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    The railway is the future of transport in Europe

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    The railway is the future of transport in Europe
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    Further development of railway transport is crucial to maintain Poland’s high rate of economic growth – agreed experts during the Gdynia Forum Wizja Rozwoju. The special guest of the event was Krzysztof Mamiński, the CEO of PKP S.A., who became the Chairman of the International Union of Railways (UIC) on 8 July.

    “For many years railway transport has been undervalued and treated as a relic of the past. Meanwhile, current climate challenges, including the announcement of a plan to achieve zero emissions in the European Union by 2050, have given new impulse to railway development. Both experts and more and more conscious citizens know that trains are the most environmentally friendly means of transport – they produce over 3 times less CO2 than cars and 8 times less than planes”, noted Krzysztof Mamiński.

     

    The CEO of the Polish State Railways (PKP) participated in the panel “Directions of development of railway transport in Poland” within the fourth edition of the Forum Wizja Rozwoju in Gdynia.

     

    Krzysztof Mamiński emphasized that PKP successfully implements many investments aimed at the expansion or modernization of railway infrastructure and rolling stock.

     

    The Head of PKP also drew attention to the fact that modern railway stations are not only places where travelers are served, but also centers of culture and local activity. He pointed out that the courage to carry out ambitious, large-scale projects brings measurable results, after a difficult year for all carriers. The railway again records a significant increase in the number of passengers, even improving the results from before the pandemic.

    The Manor House in Jankówka – a display of Józef Mehoffer’s painting

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    The Manor House in Jankówka – a display of Józef Mehoffer’s painting
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    Józef Mehoffer’s painting “Manor House in Jankówka”, inspired by the garden at his country estate, will be on display from Friday (27 Aug) at the artist’s home and museum at 26 Krupnicza Street in Kraków, a branch of the National Museum.

    In the autumn of 1907, fulfilling his dream of a house with a garden, Józef Mehoffer bought an eighteenth-century larch manor house in the village of Jankówka in the Podgórze Wielicke region, which he owned until 1917. It was situated on a hill, from which, as Jadwiga Mehofferowa writes, “above the crowns of a wild orchard there was a wide view of mountain ranges”.  

     

    The work “Manor House in Jankówka” was painted around 1910 and is a reflection of this magical place for Mehoffer. It is a view of the house from the side of the garden, drowning in flowers. There is also a minor event recalled – a meeting of two cats on a garden path.

     

    Jadwiga Mehoffer, described the work as follows:

     

    “The larger cat – Maciek, the pretty one, marked with black stripes on the pale grey fur, comes up towards his filigree brother, the black Czarcik, and, as the cats are never sure of each other’s feelings, they stretch out their muzzles towards each other. This was happening in a background of blossoming dahlias, towering sunflowers, and long-stemmed roses. In the background, a fragment of a house with a veranda draped in wisteria dangling from the notched fascia board of the roof”.

     

    On the website of the National Museum in Krakow, Exhibition Curator and Coordinator – dr Beata Studziżba-Kubalskawe wrote that “The showing of painting is complemented by four other Mehoffer’s compositions with a view of the garden in Jankówka, permanently exhibited at the biographical museum located in the artist’s home: the landscapes Storm in Spring (1915) and Red Umbrella (1917), the allegorical scene Poland in the Great War (1917) and the famed The Bold Gardener (1912)”. 

     

    For more information click here or click here to visit the Museum’s website. 

    UPDATE‼️ Medals for another players. Natalia Partyka with bronze medal of Paralympic Games!

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    UPDATE‼️ Medals for another players. Natalia Partyka with bronze medal of Paralympic Games!
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    For Natalia, the semifinal was a match-thriller.  During these five sets, you could enjoy great actions, unexpected mistakes, and twists.

    In the end, her eternal rival Qian Yang (3-2) can enjoy the victory.

    Natalia Partyka – for us you are a legend.  Nobody can take that away from you!  Thank you!  And we look forward to another competition this time on the team with Karolina Pęk!

     

    UPDATE 12:00

    Bronze Medal for Karolina Pęk! 
     
    In class 9, to be exact. After a struggle, she lost in the semifinals to China Xiong 1:3. 
     
    This is not the end of the good news, because, as you can see, a lot of good things are happening for us in the paratennis tournament!

    MAXIM CHUDZICKI TOOK BRONZE IN TOKYO!
     
    The Pole competed in class 7.  

    The first weekend of the Paralympic Games means great excitement with table tennis!  Stay with us!

    Patryk Chojnowski qualified for the final of the table tennis tournament (class 10).
     
    The Pole defeated Montenegrin Filip Radovic 3:1 in the semifinals and for the third Games in a row he is in the final!  What an achievement!
     
    You can watch the final tomorrow (Sunday 29th August) at 11:45 GMT+2


     

    UPDATE 09:04 (29.08)

    Maksym Chudzicki already with a Paralympic bronze medal! 
     

    The Pole competed in class 7.
     
    It suits him, doesn’t it?  Keeping our fingers crossed for good results!

    The new initiative of BGK

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    The new initiative of BGK
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    3W: Woda – Wodór – Węgiel (Water – Hydrogen – Coal) is a new initiative of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, the only development bank in Poland which supports the sustainable social and economic development of the country.

    The Bank launches the 3W initiative to support the world of science and business in the development of modern technologies applied in industry, energy, and medicine. These three resources: water, hydrogen, and coal, properly used, will change the Polish economy into a more innovative and competitive one. 3W: Woda – Wodór – Węgiel (Water – Hydrogen – Carbon) is a long-term program to activate society, business, science, and state administration.

     

    “Why 3W? The reason is very simple – it is woda, wodór I węgiel (water, hydrogen, and coal) that will shape the modern and sustainable economy. Poland has a huge intellectual potential. The innovative solutions that our scientists create should be an inspiration for the development of new businesses. And vice versa: businesses that need new technologies seek support from science. To be successful, we need an integrator that will connect potential scientific and business partners on the one hand, and help create a user-friendly ecosystem on the other. BGK is willing to take on this role,” says Beata Daszyńska-Muzyczka, President of the Management Board of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego. 

     

    “We also want to raise awareness among Poles that their everyday decisions have an impact not only on the climate and environment but also on the condition of Polish businesses and the state of our economy,” adds BGK’s CEO.

     

    3W for an innovative economy

     

    The analysis of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego shows that three resources: water, hydrogen, and coal, will significantly influence the development of innovative technologies.

     

    Water

     

    Water as a source of life, but also as an indispensable resource used in industry and energy is of great importance for the further development of new technologies. Managing it skillfully will help us build technology capital. In Poland, there is an average of 1600 m3 of water per inhabitant – three times less than in Europe, so we must take care of retention and drainage systems. It is very important to manage water resources wisely and thoughtfully in a rapidly changing climate.

     

    Hydrogen

     

    Climate changes also mean investing in modern and renewable energy sources. Hydrogen is said to become the fuel of the future, and the entire world is entering a race to lead the way in green hydrogen production. We have a chance to be the leader in this race. Hydrogen valleys, wind farms that produce green hydrogen, hydrogen buses, and trains are not a song of the future at all. These are things that are already happening.

     

    Coal

     

    We think of coal primarily as a rock that pollutes our air when burned. BGK wants to support the use of non-energy coal in modern technologies. Its innovative applications can be found in medicine, pharmacology, cosmetology, construction. Carbon means also graphene and carbon nanotubes.

     

    One of the important activities of the BGK initiative is to be the creation of the 3W Centre. Its task will be to develop know-how and, in the long run, to strengthen the competitiveness of Polish enterprises dealing with the use of hydrogen, water, and innovative coal technologies.

    The pursuit ended with a tree crash and a rollover [VIDEO]

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    The police chase ended with a huge tree hit of the splitting Audi Q5 in Lębork. Young driver did so since he lost his driving license because of too many penalties. Now the consequences of such an act are much more serious.

    The incident happened on Wednesday in Mosty (Nowa Wieś Lęborska commune) at around 3 pm. An Audi Q5 at high speed on a pedestrian crossing overtook an unmarked BMW police car.

     

    Police officers immediately followed the departing vehicle, giving the driver audible and flashing signals to stop. The Audi driver, however, was not going to stop. On the contrary, he increased speed and tried to escape, entering Lębork and then the roads of the Nowa Wieś Lęborska commune.

     

    At one point, the speed at which the vehicle was travelling at the 40mph restriction was approximately 150mph. There were also times when the police car’s speedometer, when both vehicles were in built-up areas, showed over 200km/h.

     

    As the pursuit continued and the fugitive was not about to give up, more motorized patrols joined in to help. The Audi driver was driving very dangerously and while fleeing from police officers committed numerous traffic violations.

     

    The chase only ended when the Audi driver tried to avoid a head-on collision and jerked the steering wheel too violently while overtaking, backing into the right lane. The Audi skidded, began to spin and the side of the rear of the car hit a tree. The force of an impact was so high that the car rolled over onto its roof and was still moving for a while.

     

    The driver, a 22-year-old resident of Lębork, was very lucky because, despite such a dangerous-looking rollover, he was not seriously injured.

     

    Police officers tested him with a breathalyzer. The man was sober. It turned out that he didn’t have a driver’s license because he lost it for exceeding 24 penalty points accumulated mainly for not obeying the speed limit.

     

     

    Fantastic results of Paralympic athletes. Three medals for Poland!

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    Fantastic results of Paralympic athletes. Three medals for Poland!
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    Gold, silver and bronze were won today by Polish Paralympic athletes in Tokyo.  Róża Kozakowska was unrivalled in throwing the pole vault.  Second place in the 100m run in the T47 class was won by Michal Derus, and the bronze medal in the ball push was won by Lech Stoltman.

    In a phenomenal style presented Róża Kozakowska, who won the gold medal and at the same time broke the world record in the maul throw (28.74 m).

     

     
    A little earlier Lech Stoltman enjoyed his second Olympic bronze.  The Pole repeated his achievement from Rio and took the third place in the shot put competition (F55 category)

     

     

     
    The silver was won by Michal Derus. With a time of 10.61 seconds, the Pole set a European record.  The other places on the podium were taken by Brazilians.  Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos won the event (10.53) and Junior Washington was third (10.68).

     

     

     

    Derus repeated his success from five years ago, when he also took second place in Rio de Janeiro.

    End of evacuation mission in Kabul

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    End of evacuation mission in Kabul
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    An airplane with Polish soldiers who took part in an evacuation mission of Afghan residents has landed at the Okęcie Military Airport in Warsaw, informed the Ministry of National Defense. It was emphasized that the mission lasted over a week. “Thank you for the mission in Afghanistan, which you have carried out in an exemplary manner,” said the Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak welcoming Polish soldiers at the airport.

    “You undertook a demanding mission, but well, that’s the way it is, these kinds of missions are not easy ones (…) You are well trained, you have the right attitude, high morale, you serve Poland, because this service is a service to Poland – in this way we take care of the security of our homeland far beyond the borders of our country,” he said.

     

    According to an earlier announcement of the Ministry of National Defense, two Hercules with Polish soldiers landed on the tarmac of the Military Airport in Okęcie at around 11 am. 

     

    “The Polish Army soldiers who took part in the evacuation mission in Afghanistan have returned to Poland,” was written in the second entry.

     

    To support the evacuation of the Afghan collaborators of Poland and other NATO countries, by the decision of President Andrzej Duda, the Polish Military Contingent consisting of about 100 people went to Afghanistan.

     

    The evacuation was carried out by Polish forces and took place by military planes from Kabul to Uzbekistan, from where the evacuees traveled to Poland in civilian Polish Airlines LOT planes. The first plane with evacuees landed in Warsaw on Wednesday, August 18. In the end, all six Polish citizens who turned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and several hundred Afghan collaborators of Polish services were evacuated. Poland has also evacuated associates of allied countries and international institutions, including staff of the International Monetary Fund.

    Heavy industry in Poland will meet the challenges of transformation

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    Heavy industry in Poland will meet the challenges of transformation
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    Polish heavy industry has great opportunities for development, e.g., in innovative technologies, but at the same time there are some big challenges related to climate policy – said the participants of the discussion, which took place as part of the Development Vision Forum in Gdynia.

    Tomasz Heryszek, President of Węglokoks emphasized the key role of heavy industry for the economy of many countries, as a powerful donor of jobs and money for the public finance system. He also pointed out that Węglokoks intended to accelerate several processes by developing metallurgical processing and moving away from mining.

     

    According to Heryszek, it is the development of metallurgy that is worth betting on in the context of both the energy transition and the country’s large infrastructure needs.  At the same time, the President of Węglokoks called for systemic protection of heavy industry as a strategic sector of the economy.

     

    Adam Gawęda, MEP, recalled the countries that were most successful in protecting themselves from crises precisely because of the high share of heavy industry in the economy. He also called for solutions to improve efficiency, including the development of modern technologies (such as hydrogen production and energy storage).

     

    Adam Bugajczuk, Vice President of KGHM Polska Miedź talked about some optimisation processes and investments, which the company has made in recent years to adapt its operating model as one of the largest consumers of electricity in Poland to the new realities.

     

    At the same time, Bugajczuk expressed his belief that the Polish heavy industry would cope with the challenges posed by the energy transformation and climate policy. According to the Vice President of KGHM, sustainable development is currently the most important thing, which can be exemplified by the smelting industry moving towards a closed-cycle economy model.

     

    Paweł Kolczyński, Vice-President of the Management Board of the Industrial Development Agency assessed that while the energy transformation is practically inevitable, it will generate completely new development areas. That is why IDA is already trying to establish itself in the industries that are associated with this new outlook. He cited hydrogen production as an example.

     

    According to Kolczyński, the issue of green energy is becoming increasingly crucial also for large investors. Therefore, juxtaposed with the trend of shortening supply chains, the Polish economy has a chance to use the energy transition to build heavy industry in a new attractive edition.

     

    Patryk Darowski, Director of the Analysis and Sector Support Department at Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, talked about the financial dimension of the energy transformation and the opportunities for heavy industry in Poland. He mentioned several investment programs that support the development of innovative sectors.

     

    Darowski also argued in favour of the “3W concept” (Polish abbreviation for – water, hydrogen, coal, editor’s note) announced on the occasion of the Development Vision Forum. The idea is not only to build awareness among the public on the daily choices affecting the economy but also to connect the world of science with the world of business to develop concrete solutions.

    Vistula Boulevards in Warsaw

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    Vistula Boulevards in Warsaw
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    Picturesque boulevards on the western side of the River Vistula in the capital city of Poland – Warsaw.

    It is hard to imagine Warsaw’s panorama without the Vistula River, which had a huge impact on the city’s development. Today Vistula Boulevards offer countless attractions to tourists and residents. 

     

    Several kilometers long riverside promenade is a great place for a walk, a bike ride, and a crazy party in one of the clubs operating seasonally here. Gazebos with sun loungers or stone benches await you on the boulevards. There is also a viewpoint.

     

    During the summer season find some time to sail on the Vistula. You can choose between comfortable, several-passenger ships, motorboats, ferries, or kayaks. 

     

    On weekends from May to September, be sure to visit the Slow Market, a multicultural culinary market that operates late into the night.

     

    Near the boulevards are Copernicus Science Centre (read the article about it click here), the Museum on the Vistula River, and the Multimedia Fountain Park.

    International Dog Day 2021. When is the “man's best friends” holiday?

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    International Dog Day 2021. When is the "man's best friends" holiday?
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    “Man’s best friends”, as dogs are called not without reason, have the opportunity to celebrate up to twice a year. One of them is Dog Day celebrated since 2007, initiated by the Polish magazine “Przyjaciel Pies”. The holiday is on July 1, and its timing is not coincidental: in the summer, many dogs end up in shelters because their owners often don’t know how to take care of the animals when they go on vacation. On this occasion, shelters and pro-animal organizations organize adoption and assistance actions at their own expense, trying to raise awareness about the treatment of dogs in society.

    The second occasion is International Dog Day. It is celebrated annually on August 26 to commemorate the adoption of a dog named Sheltie, who was taken in by the family of Colleen Paige, an American animal rights activist. At the time the pooch came into their care, Colleen was 10 years old. The idea to create this holiday was born in her mind in 2004. The holiday, which is celebrated as National Dog Day in the United States, has grown in popularity around the world over the years.

     

    As the creators of the site dedicated to International Dog Day point out, it’s a celebration of “all dogs, both crossbred and purebred.” They point out that their “mission is to make the public aware of the fact that many dogs that need help, should be appreciated for accompanying families and those that work hard every day to save lives and keep us safe and comfortable.”

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