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Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

Timeline of Events

1987

5.9.1987

A Polish LOT Ilyushin IL-62M "Tadeusz Kościuszko" (SP-LBG) crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing 183 people.

1989

2.6.1989

The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.

6.4.1989

Solidarity's victory in the first (somewhat) free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland sparks off a succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe, leads to the creation of the so-called Contract Sejm and begins the Autumn of Nations.

1991

2.15.1991

The Visegrád Agreement, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.

1993

9.17.1993

Last Russian troops leave Poland.

1996

1.24.1996

Polish Premier Jozef Oleksy resigns amid charges that he spied for Moscow.

1997

7.8.1997

NATO invites the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland to join the alliance in 1999.

1999

3.12.1999

Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.

2002

12.13.2002

Enlargement of the European Union: The European Union announces that Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia will become members from May 1, 2004.

2004

5.1.2004

Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia join the European Union, celebrated at the residence of the Irish President in Dublin.

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