United Nations' annual report on best places to live puts Poland in 44th place

The United Nations' (UN) report for this year regarding the quality of life in countries around the world has been published. Countries are ranked according to length of life, level of education and standard of living for the average citizen. The top five countries are Canada, Norway, the U.S., Australia and Iceland. Poland is ranked 44th behind Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic. The report also states that power is starting to belong less to sovereign governments and more to International Organizations such as the World Bank and the World Trade Organization. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 5) A.D.