Invitation to the German Parliament Minister Wladyslaw Bartoszewski will address a joint session of the Bundestag and Bundesrat on April 28. Minister Bartoszewski and Minister Klaus Kinkle talked about long lines on the Polish-German border after the Schengen agreement came into effect. The parishioners of the Polish Church in Moscow tried once again to take over space they consider to be part of their church but still occupied by commercial firms. As before, this led to police intervention though nobody was beaten this time. Rumor has it that there will be no tax relief on purchases of government bonds next year.
Bonds play an important role in the financing of the budgetary deficit.
The Ministry of Finance has announced issuance of ten year bonds with variable interest rates. Sports Malgorzata Sobanska won the London Marathon. The PM will try to convince his interlocutors to let Poland join NATO and the European Union. Russian Threat Pavel Grachov, Russia's Minister of Defense, warns that if NATO expands to the East, Russia will withdraw from treaties already signed on the reduction of conventional weapons in Europe, increase military cooperation with CIS countries, and place additional military troops at vulnerable points. The government sent a letter of intention to the International Monetary Fund.