President Andrzej Duda has said that by invading Ukraine, Russia broke the taboo of a hard security border that has existed in Europe since World War II.
The small town of Łowicz will erupt into colour today as locals take to the streets to celebrate Corpus Christi (Boże Ciało).
Poland's Independence Day falls on Wednesday November 11 with celebrations affected by the COVID-19 epidemic.
The Warsaw-based science centre located on the banks of Vistula attracts both geeks and regular visitors with its interactive exhibitions, which delve into how different aspects of our universe work.
Official celebrations of Poland's Independence Day this November 11 will be very limited due to the coronavirus pandemic, said an aide to President Andrzej Duda on Thursday.
Centenary celebrations of the 1920 Battle of Warsaw, the so-called 'Miracle on the Vistula,' will be held in Warsaw on August 15, the centrepiece of which will be a military parade, Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak announced on Tuesday.
Dioceses had to adjust plans to owing to the pandemic with some cancelling grand processions.
President Andrzej Duda laid flowers in Krakow, southern Poland, on Sunday at the monument to Wincenty Witos (1874-1945), a prominent peasant movement member, parliamentarian and Polish prime minister before WW2, as Poland observes Peasant Movement Day on May 31.
The European Parliament (EP) hosted a ceremony on Tuesday marking the 100th anniversary of Poland's Wedding to the Sea, the country's regaining under the Versailles Treaty of access to the Baltic Sea, which it had lost in 1793.
The ‘Bambrzy’, who hailed from a northern Bavarian town in Germany, arrived in four waves at the invitation of King August II to make their homes in villages decimated by the Great Northern War (1700-1721) and a cholera epidemic. Many of these settlements are now parts of Poznań.
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