BBC: Muhammad takes over Noah as the most popular boy’s name in England and Wales
“Muhammad was the top choice for parents naming their baby boys in England and Wales in 2023, with more than 4,600 children registered with the name. It has been among the top 10 names for baby boys since 2016, but has now overtaken the previous favourite, Noah, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS),” […]
Barbórka – the traditional miner feast of St. Barbara
The Feast of Saint Barbara is especially celebrated in Silesia and other parts of southern Poland where miners perceive Barbara as a guardian of their work, protecting them from many daily threats to their lives. The traditional parties that day begin with a morning walk of miner orchestras across miner settlements and city centres. The […]
Krzysztof Moskalewicz – kolejny muzyczny talent na Wyspach
Krzysztofa Moskalewicza poznaliśmy na koncercie w St John’s Church na Waterloo w Londynie, gdzie fantastycznie zagrał 24 Preludia Fryderyka Chopina Op. 28. Publiczność była zachwycona domagając się licznych bisów. Jednym z nich był zaginiony walc Chopina, który po prawie 200 latach został odnaleziony w Nowym Jorku. Postanowiliśmy poprosić Krzysztofa o wywiad. Maria Byczynski: Kilka dni […]
Poland’s women football team qualified for the Euro 2025!
The Polish women’s national team has made history by qualifying for the European Championship, set to take place in Switzerland in July 2025. Although Poland did not advance through the group stage of the qualifiers, their impressive performance in the playoffs secured them a spot in the tournament. In the semifinals, the Polish team defeated […]
British Revolut introduces BLIK payments for users
The British fintech company Revolut, which offers multi-currency accounts for users across the world, decided to introduce the BLIK payments, known to all Polish banking app users. The Blik payments allow instant banking operations based on the telephone numbers of users and many more options, including payment solutions for small entrepreneurs. Revolut customers can now […]
Joseph Conrad Korzeniowski – “the Polish nobleman dipped in English tar”
The life of Joseph Conrad or Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski was a great story. When he was a young boy he lived through a deportation to Siberia, and the death of his parents. He almost died in a suicide attempt in his twenties. Finally, when he reached England with no English skill, he could learn […]
Norway sends F-35 fighters and NASAMS anti-aircraft systems to defend Poland
The F35 fighter jets and NASAMS anti-aircraft systems as well as 100 Norwegian soldiers will be stationed in Rzeszów, Poland to defend the strategic airport in Jasionka. Norway’s Defence Ministry says the move is aimed to secure Poland’s strategic role in the help for fighting Ukraine. Norwegian Defence Minister Bjorn Arild Gram announced that F-35 […]
Oldest Polish manuscript of “Gaude Mater Polonia” found in the Berlin library
The oldest manuscript of a Polish religious hymn in honour of the patron of Poland St. Stanislaus was found in the Berlin city library archive by Dr Paweł Figurski. The manuscript bears the seals of the Catholic seminary library of Płock, but now the restitution process will begin. Poland will have to prove the rights […]
Wacław Jan Szkoda, one of the last Poles in the UK deported to Siberia in WW2, passed away at 98
Mr Waclaw Szkoda, one of the last Siberians in Britain, has passed away at the age of 98. Mr Wacław, who lived in Birmingham, was an activist in the Polish-British communities and a patriot helping the “Solidarity” movement in the 1980s. Waclaw Szkoda was born in the region of Polish Polesie (today’s Belarus) in 1926. […]
98-letni Wacław Szkoda, jeden z ostatnich Sybiraków na Wyspach, odszedł na wieczną wartę
Z wielkim smutkiem informujemy, że Pan Wacław Szkoda, jeden z ostatnich Sybiraków na Wyspach, odszedł na wieczną wartę w wieku 98 lat. Mieszkający w Birmingham Pan Wacław był działaczem emigracyjnego Stronnictwa Narodowego oraz patriotą zaangażowanym w pomoc “Solidarności” w latach 80-tych. Wacław Szkoda urodził się w 1926 roku na Polesiu. W wieku 13 lat przeżył […]
