Yesterday we reported on “The New Yorker'' magazine story by Masha Gessen. Poles and Holocaust researchers are upset by this counter factual accusation of Holocaust complicity. According to author is the state of Poland to be blamed for murder of 3 millions of Polish Jews. The text caused outrage and the publisher modified it slightly.
A few weeks ago we reported a polish civil court verdict in a case where an elderly woman from a remote village won against two acclaimed international writers who accused her uncle of murdering Jews during the second world war. Her uncle, in fact, had saved Jewish lives but the authors mistook his identity with someone else’s. The case is mentioned in an article in the New Yorker magazine where columnist - Russian-American and -Jewish Activist - Masha Gessen blames Poland and Poles for complicity in the Holocaust.
According to the widely read Berlin daily "Tagesspiegel" - Poland is an example of an "economic miracle". During the pandemic, the Visegrad Group, led by Poland, has been playing a much greater role in stabilizing the German economy than even China.
Historical issues, security, including energy, trade and investment cooperation, as well as Poland's support for the Euro-Atlantic perspective of Ukraine, were the topics discussed by the Consultative Committee of the Polish and Ukrainian Presidents on Monday, the presidential office informed.
The Belarusian authorities are anti-Western, and from this country's perspective what is a concrete, tangible West? Poland. They cannot do anything about Poland, but they have Poles within their reach and they are repressing the Polish minority, said Marcin Horała, deputy minister of transport, government plenipotentiary for the Central Communication Port (Solidarity Transport Hub) in "Polityczna Kawa" of TV Republika.
Assisting another person is a key issue, everyone will get support from the Ombudsman if I become, declared PiS (Law and Justicy party) candidate for the Ombudsman, MP Bartłomiej Wróblewski. He also assessed that in Poland the constitution protects the rights of people with left-wing and right-wing views.
Poland has recorded its highest figure of new daily coronavirus cases to date, with more than 34,000 new cases in the past 24 hours. In order to limit the spread of infection, the government will introduce new restrictions that will come into effect from Saturday and the Prime Minister has urged Poles to celebrate this Easter with only small family gatherings.
Nearly PLN 300 million from the Governmental Fund for Local Investments will be allocated to 82 mountain communes in Małopolska, the voivode of Małopolska, Łukasz Kmita, announced during the briefing. Most, almost PLN 11 million, will go to Zakopane.
He can explain himself from accusations that are completely irrational and create a certain soap opera series that appears in one of the newspapers, said Piotr Ćwik the presidential minister on Wednesday. "Daniel Obajtek is not afraid to show his fortune," Ćwik admitted in an interview with editor Michał Rachoń.
We wish ourselves and the Hungarians to always find a common ground and enjoy each other's achievements, wrote the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs prof. Zbigniew Rau on Twitter.
On March 25, the Albicla.com portal will broadcast the "Cyber Free Speech Summit Warsaw 2021" conference arranged by "Gazeta Polska" and the media of Strefa Wolnego Słowa (Free Speech Zone), in which an international group of people from the world of science and the media will take part.
The "Moja Woda" (My Water) campaign, promoting its saving, met with a huge social response, very affirmative, said Minister of Climate Michał Kurtyka in Katarzyna Gójska's "Signals of the day" program on Polish Radio.
Health Minister Adam Niedzielski pointed out that the workplace became the dominant place in generating new infections. "It is very important to shift to remote work where possible," he appealed.
The situation in Germany and other countries shows that such a variant can never be ruled out. At the moment, there is no decision to take further steps, said Piotr Müller, a government spokesman, in an interview with Katarzyna Gójska on Polish Radio, when asked about the possibility of more serious restrictions before Easter.
The President of Poland has awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta to Robert Lewandowski, the captain of the Polish national football team and a Bayern Munich forward. Robert Lewandowski, a famous Polish sportsman, displayed "outstanding sports achievements and for promoting Poland on the international arena."
The Central Police Investigation Bureau has detained four people, including the leader of a leading criminal group in the Świętokrzyskie province. The group is charged with supplying narcotics with a value of PLN 14.5 million.
The interior and migration ministers of Greece, Italy, Spain, Cyprus and Malta, issued a joint statement after a summit of the so-called MED group of 5 in Athens, saying that the EU’s new migration pact in its current format does not provide sufficient reassurances to the frontline member states. Poland and Hungary have stated that they oppose the plan, even though, under the Commission proposal, the EU would pay a country 10,000 euros for every migrant they take in.
If the elections were held nowadays, the United Right would be the winner. In the poll conducted for portal Wirtualna Polska a significant drop in the rating of Szymon Hołownia's social movement "Polska 2050" is visible, though in former studies it received support at the level of about 20 percent.
Robert Karaś, a prominent Polish athlete, finds himself at the centre of controversy as the International Ultra Triathlon Association (IUTA) imposes a harsh penalty for doping violations. Karaś's once-celebrated record in the 10xIronman distance has been tarnished, marking a significant setback in his career.
The most beautiful Polish tall ship Dar Młodzieży “The Gift of Youth” set sail for a voyage around the world to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Poland regaining its independence.
Colonel Ryszard Kuklinski was a Polish Cold War spy who divides opinions. He has been hailed as a hero by some and denounced as a traitor by others for leaking confidential plans about the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact alliance to the CIA.
Few other Polish nuclear scientists have been as forgotten by the Polish general public as Joseph Rotblat. Known abroad as one the greatest champions of the global peace movement and one of the most influential proponents of nuclear disarmament, the memory of Rotblat in Poland has been fading away for years. Determined to do something to change that course, Warsaw officials have decided to name a centrally located square after him.
A tragic accident occurred in the north of Italy. A drunk driver drove into a group of German tourists who were standing on the side of the road. 6 people were killed and 11 were injured. All fatalities were between 20 and 25 years old.
Ahead of Legia Warsaw's anticipated clash with Molde in the UEFA Europa Conference League round of 16, fans face significant hurdles as Norwegian authorities impose strict restrictions, compounding the club's ongoing fan behaviour issues.