Polish realistic doll-designer on BBC’s list of 100 inspiring women for 2021
Polish artist Barbara Smolińska has been included on the BBC’s list of the 100 most inspiring and influential women worldwide for the year 2021. She has been featured because of the special baby dolls she is designing. As a matter of fact, Barbara Smolińska is the founder of the Reborn Sugar Babies company, which produces […]
Fryderyk Chopin’s last piano is being renovated in the Chopin Museum in Warsaw
Specialists describe the initiative as a historic event and expressed hope that music lovers will soon be able to hear the original sound of the piano on which Fryderyk Chopin himself used to play. Until the 12th of December, visitors to the Chopin Museum in Warsaw have the opportunity to see the legendary musician’s last […]
Boris Johnson celebrates the birth of his seventh child
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie have announced the birth of a „healthy baby girl.” The baby girl was born on Thursday morning at a London hospital. “It is fantastic having a baby in 10 Downing Street, but it is also a lot of work (…) I change a lot of nappies,” […]
Szczepienia dla lekarzy, nauczycieli i służb mundurowych będą w Polsce obowiązkowe, a nie przymusowe
Szczepienia przeciw COVID-19 dla medyków, nauczycieli i służb mundurowych będą obowiązkowe, a nie przymusowe. Obowiązek jest terminem ściśle prawnym. Nie ma w naszej formule prawnej przymusowego szczepienia – powiedział w środę rzecznik Ministerstwa Zdrowia Wojciech Andrusiewicz. *** Minister zdrowia Adam Niedzielski zapowiedział we wtorek, że od 1 marca planowane jest wprowadzenie obowiązku zaszczepienia dla medyków, […]
Anglia wprowadza „plan B” – certyfikaty covidowe, maski i inne restrykcje
Na dzisiejszej konferencji prasowej premier Boris Johnson ogłosił nowe restrykcje w związku z pojawieniem się wariantu Omikron. Zasady te będą obowiązywać od przyszłego tygodnia, zgodnie z tzw. „planem B”. Cała konferencja dostępna jest tutaj (w języku angielskim). Maski Od piątku 10 grudnia zakrywanie twarzy będzie obowiązkowe w większości zamkniętych miejsc publicznych, w tym w miejscach […]
Poles among Europe’s happiest nations, according to EU survey
According to the data, Poland has one of the highest levels of overall life satisfaction in the EU with 78 per cent of Poles indicating they are happy. This figure is significantly higher than the EU average which is 73 per cent. Moreover, Poland has one of the lowest rates of chronic depression in the […]
UK visa scheme for prize-winning scientists fails to receive applications
Not a single scientist has applied to a UK government visa scheme for Nobel prize laureates and other award winners so far. The initiative was launched six months ago, according to New Scientist. The scheme faced à lot of criticism from scientists and was even described as “a joke” or even a “verbal diarrhoea of […]
New epidemiological restrictions to be implemented in Poland from the 15th of December
Poland’s Health minister Adam Niedzielski presented a list of new epidemiological restrictions related to the upcoming holiday season and the spread of the Omikron variant of the coronavirus. The most important modification is the introduction of distance learning for primary and secondary school students and the reduction of the number of guests in restaurants and […]
New German Chancellor Olaf Scholz calls Poland a “great nation”
Olaf Scholz succeeds Angela Merkel who has been Germany’s Chancellor for the last 16 years. Last Tuesday, the SPD politician was speaking in Berlin at a joint press conference with Green Party leader Robert Habeck and FDP leader Christian Lindner. He praised Germany’s Eastern neighbour Poland by calling it a “great nation” and a “democracy.” […]
Mrok powstania listopadowego – prawdziwa historia
“Uciekajcie ludzie zgody, Bo to zapaleniec młody. Każda choć najdrobniejsza o kraju przemowa W oczach żar mu obudza i lica płomieni, Tworzy wnioski z słów błachych [sic!], ciało tworzy z cieni; Przewrotna – zwichrzona – bezzasadna głowa – Jednem słowem, ludzie zgody Zapaleniec jest to młody!” (S. Garczyński, Zapaleniec młody, w: Wspomnienia z wojny narodowej, […]
