According to sociologists, although many years have passed, men in the military still perceive the profession of a soldier as "the last bastion of masculinity". Experts mention many practical positives, which are connected to the admission of women to serve in army. Currently, the German army has approx. 18.5 thousand women - writes Anna Przybyll in the latest issue of the German Bulletin.

The social consultations hosted by the Delegation of the European Commission and the Ministry of Economy regarding the "Europe 2020" document are to last till October 31st. Tomasz Gibas of the EC Delegation, Horacy Dębowski from the Institute for Educational Research and Julian Zawistowski of the Institute of Modeling and Analysis of Public Policies, among others, discussed the possible changes in the Polish approach to the objectives of the strategy "Europe 2020". The panel was led by CIR's President, dr Małgorzata Bonikowska.

"For Poland, structural funds were a sort of "Marshall Plan" and helped make up for the many years of backlog. At the same time, Poland has used them to strengthen fundamental transformation processes, which have been taking place in our country for the last quarter of a century" - said CIR's President, dr Małgorzata Bonikowska, during the conference Beyond "Absorption": the Impact of EU Structural Funds on Greece (1981-2013).