A summit of Prime Ministers of the Visegrad group and the chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, has taken place in the Slovak capital Bratislava. The reason for the summit was the 30th anniversary of political changes in Central Eastern Europe, which later led to the fall of the Berlin Wall and German reunification.

The Middle East is looming large on Poland’s foreign minister’s agenda at present. Attending a meeting of EU and Arab League foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday, in the run-up to an EU-Arab summit scheduled to take place in Egypt on February 24-25, Jacek Czaputowicz was quoted as saying: “Stability in the Middle East is key to global security”.

The Polish flag carrier will buy 15 new planes in 2019. Four Boing 787 Dreamliners and eleven Boeing 737 Max 8s will be added to the fleet. One of the dreamliners will be used to serve a new route between Warsaw and Miami.

“The public think the politicians don’t know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood.” The words of Tony Blair, so take them as you will, but perhaps the politicians are understood only too well, and folk have good reason for their view.  Be that as it may, the Polish prime minister feels that criticism of his government’s legal reforms is due to their not being understood in western Europe.

Stefan Tompson was born in Great Britain, he is the author of short educational films about Poland, its history and its current events. These popular films are often focused on setting the record straight in the foreign media, which often seems to misunderstand what s happening in contemporary Poland, as well as the historical past.

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

The Polish flag carrier LOT Polish Airlines is expected to be one the main winners from the Polish government’s decision to build a mega airport in the vicinity of Warsaw by 2027. Ultimately, the Central Communication Port will have a capacity to serve 100 million passengers a year. LOT is hoping that the airline will serve many of the passengers travelling between USA and Central Eastern Europe, using the new airport as a regional hub. For that to happen, introducing visa-free travel for Poles to the U.S. will most likely be necessary.

The Bombing of Warsaw in World War II refers to the bombing campaign of Warsaw by the German Luftwaffe during the siege of Warsaw in the invasion of Poland in 1939. During the course of the war approximately 84% of the city was destroyed due to German mass bombings, heavy artillery fire and a planned demolition campaign. Learn more with William Richarsson and Wojciech Młotkowski, guide of Warsaw Behind the Scenes tour operator.

The 34-year-old driver is returning to track after more than eight years out of competitive Formula 1 racing, thanks to the PKN ORLEN investment he will race as a member of British team Williams.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki participated today in a panel titled "The New Impetus for Europe" at the World Economic Forum in Davos. During the panel, the issue of EU-U.S. relations came up and the Polish Prime Minister was adamant about Poland not having to chose between one or the other. 

More than 10 million Americans have Polish roots. Chicago used to be known as the city with second largest number of Polish inhabitants (with a population reaching an estimated 1 million people of Polish descent) after Warsaw. That was before London overtook it, following Poland’s accession to the EU in 2004. The most recent large wave of Polish immigration to the US came after the communist regime’s crackdown on the democratic opposition in connection with the introduction of martial law in 1981.