Polskie kolędowania w londyńskim Ealing Shopping Centre
Polska Szkoła Ravenscourt Park z ogromną radością zaprasza do wspólnego kolędowania w Ealing Shopping Centre! Uczniowie szkoły wystąpią wspólnie z zespołami Żywiec Polish Folk Song and Dance Group i Agava.Organizatorzy zapraszają do udziału wszystkich uczniów (małych i dużych!), rodziców i każdego, kto chce dołączyć do tego wyjątkowego świątecznego występuPrzed występem będzie zorganizowana próba. Obowiązuje strój […]
Kraków Christmas Tree awarded the most beautiful in the world
The Christmas tree from Krakow’s Market Square has won first place in the prestigious ranking of the world’s most beautiful urban Christmas trees, prepared by timeout.com. The Polish decoration won over Christmas icons such as the Rockefeller Center in New York tree or the futuristic ornaments from Vilnius. The Christmas tree from Market Square has […]
1st World Congress of Young Leaders Poles and Polonia took place in Warsaw
From Canada, The USA and Mexico to Germany, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moldova to Armenia and Kazakhstan. From 11th oto 15th December, 130 Young leaders from more than 20 countries met in Warsaw and Pułtusk for the 1st World Congress of Young Poles and Polonia. The event organised by the World Polonia Council was a great opportunity […]
UK, Polish FM’s: We share opinion on many international security issues
Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said after a meeting with his British counterpart David Lammy that Poland and the UK share many opinions on international security issues. The meeting was part of Polish FM Radosław Sikorski delegation to London. “My last but one foreign visit this year – London. With my counterpart David Lammy, we talked […]
Historians found a German Enigma machine in Gdańsk
In 1932, Polish mathematicians and cryptologists Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Różycki, and Henryk Zygalski solved the famous Enigma cypher. Allan Thuring later used their work to decrypt the messages sent with the use of the military version of the Enigma. The Germans began using Enigma in July 1928. The cypher was considered impossible to break and […]
Janek Wiśniewski – the victim symbol of the December ‘70 worker strikes crackdown
A tragic symbol of December `70 was the procession carrying the body of a young man and a bloodied red-and-white flag on a door. The photograph that captured the scene showed eighteen-year-old Zbigniew Godlewski, an employee of the Gdynia Shipyard named after the Paris Commune. The worker strikes and riots on the Polish Baltic Coast […]
Polish WW2 diplomats awarded US Congressional Gold Medals for saving Jews
The US Congressional Gold Medals for foreign diplomats who rescued Jews from the Holocaust were awarded after a Congressional bill was signed by President Joe Biden. Among the 60 people honoured are five Poles, including diplomats associated with the so-called Ładoś Group. The medals were awarded under the Forgotten Heroes of the Holocaust Act, which […]
Jan Karski – the eyewitness who informed the West about the Holocaust
Jan Kozielewski (codename Jan Karski) was born on 24 June 1914 in Łódź, a multicultural city with a large Jewish community. He grew up in a Catholic family as the youngest of eight siblings. He graduated in law and diplomacy from Lwów University and the Volhynia School of Reserve Cadets. Shortly before the start of […]
Dlaczego Bal Polski jest tak wyjątkowy i warto wziąć udział w jego 53. edycji?
25 stycznia 2025 roku (sobota) odbędzie się niezwykle uroczysta 53. edycja Balu Polskiego, który odbędzie się w hotelu Intercontinental na Park Lane w Londynie. Bal jest niewątpliwie najbardziej prestiżowym wydarzeniem kulturalnym w życiu Polonii brytyjskiej, na które niektórzy czekają przez cały rok. 53. Bal odbędzie się tradycyjnie pod patronatem Jego Królewskiej Wysokości Księcia Kentu i […]
King Charles III to visit Poland in January
Britain’s King Charles III will visit Poland in January according to media reports. The monarch is to take part in the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of German concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau liberation. The Daily Mail reported that King Charles III will visit Poland in January 2025. The newspaper said it will be the first visit […]
