The US will loan Poland $2 billion to purchase American air defence systems
The US will lend Poland an additional $2 billion (8.1 billion zloty) to fund the purchase of American air and missile defence systems, the Polish defence ministry has announced. The agreement – which represents the second such loan to Poland under the Foreign Military Financing (FMF) programme following one in September last year – was […]
Polish engineer among the designers of the newest Bugatti Tourbillon
The new Bugatti Tourbillon amazed the world with its appearance, construction precision and powerful V16 engine. As it turns out, a Polish engineer had a hand in the design of a new French supercar. Polish industrial design engineer Marek Pawłowicz, a graduate of the Cracow University of Technology, was one responsible for the supercar’s final […]
The European Commission approved Poland’s amended National Recovery Plan
The European Commission (EC) has approved changes to Poland’s National Recovery Plan (KPO). The Polish government submitted the amendment to the KPO to Brussels on 30 April, proposing that the previously suggested registration fees on combustion engine cars be replaced with subsidies for electric vehicles. In an announcement published on Tuesday, the EC stated that […]
How Warsaw lawyers rescued their Jewish colleagues from the Germans in 1940
In 1940, Warsaw lawyers did not agree to exclude their Jewish colleagues from their profession. The Germans arrested 76 members of the Warsaw attorney bar. That list included the son of the President of the Republic of Poland, Stanisław Wojciechowski’s – Edmund. In January 1940, the occupation authorities, namely Dr Gollert in charge of the […]
Germany failed to propose a compensation plan to Poland for its crimes committed during WWII
Chancellor Olaf Scholz was expected to arrive in Warsaw bearing gestures to ease the wounds left by German wartime atrocities. However, on Tuesday, the German leader did not announce the anticipated proposal to financially compensate the surviving Polish victims of German crimes, complicating efforts to improve relations between Berlin and Warsaw. Germany will „endeavour to […]
Polish glider pilot wins again and becomes Poland’s most-awarded sportsman
Pilot Sebastian Kawa won the gold medal of the Gliding World Championships and became the most successful Polish sportsman with 18 world championships and many other prizes. The 37th World Gliding Championships in Australia was a two-week competition. For Sebastian Kawa, it ended as the eighteenth master title in his career. He previously won nine […]
A Dutch football club honours the Poles who liberated their city during WW2
Dutch football club NAC Breda have paid tribute to the Polish troops who liberated their city from German occupation by featuring the names of the fallen on the team’s new kit. Unveiled at a press conference last week, the strip has been released to coincide with the 80th anniversary of Breda’s liberation by troops led […]
Polish IT student wins 3rd prize at prestigious scientific worldwide competition for young scientists
Piotr Węgrzyn, a computer science student at the University of Wrocław, won 3rd place in the prestigious Regeneron ISEF competition in Los Angeles, known as the most important competition for young scientists worldwide. He presented his PCPU processor, which was noticed and awarded by the international jury. The winner of the Polish Explory competition represented […]
Jak warszawscy adwokaci ratowali przed Niemcami swoich swoich żydowskich kolegów w 1940 roku
W 1940 warszawscy adwokaci nie zgodzili się, by z zawodu wykluczyć ich żydowskich kolegów. Niemcy aresztowali 76 z nich. W tym syna Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Stanisława Wojciechowskiego – Edmunda. W styczniu 1940 okupacyjny Wydziału Sprawiedliwości w osobie dr Gollerta do nadzoru nad warszawską adwokaturą wyznacza Eduarda von Wendorffa. Podejmuje on decyzję o wykluczeniu z zawodu 1131 […]
Germany to build ‘Polish-German House’ as Polish WW2 victims commemoration
At Wednesday’s (June 26) meeting, the German government approved the proposal to erect the Polish-German House proposed by the Minister of Culture, Claudia Roth. It will now be discussed in the German parliament. The Polish-German House (das Deutsch-Polnische Haus) is intended to be primarily a place of commemoration of over 5 million Polish victims of […]
