On the 1st of March, Poles celebrated the National Day of Remembrance of the Cursed Soldiers. Olsztynek hosted the unveiling of a mural commemorating Witold Pilecki – a Home Army…
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Jonatan Warschauer dealt with medicine and politics. As a Jew, he aimed at the assimilation of his fellow Jews into the Polish nation. As a politician, he supported Polish independence…
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Events
Polish Army ordered 1,400 ‘Borsuk’ infantry fighting vehicles from the Steelworks Stalowa Wola
Minister of National Defence Mariusz Blaszczak has signed an order for 1,400 Borsuk infantry fighting vehicles at the Steelworks Stalowa Wola. This is the largest project in the Polish arms…
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Economy
PKN Orlen to spend hundreds of billions on investments, including a third on ‘green’ projects
In its strategy update, PKN Orlen envisages investment outlays of PLN 320 billion by 2030, including PLN 120 billion for so-called “green” investments. The company said that its board of…
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Events
Government adopted the bill to make the electronic ID card in application equal to the traditional document
The Polish government has adopted a draft law according to which the electronic ID card in the mCitizen app will be treated equally to the traditional plastic document. The information…
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The flu season is in full swing, and Poles are more afraid of flu than the coronavirus, according to a survey conducted by the Centre for Public Opinion Research (CBOS)…
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The ‘Sparks of Independence’ project was inaugurated in Warsaw. The multimedia spectacle, whose stage is formed by two modern exhibition trailers, will visit around 100 towns and cities this year.…
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A student from the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University of Lublin (UMCS) has developed an application indicating optimal sites available for the construction of wind power plants in Poland. Site selection is…
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History
On the anniversary of the execution of Łukasz Ciepliński, a.k.a. “Plough”, Poles celebrate the National Day of Remembrance of Cursed Soldiers
On 1 March 1951, in the Rakowiecka Prison in Warsaw, the communists murdered Colonel Łukasz Ciepliński a.k.a. “Plough”, the Head of the 4th Board of the Freedom and Independence Association. …
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76 years ago, precisely on 22 February 1947, the Polish Legislative Sejm passed an amnesty law for soldiers and members of the anti-communist underground. In fact, it was a legal…