Poland will not change its wolf protection laws
The EU member states ambassadors recently voted to lower the protection of wolves in Europe. As Poland voted in favour of the new regulations, ecologist groups were alarmed this could lead to a change in domestic nature protection policies. The EU decision is aimed to change the status of wolf protection, regulated by the Bern […]
Warsaw Chopin Airport sets a record with 6.5 million passengers served during the summer
In summer of 2024, from 21 June to 22 September, more than 6 million 576 thousand people checked in at Warsaw Chopin Airport, the Polish capital’s airport. The record number makes this summer an absolute record in the airport’s 90-year history. The number represents 42% of the total number of passengers who travelled from Warsaw’s […]
Marcin Kalinowski – nowy Kandydat na Prezesa POSK-u
Marcin Kalinowski to 44-letni przedstawiciel młodego pokolenia polskich imigrantów w Wielkiej Brytanii. Jak wielu członków Polonii brytyjskiej, buduje swoją przyszłość oraz przyszłość swojej rodziny na obczyźnie. Ojciec dwóch dorastających córek, znany ze swojego optymizmu i pozytywnego nastawienia do ludzi, zjednuje sobie powszechną sympatię. Jego poczucie patriotyzmu i zaangażowanie w życie polonijne pozwoliły mu nawiązać bliskie […]
Freshly retired goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny joins FC Barcelona!
Poland’s recently-retired Wojciech Szczęsny will join FC Barcelona. The Catalan club found itself suddenly deprived of its main goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen and convinced the Pole to get back in the game. One month ago, Poland’s star goalkeeper Wojciech Szczęsny announced his retirement from professional football. The Varsovian put an end to a successful career […]
Koncert DUO Karolina & IWO
Polski Ośrodek Społeczno-Kulturalny POSK serdecznie zaprasza na koncert, który odbędzie się a Atrium w piątek 27 wrzesnia o godz. 19. Wystąpi duet Karolina Mikołajczyk – skrzypce i Iwo Jedynecki – akordeon. – – Karolina Mikołajczyk jest skrzypaczką, doktorem sztuk muzycznych i współzałożycielką jednego z nielicznych klasycznych duetów skrzypcowo-akordeonowych, który w tym roku otrzymał Paszport Polityki […]
Polish military mission in Lebanon to operate in ‘high alert’
The Polish military mission to Lebanon, which consists of some 250 soldiers, was put on high alert due to the Israeli army operation and bombings on Hezbollah targets across the country. „This is a very dangerous mission, involving multiple countries,” the Polish Defence Minister, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said. Every decision must be made in communication with […]
Polish Deputy FM: We want UK-EU reset to further develop Polish-British relations
Poland counts on the announced reset in relations between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) to positively impact the UK’s ties with Poland, Andrzej Szejna, the deputy foreign minister, has told PAP. Szejna has been visiting the annual Labour Party conference in the northern English city of Liverpool which began last Sunday […]
Politico: Polish PM Tusk declares war on beavers
“Step aside Jarosław Kaczyński, Donald Tusk has found a new arch enemy,” Csongor Körömi writes at the beginning of the article. The new strategy is aimed at preventing floods in southwestern Poland. Among those responsible for the situation the Polish Prime Minister named… beavers. “At a recent crisis team meeting Tusk raised the issue of […]
Dr Marek Laskiewicz, obecny Prezes POSK-u, kandyduje na kolejną kadencję
W dniu 9 listopada 2024 już po raz czwarty o funkcję Przewodniczącego Polskiego Ośrodka Społeczno-Kulturalnego ubiegać się będzie jego dotychczasowy Prezes – dr Marek Laskiewicz. Dr Marek Laskiewicz urodził się i wykształcił w Londynie. Ukończył Haberdashers’ Aske’s School, Elstree i Queen Mary College, gdzie studiował, zostając inżynierem (Ceng, MIET). Następnie obronił pracę doktorską z ekonomii […]
80 years ago the 1st Polish Parachute Brigade took part in Operation Market Garden
Operation Market Garden was supposed to shorten the World War 2 by six months. It was one of the most disastrous Allied defeats in the war. After the war, responsibility for its failure was blamed on the 1st Independent Parachute Brigade commander, General Stanisław Sosabowski. On 17 September 1944, 1,500 planes lifted off from twenty-four […]
