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Medical boffins scoop prestigious ranking for WORLD’S ‘most cited work’

Professor Piotr Ponikowski from Wrocław Medical University, one of the laurates and the Society’s chairman, said: It shows the high position of Polish cardiology and underlines the importance of Poles' contributions to the development of world science. Maciej Kulczyński/PAP

The acclaimed 2018 list from Clarivate Analytics included six Polish scientists and was based on the Web of Science service, a platform for comprehensive citation search with access to an extensive database of scientific publications and journals.

Top 5 articles:

It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
Oldest bones ever found in Poland dating back 115,000 years belonged to Neanderthal child whose fingers were ‘chewed by a giant bird’
New Zealand terror killer was in Poland before carrying out crazed attack
BOYCOTT! Morawiecki calls off V4 summit in Israel as diplomatic row escalates following ‘reprehensible and racist’ swipe from Israeli FM
Lost village 2,000 years old found hidden in dense ‘virgin’ forest

History

Diplomat who used fake passports to save hundreds of Jews during WWII named Righteous Among the Nations

Konstanty Rokicki was a consul in Bern, Switzerland, where together with other Polish diplomats who called themselves the Bern Group they prepared passports for those in danger of deportation to get them out of Europe, mainly to Paraguay, but also Honduras, Peru, Salvador, Bolivia and Haiti.

The first report:

Polish National Committee offers France help in rebuilding Notre-Dame
Polish PM at New York Uni. on Poland's relations with Russia, US, EU
Polish shipyard launches navy vessel for Sweden
Poland may enter G20 in 2029 - Polish Economic Institute
Press agency’s outrage over photo journalist’s arrest in Israel

Fascinating history of Uprising plaques scattered across Warsaw and of the man who designed them

There are more than 200 of them and each bears the words: “A place sanctified by the blood of Poles killed for the freedom of their homeland”.

Dan Session
In this week’s column, Dan Wyszogrodzki says that one of the most life-defining questions you can ask yourself is how far you would go for music. He also has the answer.

Events

15/01 - 05/05 Exhibition commemorating Stanisław Wyspiański
19/03 - 19/05 Exhibition on Polish diplomat who saved Jewish refugees opens in Lithuania
28/03 - 08/09 Internationally acclaimed Polish artist to open show in Scandinavia
01/04 - 05/05 Royal Łazienki Museum exhibition commemorates Battle of Monte Cassino
05/04 - 30/06 Stunning art collection hidden inside bank goes on show as PKO celebrates its centenary

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