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Deadly New Years celebration on Polish roads Posted by Kasia on Jan 3, 2012
Hopefully all of you had a great New Years weekend, spent either at home or out at a party:) Unfortunately, every year, people drink and drive and that’s when we have not so happy ending… According to the Polish police, the New Year’s Eve weekend just witnessed a greater number of overall, and fatal, road…
Amnesty for illegal immigrants in Poland Posted by Kasia on Dec 29, 2011
Thousands of illegal immigrants will be allowed to stay and work in Poland under an amnesty unveiled today that highlights the country’s transformation into a regional economic powerhouse from communist-era basket case. Traditionally a country of emigration, Poland has become an increasingly attractive magnet for immigrants, especially from neighboring former Soviet republics such as Ukraine…
Sylwester Posted by Kasia on Dec 28, 2011
In Poland a New Year’s Eve is called commonly Sylwester. Every day in a Polish calendar is devoted to a saint. The celebration of the name is called name day (imieniny) . Often name day is much more important in a life of a Pole than a birthday, except of some important birthdays like 18…
Vaclav Havel’s street in Gdańsk Posted by Kasia on Dec 24, 2011
Gdańsk — the birthplace of Poland’s Solidarity movement (ruch Solidarność)— has renamed a street after Vaclav Havel to honor the Czech anti-communist icon deeply revered (czczony) by Poles. Officials in the city, the home of Poland’s own anti-communist icon Lech Wałęsa, inaugurated Vaclav Havel Avenue today, the same day the Czech playwright (dramaturg) and president (prezydent) was being…
Polish Christmas wishes Posted by Kasia on Dec 22, 2011
Christmas is getting closer and closer, it is just few days to Christmas… It is high time to send Christmas cards or emails to all your family and friends. If you are a relative to someone who lives in Poland, or maybe a friend or an employer or your neighbour happens to be Polish, than…
Polish singer Violetta Villas laid to rest in Warsaw Posted by Kasia on Dec 19, 2011
Family members and hundreds of fans bid farewell Monday to Violetta Villas, a Polish coloratura soprano who spurned opera for popular music and once reigned in a Las Vegas cabaret. Villas died at her home earlier this month of untreated pneumonia and complications from a broken leg. She was 73 and lived alone in a…
Exhibition “586 Days of Martial Law” in Warsaw Posted by Kasia on Dec 14, 2011
Yesterday I reminded you about the 30th anniversary of marital law in Poland. Today some more news. Due to the 30th anniversary of introduction of martial law in Poland, IPN’s Public Education Office and the Warsaw Branch of the Public Education Office prepared the exhibition “586 Days of Martial Law”. The opening took place on…