The Polish Astronomical Society is celebrating the centenary of its foundation. It was established at the Congress of Polish Astronomers in Toruń on 19 February 1923. Today, the Polish Astronomical…
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History
Righteous from the Lublin region. Irena Zielińska, who rescued a Jew during World War II and later married him
A beautiful story in tragic times. Irena Zielińska, a young Polish woman, risked her life saving her future husband from the Holocaust. Born in 1925, Irena Zielińska lived in Majdan…
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The first Copernican World Congress in Toruń has launched the actual activities of the Copernican Academy. It is attended by five Nobel Prize winners, 700 researchers and experts. The opening…
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According to a Eurobarometer survey published in February 2023 and conducted in May and June 2022, the majority of EU residents agree that income inequality in their country is high.…
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From the Sabine Pass terminal in the United States, the first of eight gas carriers that will deliver LNG to Orlen Group has set off for Poland. “It will deliver…
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Events
Polish ambassador to the UN: We speak with our own voice and that is why we are a leader and partner for the USA
“Poles were right about Russia from the beginning. We reacted appropriately to the aggression and showed solidarity towards refugees. This is a phenomenon that has become part of the history…
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Since 2020, the Day of Polish Science has been celebrated on the birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus. As stated in the explanatory memorandum to the Act of 9 January 2020, the…
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Until 25 February 2023, two galleries in Berlin: Galerie nüüd and the Gallery of the Polish Institute, are showing simultaneously the paintings of Jerzy Skolimowski, who is nominated for this…
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History
Galician Slaughter, or armed peasant attacks on manors inspired by the Austrian court (1846)
In February and March 1846, violent peasant riots took place in Western Małopolska region. The attacks on the manors of the nobility and the massacres of the landed gentry families…
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History
21 February 1916 marked the beginning of the ‘Hell of Verdun’, a German-French battle that became a symbol of pointless trench warfare
Perceived primarily from a Polish perspective as an event that resulted in the restoration of independence, the First World War has a completely different historical memory in Western European societies.…