk. Irish fans eagerly await a chance for austerity distraction. Meanwhile Drinkaware/Meas, yes the same people who strongly objected to the National Drug Misuse Strategy on alcohol, has written a Euro from Irish Times Read more »
