Iga Świątek lost 7:5, 1:6, 1:6 with Tunisian tennis player, Ons Jabeur in the one-eighth finals of the English Wimbledon tournament. The young Pole outscored her more experienced opponent in the first set, but in the end, it was Jabeur who made fewer errors and eliminated Świątek.
“On the occasion of the National Holiday of the United States of America - Independence Day - on behalf of the Polish Nation and my own behalf, I extend to you my best wishes for prosperity and health at this special time, and my warmest congratulations to the entire American Nation,” wrote President Andrzej Duda to the President of the United States Joe Biden.
"Polish Writers Read Dante" is the title of a Polish-Italian scientific conference held in Rome in connection with this year's 700th anniversary of the death of the author of the "Divine Comedy". The symposium was organized at the Polish Institute at the Tiber.
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki together with President Andrzej Duda visited the construction site of the Vistula Spit canal on Thursday (1 June). This investment is a chance not only for the development of the region but also for the economic growth of the whole country. Ferries, cruise ships and cargo ships will be able to enter the Vistula Lagoon. The region's accessibility and trade will increase.
At the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Northern Macedonia, Bujar Osmani, the Head of Polish diplomacy travelled to the Macedonian city of Ohrid on Thursday (1 June) to take part in the inaugural edition of the Prespa Forum for Dialogue, an international conference organized under the patronage of the Prime Minister of Northern Macedonia, Zoran Zaev, under the banner of "Western Balkans: The Missing Puzzle for Completing Europe”.
Polish national basketball team in its second match of the qualification tournament for the Olympic Games will face on Thursday in Kaunas with Slovenia. At stake is the first place in Group B and avoiding tournament host Lithuania in the semifinals. It starts at 3.30 PM.
The PGE Foundation has become a partner of the "Run for Life" charity run whose aim is to raise money for the health of less than one-year-old Filip Cholewa, who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The PGE Foundation has donated PLN 20 thousand for this purpose. As part of the action, Michał Piech started on June 25 from Świnoujście along the coast to the Vistula Spit near the Russian border.
During the 2nd Three Seas Initiative Forum of Regions, which is taking place in Lublin, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki emphasized the potential of this initiative for the entire region. “The 12 countries of the Three Seas Region cover 29% of the area of the entire EU and almost 19% of its GDP; the strength of this region is therefore significant demographically, culturally as well as economically," said the Prime Minister today.
PKN ORLEN will be the first in Poland to test a private, industrial 5G network in a real environment of advanced industrial infrastructure. In order to carry out internal tests, which will be conducted at the production plant in Płock and a nearby petrol station, the company received a temporary assignment of radio frequencies and approval from the Office of Electronic Communications.
Sixty-five years ago, on June 28th and 29th, 1956, workers' protests took place in Poznań, which escalated into street fights. The authorities used the military to suppress them. As a result, at least 58 people were killed and more than 600 injured. Poznan June (also known as Poznań protests of 1956) was the first Polish workers' revolt against the injustice of the communist system.
Development of bilateral political and economic relations and possibilities of using Polish experience in transformation and modernisation of the economy were the main topics of the visit of Deputy Minister Paweł Jabłoński to Kenya.
"We remember the events of 45 years ago and the people who stood up for human dignity. It was June ‘76 that was the seed from which ‘Solidarity’ was born four years later," wrote Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Facebook.
Former President of the Federal Republic of Germany Joachim Gauck received the St. Adalbert Prize on Saturday. “We remember that freedom is not given once and for all, that we must guard and defend it vigilantly," said President Andrzej Duda, who was present at the ceremony. The event, which takes place at the Royal Lazienki Park, is also attended by the former President of Slovakia Andrej Kiska.
“The Museum of Polar Research is a socially necessary idea," said Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Gliński during the signing of an agreement on Friday for the Ministry of Culture to co-manage the Museum of Polar Research in Puławy (Lubelskie province).
The European Council called on the Kremlin to cease its actions against the Community and its Member States, as well as against third countries. The EC and the High Representative were also invited to present possible solutions for additional restrictive measures, including economic sanctions.
Fiat 125p, Maluch, Żuk, Nysa, Trabant, Wartburg and other cars and motorcycles enthusiasts from the former Eastern Bloc will set off this Saturday from Katowice in a charity rally "Złombol". They have a route of over 2,000 kilometres to the coastal town of Burhaniye in Turkey.
“It is impossible to describe in a short text, a short exhibition or even a press article what "Gazeta Polska" did in 155 years, and even what it did until World War II because the exhibition also talks about this period. Poles for whom it was important so that they were ready to work for this independence, to fight for it and to maintain it. This is a testimony, these two albums presented in the exhibition” - said during the opening of the exhibition entitled “Od Zwierciadła polskości po Laur niepodległości” [From the Mirror of Polishness to the Laurel of Independence] the bard of the Free Speech Zone, Paweł Piekarczyk.
Christmas Eve is considered the most special night of the year. In the past, it was even attributed a magical meaning, as evidenced by Christmas Eve traditions that we cultivate to this day.
