The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the coordinator of the National Action Plan. The first edition for 2017-2020 has been completed. A second edition of the document is currently being prepared for 2021-2024.
“The establishment of the International Day for the Victims of German Camps may help in the struggle for the truth about Polish victims of genocide,” points out “Nasz Dziennik”.
"Dear Children! Today is your holiday. This day brings you much joy and smiles. And for us, adults, it reminds us of our own childhood," began President Andrzej Duda.
“The Museum of Polish Children, which will be created in Lodz, will not allow us to forget about the shocking crimes committed against thousands of Polish children during World War II. It is our duty to preserve the memory of the death of the innocent youngest victims and to pay tribute to them," said Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Culture and Sport, Prof. Piotr Gliński, during the official announcement of the establishment of a new cultural institution called the Museum of Polish Children - Victims of Totalitarianism. Nazi German camp for Polish children in Lodz (1942-1945).
On Monday, in the Grand Theater in Lodz will hold the official premiere of the documentary "Położna" film (the Midwife) about a prisoner of the German death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, Stanisława Leszczyńska from Lodz, who delivered three thousand babies there. She was called “Mama” (Mother) by her fellow prisoners.
The screening of the documentary film "Polanski, Horowitz. Hometown," featuring Richard Horowitz and its creators, opened the 61st Krakow Film Festival on Sunday (30 May). The program features 170 films from around the world, including over 100 world and Polish premieres.
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".
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.
