Andrzej DUDA
NATO members must raise their defense spending to 3 percent of GDP
In the first half of 2025, Poland will hold the presidency of the European Union. Our overarching priority will be: more of the United States in Europe, which means more active U.S. presence across the military, economic and political domains. Just as there is no strong NATO without Europe, there is no strong Europe without the United States and NATO.
Martyna GRĄDZKA-REJAK
Not just the Ulmas
The Institute of National Remembrance has been conducting extensive archival research since 2009 for the project ‘Register of Facts of Repression against Polish Citizens for Aiding Jews in Occupied Polish Territory’
Eryk MISTEWICZ
The necessary condition for ending the war
If this war is to end fairly, the Kaliningrad Oblast – Russia’s military enclave in the centre of the European Union – must be dismantled.
Karol NAWROCKI
Whoever is not with them is a fascist
The authorities of the Russian Federation consistently distort historical facts to justify their current aggressive policy. Poland is central to this mystification.
Josie DIXON
Rediscovering Yaniewicz – a journey back in time
Felix Yaniewicz (1762-1848) was a Polish-Lithuanian violinist and composer who settled in Britain after a cosmopolitan career which took him to Vienna, Italy and Paris. Last year he was the subject of an exhibition celebrating his role in founding the first Edinburgh music festival in 1815. To mark the Chopin Institute’s release of the first in a series of new recordings of Yaniewicz’s violin concertos, Yaniewicz’s descendant Josie Dixon tells the story of how the project to celebrate his musical legacy in Britain came about.
Mateusz SZPYTMA
Poland is more important than the party
Wincenty Witos was a statesman capable of taking responsibility for the fate of the state in the most difficult of times, but also capable of resigning from office when the interests of the Republic demanded it.
Ewelina PODGAJNA
The political thought of Wincenty Witos
’Wincenty Witos was one of the most important persons in the great process of transforming a peasant attached to the partitioning monarchs into a Pole and a conscious citizen. Without this process, the 'miracle of rebirth’ would have been much more modest and flawed,’ writes Professor Ewelina PODGAJNA.
Marek DIETL
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest
The aphorism attributed to Benjamin Franklin may be almost three centuries old, but it has lost none of its relevance and has become even more apt with the passage of time. In a world of rapidly changing financial markets, coupled with global geopolitical and economic challenges, those who have access to valuable and verified information will inevitably have an advantage.
Karol NAWROCKI
With history into modernity
If the free world abandons an active politics of remembrance, it will give way to those who have learned nothing from the experience of 20th-century totalitarianisms.
Prof. Paweł ŚNIATAŁA
Why is it worth to study in Poland?
Poland is becoming increasingly popular among international students as a remarkable option for pursuing education at a European and global level due to its relatively low costs for both studying and living.
Prof. Jerzy LIS
Most Polish universities, including the AGH University of Krakow, have excellent scientific facilitie
International students prioritise universities with a high level of education and strong rankings in CWUR, QS and ARWU. Affordable tuition fees and relatively low costs of living also appear important. Most Polish universities, including the AGH University of Krakow, have excellent scientific facilities and internationally accomplished professors. Students and their parents value the safety of studying in Poland, especially in cities such as Krakow, which is known for its welcoming and diverse environment. The transparent and relatively easy, even intuitive, recruitment process for foreign candidates plays an important role as well.
Dawid KOSTECKI
Ready, Study. Go! Poland
oday, Poland is a magnet for students and academics from all over the world. And not just because of one of Europe’s oldest universities in the beautiful city of Krakow, established back in 1364.
Prof. Anna JURKOWSKA-ZEIDLER
Polish universities have high scientific capital
Polish universities have high scientific capital and, as all the data show, are very popular with both international students and researchers. They come from all over the world, attracted by the relatively low cost of studying and living in our country.
Andrzej W. KACZOROWSKI
Birth of the Agricultural Catholic Fellowship
From the beginning, authorities viewed the Church and the individual farming it supported – and which was dismantling the communist system – as the two main anti-establishment forces.
Mateusz SZPYTMA
Agricultural Catholic Fellowship in the Archdiocese of Krakow 1982-1990
Mateusz SZPYTMA: Agricultural Catholic Fellowship in the Archdiocese of Krakow 1982-1990
Barbara FEDYSZAK-RADZIEJOWSKA
Rular Solidarity – A community of ‘religion and anger of the past’
If our recollection is mostly limited to August 1980 and the labour protests, are we really faithful to the truth about the past?
Karol NAWROCKI
Poland as a stabilising force
The history of the 20th century is clear – the greatest atrocities were committed in Europe when Poland was not on the map.
Prof. Dana GOOLEY
The Great Improviser
Fryderyk Chopin’s true fatherland is the dream world of poetry – writes Prof. Dana GOOLEY.
Aleksander LASKOWSKI
Krzysztof Penderecki. Sacrum and avant-garde
By creating sacral works and presenting them in communist Poland, Krzysztof Penderecki became actively involved in the social and political movements that resulted in the overthrow of communism
Prof. Zbigniew STAWROWSKI
The Rule of Law as a European Value. The Philosophical Context of the Prevailing Political Dispute
Zbigniew STAWROWSKI: The Rule of Law as a European Value The Philosophical Context of the Prevailing Political Dispute