Scotland

Touching WWII love story between Polish musician and Scottish nurse uncovered after discovery of haunting waltz

The melancholy piece entitled A Girl’s Tears by musician Bolesław ‘Bollo’ Ilnicki was found in a Scottish hospital where the nurse had looked after him during WWII. NAC/ NHS Lanarkshire

The melancholy piece entitled A Girl’s Tears by musician Bolesław ‘Bollo’ Ilnicki was found in a Scottish hospital where he composed it for the nurse who had looked after him in 1940.

“It was the best decision:” how a scholarship to school of British royals helped set author on the road to success

With over a 100,000 books sold, Marcin Kozioł is one of the country’s most successful authors, and he owes some of his success to a school in the Scottish highlands.

Hero of 1920 Battle of Warsaw honoured with headstone after 70 years lying in unmarked grave in Scotland

During the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-1921, Osikowski led Polish soldiers against the Bolshevik troops and in 1920 took command of the Lower Vistula Group, fighting the Bolsheviks in the town of Płock, in central Poland,

Krakow and Edinburgh extend partnership agreement

A partnership agreement between Krakow, southern Poland, and Edinburgh, the Scottish capital, was extended at a ceremony which took place in the latter city during the two-day #KrakowExperience festival, the Polish embassy in London announced on Sunday.

Got a Polish grandparent? Then come and play rugby for Poland

With the sport still a minority game back home the Polish Rugby Union is on the hunt for foreign-born players with Polish grandparent.

GovTech Polska and Scotland's CivTech sign letter of intent

The creation of partnerships based on exchange of knowledge, common values and a common intention, which is the introduction of a digital revolution in public administration, were the main aims enshrined in the letter of intent between Poland's GovTech and Scotland's CivTech.

Scottish first minister visits Auschwitz

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon underscored at a visit to the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau that, the “horrific crimes against humanity” perpetrated there should never be forgotten.

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