EU commissioners have recently suggested that funds for Poland may be blocked. “Poland has its own interests. We will not be guided by the interests and ideas of others about what the situation in Poland should look like,” said Mateusz Morawiecki. He said that he wanted to be Prime Minister for the middle class.
The Polish Deal (Polski Ład) is a social and economic program of the government.
The drama of Norwid’s “Wanda”, as well as the history of Poland, cannot be understood without a connection with Christianity, with the sacrifice, said Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Culture Piotr Gliński, during the premiere of the opera “Wanda” in the arcaded courtyard of the Royal Castle in Krakow.
The performance of the opera “Wanda” by Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa, based on Norwid’s drama, took place as part of the celebration of the Year of Norwid on the 200th birthday of the poet. The Wnuk-Nazarowa opera was described by Deputy Prime Minister Gliński as “an excellent adaptation of the mystery”.
According to Gliński, “drama +Wanda+ by Norwid, like the history of Poland, cannot be understood without a connection with Christianity, with sacrifice”.
“Wanda is Poland, and Poland is Wanda (…),” said the Deputy Prime Minister, describing Norwid as “the greatest ethic of Polish literature, the one who preached poetry and goodness”.
The Minister noted that apart from the symbol of the ideal, grown on the national and biblical foundations, Wawel – and with it the story of Wanda as a figure of Christ – greatly marked the poet’s biography.
“The posthumous history of Cyprian Kamil’s remains is part of the plot of his mystery,” said the Minister and recalled that in 2001 a Polish delegation that went to the cemetery near Paris to collect the bard’s remains heard: “He is not here”. Then a handful of soil was taken from there and a few days later it was placed in a crypt in Wawel, after the blessing of St. John Paul II.
Daniel Olbrychski received the European Cinema Ambassador Award on Friday at the CineFest International Film Festival in Miskolc, Hungary, announced Elvira Kubik.
This prize is awarded for contributions to the popularization of European cinema.
“The choice fell on Olbrychski because he was very popular in Hungary over the last decades and even before the political change, and besides, Polish films were of great importance to Hungarian viewers, for example
He emphasized that Olbrychski’s artistic output was of great importance to viewers not only in Eastern Europe but also around the world.
He also added that Olbrychski starred in several films by the well-known Hungarian director Miklos Jancso.
2021 is the year of the 120th anniversary of birth and the 40th anniversary of the death, as well as the beatification of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński. Therefore, 2021 was designated the year of the Primate of the Millennium. On this occasion, the PGE Foundation became involved in projects in the field of culture and art, commemorating the person of the Cardinal.
“By supporting exhibitions, concerts, and film productions, we contribute to the dissemination of knowledge about Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, especially among the younger generation. In this way, the PGE Group pays tribute to the outstanding figure of the Primate of the Millennium,” says Wojciech Dąbrowski, president of the management board of PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna.
One of the initiatives in which the PGE Foundation joined was the project “Social Crusade of Love – the heritage of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński”, which was organized, among others, in Prudnik, the site of the Primate’s prison in 1954-1955. The project aimed to disseminate knowledge about the life and values presented by the Primate of the Millennium. The project includes, among others, planting cardinal beech trees in the Opolskie Voivodeship, preparing the project of Aleja Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński on Klasztorna Góra in Prudnik, and organizing a concert.
The PGE Foundation also supported the painting exhibition entitled “Independent – Sovereign – in tribute to the Primate of the Millennium Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński”, organized at the Męciński Palace in Działoszyn.
The development of new technologies brings new forms of cyber threats, but also raises the level of digital awareness of citizens and the state – said the participants of the debate of the National Research Institute NASK on hybrid threats in cyberspace at the Economic Forum in Karpacz (7-9 September 2021).
“Political goals are now achieved by operating in cyberspace, and this is also how the military approaches it- planning scenarios do not consider open conflicts, but hybrid ones,” said Colonel Mariusz Chmielewski, deputy director of the National Cybersecurity Center.
According to the head of CERT Poland Przemysław Jaroszewski, the answer to hybrid threats in cyberspace should be “strengthening the resilience of citizens and society”.
“We should show that conflicts in the third decade of the 21st century are increasingly no longer about driving in tanks, but about spreading information that causes social conflicts,” said Przemyslaw Jaroszewski. “The more we know about it, the more we talk about it, the more resilient we are as a society and as a State,” he stressed.
Participants in the debate agreed that education – directed at both children and the elderly – is the key to not succumbing to threats and hybrid activities designed to stimulate conflict.
It is also necessary to exchange information between the institutions of power operating in the field of security and to educate specialists – experts in the field of cyber security.
“There is no cyber security without government-business-military cooperation. There must be a quick exchange of data, there is no place for individual ambitions,” said Colonel Chmielewski.
NASK (Research and Academic Computer Network) as one of three national levels of CSIRTs (Computer Security Incident Response Team) is an entity obliged to handle incidents submitted by operators of key services, providers of digital services, local government, and all those entities that are not served by CSIRT GOV (The Governmental Computer Security Incident Response Team) and CSIRT MON (CSIRT of the Ministry of National Defence).
The digital revolution taking place in Poland results not only from the necessity dictated by the pandemic but also from a mental change. Entrepreneurs and consumers have seen how quickly and safely many things can be done online, and officials have finally trusted citizens. The next stage should be the expansion of broadband infrastructure – agreed by the participants of the panel discussion devoted to e-administration and e-services during the XXX Economic Forum in Karpacz (7-9 September 2021).
“By 2020, more than 4 million Poles have created their trusted profiles, enabling them to handle a range of administrative matters online. This means that 47 percent of currently active accounts were created after the pandemic broke out. We are talking about an increase – in 2019 there were 2 million fewer trusted profiles,” noted Wojciech Surmacz, president of the Polish Press Agency, who moderated the debate.
Participants in the debate pointed out that during the pandemic, almost overnight, Poles found themselves in a completely unfamiliar reality, in which basic activities such as study or work were switched to a remote mode.
“In the first few months of the pandemic, we saw a doubling of demand for using public services via the Internet,” said Antoni Rytel, deputy director of the GovTech Poland Program.
According to him, many citizens decided that they wanted to avoid constant visits to offices and remembered the possibilities of taking care of many matters thanks to, for example, a trusted profile or video verification.
“Months go by and this trend is not weakening, as the society has established the belief that using e-services is simple, safe, and speeds up the whole procedure,” added Antoni Rytel.
Currently, in Poland, the institutional lease offers 7.3 thousand apartments, of which 4 thousand are managed by PFR Nieruchomości (PFR Property). However, this market is growing rapidly. By 2028, 90,000 such rental units are expected to be built.
The institutional lease was the subject of the panel “Lease with a view to the future – the importance of the lease market and prospects for its development”, which was held as part of the XXX Economic Forum in Karpacz.
“On the institutional lease market there are professional investors, large companies with, not like average, small, dispersed investors 2-3 apartments, 100, 200 flats, and abroad a few or even tens of thousands of apartments,” said Dr. Adam Czerniak, an economist from the Warsaw School of Economics.
The latest reports prove that in Poland 7.3 thousand apartments are offered in institutional lease. The biggest tycoon in this area is PFR Nieruchomości.
“We offer 4,000 units as part of the Rental Housing Fund and the Development Housing Fund,” said Krystyna Wąchała-Malik, a member of the board of PFR Nieruchomości S.A.
Despite the obstacles, the institutional lease market is developing dynamically.
“According to the latest projections, the construction of 90,000 apartments for rent in Poland’s largest cities is already contracted by 2028,” said Dr. Adam Czerniak.
The head of the Ministry of Culture, Piotr Gliński, during the XXX Economic Forum in Karpacz emphasized cultural challenges. He mentioned the development of new, undemocratic ideologies and phenomena, including political correctness or a virtual community meant as a new communication environment.
According to Gliński, the pandemic has shown that nation-states are often better at dealing with problems than international institutions.
“The role of the nation-state, meant as a political and cultural community, will continue to be important, even crucial,” he assessed. According to the Deputy Prime Minister, nation-states can replace ineffective, expensive solutions of global problems, including market mechanisms and international institutions.
The head of the Ministry of Culture also emphasized cultural challenges. He mentioned the development of new, undemocratic ideologies and phenomena, including political correctness or a virtual community, understood as a new communication environment. He also warned against instability and against countries that use the pandemic to deepen or create unstable situations in various regions of the world.
Gliński also stated that the pandemic made people aware of the large role of psychiatry and psychology in people’s everyday lives.
“The deterioration of people’s mental health is the price we pay for the pandemic. This is a huge problem for humanity,” he said.
The Museum of Heritage and Culture of Kresy will be built in the building of the former Illustre Gymnasium in Brzeg. On Wednesday, the Opole voivode signed a decision to hand over the building to the Museum of the Silesian Piasts, whose branch will be a new facility, informed on the website of the Ministry of Culture, National Heritage, and Sport.
As explained on the website of the Ministry of Culture, the Opole voivode “announced this decision during the visit to Brzeg by the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Culture, National Heritage and Sport, Prof. Piotr Gliński, and MP Paweł Kukiz, who advocates the idea of the Museum of Kresy in Brzeg”.
“I am glad that after many years we have reached a consensus, and the decision of the voivode signed today means that the Museum of Heritage and Culture of Kresy will be created in Brzeg, which will be a branch of the Museum of the Silesian Piasts. It is an impressive and serious cultural institution, which is prepared for the implementation of investments and taking care of this important part of our heritage,” said Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Gliński in Brzeg, quoted in the information.
“I want to thank for the commitment of the voivode, the mayor, the director of the Museum of the Silesian Piasts, and thank you MP Paweł Kukiz, who repeatedly asked for the memory of the Polish kresy to have its institutional representation in a place where the borderland environments are particularly numerous. We can announce today that a new institution will be created,” said the head of the Ministry of Culture.
Kresy refers to the former Polish eastern borderlands.
This coming Saturday, September 11, another convention of the Patriotism Academy will take place. Krakow and Warsaw will host the audience and lecturers of this project, addressed to young people from all over Poland, the organizer is Centrum Grabski, and the strategic partner of KGHM Polska Miedź S.A.
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