Daily Newspapers:
Gazeta Wyborcza
Rzeczpospolita
Super Express
Życie
Nasz Dziennik
Trybuna
Fakt
Nie
Weekly Magazines:
Wprost (right-wing)
Polityka (left-wing)
Newsweek (Polish edition)
Najwyższy Czas! (right-wing)
Przegląd (left-wing)
Climate:
Temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers.
Local long-form name:
Rzeczpospolita Polska
(The Republic of Poland)
Gross Domestic Product:
$373.2 billion (2002 est.)
Zloty Exchange Rate:
(04/2004)
1 USD = 3.95 PLN
1 Euro = 4.67 PLN
Population Growth Rate:
0% (2003 est.)
Military Manpower:
10,354,978 (2003 est.)
[Army, Navy{!), & Air Force]
Traffic?
Major illicit producer of amphetamine for the international market; minor transshipment point for Asian and Latin American illicit drugs to Western Europe.
Industries:
Machine building, iron and steel, coal mining, chemicals, shipbuilding, food processing, glass, beverages, textiles.
Geographic Coördinates:
52 00 N, 20 00 E
Land Area
304,465 sq. km
(slightly smaller than New Mexico)