http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Lech_WalesaFind stories, videos, and photos about Lech Walesa from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:06:49 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/WORLD/europe/05/21/aoc.poland.jaruzelski.walesa/tztop.walesa.jaruzelski.afp.gi.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Lech_Walesa14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Lech Walesa from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/21/aoc.poland.jaruzelski.walesa/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/21/aoc.poland.jaruzelski.walesa/index.html#cnnSTCTextOne was the archetypal military strongman, intent on maintaining the social order and saving his country from "catastrophe." The other was a charismatic shipyard electrician and trade union leader who was just as determined to lead his countrymen to freedom.Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:24:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/09/09/gdansk.poland/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/09/09/gdansk.poland/index.html#cnnSTCTextStanding at the end of Gdansk's long wooden pier, I realize that I can see two of the most important sites in 20th-century history: the spit of land where World War II began and the shipyard where the Cold War started its long and gradual final act.Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/30/poland.profile/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/05/30/poland.profile/index.html#cnnSTCTextLeszek Balcerowicz, Poland's former finance minister, recently said his country is enjoying "its best period in 300 years." CNN looks at how the country emerged from communism to become one of eastern Europe's most stable and thriving democracies.Sat, 30 May 2009 11:26:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/29/poland.profile/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/29/poland.profile/index.html#cnnSTCTextLeszek Balcerowicz, Poland's former finance minister, recently said his country is enjoying "its best period in 300 years." CNN looks at how the country emerged from communism to become one of eastern Europe's most stable and thriving democracies.Tue, 19 May 2009 10:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/21/polish.shipyard.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/21/polish.shipyard.reut/index.html#cnnSTCTextPoland's Gdansk shipyard, the birthplace of the anti-communist Solidarity movement, has submitted a last-ditch rescue plan to prevent its closure.Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/23/penderecki.lauridsen/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/01/23/penderecki.lauridsen/index.html"Eternal light" sounds serenely stable, doesn't it? And in the liturgy of the traditional Requiem, or Mass for the dead, it's usually just that.Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:13:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/05/19/cuba.dissidents/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/05/19/cuba.dissidents/index.htmlWorkmen Thursday were putting the final touches on tile floors and toilets built in the back yard of a Cuban dissident, the venue for what would be -- if police don't stop it -- an unprecedented meeting of opponents of Cuba's communist government.Thu, 19 May 2005 20:51:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/02/cnn25.top.fascinating/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/02/cnn25.top.fascinating/index.htmlRonald Reagan was the most fascinating person of the last quarter-century, according to a Top 25 list compiled by CNN and editors at Time magazine. The world of politics is also home to many others who made the list.Mon, 02 May 2005 13:24:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/pope.main/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/03/pope.main/index.htmlCardinals, archbishops and diplomatic dignitaries solemnly filled the Sala Clementina of the Apostolic Palace to pay their respects Sunday to Pope John Paul II, his body dressed in red and white papal robes with his bishop's staff under one arm.Sun, 03 Apr 2005 06:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/02/pope.dies/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/04/02/pope.dies/index.htmlPope John Paul II was remembered Saturday as a "champion of human freedom," a "tireless advocate of peace" and a man with a "wonderful sense of humor" who was easy to talk to.Sat, 02 Apr 2005 19:58:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/03/04/210049/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/03/04/210049/index.htmIn Steve Forbes's official campaign biography, just before the part where he helps Lech Walesa free Poland, comes a section where he establishes his economic credentials: Mon, 04 Mar 1996 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/19/77017/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/10/19/77017/index.htmU.S. vacationers get value for their dollar in the three countries portrayed here. General advice: Bring phrase books and remember that German, not English, is the dominant second language. Count o...Mon, 19 Oct 1992 04:01:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/01/14/74567/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/01/14/74567/index.htm-- LECH WALESA, 47, President-elect, on Poland's political future: ''I expect that at least three Prime Ministers and three governments will fall over the next five years.'' Mon, 14 Jan 1991 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/03/26/73325/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/03/26/73325/index.htmMost people come to work well prepared, well motivated, and wanting to reach their potential. A primary issue for the Nineties will be helping managers to understand that it's not their job to supe...Mon, 26 Mar 1990 05:01:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/12/18/72900/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/12/18/72900/index.htmKENNETH H. OLSEN, 63, founder and president of Digital Equipment, on what priority the U.S. should give to technological leadership in supercomputers: ''Supercomputers are important, but they don't...Mon, 18 Dec 1989 05:01:00 EST