The winner of the 16th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition was Hina Maeda from Japan, 2nd place was won by Meruert Karmenova from Kazakhstan, and 3rd place belonged to Qingzhu…

Thanks to Marek Grechuta’s unforgettable music arrangement, the bass-booming ‘bittern bumblebee” became known to most of Poles, especially amongst the older generation. The song was included in an album released…

After Hitler’s rise to power in the Third Reich in 1933, Polish Jews launched a social movement spontaneously to help Jewish refugees expelled from Germany. There, they were persecuted physically,…

“Together with the Saudis, we are analysing to create a petrochemical complex, which, I believe, will be built in Gdańsk”, said PKN Orlen CEO Daniel Obajtek. He added that on…

Minister of National Defence Mariusz Blaszczak announced signing of a contract for the MQ-9A Reaper unmanned reconnaissance system. It is currently the world’s most advanced long-range drone, which can also…

On Thursday, the Sejm passed a law on preferential purchase of solid fuel by households. Under this legislation, municipalities, municipal companies and associations will be able to buy coal from…

Almost 10.7 million passengers have been checked in at Poland’s largest airport – Warsaw’s Fryderyk Chopin Airport since the beginning of the year. This is only 25.5 % less than…

An exhibition devoted to the history of the SHL Metal Works can be seen in the building of the CK Technik Vocational Training Centre in Kielce. The exhibits include a…

Almost 30,000 entries are contained in the publicly accessible, online dictionary of surnames in Poland prepared by the Institute of Polish Language at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Krakow.…

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the products of Jewish craftsmen formed a significant part of the production of everyday items in central and eastern Poland. According to available…