Daniel Kawczynski amongst 287 MPs banned from entering Russia
The list of MPs banned from entering Russia includes Daniel Kawczynski (Shrewsbury), Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin), Philip Dunne (Ludlow), John Spellar (Warley), Mark Garnier (Wyre Forest), Eddie Hughes (Walsall North) and other notable names. Interestingly, the Russian foreign ministry’s hit-list uses an outdated MPs list including Attorney General Dominic Grieve as well as former Stafford […]
Poland launched a billboard campaign encouraging sanctions against Russia
“We are launching the special billboard campaign #StopRussiaNow to awaken consciences,” Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told the media. “What is happening on the streets of Ukrainian cities shook our conscience, but for too short a time. Our partners in western and southern Europe want to return to normality too soon […] We remember Russian […]
W maju rusza szósta edycja Polish Heritage Days
Ponad 110 organizacji w Zjednoczonym Królestwie zgłosiło swoje inicjatywy w ramach VI edycji Polish Heritage Days (Dni Polskiego Dziedzictwa), które w tym roku, dzięki opanowanej sytuacji epidemiologicznej, będą znów mogły odbyć się fizycznie, a nie tylko wirtualnie, jak miało to miejsce w poprzednich latach. Zachęcamy do wspólnego świętowania polskości już od pierwszego weekendu maja! Jak […]
Does the city of Przemyśl deserve a Nobel Peace Prize?
In a text he recently published online, the 41-year-old mayor of the city of Przemyśl (located next to the Polish-Ukrainian border in southeastern Poland), Wojciech Bakun, expressed his opinion that his city should receive the distinguished Nobel Peace Prize for its impressive efforts in the last weeks. “We […] have accomplished is something unique on […]
The EU is elaborating the world’s largest biometric facial recognition system
In 2005, in the German city of Prüm, Austria, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, and (of course) Germany, concluded an agreement on the introduction of a common biometric surveillance system in order to “increase cross-border cooperation in combating crime and terrorism.” Until now, the governments of the countries mentioned above had access to data […]
According to Lukashenko, Poles are queuing up on the border with Belarus asking for food
Alexander Lukashenko made his controversial remark during his visit to the Church in Kopys, in the Orsha district. As Belta reports, the Belarusian President emphasised that his neighbouring countries “believed they had everything„, yet still “purchase buckwheat and salt from Belarus as they face shortages”. The authoritarian leader of Belarus called on neighbouring countries to […]
Iga Świątek wins her fourth title in a row in Stuttgart!
The tennis world number 1 is unstoppable in 2022!. Last Sunday, Iga Swiątek won her 23rd consecutive match on the tour and thereby her fourth tournament in a row at the the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart. The final was expected to be tight against the world number 4 Aryna Sabalenka. However, the young […]
Akademia Majowa – #PolishHeritageDays
Polska Macierz Szkolna serdecznie zaprasza na Akademię Majową zorganizowaną w ramach obchodów Dni Dziedzictwa Polskiego. KIEDY: 1 maja 2022 (niedziela), 15-17 GDZIE: POSK, Sala teatralna, 238-246 King Street, London W6 0RF BILETY: wstęp bezpłatny
Ustawa o obronie Ojczyzny – Nowe zadania dla Wojsk Obrony Terytorialnej
W zeszłym tygodniu (23 kwietnia 2020 – przyp. red.) w życie weszły zapisy ustawy o obronie ojczyzny. Ustawa wnosi wiele zmian, jedną z najważniejszych jest powierzenie WOT niemilitarnej części zadań zarządzania kryzysowego w resorcie obrony narodowej. Z dniem wejścia w życie ustawy Dowódca WOT zostanie Szefem Centrum Zarządzania Kryzysowego MON, natomiast dowódcy Brygad OT zastąpią […]
Karolina Kaczorowska, the First Lady of Polish London, was buried in the Pantheon of Great Poles
Karolina Kaczorowska, the wife of Ryszard Kaczorowski, the last President of the Republic of Poland in Exile, was buried in the Warsaw Temple of Divine Providence in the presence of Polish President Andrzej Duda and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda. The funeral ceremonies were chaired by the Metropolitan of Warsaw, Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz. https://twitter.com/ipngovpl_eng/status/1518483769321263105?s=20&t=R4Mx2ngMgPlKqIoqy79hIQ “Madam President, […]
