German Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to visit Warsaw today for talks with Polish leaders. The talks are expected to include Poland's decision to join the Czech Republic in hosting U.S. missile-defense bases aimed at protecting against possible missile launches from nations such as Iran.

The presidents of Poland and Ukraine have announced plans for a five-country energy summit in May. Polish President Lech Kaczynski made the announcement after meeting his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko in the Polish city of Plock.

Opera Software today announced that PTC/era, the leading operator in Poland, is bringing mobile Web browsing to most of its users with the launch of the "blueconnect in your mobile" service. PTC/era will pre-install Opera Mini, the fast and easy-to-use mobile Web browser from Opera Software, on 13 high volume mobile phones

Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said today that negotiations on his country hosting part of a U.S. missile defense system could open within weeks.

The Czech Republic and Poland on February 19 voiced willingness to host parts of a U.S. missile-defense system on their territories -- prompting a strong response from Russian officials.

The prime ministers of Poland and the Czech Republic say they are likely to accept a U.S. proposal to host elements of an antimissile system on their territories.

Polish lawmakers expect to discuss in the next few days a U.S. request to set up part of a planned missile defense system in Poland, the prime minister said Tuesday.

A U.S. general in charge of missile defense says the system that Washington wants to deploy in Poland and the Czech Republic is not aimed at countering a threat from Russia, but from a potential long-range missile attack by Iran or "rogue nations."

Russia and the European Commission, the executive branch of the EU, are expected to finalize and sign a trade memorandum during talks in Berlin that start today.

Russian natural-gas monopoly Gazprom is partially suspending cooperation with the operator of the Polish segment of a gas pipeline running to Western Europe.