Patriarch Kirill will visit the north-eastern city of Bialystok, capital of the Podlasie region which is home to some 70% of Poland's 600, 000 Orthodox Christians.

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With its massive reserves of capital, Apple's value is now greater than the GDP of Poland.

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Another factor is Poland's reliance on foreign capital, much of it short-term.

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LSE's chairman, told a risk-capital conference that up to 5% of mid-sized firms in Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic could go public in the next five to ten years.

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Both of us think that there will be the follow-up of this innovation fund, which here in Poland will also result in the form of modernity, new technologies and human intellectual capital.

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