Every year before All Saints’ Day, there is a review of memorial sites and the arrangement of forest cemeteries and individual graves in the Polish forests. The backwoods hide many graves that, apart from foresters, are visited by a handful of people today. However, there is a need to remember that those graves are also part of Polish cultural heritage.
During the inauguration of ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in Montreal on Sunday, Natalia Maliszewska won the silver medal in the 500m. Also, the other Polish representative Nikola Mazur was sixth. Eventually, the Polish relay team won the B final and was fifth.
At night from Saturday to Sunday, Poles changed the time from Daylight Saving Time (DST) to standard time. Daylight Saving Time (DST) is the practice of setting the clocks forward one hour from standard time during the summer months, and back again in the fall, in order to make better use of natural daylight. Clocks are set forward 1 hour for DST in the spring.
On Thursday, November 3, at Józef Piłsudski's Cracovia Stadium, another UEFA Europe League match will take place. Krakow has temporarily become the venue for home cup matches of FC Dynamo Kyiv. The team will play its last match of the Europa League group stage.
On October 28, during the conference "10 years of Poland in ESA", an agreement was signed between ARP and ESA for the creation of an ESA BIC incubator in Poland. The aim of ESA BIC Poland will be, in particular, to support the idea of entrepreneurship and the use of space technologies in various sectors of the economy. Incubation of start-ups in Poland will be carried out in two cities, Warsaw and Rzeszów.
The Copernican World Congress will be held in Toruń, Olsztyn, and Kraków in 2023, on the astronomer's 550th birthday. The official opening of the congress is scheduled for February 19 in Toruń - on the 550th birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus. Krakow will be a meeting place between May 24-26. As announced, prominent philosophers and economists will do lectures at Wawel Castle. Currently, the organizers are detailing the assumptions of the congress and establishing cooperation with institutions interested in this undertaking.
On Friday, October 28 after 05:30 p.m. Hubert Hurkacz will face Borna Ćorić in the ATP quarter-final. The 25-year-old tennis player from Wrocław secured his promotion to the quarter-final by defeating Emil Ruusuvuori 7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 3.
A new book on the archaeology and art of Native American cultures from the pre-Hispanic Southwest by Ph.D. Radosław Palonka has been published recently in the USA and Great Britain by the prestigious Lexington Books publishing house. The book on Indian culture, written by the archaeologist from Krakow is unique because it was written from the perspective of a European.
Today for the first time in history, four Polish towns will witness simultaneously the dismantling of monuments dedicated to the Red Army: Glubczyce and Byczyna (Opole region), Bobolice (West Pomerania region) and Staszow (Świętokrzyskie region). "These memorials should have been gone long ago, because they deconstruct national awareness and relate to ahistorical facts," the IPN President Karol Nawrocki told PAP.
Illumination Parks are amazing winter attractions that are more and more popular in Poland and abroad. The parks usually offer multimedia walks in a fairy-tale land created by light and sound. These types of attractions have been found in American botanical gardens years ago but in the last few years people in Europe can enjoy them in several cities. On October 28, two new Lumina Parks will be opened in Poznań and Wrocław.
Traditionally, in the first half of November, Warsaw's concert halls will resound with the sounds of the works of Ignacy Jan Paderewski, a genius pianist, valued composer and one of the main authors of Polish independence. All thanks to the I. J. Paderewski International Festival - an event that has gained immense popularity among Warsaw music lovers over the years.
Hubert Hurkacz: "Important win today! Let’s keep fighting." 25-year-old tennis player from Wrocław won with Frances Tiafoe in Vienna. The meeting took place on October 25 and lasted almost two and a half hours. Hurkacz won 7: 6 (11-9), 3: 6, 6: 3. The Pole is still fighting for the ATP finals in Turin. He will play for participation in the quarter-finals against Emil Ruusuvouri on Thursday.
Jan-Krzysztof Duda won AimChess Rapid, an online chess tournament belonging to the prestigious "Meltwater Champions Chess Tour" series. On the way to the final, he turned out to be better than the world classic chess champion Magnus Carlsen. In November, Jan-Krzysztof Duda will play in the finale of the entire series in San Francisco.
On October 20, bodybuilders from around the world posed at this year's IFBB (International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness) World Fitness Championships and Men's World Cup at a civic sports center in Yeongju, Republic of Korea. About 700 participants from 30 countries took part in the championships. A personal trainer with many years of experience, a specialist in nutrition and supplementation, and a bikini fitness competitor from Poland took 1st place in the Women's Bikini Up To 164 cm category. Anna Woźniakowska: "I became the World Champion. I won the title every athlete dreams of!".
On Tuesday, October 25, there will be a partial solar eclipse that can be seen from all over Poland, provided the weather will be good. In the case of Warsaw, it will start at 11:14 a.m. It will be the deepest eclipse visible in our country in the last 7 years.
Today, on October 23, 36th St. Barbara's Day Mining Lamp Run started. The runners had to run 10km in Lubin. As every year, the organizers provided attractive prizes that were given to the best players in several categories.
Well-known Polish actor Marcin Dorociński will play in "Mission: Impossible 8". After months of speculations, the producers confirmed that work on the set of the film plan is already ongoing. The film will be released in 2024 and the leading role will be played by Tom Cruise.
Coventry University has announced the opening of the Coventry University Research Institute Europe (CURIE) which will extend the university's activities beyond the already operating campus in Poland. It will conduct research and development works in Wrocław and build competences corresponding to the contemporary challenges of the market.
