Woodstock revival festival in Poland

The spirit of Woodstock is kept alive by Jerzy Owsiak – the founder of Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity and organizer of Stop: Woodstock. It is a rock concert held as a thank you to young Polish people for participating in the annual charity fund raising drive which finances giant health care projects for children each year.

The event is Europe’s largest open-air music festival under the banners; stop violence, stop drugs, love, friendship. It kicks off on July 31 in Kostrzyn on the Odra river right on the border with Germany.

This year’s highlights include: Guano Apes, Juliette Lewis, veteran Polish rock band Voo Voo and jazzman Leszek Możdżer. A special jubilee concert is planned for August 1 commemorating the original Woodstock'69.

Former Polish President Lech Wałęsa, the leader of the anticommunist opposition Solidarity movement, winner of Peace Nobel Prize is expected as a special guest on that day. (MP)

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• ● In December 2009 and January 2010, as in previous months in the second half of 2009, the Polish economy stood out against other countries in terms of GDP growth. Poland’s economic growth was higher than projected and higher than in other European countries.
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• In 2009 construction output increased by 3.7%.
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• Retail sales increase in most product groups.
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• On the Warsaw Stock Exchange, stock prices were very volatile in January 2010.
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• At the end of December 2009 the registered unemployment rate (claimant count rate) amounted to 11.9% versus 11.4% in November.
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• At the end of January the president signed the 2010 budget bill into law. The bill was adopted by the parliament on December 18.
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• In the fourth quarter of 2009 the Polish economy turned out to be more resistant to the global crisis than had been projected and than the economies of Polish neighbours, something which boosts optimism in forecasts for 2010 and the next years.
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