Expert: Oil and gas discovery in Poland is ‘a reason to celebrate’ and will boost energy security
The British Poles decided to ask an expert in the extractive industry for an assessment of the scale of the recently announced discovery of oil and natural gas deposits by the Canadian company Central European Petroleum (CEP). Wojciech Labuda, Director for Regulatory Affairs at the Polish Organisation of Oil Industry and Trade (POPiHN), responded to […]
The “Commanders’ Trial”: A communist crime against heroes of the Polish Navy
On 21 July 1952, the Supreme Military Court in Warsaw handed down death sentences to five Polish Navy commanders in what would become known as the infamous “Commander’s Plot”. Based on fabricated charges and falsified evidence, this sham trial culminated in the execution of three men and the long-term imprisonment of four others. It remains […]
Largest ever oil and gas deposits discovered at Polish coastal zone near Świnoujście
The Central European Petroleum (CEP) confirmed a significant oil find in the Baltic Sea, roughly 6 km off the Polish coast. The Wolin East deposit is estimated to hold 22 million tonnes of recoverable hydrocarbons in the form of crude oil and condensate, alongside 5 billion cubic metres of commercially viable natural gas. In total, […]
Polish kayaker sets Guinness record paddling around Britain
On Friday, 18 July, Sebastian Szubski completed his solo kayak circumnavigation of Great Britain, closing the loop at 14:51—exactly 37 days after he launched from the Scottish coast. Originally aiming to paddle 3,000 kilometres in under 40 days, the 46-year-old athlete from Bydgoszcz, Poland, beat his target by three full days in a bid to […]
Poland faced air traffic breakdown after national ATM system failure
A major disruption to Poland’s air traffic control system temporarily grounded departing flights across the country on Saturday morning, prompting emergency protocols and a swift government response. The fault occurred in the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency’s (PAŻP/PANSA) primary traffic management system, which was restored after necessary procedures were implemented. “The core air traffic management […]
Learn the lyrics to Poland’s national anthem “Mazurek Dąbrowskiego“
Józef Wybicki, the author of the Polish anthem „Mazurek Dąbrowskiego”, was a politician and writer. He took part in the Bar Confederation and the Kościuszko Uprising, helped organise the Polish Legions in Italy, and later fought in the Napoleonic Wars. The anthem was composed as a song for the Polish Legions in Italy under the […]
Poles gather at anti-immigration rallies across the country
In 80 cities across Poland citizens and activists held an anti-immigration rallies, organised after a call from the leaders of Konfederacja party. Citizens and football fan groups gathered to express discontent with government policies regarding border control in West and East, and to protest against accepting migrants from the Middle East. The anti-immigration rallies were […]
KL Warschau: The forgotten site of Polish martyrdom
The prison on Gęsia Street (now Anielewicza Street), commonly referred to as “Gęsiówka,” became a site of both torment and triumph. On the fifth day of the Warsaw Uprising, fighters from the “Zośka” Battalion of the Home Army stormed the camp, liberating hundreds of Jewish inmates. Many of the freed prisoners took up arms and […]
Pole wins world’s most competitive coding tournament
Przemysław Dębiak, a man known globally in the coding world by his handle “Psyho”, has triumphed in the AtCoder World Tour Finals (Heuristic Division), a fiercely competitive, invitation-only programming tournament often described as the spiritual successor to the legendary Topcoder marathons. A former early engineer at OpenAI and contributor to the foundations of ChatGPT, Dębiak […]
Polish Senate issues resolution commemorating Polish heroes of the Battle of Britain
In a significant gesture of remembrance and recognition, the Senate of the Republic of Poland has unanimously adopted a resolution commemorating the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Britain and the centenary of the School of the Eaglets (Lotnicza Akademia Wojskowa). The initiative was brought forward thanks to the efforts of the Remember The Heroes […]
