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Polish officials commemorate 1980 August Agreement
31.08.2018 16:02 Polish officials on Friday marked the anniversary of the August Agreement of 1980 which saw the end of mass protests and signified the beginning of the end of communism in the country. tags: August Agreements, communism
Poland marks historic agreement of 1980
31.08.2016 11:23 Wednesday marks the anniversary of the breakthrough August Agreement, signed 36 years ago on 31 August 1980 – an event that marked the beginning of the end for communism in Poland. tags: August Agreements, hp polskie radio
Gdańsk gets ready for Solidarity anniversary
28.08.2015 09:27 Preparations are underway in northern Poland for the commemorations of the 35th anniversary of the Gdańsk Accords, which led to the creation of Solidarity, the communist bloc's first free trade union. tags: August Agreements, solidarity trade union, wałęsa lech
Walesa demands 31 August be made national holiday in Poland
30.08.2013 11:15 Lech Walesa says until 31 August is made a national holiday, this is the last year he will participate in anniversary celebrations of the historic 1980 agreement that legalized the Solidarity trade union. tags: August Agreements, Lech Walesa, Solidarity
1980 Solidarity demands on display
01.09.2011 08:27 President Komorowski opened an exhibition, Wednesday, featuring two wooden tablets containing the handwritten list of 21 demands of the 1980 striking shipyard workers in Gdańsk at the Kordegarda Gallery in Warsaw. tags: August Agreements, komorowski, Solidarity

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