An estimated 34,000 people are expected to attend the beatification on Sunday of family murdered by the Nazis during the Second World War for sheltering Jews, according to the chancellor of the archdiocese of the south-eastern city of Przemysl.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday awarded distinctions to the mayors of four Polish cities - Chelm, Rzeszow, Lublin and Przemysl (southeastern Poland) - the Polish prime minister's office announced on Thursday morning.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, has sent to parliament a draft law granting Polish citizens special status in Ukraine.
Painted by Mexican artist Roberto Marquez, the work was rediscovered last week bearing superficial damage. Inspired by Picasso’s work depicting the bombing of Guernica, the epic painting will now be relocated to a museum in Przemyśl.
The star visited the border just before Easter where he cooked borscht for 1,500 people before crossing into Ukraine on foot.
A place of quaint, quiet side streets and random little wonders, Webber falls in love with the copious charms of Krosno.
The mayor of Przemysl, a Polish town near the Ukrainian border, has said the main challenge for local authorities is to co-ordinate the transports of refugees to other Polish cities as thousands of Ukrainians fleeing the war have flocked into his town.
After travelling the length and breadth of the country in pursuit of pleasure, our man Webber says he’s hit the jackpot TEN TIMES!
Buried in the deepest south-easterly recess of Poland, Przemyśl’s geography has determined that it goes largely unnoticed: not just by foreigners but also by Poles themselves. And that means the city can feel like your own private fiefdom.
Setting off on June 12th 1979, Henryk Jaskuła spent 344 days alone at sea before arriving in Gdynia on May 20th 1980, becoming the first Pole in history to make the voyage.
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