Politico: Polish EU presidency may start much earlier, at the expense of Hungary’s
In the wake of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s recent activism regarding visits to Kyiv, Moscow and Beijing in search of peace resolution to the Ukraine conflict, the EU states may consider the unprecedented step of cutting short Hungary’s presidency of the EU Council and handing over the presidency to Poland as early as the […]
Polish referee favourite to referee the European Football Championship
Szymon Marciniak is the favourite to referee the European Football Championship final scheduled for July 14 in Berlin, Sky Sport Italia reported on its website. For, it added, another serious candidate for the role, Italian Daniele Orsato, has already returned home from the tournament. For now, the cast of both semifinal matches is officially known. […]
Famous Polish actor Jerzy Stuhr dies at 77
Film and theatre actor, and professor of theatre arts Jerzy Stuhr has died at the age of 77, an employee of the Stary Theater in Krakow, with which he was associated, confirmed to PAP. Stuhr was struggling with a serious illness. „We received this sad information today,” Barbara Kwiatkowska of the National Old Theater told […]
Polish teenage driver wins a F4 race in France. Is it the birth of a new star?
A Polish driver, 16-year-old Maciej Gładysz from Tarnów achieved his first victory in Spanish Formula 4. On the French Paul Ricard race track, he reached the podium in all three races. “After successful qualifications, I knew I had the pace to fight at the top again this weekend,” Maciej Gladysz said in an interview for […]
Punks, Książęta i Protesty: Kroniki Feliksa Topolskiego
Feliks Topolski, polski artysta o niezwykle bogatym życiorysie, jest bohaterem wystawy zatytułowanej „Punks, Princes and Protests: The Chronicles of Feliks Topolski RA” współorganizowanej przez Topolski Memoir oraz Polsko-Angielskie Forum Kultury im. Krystyny Skarbek, przy wsparciu Instytutu Kultury Polskiej w Londynie oraz Polskiego Ośrodka Społeczno-Kulturalnego. Oficjalne otwarcie wystawy odbyło się 3 maja 2023 roku w dawnej […]
Duda, Tusk meet Zelensky in Warsaw. Poland and Ukraine sign security agreement
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenski signed an agreement on the security cooperation between the two countries. Poland promises to support its fighting neighbour with air defence and in the field of energy security. The Polish government also promised to prepare and equip a new “Ukrainian legion” – a military unit […]
Lady Victoria Stramer – meet the wife of the UK’s new Prime Minister
The wife of the new British Prime Minister, Lady Victoria Starmer, has Polish-Jewish roots. Polish PM Donald Tusk referred to this question during a phone call with her husband. He said that the head of the British government spoke with him about being proud of that Polish heritage. Victoria’s father, Bernard, was born in 1929 […]
President says ‘no’ to Silesian language law. So is Silesian a language or dialect?
President Andrzej Duda vetoed an act of law approved by the Polish Parliament to recognise the Silesian language as one of Poland’s regional languages. The President explained the reason for the decision was the opinion of linguistic experts as well as fear of hybrid warfare dangers that may result from creating divisions within Polish society. […]
A British train will be renamed to honour the 303 Polish Squadron
A special event dedicated to the naming of a steam locomotive Bulleid Pacific 34053 'Sir Keith Park’ as '303 Squadron’ will be organised by SPA Valley Railway. The ceremony of naming the train and showing its new colours will be held on the 85th anniversary of the start of the World War 2. “We realise […]
New British foreign secretary visits his Polish counterpart… at home
The new British Foreign Secretary David Lammy visited minister Radek Sikorski at his house in Chobielin near Bydgoszcz. The visit is part of Lammy’s first trip for which he chose to visit Germany, Poland and Sweden. The two politicians spoke at a press conference in the beautiful landscape of a traditional noble manor in northern […]
