Maciej Szczepański, a final-year veterinary student at Wrocław University of Life Sciences, is preparing prostheses for two dog patients. They are 3-year-old Sonia, who was hit by a car and lost part of her back paw, and 8-year-old Leto, whose front paw was run over by a train.
Polish Paralympians do not cease to surprise us. Every day we receive information about further successes of our representation and this is not the end yet.
Photos of the detention of Rammstein lead singer Till Lindemann by Russian police have circulated the internet. The star was later questioned in a hotel room in Tver.
This morning greeted us with more medals. Lucyna Kornobys in the shot put won a silver medal and Renata Kałuza a bronze medal in the cycling time trial. We also have more great news for you.
Virtual currencies, such as the famous bitcoin, are becoming increasingly popular among Poles. Not only as an investment but also as a "means of payment" to complete transactions. Unfortunately, the market is risky, very sensitive to various speculations and there are numerous abuses. So, there's no shortage of warnings from financial institutions - and as a result, ideas for regulating cryptocurrency trading are on the rise.
Last year, the local self-governments, where we operate, received over 200 million PLN directly from fees and taxes - said Robert Perkowski, the vice-president for operations of PGNiG, on Friday in Gdynia. He calculated that over 10 years the number of payments to local government budgets amounted to PLN 2.3 billion.
- From Monday we start protest action, we will start to paste our cars with stickers with information about the protest - announced union members of the Polish Drivers Trade Union at MZA (Municipal Bus Association – editor’s note). They indicated that the protest would not take the form of a city blockade.
The weather in Beskidy is not spoiling, despite that the competitors of VIII Historic Motorcycles Rally named after Colonel Gwido Langer do not give up.
The police chase ended with a huge tree hit of the splitting Audi Q5 in Lębork. Young driver did so since he lost his driving license because of too many penalties. Now the consequences of such an act are much more serious.
Gold, silver and bronze were won today by Polish Paralympic athletes in Tokyo. Róża Kozakowska was unrivalled in throwing the pole vault. Second place in the 100m run in the T47 class was won by Michal Derus, and the bronze medal in the ball push was won by Lech Stoltman.
Polish heavy industry has great opportunities for development, e.g., in innovative technologies, but at the same time there are some big challenges related to climate policy - said the participants of the discussion, which took place as part of the Development Vision Forum in Gdynia.
"Man's best friends", as dogs are called not without reason, have the opportunity to celebrate up to twice a year. One of them is Dog Day celebrated since 2007, initiated by the Polish magazine "Przyjaciel Pies". The holiday is on July 1, and its timing is not coincidental: in the summer, many dogs end up in shelters because their owners often don't know how to take care of the animals when they go on vacation. On this occasion, shelters and pro-animal organizations organize adoption and assistance actions at their own expense, trying to raise awareness about the treatment of dogs in society.
The international corporation GE (headquartered in Boston, USA) has become Orlen's strategic technology partner in the development of offshore wind energy. PKN Orlen's CEO Daniel Obajtek stressed that GE is not only "an innovative company with gigantic experience in the power industry in many markets around the world", but also owns manufacturing facilities and creates supply chains in Poland.
Today Artur "Walus" Walczak died in Wroclaw clinic. During the PunchDown 5 show, the strongman suffered a stroke and was put in a medically induced coma, from which he was unable to wake up. The information about his death was confirmed by a person close to the strongman.
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.
