On Sunday, September 18, the International Open Baltic Cup Regatta ended in Aarhus, Denmark. 10 Polish junior crews took part in the sports meeting. The regatta lasted 2 days and our Polish junior rowers won 14 medals in total.
The Hestia Literary Journey competition awards authors of classic forms: novels, graphic novels, and short stories - written with young readers and readers (10-15 years old) in mind. Titles that have a chance to remain in the canon of children's and youth literature for a long time are selected. However, only books written in Polish and published in Poland in the previous year are eligible for the competition. The second edition of the competition for the best book for children and teenagers was won by "State of Entanglement" written by Roksana Jędrzejewska-Wróbel, published by Wydawnictwo Literackie. The author received the prize of PLN 50,000.
Agnieszka Smoczyńska's movie entitled “The Silent Twins" won the top Golden Lions award at the 47th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia on Saturday night. As many as 20 films were qualified for the Main Competition. Among them there were 6 full-length directing debuts and 2 directors' second films. "The Silent Twins" is the director Agnieszka Smoczyńska full-length debut in English.
The Białowieża National Park organized another, already the 26th, Exhibition of Fungi of the Białowieża Forest last week. Its ceremonial opening took place on Saturday, September 17 at 12:00 at the Nature Education Center of the Białowieża National Park in Białowieża. This year, at the exhibition, Mr. Marek Wołkowycki presented the lecture "Bladeless arboreal mushrooms of the Białowieża Forest". Over a hundred species of arboreal fungi occurring in the Białowieża Primeval Forest could be seen at the exhibition. The fungi have been collected in the last days in the forest. Also, some speciments came from the collections of the Institute of Forest Sciences of the Białystok University of Technology.
Much of the world's amber comes from the Baltic Sea area of northern Europe. Amber is a treasure of Poland and an unusual souvenir from a holiday trip on the Polish coast. Therefore, Gdańsk is often described as the capital of amber. It is a city full of boutiques and galleries that sale amber of all shapes and sizes. Besides the Museum of Amber, it is worth visiting the St. Bridget’s Basilica and see the breathtaking amber altar and monstrance which is the largest monument made of amber in the world.
On September 16 - 17, at Silesian Stadium in Chorzów, one of the largest sports events addressed to seniors took place. It was the 14th National Olympiad of senior citizens' associations and a University of the Third Age. The Olympics entitled "The Third Age to start" is an event of international importance, which promotes health and active leisure for the age-group 50 and older. It also teaches mature people how to take care of their bodies and physical fitness and helps to develop healthy habits.
20 students, PhD students, young researchers and innovators from all over Poland participated in the final of the Falling Walls Lab Warsaw competition, which took place on last Thursday at the Warsaw University of Technology. Early detection of water pollutants, the search for new methods for the initial diagnosis of diseases or the challenges resulting from climate change are the topics that dominated the competition for young scientists. 20 representatives of the academic world presented their ideas on how to repair the world around us. Everyone had only three minutes to play. The international jury awarded the first place ex aequo to two female scientists. Agnieszka Żuchowska from the Warsaw University of Technology interested the audience in a new model of early disease detection. Kiranmai Uppuluri, representing the Institute of Microelectronics and Photonics of the Łukasiewicz Research Network, presented an idea for a tool to control the level of pollution in water bodies.
"The share of the shadow economy in the online gambling market in Poland has decreased from 80 to approx. 25 percent over 4 years. This is the effect of the changes in the gambling law in force since 2017, as well as the activities of the National Revenue Administration and the increasingly better offer of legal operators", the participants of the debate on the fight against illegal gambling stated during the Economic Forum in Karpacz.
Simulated racing or racing simulation, commonly known as simply sim racing means racing game software that attempts to accurately simulate auto racing, complete with real-world variables such as fuel usage, damage, tire wear and grip, and suspension settings. 24 leading Esports drivers from Poland will compete in the most important digital motorsport competition - Poland Porsche Esports Sprint Challenge, held as part of the Polish championship. This year the organizers have prepared a record pool of prizes worth PLN 40,000! The races will be broadcast live on ELEVEN SPORTS TV.
The bodies of victims of Russian terror are being exhumed from a mass burial site in Izium, an eastern Ukrainian city. The TV Republika reporter is at the site of the execution and recorded the scene of a crime committed by Putin's barbarians. The journalist's materials can be seen on the Niezalezna.pl portal and TV Republika on the "Today" news service at 6:30 p.m. today.
A passenger vehicle drove into the Odra River for as yet unknown reasons at the exit from the Piotr Zaremba Castle Way overpass road in Szczecin, Poland. The services are operating on the scene and according to the police, a rescue operation is underway. The event has taken place today just after 7 a.m. Firefighters are taking part in the action, underwater firefighters, as well as the police and an ambulance service.
On September 16-25, the 2nd edition of the Wind Festival will take place in Kielce. This is an event that promotes the City of Kielce in many fields. The aim is to break the negative overtone of the stereotype that has existed for years and to approach the saying "It blows like at the railway station in Kielce" with a pinch of salt. This initiative shows that people from Kielce can organize themselves and promote their city with a dose of great humour and fun.
Top 11 Finalists performed during the America's Got Talent final yesterday. Simon's Golden Buzzer Sara James sang her emotional rendition of "Running Up That Hill" by Kate Bush and amazed the audience with her amazing voice. The finalists compete to win a $1 million prize and a headline slot at the AGT residency at the Luxor in Las Vegas.
On September 12, 2021, the beatification of card. Stefan Wyszyński and mother Elżbieta Czacka was celebrated in the Temple of Divine Providence in Warsaw. Besides the broadcast in media, over 7 thousand people took part in the celebration in person. The first anniversary of which fell yesterday, was held at the Archcathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist, the Temple of Divine Providence, and Laski.
The International Congress, which takes place every six years, represents the world renowned event in the field of Numismatics. It is attended by a great number of people and attracts scholars, curators of coin collections, auction houses and auction dealers from the five Continents. The Congress forms a part of the politics for the promotion, conservation, valorization and fruition of the material and immaterial Cultural Heritage. Until Friday, the XVI Numismatic Congress will take place in Warsaw. About 700 participants take part in it, mostly stationary. This is the most important event of this type in the world.
POLFISH is the only fair in Poland dedicated to the fish industry and one of the largest in Central and Eastern Europe, which will be held at AMBEREXPO in Gdańsk. It is a specialized trade fair for the fish industry with over 30 years of tradition. The fair has for many years played an important role and a place in the calendar of industry meetings, and since this year it has been expanded to include the scope of all food products.
Laboratories of the Future is an initiative of the Ministry of Education and Science and the GovTech Center at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister aimed at supporting elementary schools in purchasing equipment for laboratories of STEAM subjects (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics). Under this initiative schools will receive teaching aids, for which the government has allocated over one billion PLN. 99% of primary schools were equipped with modern educational and technological equipment
