Poland to increase spending on humanitarian aid in 2019
Poland plans to spend more than PLN 3 billion (EUR 688.9 mln) on relief assistance in 2019 while in the previous year, the funds dedicated to this purpose totalled PLN 2.8 billion (EUR 643 mln), Poland's minister for humanitarian aid Michał Woś told PAP.
Silesian Uprising leaders honoured
President Andrzej Duda laid wreaths at the graves of three Silesian Uprising leaders at a local cemetery in Katowice, southern Poland, on Friday, as part of ceremonies marking the centenary of the 1st Silesian Uprising.
On A Roll! Tanks and troops roll through Katowice as 200,000 spectators gather to mark Armed Forces Day
Tens of thousands of onlookers have lined the streets of Katowice to celebrate Armed Forces Day, a holiday that was first established in 1923 to mark Poland’s victory over Bolshevik forces in the 1920 Battle of Warsaw.
Polish solutions to test European meteorological satellites
The last of eight Polish devices to be used for testing new-generation European meteorological satellites under the European Space Agency's (ESA) MetOp-SG programme were delivered to ESA in mid-August.
World’s largest ‘Virtual Reality’ hospital to open in Bydgoszcz
The world’s largest virtual hospital is set to be built in Bydgoszcz by InventionMed, a medical technology firm that uses virtual and augmented technology simulators to aid the training of medical professionals.
Poland's rebuilt Antarctic research station to open in 2023
The reconstructed H. Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station is expected to start operation in 2023, Agnieszka Kruszewska from the Institute of Biophysics and Biochemistry at the Polish Academy of Sciences (IBB PAN), the station's managing institution, has told PAP.
Woodge you imagine? TFN explore Łódź, the town that came back from the brink to become the “City of Now”
So the phrase goes, mud sticks. But one Polish city has defied both logic and the critics to emerge from the socio-economic wreckage that defined much of its recent history to become one of Europe’s favourite cult secrets – welcome to Łódź.
Speleologists trapped in deluged mountain cave
Rescue teams are striving to establish contact with two speleologists trapped in a flooded corridor of an underground cave in Poland's southern Tatra Mountains.
The bee’s knees: researchers come up with new way of producing dried honey
Scientists from the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW) have come up with a new method to produce dried honey, which can be used on a large scale in nutrition and cosmetics.
Polish solutions to test European meteorological satellites
The last of eight Polish devices to be used for testing new-generation European meteorological satellites under the European Space Agency's (ESA) MetOp-SG programme were delivered to ESA in mid-August.
The bee’s knees: researchers come up with new way of producing dried honey
Scientists from the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW) have come up with a new method to produce dried honey, which can be used on a large scale in nutrition and cosmetics.
Wagging the Dogg: Polish run fintech giant gets backing from rapper Snoop Dogg in US push
A company founded by a Pole has become the eighth largest fintech firm in the world, worth an estimated PLN 21 billion.
Polish skijumpers triumph in at FIS Grand Prix in Zakopane
Polish ski jumper Kamil Stoch won the individual competition at the FIS Grand Prix in Zakopane, southern Poland, with a total of 250.8 points ahead of Poland's Dawid Kubacki (250.1 points) and Japan's Yukiya Sato (249.3 points).
Poles storm home to take crown in European team athletics championship
Poland swept to its first ever victory in the European Athletics Team Championship over the weekend in front of a jubilant crowd in Bydgoszcz.
Poland qualifies for Tokyo Olympic volleyball tournament
The Polish national men's team qualified for next year's Olympic Volleyball tournament after defeating Slovenia 3-1 in Gdańsk on Sunday.
Three new e-banks set to enter market
After nine years of a dry spell in Poland’s finance sector, 2019 has brought three new institutions looking to enter the market.
Google this: Pole gets top job at the internet giant
A Polish woman has been named as the new global director at Google for startups.
Polish start ups to get access to new EU-backed investment fund
Polish start-ups will be able to tap into an EUR-55 million fund backed by the European Union.
Legendary figure of Christ on the Cross on the move for restoration makeover
One of Warsaw’s holiest symbols and one of the most precious monuments in the city is undergoing conservation for the first time in 60 years.
Polish film director honoured at film festival in Sarajevo
Polish Oscar-winning director Pawel Pawlikowski was honoured for his "exceptional contribution" to film during the 2019 Sarajevo Film Festival in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Only Urbaniak can make Herbie Hancock play for Warsaw
The latest album from the cannon of our world-famous violinist is dedicated to Warsaw – the city that rose from the ruins after the devastation that followed the 1944 Uprising…
Game of Drones! Polish-Ukrainian project presents stunning aerial images of the former Commonwealth
Sweeping landscapes, fairy tale castles and awe-inspiring monasteries that bring to mind Henryk Sienkiewicz’s Trilogy are the topic of a video project documenting centuries of shared Polish-Ukrainian history.
Legendary figure of Christ on the Cross on the move for restoration makeover
One of Warsaw’s holiest symbols and one of the most precious monuments in the city is undergoing conservation for the first time in 60 years.
76th anniversary of Białystok ghetto uprising commemorated
Observances marking the 76th anniversary of the outbreak of an uprising in the Białystok ghetto were held in the Polish eastern city on Friday.
Erupting one hundred years ago today, TFN looks back at the story of The First Silesian Uprising
On the night of August 16th, 1919, the First Silesian Uprising broke out. Though it lasted just eight days and ended in a resounding military defeat, it united Silesian Poles and set in motion a train of events that would lead to a considerable chunk of Upper Silesia being incorporated into the Polish Second Republic.
On A Roll! Tanks and troops roll through Katowice as 200,000 spectators gather to mark Armed Forces Day
Tens of thousands of onlookers have lined the streets of Katowice to celebrate Armed Forces Day, a holiday that was first established in 1923 to mark Poland’s victory over Bolshevik forces in the 1920 Battle of Warsaw.