Paweł Adamowicz

Bizarre button museum kept in a 100-year-old suitcase and exhibited in a shop window tells fascinating story of Polish history

Museum founder and chief button hunter Jacek Rutkowski told TFN: “Buttons are a pretext to explore historical events and tell stories about important and interesting characters.” Kalbar/TFN

Claiming to be the smallest museum in Europe, it includes buttons from Poland’s wartime commander-in-chief Władysław Sikorski, Communist leader Wojciech Jaruzelski, recently murdered mayor of Gdansk Paweł Adamowicz and even Pope John Paul II, all of which offer an exhilarating whistle-stop tour of Poland’s recent history and contemporary national life.

Polish charity raises over EUR 40 million for children's hospitals

The Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (WOŚP) raised nearly PLN 176 mln (EUR 40.7 mln) during its 27th nation-wide Grand Finale for purchases of medical equipment for children's hospital, WOŚP leader Jerzy Owsiak said on Friday.

Charity fundraiser returns to office

In a video published on Facebook, Jerzy Owsiak, the founder and head of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (WOŚP), announced that he "is going back to work" and will again be the chairman of the WOŚP foundation.

Day of mourning across the country as Gdańsk buries its murdered mayor

Tens of thousands paid their respects to Paweł Adamowicz, who died this week at the hands of a knifeman.

Tens of thousands attend Gdańsk mayor's funeral

Around 45,000 people are attending the funeral in Gdańsk (northern Poland) of the city's murdered mayor, Paweł Adamowicz, according to police estimates. Meanwhile in Warsaw, crowds are watching the ceremony on public screens.

Over 50,000 bid farewell to late Gdańsk mayor

Around 53,000 people gathered at the European Solidarity Centre (ECS) in Gdańsk on Friday to pay their final respects to the city's murdered mayor, Paweł Adamowicz.

Top officials to attend Gdańsk mayor's funeral

Poland's current state officials including President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki as well as a number of former heads of state and prime ministers will attend Saturday's funeral for murdered Gdańsk Mayor Paweł Adamowicz.

Gdańsk mayor killer planned attack in Warsaw

Stefan W. (name withheld), 27, who on January 13 fatally stabbed Gdańsk Mayor Paweł Adamowicz during a charity event in the city had also planned an attack in Warsaw, PAP has found out from a source close to the investigation.

President announces national period of mourning

President Andrzej Duda on Thursday announced a period of national mourning following the tragic death of Gdańsk Mayor Paweł Adamowicz. It will begin at 5:00 p.m. on Friday and end at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.

Funeral Mass for late Gdańsk mayor at noon on Saturday

A funeral Mass for the late Gdańsk mayor will take place at the St Mary's Basilica in the Baltic city at noon on Saturday.

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