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May 2nd – National Flag Day in Poland
May 2nd is celebrated across Poland as National Flag Day. The day’s celebrations began in Warsaw on May 2nd with a ceremonial raising of the flag at the Royal Castle’s clock tower. The Polish President Andrzej Duda, accompanied by his wife Agata, made a speech at the ceremony.
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Visiting Jan Kochanowski in Czarnolas
In almost all of his work, even in epigrams, we can see Kochanowski’s turn towards the renaissance humanism, especially in songs. Kochanowski was often...
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Sri Lanka suicide bombings: more than 200 people killed
The Easter Sunday bomb blasts at three churches and four hotels in Sri Lanka killed more than 200 people and wounded at least 450,...
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Polish Easter Tradition – Pisanki
Easter in Poland is all about the observation of Catholic rituals related to the resurrection of Christ, homemade decorations and food, and spending time at the table with family and loved ones.
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Paris: Massive Fire In Notre-Dame
“French firefighters have won an hours-long battle to save the main structure of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, after a colossal fire caused the spire of the historic edifice to crash to the ground and wiped out centuries of heritage.” - Telegraph UK
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Visiting Jan Matejko's House
The National Museum in Krakow was established by a resolution of the Krakow City Council on 7 October 1879, as the first national museum institution at a time when the Polish people were deprived of their own statehood and country, which had been appropriated by the partitioning powers.
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Polish Impressionism
Impressionism was a trend in European culture – later also in American culture – that was initiated by painters in Paris and which lasted several decades during the period around the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Let's Visit Praga!
Praga – the ugly, beautiful side of Warsaw is located on the “other side” (the right bank) of the Vistula River. It attracts its fans with old, cobblestone streets and historic architecture, little communist-style “bary mleczne” (milk bars) and a cool, alternative nightlife, as well as the unpretentious nature of its residents.
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The Mazowsze Ensemble And Their Beautiful Costumes
"Mazowsze" is one of the world's largest folk music and dance groups, drawing upon the rich traditions of Polish song and dance. The name...
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Polish Court Granted Asylum To a Russian Single-Parent
A Polish court granted provisional asylum to a Russian single-parent family that recently escaped from Sweden. Earlier, the Swedish family services authorities had taken...
Culture & History
The History Of Polish Scouts
ZHR — The Scouting Association of the Republic (of Poland) was founded in 1989.
The association is divided into sections for boys and girls, and...
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Polish Folk Dances
Polish folk dances — with their colorful regional costumes and enchanting music — are both a beautiful and entertaining experience to behold. Their traditions...
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Poland Daily Travel – Fat Thursday
Poland Daily Travel takes you on another adventurous trip in Warsaw. This time on a special day - Fat Thursday. And how many "pączki"...
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Interview With Count Marek Potocki
Count Marek Potocki talking to Benjamin Lee about his family and Polish aristocracy, What has happened to the Potocki family before and after the...
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Polish Easter Tradition – Pisanki
Easter in Poland is all about the observation of Catholic rituals related to the resurrection of Christ, homemade decorations and food, and spending time at the table with family and loved ones.
Facts About Polish Pierogi
All of us know what the famous Polish “pierogi” are. How many of us realize though, that this tasty dish was introduced during the 13th century by Jacek Odrowąż, who was a saint?
Let's meet in Wrocław
The history of Wrocław goes all the way back to a settlement that developed centuries ago at a crossroads along the Oder River separating Germany and Poland. The city lies at the intersection of several important travel routes running from southern to northern Europe towards the Baltic Sea, and from west to east towards the Black Sea region
US to EU in Warsaw: Abandon Iran Nuclear Deal
The United States Vice President, Mike Pence, didn’t pull his punches at Thursday’s session of the two day conference entitled the “Ministerial to Promote a Future of Peace and Security in the Middle East” being held in Warsaw, and attended by foreign ministers and senior officials from 63 nations. Departing from his prepared text, Pence demanded that France, Germany and the United Kingdom give up the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and stop trying to break US sanctions on Iran.
The Mazowsze Ensemble And Their Beautiful Costumes
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Polish Art And Culture During World War II
The Second World War was a particularly difficult...
Unexpected results of last week’s conference …
“If you do not expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.” The words of Heraclitus. Life was probably simpler in the sixth and fifth centuries BC, leaving plenty of time for Greeks to philosophise, but in the divine comedy that is the modern world, the unexpected seems ever present, whether serached for or not. At least, this is perhaps what the Polish prime minister thinks as he considers the unexpected results of last week’s conference on the Middle East in Warsaw, jointly organised by Poland and the United States.