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A special Allegro.pl auction for the benefit of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity featured items donated by Stowarzyszenie Wikimedia Polska, the local polish chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation. Among the items were ten DVD's containing the Polish language edition of Wikipedia. Most of the offers in the online auction came from people who actually helped to create the contents of the DVD.
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Latest News

• 1 July 2008: Half a million złoty vanish from the bank account of Lech Wałęsa
• 30 June 2008: Former Polish Foreign Minister discusses anti-missile shield in Washington, DC
• 29 June 2008: UEFA president Platini confirms Euro 2012 to be hosted in Poland and Ukraine
• 20 June 2008: Row over Lech Wałęsa's alleged collaboration with communists escalates
• 13 June 2008: Report finds LOT Airlines plane was lost over London due to pilot error
• 12 June 2008: Euro 2008: Austria vs. Poland
• 6 June 2008: Wikipedians support the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity by bidding on Wikipedia DVDs
• 6 June 2008: UEFA Euro 2008: Błaszczykowski injury damages Poland's Euro 2008 hopes
• 4 June 2008: Polish women's volleyball star Agata Mróz dies aged 26
• 30 May 2008: Officer who killed Polish dissident during Communist era sentenced to 4 years prison

Politics and conflicts

• 30 June 2008: Former Polish Foreign Minister discusses anti-missile shield in Washington, DC
• 20 June 2008: Row over Lech Wałęsa's alleged collaboration with communists escalates
• 29 May 2008: Sarkozy ends French job ban for Eastern Europeans
• 25 May 2008: Dima Bilan wins the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest for Russia
• 17 May 2008: Warsaw court requests testimony from Thatcher and Gorbachev

Disasters and accidents

• 13 June 2008: Report finds LOT Airlines plane was lost over London due to pilot error
• 12 October 2007: AMC Airlines charter plane makes emergency landing on belly in Istanbul
• 2 September 2007: Two pilots killed in head-on collision at Radom Air Show, Poland
• 22 July 2007: Polish pilgrims killed in French bus crash
• 30 January 2007: Europe hit by storms, 45 deaths reported

Crime and law

• 1 July 2008: Half a million złoty vanish from the bank account of Lech Wałęsa
• 20 May 2008: Polish politician sentenced in sex scandal
• 17 May 2008: Warsaw court requests testimony from Thatcher and Gorbachev
• 17 January 2007: Polish journalist imprisoned for libelling municipal employee
• 25 October 2006: Jimmy Wales: First draft of new version of GFDL license expected soon

Obituaries

• 4 June 2008: Polish women's volleyball star Agata Mróz dies aged 26
• 12 May 2008: Polish humanitarian Irena Sendler dies at age 98

Wackynews

• 7 October 2006: Wrong flag causes diplomatic faux pas in Poland

Economy and business

• 6 June 2008: Wikipedians support the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity by bidding on Wikipedia DVDs
• 29 May 2008: Sarkozy ends French job ban for Eastern Europeans
• 13 November 2006: Polish drug company Jelfa ordered to shut-down over mislabelled drugs
• 2 January 2006: PepsiCo buys Poland's Star Foods
• 2 July 2005: Coffeeheaven to enter Romanian market

Science and technology

• 12 July 2005: Poland made software patent directive stop

Culture and entertainment

• 4 June 2008: Polish women's volleyball star Agata Mróz dies aged 26
• 25 May 2008: Dima Bilan wins the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest for Russia
• 21 May 2008: Eurovision 2008: First semi-final held in Belgrade
• 4 February 2008: Poland defeats Finland 1-0 in friendly football match
• 15 January 2008: Oscar Foreign Film race narrowed to nine films

Sports

• 29 June 2008: UEFA president Platini confirms Euro 2012 to be hosted in Poland and Ukraine
• 12 June 2008: Euro 2008: Austria vs. Poland
• 6 June 2008: UEFA Euro 2008: Błaszczykowski injury damages Poland's Euro 2008 hopes
• 4 June 2008: Polish women's volleyball star Agata Mróz dies aged 26
• 18 March 2008: 2008 Tour de Taiwan Stage 8: A great ending for John Murphy

Developing stories

• 3 December 2007: Euro 2008: Germany vs. Poland

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