Scottish Polish St Nicholas Party – MIKOŁAJKI
SCOTTISH POLISH CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INVITES YOU TO THE ST NICHOLAS PARTY MIKOŁAJKI. SUNDAY 4th DECEMBER 2022 AT 16:00 – 18:00 hrs Venue: SCOUTS HALL, Millar Hall, Nether Liberton Lane, EDINBURGH, EH16 5TY, near Cameron Toll filling station. In advance of Christmas about two weeks before we celebrate St Nicholas’s Day called in Poland Mikolajki. There […]
“I believe in Brexit” – says Rishi Sunak
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reiterated his support for the UK’s decision to leave the EU. He also denied speculation about Britain’s possible rejoining the political union. „Under my leadership, the UK will not seek a relationship with Europe based on alignment with EU law,” Sunak said during the annual conference of the Confederation of […]
Ukraine’s nomination of ethnic cleansing denier as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs sparks outrage
On 18 November, the Ukrainian government appointed its former ambassador to Berlin, Andrij Melnyk (47), as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs. The decision is widely commented in the media. Kyiv’s decision is described as unfortunate at best to scandalous. Why such a negative reaction? Well, Mr Melnyk recently made the headlines for having openly expressed […]
The Polish state seized Gazprom assets in Poland
Last week, Poland took over the shares held by PAO Gazprom (48%) in the company EuRoPol Gaz, owner of the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline, other shareholders being subsidiaries of the Polish energy group PKN Orlen: gas operator „Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo” or PGNiG (48%) and Gas Trading (4%). Back in April, Poland imposed sanctions on […]
Mecenas Marzena Konarzewska – bezpłatny dyżur prawny
7 grudnia (środa) w godzinach 18-20 Polski Ośrodek Społeczno-Kulturalny POSK bardzo serdecznie zaprasza na comiesięczne darmowe porady prawne dla Polaków w UK. Dyżur prowadzony będzie przez Panią mecenas Marzenę Konarzewską, która posiada olbrzymie doświadczenie w sądach brytyjskich i od kilkudziesięciu lat specjalizuje się w prawie rodzinnym. GDZIE: Polish Social and Cultural Association POSK, Sala Orłów, […]
A third of Polish essential workers plan to leave the UK
Researchers from the Universities of Middlesex, Glasgow, and Sheffield recently conducted a survey revealing that about one-third of Polish essential workers in the UK plan to return to their homeland. The survey was conducted in early November. 1,105 Polish essential workers took part in it. They included workers from various fields such as health and […]
Wojska Obrony Terytorialnej liczą już 35 tysięcy żołnierzy
Wojska Obrony Terytorialnej przekroczyły liczebnością 35 tys. żołnierzy. To ważny krok na drodze osiągania zdolności operacyjnych formacji, dla której na tym etapie budowy właśnie nasycanie personelem jest jednym z najważniejszych zadań. Służba w WOT cieszy się dużym zainteresowaniem kobiet, które stanowią ponad 20% formacji. Coraz więcej @terytorialsi! Wojska Obrony Terytorialnej przekroczyły liczebność 35 tys. żołnierzy! […]
Poland is becoming Europe’s military superpower
In the midst of the rising pressure on NATO’s eastern flank, Warsaw made it clear that it will not spare on defence spending in the upcoming years. The recent tragedy which struck the village of Przewodów proved that standing still would be too risky. On Monday, Poland and Germany agreed to deploy additional Patriot missile […]
Poland became the second EU country with the lowest deprivation rate
A recent study by Eurofound revealed that Poland has significantly improved in tackling child deprivation. In a decade, Poland has turned from one of Europe’s countries with a high child deprivation rate (30.3% in 2009) to the second EU country after the Netherlands, with the lowest such rate among all the member states. Although most […]
Marshall Józef Antoni Poniatowski, the bravest General of all times?
Josef Anton Poniatowski (1763-1813), was a soldier without a country. Poland was partitioned three times over the course of the 19th century. By 1795, there was no Poland on the European maps at all. That didn’t keep this prince from a lifetime of service. His personal motto was “God, Honor, Fatherland.” Poniatowski first served in […]
