US President Barack Obama’s win of the Nobel Prize took most people by surprise, as he has been in office for less than a year and hasn’t really accomplished anything. For example, Poland’s anti-communist leader Lech Walesa, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, said it was too early to reward Obama now.
“Who, Obama? So fast? Too fast — he hasn’t had the time to do anything yet,” Walesa said according to the AFP. ”For …

A group of Europe’s influential political figures – among others former Polish President Lech Walesa, former Czech President Vaclav Havel and former Estonian Prime Minister Mart Laar – have written an open letter to US President Barack Obama, warning him of Russia’s increasing intimidation in the region and calling for the US to take a strong line.
Altogether 22 former leaders signed the letter that expressed deep concern over America’s declining interest in the part of …