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    Polish-Belarusian border – what is happening there?

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    Polish-Belarusian border – what is happening there?
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    About 2 PM, the Border Guard reported on Twitter that “on the Belarusian side (…) there is now a group of 24 people (20 men and 4 women), no children among them. Some people were taken by the Belarusian side, some new ones were brought. The Belarusian side has delivered food, drinks, and cigarettes to the group several times today”.

    On the Belarusian side of the border, near a Polish village, 32 foreigners have been camping for several days. They want to enter Poland and seek international assistance.

     

    From the Belarusian side, they are blocked from a possible retreat by the local services. The passage to the Polish side is guarded by soldiers and Border Guard officers.

     

    “The Polish Army is sealing the borders with Belarus. I’m in constant contact with the commanders. Soldiers have already laid more than 100 km of fencing on the border strip. They are also starting to lay another 50 km,” wrote Minister of National Defence Mariusz Blaszczak on Thursday on Twitter. 

     

    In recent months, the number of migrants from Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, and other countries has increased sharply at Belarus’ borders with the EU. The largest number has so far been in Lithuania, which has accused Belarus of organizing the smuggling of migrants into its territory as part of a “hybrid war”.

     

    After Lithuania passed legislation allowing its border services to send migrants back to Belarus, groups of migrants were redirected to the borders with Latvia and Poland. Latvia has also decided to return migrants and has introduced a state of emergency at the border.

     

    Residents of Usnarz Górny and nearby Krynki said that they have been seeing more and more foreigners in the area for the past month.

     

    “It started about a month ago. Every once in a while, someone says they saw some immigrants. It wasn’t like that before. Maybe some individual people were caught by the Border Guard,” said an inhabitant of Krynki in an interview with the Polish Press Agency (PAP). 

     

    He pointed to a cornfield on the outskirts of town. “Every once in a while, you can find there their backpacks, bags, and even some old jackets. They sit there until evening and wait. Then some people in cars with German plates drive up to pick them up,” he said.

     

    “The Polish Army supports the Border Guard in protecting the border with Belarus. I have received reports from the commanders on this matter. More than 900 soldiers are involved in this operation,” Minister Blaszczak wrote on Twitter.

     

    About 2 PM, the Border Guard reported on Twitter that “on the Belarusian side (…) there is now a group of 24 people (20 men and 4 women), no children among them. Some people were taken by the Belarusian side, some new ones were brought. The Belarusian side has delivered food, drinks, and cigarettes to the group several times today”.

    National Museum in Warsaw

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    National Museum in Warsaw
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    One of the largest and the oldest museums in Poland, magnificent collections of over 830,000 exhibits.

    The National Museum in Warsaw is popularly known as MNW (Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie). In the Museum there are collections from all eras, from antiquity to the present. There are many galleries, such as the Faras Gallery, Gallery of Medieval Art, Gallery of Old Art, the Art Gallery of 19th century, or the Polish Design Gallery. Masterpieces of Polish and world art are presented in thematic galleries.

     

    Inside the Faras Gallery, you can admire Europe’s largest collection of Nubian artifacts from the 8th to the 14th century and authentic 15th-century altars from various regions of Poland, Gothic sculptures or paintings for private prayer are housed in the Gallery of Medieval Art. 

     

    In the Gallery of Old Art, there are beautifully decorated furniture, textiles and crockery, and even the coat and coronation insignia of King Augustus III, whereas, in the Art Gallery of the 19th Century, you can admire the most outstanding works of Polish artists. An unquestionable attraction is the “Battle of Grunwald” by Jan Matejko. It is the largest Polish painting, whose canvas is nearly 40 m2 (4.26 x 9.87m).

     

    The Gallery of Polish Design features furniture, textiles, and domestic appliances, including models of once-popular models of TV and radio sets.

     

    For more information click here and visit the National Museum in Warsaw. 

    Polish volleyball players are going like a bomb! A set of victories for the Polish team at the European Championships

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    Polish volleyball players are going like a bomb! A set of victories for the Polish team at the European Championships
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    After victories against Germany and Greece, the White-Red team faced the Czech Republic in the third game of the European Volleyball Championships.

    Poles were very slow to enter Saturday’s match. At the beginning of the opening part of the match, the Czechs gained an advantage in points – after just a few minutes it was 8:3 for the Czechs. Katarzyna Wenerska played the ball only to the wings, and later she simplified the game, even more, exposing in almost every situation to Malwina Smarzek. So, the opponents had no problem with setting up the block and defense, and they scored very regularly themselves and confidently won the first part.

     

    Michaela Mlejnkova tried to boost her team, but the Poles spread their wings and did not intend to slow down the pace. The third set ended… the referee, not very well disposed of, whistled a double rebound for the Czech playmaker. Regardless of the referee’s form, the White-Reds played their game and took the lead 8:4 at the beginning of the fourth – as it turned out the last – part.  Good play of our volleyball players made it impossible for the rivals to fight and make up for the losses, and the Poles were happy with another win.

     

    White-red’s third victory in the third match at the European Championships and lead in group “B”, in which they still have to meet with Spain (Monday at 19:30) and Bulgaria (Wednesday at the same time).

    Today’s the last warm day

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    Today’s the last warm day
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    Sunday morning greeted us with sunshine, mostly in the east of the country. From the west, however, cloud cover will increase, there will be brief rain showers, and in the afternoon also thunderstorms – announced weather forecaster of the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management Grazyna Dabrowska. “Sunday will be the last warm day,” she added.

    As weather forecaster Grazyna Dabrowska explained, the increase in clouds, and with it the appearance of rain showers and thunderstorms, is the effect of moving to Poland low over Germany.

     

    On Sunday the low zone will slowly move towards the centre and in the afternoon, it will cover most of central Poland except for the west.  “Thunderstorms in the southwest of the country could have up to 20 mm of rain and wind gusts could reach up to 80 km/h,” she reported.

     

    On Sunday, the coldest will be on the Coast, where the temperature is forecasted from 18 to 20 degrees C. In the rest of Poland from 21 to 26 degrees C in Lower and Upper Silesia.

     

    The next few days, especially Monday will bring heavy cloud cover, especially in the southern part of the country, she added. The temperature will reach a maximum of 21 degrees C. 

     

    “So far, the forecasts that we have through the end of next week indicate that this kind of aura will continue for a while,” she said. 

     

    “During the day, the temperature will be in the range of 20 degrees C, there will be some clouds, but there will also be clearances and brief rainfall and thunderstorms,” she added.

    The expedition “Jelcz in the Himalayas” has set off!

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    The expedition "Jelcz in the Himalayas" has set off!
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    They have 10,000 km ahead of them, through Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Iran and Pakistan, all the way to Nepal! The expedition aims to commemorate the first great expedition organized by the Sudetes Mountaineering Club in 1979 to Annapurna South, in which three Himalayan climbers tragically lost their lives. The participant of that expedition, apart from Krzysztof Wielicki, was also Jerzy Pietrowicz.

    After more than 40 years since that expedition his son, Maciej Pietrowicz decided to commemorate his father and his colleagues, and also to commemorate all other expeditions to the Himalayas and Karakorum, which would not have taken place if not for the efforts of many brave drivers and their reliable Jelczs, which transported the expedition equipment.

     

    The expedition started on August 21 from the Market Square in Jelenia Góra.  Its main participants were Maciej Pietrowicz, organizer, Arkadiusz Peryga, driver and mechanic, and Ryszard Włoszczykowski, one of the participants in the historic expedition of 1979. 

     

    Dariusz Załuski, Himalayan mountaineer, filmmaker, author of mountain films awarded at many festivals, joined the expedition for part of the route.  On the way from Jelenia Góra, the members of the expedition stopped near Cracow to talk to RMF FM radio, the media patron of the expedition.

    Polish National Parks – Bieszczady National Park

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    Polish National Parks - Bieszczady National Park
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    The third-largest National Park in Poland is located in the southeast corner of the country in Subcarpathian Voivodeship. Bieszczady National Park became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

    The Bieszczady National Park is located in Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It is the third-largest National Park in Poland and covers an area of 292.2 square km. It was created in 1973 and forests cover about 80% of the Park. 

     

    The fauna of Bieszczady National Park includes about 200 rare species, like the European bison, brown bear, lynx, wildcat, wild boar, deer, or wolf. What is more, there are also approx. 900 different species of vascular plants. 

     

    Additional attractions:

    – hiking trails (total approx. 265 km),

    – Museum of Nature of the Bieszczady National Park in Ustrzyki Dolne,

    – Conservative Breeding of the Hucul Horse of the Bieszczady National Park in Wołosate,

    – the Hucul Horse Stable in Tarnawa Niżna. 

     

    For more information about the Bieszczady National Park click here

    Polish volleyball players play against the Czech Republic

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    Polish volleyball players play against the Czech Republic
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    Czech Republic – Poland is the third match of the volleyball European Championship.  Polish women have two clashes behind them.  Will they emerge victorious from the third? 

    Polish national volleyball team had a very good start at the European Championships.  Jacek Nawrocki’s charges won the first two matches and now they are in first place in the table of their group.
     
    Polish National Team is in Group B and its matches of this phase of the tournament will be played in Bulgarian Plovdiv.  In the next rounds of the group phase, our players will face the national teams of Spain (23 August) and Bulgaria (25 August).  Four teams from each group will advance to 1/8 finals.

    E-commerce in Poland maintains the upward trend

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    E-commerce in Poland maintains the upward trend
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    In 2022, the online share in retail may be double-digit – assesses Grzegorz Rudno-Rudziński, the Managing Partner at Unity Group.

    According to Unity Group’s calculations, averaged based on GUS (Statistics Poland) data, the share of e-commerce in retail sales as of May 2020 amounted to 8.5%. The trend is upward and based on this, the weight of online sales in total trade is expected to permanently exceed double-digits in 2022, which would only confirm our observations that there has been a fundamental shift in the market when it comes to consumer perception of online shopping.

     

    “What might influence the continued behavior of this trend? What could slow it down is the complete disappearance of Covid, which we are unlikely to expect in the near future. There are many more factors in favor of further strengthening of this course,” assessed the expert.

     

    And add that “the value of the domestic online market, which exceeded the magic threshold of PLN 100 billion, made it profitable for Amazon to enter it, which is an impulse for a more active fight in this market space”.

    Małopolska Region Cuisine

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    Małopolska Region Cuisine
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    The journey through the Małopolska Region should begin with oscypek and obwarzanka. When visiting the capital city of Małopowlska Region, you have to try the most popular dishes like sour rye soup or borsch.

    The most popular treats in the Małopolska Region are oscypek – a smoked regional cheese, bryndza podhalańska – a soft, fresh cheese with a pungent and specific taste from the Podhale region, and of course obwarzanek – braided ring-shaped bread sprinkled with poppy seeds, salt, or sesame seeds. 

     

    The most popular dishes in Lesser Poland are: 

    – żurek po krakowku (sour rye soup),

    – barszcz czerowny po krakowsku (Krakowian borsch),

    – sułkowicka krzonówka – Bright, potage soup with horseradish skin. Visible pieces of sliced meat, and egg quarters. All sprinkled with greens,

    – zupa zoproska – potage, slushy with visible soup ingredients,

    – tarcioki – elongated elliptical noodles,

    – prażonki polańskie – slices of potatoes and carrots with diced sausage, bacon and onion, and finely chopped parsley.

     

    Stay tuned! We are preparing recipes for dishes from Małopolska Region ?

    It will be possible to keep the existing license plates and temporarily withdraw a passenger car from traffic

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    It will be possible to keep the existing license plates and temporarily withdraw a passenger car from traffic
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    The Ministry of Infrastructure reports:

    As of January 31, 2022, you will be able to keep your existing vehicle license number and temporarily withdraw your passenger car from traffic. The possibility to keep, at the owner’s request, the current registration number of the purchased vehicle and extension of the catalogue of vehicles temporarily withdrawn from traffic by passenger cars was introduced by the Act of 14 August 2020 amending the Act – the Road Traffic Law and certain other acts.

    The deadline for implementing technical solutions enabling these facilitations for drivers and vehicle owners has been set in the announcements of the minister responsible for digitization, published in the Journal of Laws:

     

    (https://www.dziennikustaw.gov.pl/DU/2021/1522 https://www.dziennikustaw.gov.pl/D2021000152101.pdf)

     

    The fee for the most commonly issued car plates is 80 PLN, by keeping the current registration number you will not have to pay it, as well as you will not have to pay the fee for the inspection sticker on the front window – in total, together with the registration fee, it will give 99.50 PLN of savings.

     

    The extension of the catalogue of temporarily withdrawn vehicles to include passenger cars will address the situation of damaged rather than temporarily unused cars. In case the car needs to be repaired (e.g., after an accident) as a result of damage to essential supporting structural elements, it will be possible to withdraw the vehicle from traffic for a period of 3 to 12 months, and not earlier than after 3 years from the date of the previous withdrawal. Reinstatement of a vehicle will involve an additional technical inspection after repair. This change will allow the owner of a repaired and temporarily out of service car to reduce the cost of vehicle insurance.

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