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Auschwitz liberation anniversary ceremony to focus on fate of children

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The 76th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on January 27 will this year be held online and will highlight the fate of children in the camp.

Commemorating Holocaust a moral duty of Poles - president

Poland on Monday held a commemorative ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the sealing off of the Warsaw Ghetto, which opened another stage of the implementation by Nazi Germany of the planned extermination of the Jewish nation.

Polish medic awarded in Italy for fight against COVID-19 pandemic

Polish medical biologist Maciej Tarkowski from Milan was awarded the Knight's Cross by Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Tuesday for his services in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Polish presidential couple meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

A ceremony was held in Kiev on Monday to officially greet Polish President Andrzej Duda and his wife, Agata Kornhauser-Duda, who are meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as part of a three-day official visit.

Gov't backs national, ethnic minority rights - Polish minister

The government supports and will support the rights of national and ethnic minorities, Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski said on Wednesday in Warsaw at a ceremony marking the 15th year of a Government-National and Ethnic Minority Joint Commission.

Family who saved Roman Polański from Holocaust honoured as Righteous Among the Nations

The couple from the village of Wysoka, about 30 kilometres from Kraków, risked their lives by taking in Polański who was 10 at the time after he had escaped along with his father from the Kraków Ghetto in 1943.

New German Ambassador to Poland presents credentials to president

Germany's new ambassador to Poland, Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven, presented his credentials on Tuesday to Polish President Andrzej Duda, the final procedure before starting his diplomatic mission.

President Duda hands general-rank nominations to 13 officers

Polish President Andrzej Duda handed general-rank nominations to 13 officers during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace on the eve of Polish Army Day and the centenary of the 1920 Battle of Warsaw, in which Polish forces halted a Europe-advancing Red Army.

Polish Army to take over organisation of WWII outbreak observances - MoD

From this year on commemorations of the outbreak of WWII will be held by the Polish Army and not, as until now, by the authorities of the northern city of Gdansk, Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said on Tuesday.

President thanks police for their service during pandemic

During Saturday ceremonies in Warsaw marking Police Day, President Andrzej Duda thanked Polish police officers for their actions in the fight against Covid-19 pandemic.

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