Dawid Tomala sensationally became the Olympic champion in the 50 km walk. He won the competition in Sapporo. The early start time and the fact that the competition was held far north of Tokyo was supposed to make it easier to fight for medals in hot conditions. The Pole was not among the favorites. It was only this year that he covered the distance of 50 kilometers for the first time.
On August 6 last year, President Andrzej Duda began his second term. Since then, it has signed 141 bills, submitted 5 legislative initiatives, and paid 13 foreign visits - summed up the President's Office.
Grandmaster Jan Krzysztof Duda became the first-ever Polish winner of a chess World Cup tournament after his win over Russian Sergey Karjakin in the return leg of the final. Thursday's duel, in which he played the white, ended after 30 moves.
In recent days, the attention of the media from around the world has been focused on Poland and Polish diplomacy. Foreign media describe the case of a Belarusian runner, Kryscina Tsimanouskaya, who, forced by the regime of Alexander Lukashenka to return to the country, asked the Polish embassy in Tokyo for help. Words of thanks and congratulations are coming to Poland for the efficiently conducted action.
At the KL Plaszow Museum in Krakow, on Sunday, Memory / Zachor will be held for the first time - a meeting commemorating the prisoners of the German Nazi labor and concentration camps. Shortly before sunset, participants of the meeting will read excerpts from the memories of those who survived.
Tomasz Sakiewicz's Sunday interview with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on TV Republika has achieved citation records. The data provided by the TV station show...
Sunday guided walks as part of the 'Discover the Garden' action, thematic walks through greenhouses with plants from Africa and South America, searching for pollinators in the dark - these are some of the proposals prepared by the Botanical Garden at Warsaw University for visitors in the summer.
Malbork Castle was the most powerful fortress in medieval Europe. This picturesquely situated complex of three castles on the Nogat river was the capital of the Teutonic state for 150 years.
The vast FSO site at Jagiellońska 88 Street in Warsaw has been sold to the development company OKAM Capital. Thus, 10 years after the last car was produced, a certain chapter in the history of the Polish car industry is being closed. The developer assures that the investment would be carried out by him with respect for the past.
Poland moved up to 19th place in the Olympic medal count after our athletes won as many as four medals on Wednesday (4 Aug). The Chinese remain the leaders of the ranking.
There are serious objections about the European Commission's instrumental prolongation of the process of infringement of EU values to maintain a platform for attacking Poland - stresses MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski.
Both the history of Gdańsk and Poznań is complicated and lies on the border of several cultures. The element of objective multiculturalism is part of the history of these cities, worthy of scientific and even commemorative reflection. On the other hand, the affirmative attitude towards the Polish partitioners or torturers from the Free City of Gdańsk is not only silly but also indecent, says Dr. Karol Nawrocki, the new President of the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), in an interview with Katarzyna Gójska.
Since the beginning of the protests in Belarus, Poland has issued nearly 180,000 visas to Belarusian citizens, of which over 12,000 were the so-called humanitarian visas. "Many people feel insecure for political as well as economic reasons. The economic crisis, caused by Alexander Lukashenko with Soviet-style management, also means that more and more young Belarusians want to go to Poland," Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcin Przydacz told PAP.
"The diamond with which we shoot at the enemy" - this is what the historian of literature Stanisław Pigoń called Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński, the poet who most fully expressed the fate of the so-called generations of Columbuses (Polish: Pokolenie Kolumbów). On August 4, 1944, Baczyński was killed in the Warsaw Uprising.
The traditional recipe for Russian pierogi. Thin, elastic dough filled with cream cheese, boiled potatoes, and fried onions. Delicious, tasty, soft, and of course homemade. Simply the best.
Thanks to Wojciech Nowicki's gold medal in the hammer throw and Paweł Fajdak's bronze medal in the same event, as well as Patryk Dobek's medal in the 800m run, Polish athletes have achieved the success of 10 medals at the Tokyo Olympics.
Rachel Zegler, the 22-year-old American actress and singer of Polish descent, has been making waves in the entertainment industry with her talent and versatility.
