The Raczynski Library wants to create a network of book machines in the capital city of Wielkopolska. The book vending machines are to be set up in places where the inhabitants of Poznan have poorer access to library facilities.

According to the Great Area Inventory of Forests, forest complexes cover 29.6 per cent of the territory of the country's surface, and every eighth tree is over 100 years old – informed the State Forests on the occasion of the International Forest Day.

March 21 is the World Down Syndrome Day. On this special occasion, we recall a touching spot entitled ‘To the mother-to-be’, in which children with Trisomy 21 respond to the doubts of a pregnant woman who has just found out that her child will be born with Down Syndrome.

On Saturday, the European Debate was held online with the participation of the editor-in-chief of ‘Gazeta Polska’ and ‘Gazeta Polska Codziennie’. The keyword in the debate was ‘solidarity’. Tomasz Sakiewicz stressed that solidarity between Poland and Hungary had been worked out in Europe.

It is extremely important to stay active - both physically and socially - to stay fit. This year a total of PLN 100 million will be allocated for programs activating the elderly. This is PLN 60 million for the ‘Senior+’ program and PLN 40 million for the new ‘Active+’ program. ‘I would like to remind you that there are still calls for proposals for both of them - points out the Minister of Family and Social Policy, Marlena Maląg.

On March 24th, we celebrate the National Day of Remembrance for Poles who Rescued Jews under the German occupation. On this occasion, the Ministry of Justice in cooperation with the Institute of National Remembrance presents an outdoor exhibition devoted to heroic Poles who risked their lives to help Jews, often paying the highest price for it.

This year's celebration of World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) under the slogan ‘#Connect’, dedicated to the digital inclusion of people with Down syndrome. Ms Natalia Szymańska from the ‘Otwarte Drzwi’ Association, a representative of Poland, takes part in it.

The 10 nominations for the 2020 Pomeranian Arts Award (PNA) in the Artistic Creations category have been announced.

The Institute of National Remembrance, with the help of Internet users, determined the data of a young woman from an archival photograph, which was published on social media. ‘We know that she served in the Polish Armed Forces in the West,' said Adam Stefan Lewandowski from the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN). The admin of the Facebook page ‘World War II in Color’ discovered that it was Maria Barr, a Polish woman from Grodno, who was only 20 years old when the photo was taken.

Polish Television has decided that Rafał Brzozowski will represent Poland at this year's Eurovision Song Contest final with his song ‘The Ride’. The concerts will take place on 18, 20 and 22 May 2021 at the Ahoy Hall in Rotterdam.

Enhanced cooperation with third countries as a necessary element to increase the effectiveness of the EU migration policy was the focus of yesterday’s discussion of EU Foreign and Home Affairs Ministers, which was devoted to migration issues. Poland was represented by Deputy Ministers Paweł Jabłoński (the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and Bartosz Grodecki (the Ministry of the Interior and Administration).

Law and Justice MP Bartłomiej Wróblewski announced that he decided to run for Commissioner for Human Rights. ‘I am prepared for this function because of my education, because of my professional work and because of my social experience, serving other people,’ he said.

Today, the Polish economy is one of the most crisis-proof, dynamic and resilient in Europe, and perhaps even in the world - says the President of National Bank of Poland NBP Adam Glapiński in the latest weekly newspaper ‘Sieci’. ‘Poland has very little debt, internally and externally,’ he added.

The European Parliament adopted a resolution to declare the European Union an "LGBTIQ freedom zone". Prof. Zdzisław Krasnodębski in a conversation with Katarzyna Gójska on the Polish Radio One said that the document is a political declaration and has no legal consequences. But he also reported, "In another document, it is even said that this and there is this tendency to change the language when we say 'mom', 'dad' - we are just discriminating against individuals," he reported.

We would be in favour of opening schools gradually, but where it is possible and safe to do so; I do not expect it to be an overnight opening of all schools - said government spokesman Piotr Müller.

Violation of epidemic regulations is the official reason for the expulsion from Poland of the Consul of the General Consulate of the Russian Federation in Poznan. As TVP.info reports - the diplomat, although infected with the coronavirus, did not remain in isolation, but repeatedly left his place of residence. He was, among other things, on the grounds of the Russian Consulate General in Poznan and in the area of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration (MSWiA) hospital in Poznań where his wife was lying. He also took pictures of people protesting in Poznań in defence of Alexei Navalny.

An ambulance with a patient suffering from Covid-19 left the hospital from Ústí nad Orlicí in eastern Bohemia this morning. This patient is going to the hospital in Raciborz. This is the first transport in the Czech Republic of a patient during a pandemic to a hospital abroad.

The president signed the Fourteenth Pension Act on Monday. The additional benefit in the fall will be given to approx. 9.1 million people. ‘I can confidently say that this was my election commitment. It's a big deal that this is happening during a pandemic when the country is going through great hardship,’ said President Andrzej Duda.