Retail bonds have tripled their share of total government issuance this year. The reason for such high interest is practically zero interest rates on bank deposits, which until now were the most popular form of savings investment chosen by the Poles. However, with inflation exceeding 4 per cent, keeping money in the bank means a real loss. Increasingly well-paid and well-off consumers are therefore looking for safe havens for their financial surpluses.
One of the guest houses in Zakopane received an unusual visitor today. Slothfully the bear entered. He quickly tackled the trash container. He scattered the waste and made himself breakfast. A guest of the Tatra housing estate is closely watched by the police.
Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau and Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi held bilateral consultations on matters of common interest.
According to the Foreign Affairs Minister, the EU countries are determined to consistently punish the regime in Minsk. The case concerns the forced landing of a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius on Sunday on Belarusian territory.
The 20th National Week of Reading to Children under the slogan "We like reading Polish authors!” started. It will run until June 2. This year's guests of the 20th Week of Reading to Children will be well-known writers whose books were included in the Golden Twenty List of the "ABCXXI - All of Poland Reads to Children" Foundation.
On Tuesday afternoon, the District Court in Sosnowiec has decided to arrest for three months 41-year-old Tomasz M., who admitted that last Saturday he had kidnapped, drove to Sosnowiec and then killed 11-year-old Sebastian from Katowice. A video, which shows the inmates' reaction to the man arriving in custody, has been published online.
“The Adam Mickiewicz Museum is a beautiful symbol of respect for history and Polish heritage in Turkey. I hope that the Museum will continue to develop and bring closer the figure of this outstanding Pole in Turkey,” wrote the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport Piotr Gliński in the museum's book of commemorations.
President Andrzej Duda and his wife attend Georgia's Independence Day celebrations in Tbilisi. “Few countries and nations are as close to each other as ours. We share the same values, the most important of which is the love of freedom and sovereignty. We have them deeply rooted in our souls for centuries," said the Polish President.
-The retrieved collection of archival materials of Michał Sokolnicki, the last ambassador of the Second Polish Republic in Ankara, is probably the largest preserved set of documents from the diplomacy of the Second Polish Republic – said Jakub Kumoch, ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Turkey.
"Poland expects Orlen to become the most powerful business leader of sustainable transformation at least in Central Europe," Law and Justice (PiS) Chairman, Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński stressed in a letter in connection with the launch of the Płock-based company's investment. During today's press conference, Orlen's CEO Daniel Obajtek stressed that despite the pandemic Orlen can afford very large actions, such as the Olefin complex announced today, which is to be the largest petrochemical investment in Europe. "There have been no such events in the history of Orlen," he pointed out.
The Katyń Massacre is still an event that can be manipulated and used in current politics, hence the importance of reminding the truth about it - says Jane Rogoyska, the author of the book "Surviving Katyń. Stalin's Polish Massacre and the Search for Truth".
Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski broke Gerd Müller’s record. Müller set the record in the 1971/72 season with 40 goals. Lewandowski scored in the last minute of the last match, a 5-2 win over Augsburg and he set a new record with 41 goals in a single season. "I felt tension up to the last seconds," he revealed.
50 Years of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention in Europe – Achievements and Challenges will be held in Kraków on 8-10 June 2022 and will be organized by the Polish National Committee of International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS – Poland) and the International Cultural Centre.
Since Friday, the National Gallery in London has been showing the exhibition Conversations with God - Jan Matejko’s Copernicus, whose main element is the painting 'Astronomer Copernicus’, on loan from Kraków’s historic Collegium Novum at the Jagiellonian University.
Yesterday evening (20 May) there was an anniversary gala of the Republika TV, which celebrated its 8th birthday. The event was conducted online and the musical star of the evening was the band Zakopower. During the gala, awards were presented in four categories.
Readers wonderfully accepted the "The Royal Gift. What did Poland and Poles contribute to the world?", in which the authors described the achievements of Polish inventors, discoverers and researchers.
PKN ORLEN opened a modern Research and Development Centre in Płock. One of the most important investments for the future of the company was carried out under the Petrochemical Development Program. The project, valued at approximately PLN 184 million, fits into the ORLEN2030 strategy assuming the increased commitment to research, development and innovation. For PKN ORLEN it is an important step towards more effective development of new technologies and products, building its own know-how, and obtaining patents for innovative solutions. In developing innovative projects, the full potential of Polish science will be used. The opening ceremony was attended by Deputy Minister Maciej Małecki, who read out a letter from Deputy Prime Minister Jacek Sasin addressed to the participants of the event.
In various corners of the world, the tradition of priests' visits encircles the holiday season, though the specifics vary based on parishes and regions. However, one unifying factor remains—the period around Christmas becomes the time for priests to visit their parishioners, carrying forth an ancient custom: 'kolęda' in Polish.
