January 3, 1661, in Krakow, the first issue of the first Polish newspaper titled “Merkuriusz Polski Ordynaryjny” was printed. The publisher was an Italian guy, settled in Poland, called Jerome Pinocci.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs has published a contract from 60s, by which the United States renounced the right to represent its citizens in matters relating to the recovery of assets. Poland already paid compensations worth approximately 300 million current dollars.
A short film with stop-motion animation techniques and HDR technique shows an unused wooden Protestant church somewhere in Poland (built 1796-1797). The effect is amazing, “The Chapel” looks like in a computer game.
The discovery can help to revolutionize computer market in the future. Poles are ahead of other groups of scientists around the world who work on methods of industrial production of graphene – basic material for future electronics.
‘I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book’ Groucho Marx once said…
Together with Germany, Poland is the driving force of Europe. In the third quarter of 2010, the Polish economy in comparison with the previous year grew by 4.2 percent.
You should see a collection of unique photos from Poland (1939-1943). Interesting find, unknown photos with a description of where they were taken, atmospheric music.
Jozef Wadecki won the world championship in gymnastics (discipline called tumbling) with his extraordinary performance.
Eastern Europe after 2010. Just like the Irish, Poles can count only on themselves. Portal Arcana published an interesting speech by Ewa Thompson – American literary scholar and professor at Rice University.
Poland has some of the world’s largest and Europe’s largest shale gas resources – according to a report published on Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Energy.
An interesting, colorful historical film shot in Warsaw in 1940 + few scenes from ‘The city of Ruins’ by Warsaw Uprising Museum.
“We need to tie hands of troublemakers. (…) Polish-Soviet alliance is and will remain the cornerstone of the Polish raison d’etat. I appeal to you officers of Civic Militia and Security Service – guard the state from the enemy. The hour of ordeal has come.”
The first star, beautiful Christmas tree, oplatek, pasterka, koledy and sianko are one of the most important symbols of Christmas in Poland.
Taiwanese Ministry of Justice “expert on puzzle” glued together scraps of 100,000 taiwanese dollars in seven days. She admits, however, that the task was ‘difficult’ and ‘required patience’ :)
Poland won the trial before the UE Court of Justice, for her ban on GMO. Polish government was sued by the European Commission, claiming that its action is against EU legislation.
Polish representatives saw Russian invasion of Georgian territory as a confirmation of their warnings about an aggressive attitude of Moscow within Eastern Europe. Poland expected to come under attack during year 2009.
Heavy snow paralyzed large Polish cities, Warsaw is the most snow-covered capital of Europe. As a consolation – few photo galleries of the beauty of Polish winter.
‘Doing business 2011′ report by World Bank shocked me. I didn’t know how onerous it is to do business in Poland. If the country wants to compete with other economies, radical reforms are needed.
Beautiful building and great exhibitions. Copernicus Science Center promotes sciences and is designed to let you explore. It’s great to learn about the laws of Nature through interactive experimenting.
8-minutes long animation by T. Baginski, who was nominated for an Oscar. Polish history from nation’s roots, dating back more than 2000 years ago, to our present times. Definitely worth your time :)
Poland was awarded the silver medal for the most creative presentation during EXPO 2010. Poland Pavilion was visited by a record number of 8,000,000 visitors. Congratulations :)
Polish Independence Day is slowly coming to an end. And although the weather is not good, I hope that you will like photos I’ve made today in the capital city of Poland – Warsaw.
Today it is November 11th – Polish Independence Day. This is a public and national holiday in Poland, celebrated annually. The anniversary of the revival of the independence after 123 years of partitions.
In LG Display factory workers were commanded not to appear at work for two days. Why? Mr Ung Yeu Jung, president of LG visits the plant and Polish management decided not to expose him for the sight of not so comely employees.
Under construction for five years. Yesterday, the greatest monument of Jesus Christ in the world, was deemed ‘OPEN’. The figure of Jesus measures 33 meters without a crown and weighs 400 tons.
For the 1st time Poland has been classified by United Nations as ‘Very High Development’ country, and ranked 41st in 2010 Human Development Index. Thus, Poland is the poorest among the richest countries in the world.
Here’s a short movie about Poznan and its stadium, which is going to be an arena during 2012 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 2012). Poznan is one of the oldest and largest Polish cities.
Poland’s largest nature reserve – Stawy Milickie. Takes your breath away when standing on the causeway between lakes you see hundreds of wild geese and cranes taking off, and hear flutter of wings, powerful like a locomotive.
Almost 75% of the countries of the world is perceived as very corrupt, according to Transparency Internationa’s annual raport. Amongst new member states of EU Poland comes out quite well and is at the forefront of countries that change for the better.
Nasza Klasa, the most popular Polish social network service, with a primary purpose to let users to find people from their school years, is now for sale for $ 180.000.000 – said TechCrunch. Will it be a wise investment?
Tasting Poland is a new website with all you’d like to know about Polish food, plus all Polish recipes you’d ever like to try. You can also find interesting facts and news about Poland and Polish culture on Tasting Poland Blog.
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