Deportation of Poles to the Soviet Union – Stalin’s ethnocide of Poles in the East
On 10 February 1940, the NKVD and Soviet repression apparatus began the first mass deportation of Poles to Siberia. Around 140,000 Polish nationals were deported deep into the inhumane lands of the Soviet Union. Many of them died already on the way, thousands never returned home. Among the deported were mainly families of military officers, […]
„I Love You” – Walentynkowy Koncert grupy RetroSingers
„I Love You” – to najpiękniejsze słowa trzy, ale także tytuł Walentynkowego Koncertu znanej londyńskiej grupy muzycznej RetroSingers. Koncert poprowadzi specjalny gość, ikona Polskiej Telewizji: Zofia Czernicka. W imieniu RetroSingers zapraszamy w niezwykłą podróż do magicznego świata dwudziestolecia międzywojennego, by celebrować miłość przy dźwiękach niezapomnianych szlagierów… Portal British Poles jest patronem medialnym koncertu. KIEDY: […]
Marta Mathea Radwan Quartet: Polish Jazz Goes to the Cinema!
Marta Mathea Radwan Quartet will present a programme of jazz songs featured in Polish movies from 30’s to 80’s by great composers like Henryk Wars, Krzysztof Komeda, Andrzej Trzaskowski or Jerzy Duduś Matuszkiewicz. It will be a journey through golden time of Polish jazz filled with music and anecdotes, all set to a backdrop of […]
Marta Mathea Radwan Quartet: Polski jazz idzie do kina!
Marta Mathea Radwan Quartet zaprezentuje program utworów jazzowych, które pojawiły się w polskich filmach od lat 30. do 80. autorstwa wielkich polskich kompozytorów, takich jak Henryk Wars, Krzysztof Komeda, Andrzej Trzaskowski czy Jerzy Duduś Matuszkiewicz. Będzie to pełna muzyki i anegdot podróż przez złote czasy polskiego jazzu, a wszystko to w tle klipów i zdjęć […]
Five best Polish films from 2024
It’s a new year, but once again we focus on the past. This time, we present five best Polish flicks we still haven’t written about before. However, these are the ones you should definitely watch (if you haven’t yet)! Kuba (dir. Jan Dybus) – this sports biopic tells the poignant story of Kuba Błaszczykowski, one […]
New national holiday in Poland to commemorate WW2 heroes of the Home Army
President Andrzej Duda signed a law establishing a National Day of Remembrance for the Home Army Soldiers. The holiday will be celebrated on 14 February, the anniversary of the transformation of the Union of Armed Struggle (ZWZ) into the Home Army (AK) which created one of the largest anti-Nazi movements in wartime Europe. The President […]
Król Karol III otrzymał tłumaczenie „Raportu Witolda” podczas spotkania z Polakami w Londynie
Podczas dzisiejszej wizyty w Polskim Ośrodku Społeczno-Kulturalnym POSK w Londynie, król Karol III spotkał się z londyńską Polonią, choć nie zaplanowano przemówienia monarchy. Wśród gości obecnych na wydarzeniu wizyta została uznana za akt szacunku i woli dobrej współpracy z Polską i Polakami, których w Wielkiej Brytanii mieszka około 700 tysięcy. Było to również związane z […]
King Charles III received a translation of „Witold’s Report” during his meeting with Poles in London
During today’s visit at the Polish Social and Cultural Association in London, King Charles III welcomed the Polish community in London, although no speech was planned for the monarch. Among those present at the event, the visit was considered an act of respect and will for good cooperation with Poland and Polish people, of which […]
Polish billionaire to build massive Virgin Mary statue, taller than Rio’s Christ the Redeemer
Roman Karkosik, a billionaire, decided to fund a monumental statue of the Virgin Mary, which will stand in Konotopie near Toruń. The idea is to create a regional attraction and to say thank you to its inhabitants. According to the plans, the structure will reach a height of 55 metres, with 40.6 metres for the […]
Yalta Conference – The West’s betrayal of its longest-fighting anti-Hitler ally
On 4 February 1945, a conference of the Big Three began in Yalta, Crimea, attended by the leaders of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin, USA – Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Great Britain – Winston Churchill. During the meeting, the fate of Poland was decided without the participation of any Polish representatives, including the legal […]
