8 scotsbarszcz
Environmental
campaigners
win a reprieve
for three of
Poland’s unique
wildlife areas
n
ANCIENT forests in north
east Poland are to be
protected from convoys of
heavy goods lorries thanks to
Candle tribute
years of campaigning by
environmental groups.
to war heroes
The Polish Council of
Ministers have agreed to
re-route the planned Via
MEMBERS of Inverness Polish Baltica expressway so that it
Association marked All Souls will not damage three of
Day on November 1 by placing Europe’s most important
lighted candles on the graves nature sites: the Biebrza
of Polish soldiers who died and Marshes and the Knyszyn and
were buried in Inverness.
Augustow primeval forests.
On Remembrance Day, a
Environmental groups are
group of Polish veterans –
celebrating the victory but
Józef Zawiński, Otto Stainke,
warn that their fight is not yet
Jan Gnieba, Władysław
over as road contstruction
Majewski and Janina
plans still threaten other vital
Palmowska –were joined by
Natura 2000 wildlife sites.
distinguished guests at a
The Via Baltica expressway
memorial service in Inverness.
will link Helsinki in Finland
Consul General Dr Tomasz
with Warsaw, passing
Trafas led tributes to the Poles
through Estonia, Latvia and
who fell during WWII,
Lithuania along the way.
accompanied by Lord
Małgorzata Gorska,
Lieutenant Janet Bowen and
casework officer of OTOP
members of the Scottish
(BirdLife in Poland) said: “Our
Parliament.
task is to ensure that all
In a busy month for the
environmentally harmful
association, they welcomed
road projects along the old
Consul Anna Dzieciolowska,
routing of the Via Baltica, as
who conducted consular duties
queried by the European
there. A party was also held by
Commission, are halted or
the association to remember
modified.”
their Polish origins and
celebrate freedom.
Read more on the Via Baltica:
bankwatch org
www.polness.org.uk
viabalticainfo.org
www.scotsbarszcz.coM
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