Warsaw - Warsaw's only mosque lies in a quiet suburb and hardly stands out from the surrounding homes with its arched brick entrance.

But inside, the mosque serves as the spiritual center for Warsaw's tiny Muslim community: many slowly made their homes in an overwhelmingly Roman Catholic nation, and a few can trace their Polish roots back for centuries.

Prayer services in Warsaw on Friday can draw up to 300 people. There are Arabic lessons on Saturdays, a halal food store next door and an Islamic Cultural Center that offers booklets on Islam translated to Polish.

Warsaw - The Polish National Bank has prepared a "package of trust" to preserve the stability of Poland's banking system, president of the bank Slawomir Skrzypek said on Monday.

"We want to propose certain structures," Skrzypek said, "thanks to which the Polish National Bank will influence a growth in trust for transactions between banks."

Skrzypek said more details will be given during a meeting with banks on Tuesday.

The conservative Law and Justice party recently called for an agreement by political parties and the government to work with the national bank, financial regulators and labour unions to ward off damage to Poland.

Warsaw- A third of Poles think the world financial crisis has already hit Poland, but some 40 per cent don't think the government is doing enough to protect their bank savings, said a survey in the daily Polska on Saturday.

The conservative Law and Justice party recently called for an agreement by political parties and the government to work with the national bank, financial regulators and labour unions to ward off damage to Poland.

Warsaw - A 30-year-old Russian citizen was detained by Warsaw police on suspicion of taking part in an assassination attempt on Moscow's deputy mayor in 2002, the Polish Press Agency reported on Thursday.

Alikhan M - whose last name was withheld in accordance with Polish law - was detained Wednesday while taking a dog for a walk.

Police suspected him of using a fake alias and determined his real identity after contacting Russian officials.

Russian police had earlier determined the suspect might have fled the country for Belgium, France or Poland.

Warsaw- Poland's top economic policymakers met Tuesday to discuss the impact of the global financial crisis, while the main opposition party urged immediate action by the government.

The conservative Law and Justice party called for an agreement by political parties and the government to work with the national bank, financial regulators and labour unions to ward off damage to Poland.

Warsaw - Pakistani authorities have confirmed that a recently kidnapped Polish electrician is now in the hands of the Taliban, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday.

Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a Polish employee of an oil exploration firm and killed his driver and two guards in northern Pakistan on Sunday, police in Islamabad said.

"The [Polish] Ministry of Foreign Affairs got an assurance that Pakistani forces are leading an intensive effort to free our citizen," said a statement from spokesman Piotr Paszkowski.