Pomorskie

27th January 2012

Archbishop Glodz’s plans for a new church on ul. Wielkopolska hit a stumbling block when Gdansk City Hall voted to halt his application for planning permission until plans for the space become clearer. The application has fallen under a cloud since it emerged that Gdansk president, Pawel Adamowicz, sold the plot,valued at PLN 2.8 mln to the Church for only 1% of its value. In the ensuing row, the president was stripped of his right to sell land at reduced prices.

“It’s a sign that there’s no freedom of worship in the city,” complained Law and Justice boss Wieslaw Kaminski. “As Archbishop Glodz rejected the design for the church, we feel it’s pointless proceeding with the plan, but it shouldn’t be taken to mean that we’re opposed to the building of a church on the site,” explained Maciej Krupa of Civic Platform.
Fahrenheit compromise
Polish and German rail bosses have agreed the running times of the planned Eurocity connection between Gdansk and Berlin - to be named Fahrenheit. German bosses wanted the train to run in the middle of the day, the Poles favoured leaving early in the morning and returning late in the evening.
Ultimately, the two sides settled on a variant giving a day tripper from the Tricity the chance for an extended lunch in the German capital before heading home. Fahrenheit will leave Gdansk at 6.50, arriving in Berlin at 13.12, the return trip will begin at 15.50, reaching Gdansk at 22.00.
Eventually, the connection from Gdansk to Berlin will run via Szczecin, but there are problems with the unelectrified track from Szczecin onward.

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