TVP will not carry live coverage of Solidarnosc August Agreement bash

Public television TVP will not provide live coverage of the "Solidarnosc" trade union celebrations of the twentieth anniversary of the August Agreements today. TVP spokesman Pawel Sosnowski said, "A lot of material will be included in the news programs on that day...so it cannot be claimed that TVP ignores the celebrations." The head of Solidarnosc Marian Krzaklewski, Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek, as well as former Polish President Lech Walesa participated in the lead up to the celebration yesterday. The delegates thanked Pope John Paul II and thousands of nameless heroes for helping to retrieve freedom. Representatives of the European Union (EU) sent a letter saying the events in Poland, "...paved the road to the process of European integration." (Zycie, page 1,5)