Political Lull

After forgetting to post a blog last week, it's time to update you a little bit on what has happened throughout the last couple of weeks. Rather than just posting twice in one day for the last post that I have missed, I'll send one over spring break to get you caught up more on what's actually going on.

To be completely honest, over the last two weeks not much has actually happened. First and foremost my prayers go out to all the people that have been affected by the tragedies that have struck the people of Japan and their families. It's an incredibly saddening event and hopefully the death toll will not continue to rise like the news and media are predicting. For those of you who have not yet heard, you can get caught up with a nice summary here.

As for Poland, most if not all of the media coverage has just centered around what is going on in Japan.  The Polish Premier Donal Tusk issued a statement saying that the Polish firefighters are more than willing to help out those people that are hurt by the tragedy. Poland is just waiting on the official word from the Japanese officials and our people can be there as quickly as this weekend if Japan is quick to respond. I'm assuming that they will want all the help they can possibly get, so I don't see why Japan would not agree to this propossal.

More news regarding the Presidential plane crash has surfaced from Russia. They have now announced that they will ground all airplanes Tu-145M (same model that crashed) because they have recently recorded a very frequent emergency rating and have been deemed unsafe to fly. Whether or not this is just Russia's move to put more blame on the Polish government or not has not been stated by either side. Obviously, Russia would never admit to this but an answer from the Polish side is expected.

To finish off on a good note, there is a very good chance for Poland to boost their economy a little bit more. Greenpeace, the EU's most dependent fossil fuel member, has stated that up to 350,000 new jobs could be generated in Poland by 2020. The article does call this a very "ambitious move from fossil fuels to green energy." If such a project would be implemented this would more than double the amount of workers in the Polish coal sector. Officials are yet to meet and agree to this, but it seems like a very healthy proposition that can not only help out the country, but also the environment.

Once again, stay updated next week as I'll be covering the actual set up and details of how the Polish government functions and looks today.

Thanks for reading!