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Polish MFA unhappy about Ukrainian nationalist leader's commemoration

Poland's Foreign Ministry has expressed its discontent over the Ukrainian parliament commemorating the leader of the wartime Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), Stepan Bandera.

Warsaw Uprising anniversary commemorated in Polish capital

Ceremonies at the memorial to the 1944 Warsaw Uprising insurgents who fought in the Mokotow district of the Polish capital commenced Monday's observances marking the 78th anniversary of the city's revolt against its Nazi-German occupants.

Warsaw Uprising commemorations held in Polish capital

President Andrzej Duda, Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and a group of insurgents took part in Saturday's commemorations in Warsaw, which started events to mark the upcoming 78th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising.

President commemorates Volhynia Massacre

Poland’s president has described the Volhynia Massacre, in which Ukrainian nationalists slaughtered around 100,000 Poles in the Volhynia and East Galicia regions between 1943-45, as “genocide.”

Ceremonies across Poland commemorate presidential plane disaster

Poland, on Sunday, commemorated the 12th anniversary of the Smolensk air disaster, which killed 96 people, including Poland's then president Lech Kaczyński.

Sirens wail across Poland to commemorate presidential plane disaster

Sirens wailed at 8:41 a.m. across Poland on Sunday to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Smolensk air disaster, which killed 96 people, including Poland's then president Lech Kaczynski, during a landing attempt on a military airfield in western Russia.

President pays tribute to Polish rescuers of Jews

President Andrzej Duda has commemorated in a letter Poles those who risked their lives to save Jews in Poland during the Second World War.

Lights of remembrance: Poignant trail of candles light up ‘horror tracks’ used by Soviets to deport Poles to the East

Occurring on the night of February 9th and 10th 1940, around 140,000 Poles were roused from their sleep in the first of four wartime deportation actions that would see several hundred thousand forcibly exiled from their ancestral home.

Black Sunday, the largest wave of arrests during Nazi occupation, remembered for first time

Held by the newly-established KL Plaszow Museum, the commemorations will honour the memory of the 6,000 Poles arrested on August 6th, 1944.

Warsaw Uprising commemorations held in Polish capital

President Andrzej Duda, Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and a group of insurgents took part in Friday's commemorations in Warsaw, which started events to mark the upcoming 77th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising.

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Jerzy Skolimowski's ‘emotional’ road movie about a melancholic donkey is nominated for 2023 Oscars

Chosen alongside All Quiet on the Western Front, Santiago Mitre's Argentina 1985, and the Banshees of Inisherin, Skolimowski’s film is billed as a dark exploration of humanity, technology and nature.

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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