Top world and European politicians pay flying visits to Poland

Today, the country will be briefly visited by the President of the United States, George W. Bush, the Prime Ministers of Great Britain and Sweden, Tony Blair and Goran Persson respectively. The latter officials will be helping convince the public to vote "yes" during the EU referendum which is now only days away. Premier Blair will arrive first and only stay for a few hours, during which he is scheduled to hold a couple of meetings and will deliver a lecture at Royal Castle in Warsaw. In the meantime, Sweden's Prime Minister, Goran Persson, will visit Nidzica Castle. President Bush will arrive in the evening, and will deliver a lecture at Kraków's Wawel Castle on Saturday. The President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, will visit Poland next week. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A3, A9) M.M.