Polish national team defeated France 2:0 in the quarterfinals of the European Championships in amputee football played in Krakow. In Saturday's semi-final, the White and Red team will face Spain.
Orlen Paralympic Run 2021 is addressed to everyone - able-bodied as well as disabled people; amateurs and professionals. We want to show that it is possible to achieve the set goal regardless of the degree of disability and sports level. The run is supposed to bring people together. Just like our Paralympic champions, we want to show that the impossible does not exist. The run will take place over two distances: 1 km and 5 km. We do not award places in categories, there is no podium - everyone who runs one of the distances is a winner. Participation in the event is free.
The request for a confrontation of witnesses was filed by the prosecution on Thursday during the trial of Aleksander Gawronik, accused of inciting the murder of journalist Jarosław Ziętara. Those are the persons, who have already testified in the trial: the founder of Elektromis Mariusz Ś. and the former editor-in-chief of the weekly Wprost.
Quite unexpectedly, the official "Kanał Sportowy" account on YouTube was blocked today. Could it be that the internet giants are also taking on platforms that provide sports content? - One day you're there, the next day you're gone. The lack of clear regulations on online censorship will be devastating, says Deputy Minister Sebastian Kaleta.
The PGE Foundation made another donation to the Warsaw Uprising Memorial Museum for the purchase of original conspiracy documents of the Home Army from 1943-1944. The collection consists of reports, combat reports, situational reports from the units included in the 2nd Region of the 1st District of Śródmieście South of the Home Army.
Poland and Hungary are the last countries to leave the European Union, said Ryszard Terlecki, the Deputy Speaker of the Sejm, the head of the PiS (Law and Justice party) club on Thursday. He also announced that Poland would actively participate in the discussion on the future of the EU.
Electromobility is gradually ceasing to be an alien, niche term used by experts, and is becoming part of the public discussion. Technology has begun to catch up with our needs, which are the desire to move quickly but also to fight for the environment. It is the topic of electric bikes in the Polish electromobility plan that the September forum, organized by Targi Kielce in cooperation with the Polish Bicycle Association, will be devoted to.
Police officers from the Gdańsk Central Bureau of Investigation will drive cars that previously belonged to criminals. The public prosecutor seized the cars from the drug mafia and handed them over to the police under the so-called Covid Law.
How do State Forests try to reconcile the different expectations of the public and the needs of the timber industry and economic development of the country at the same time? What is sustainable, multifunctional forest management? How do foresters ensure the sustainability of the forest? These questions, among others, are to be answered by the national social campaign of the State Forests "FOR FOREST, FOR PEOPLE" starting on 16 September this year.
Facebook celebrates the 100th anniversary of Stanisław Lem's birth and encourages us to peek into the future of science and technology in reference to the works of the Polish master of science fiction. In a campaign launched by the company, popular creators give the floor to scientists who take over their social media feeds and compare the future that Lem saw with their research and reflections. The vision of the future created by Polish researchers can be found on the channels of Make Life Harder, Kasia Gandor, Michał Korkosz "Rozkoszny", Remigiusz Maciaszek "Rock" and Patryk Mikiciuk, among others.
Today's match between the Poles and the Russians will surely pass into history. The win guaranteed Poland's promotion to the semifinals of the European Volleyball Championship. After a fierce battle, the Poles won 3:0 against the Russians.
Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński and Pope John Paul II are legendary figures who have left an incredible mark on the fate of Poland. In the Church today, however, it is difficult to find individuals who could be compared to them in terms of the format. - The Church was repressed, persecuted by the communists, so naturally, everyone gathered around this central figure [...] The number of believers that we have in Poland is the result of the last two centuries of history,' assessed Marcin Przeciszewski in an interview for Niezalezna.pl.
After three years, when mushroom pickers from Romania first appeared in the Podkarpacie region, the practice is increasingly flourishing. Although, as EU citizens, they have the right to harvest in publicly accessible forests, representatives of the State Forests alert that mushrooms are being exported in special coolers on a mass scale to western Europe. The prosecutor's office refuses to institute proceedings, and foresters admit that they are afraid to go out into the field when they might come into contact with a group of several dozen young foreigners.
"A Journalist Who Knew Too Much" is the title of a new book about a journalist from Poznań, Jarosław Zięta. The premiere of the publication is scheduled for Wednesday. The authors try to answer questions in the report, among others why the young reporter had to die and what was the role of the secret services in this case.
Great news from France. Polish illustrator Joanna Concejo was awarded the prestigious illustrator award Grand Prix de l'illustration jeunesse 2021. The artist was honoured for illustrations to the book "Sénégal" by Artur Scriabin, announced on Twitter of the Book Institute.
The Hieronim Konieczka Polish Theater in Bydgoszcz and the Polish Center of the International Association of Theaters for Children and Youth ASSITEJ announce the 18th National Competition for Young Playwriters "We are looking for Polish Shakespeare".
There was an accident on the A14 motorway in Germany at night from Thursday to Friday that resulted in the driver of a sports Porsche being decapitated. Polish drivers were involved in an attempt to stop the damaged vehicle.
