Constantine P. CARAMBELAS-SGOURDAS: Chopin and Greece
Constantine P. CARAMBELAS-SGOURDAS

Constantine P. CARAMBELAS-SGOURDAS

Chopin and Greece

The Hellenic connection and the reception of the composer’s music in Greece through performances of distinguished foreign and Greek pianists.

Agnieszka PAWNIK: Life of a Samurai Metaphor – The Turbulent History of the Japanese Garden in Wrocław
Agnieszka PAWNIK

Agnieszka PAWNIK

Life of a Samurai Metaphor – The Turbulent History of the Japanese Garden in Wrocław

Stones, water and plants – everything in a Japanese garden is meticulously arranged, with each element contributing to a perfectly composed whole that evolves with the seasons, weather and even the perspective of the viewer, whether sitting, standing or walking. There are few Japanese gardens in Poland, but the most famous and distinctive one in Europe is located in Szczytnicki Park in Wrocław.

Jolanta PAWNIK: Wrocław – Hanna and Ludwik Hirszfeld’s Great Love
Jolanta PAWNIK

Jolanta PAWNIK

Wrocław – Hanna and Ludwik Hirszfeld’s Great Love

He has discovered blood groups and serological conflict and was nominated for the Nobel Prize. She was an innovator in post-war paediatrics. Shortly after the Second World War, they committed their lives to Wrocław, contributing significantly to the development of Polish medicine and science.

Karol NAWROCKI: Pomerania remembers
Karol NAWROCKI

Karol NAWROCKI

Pomerania remembers

The German executioners did everything they could to wipe out the traces of their crimes in the Valley of Death at Chojnice. Many years later, we have unearthed the remains of the victims from unmarked pits and are now giving them a respectful burial.

Władysław Teofil BARTOSZEWSKI: On the brink of 1939 once again
Władysław Teofil BARTOSZEWSKI

Władysław Teofil BARTOSZEWSKI

On the brink of 1939 once again

 ‘If we let Putin win the war in Ukraine, we let him cross the Rubicon. In a few years it will lead to war with one or more NATO members and a conflict in the Far East’, says Władysław Teofil Bartoszewski.

Karol NAWROCKI: Once again, we are Europe’s shield
Karol NAWROCKI

Karol NAWROCKI

Once again, we are Europe’s shield

Today, Poland is a key country on NATO’s eastern flank, a defender of the EU’s eastern borders and a haven for hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians who have fled Russian aggression.

Marek MUTOR: Wroclaw’s Strength
Marek MUTOR

Marek MUTOR

Wroclaw’s Strength

The strength of Wroclaw lies in the convergence of different traditions and the ultimate success of the processes of social integration, ‘befriending’ the city and reconstructing it. It stems from the history of the post-war decades, the turning point of which were the Solidarity movement and the opposition activities of the martial law years.

Michał KARBOWIAK: Wrocław – A treasure chest that loses its gems
Michał KARBOWIAK

Michał KARBOWIAK

Wrocław – A treasure chest that loses its gems

‘With Intel’s latest giant investment in the area, Wrocław has become a “treasure chest” for international business. At the same time, however, the city is losing “Polish gems”.

Andrzej KRAJEWSKI: Wrocław is on a roll!
Andrzej KRAJEWSKI

Andrzej KRAJEWSKI

Wrocław is on a roll!

Today, the capital of Lower Silesia can feel lucky. But luck blesses those who seize its offers.

Zbigniew GAJEWSKI: LOT aspires to continue to be the pride of Poles
Zbigniew GAJEWSKI

Zbigniew GAJEWSKI

LOT aspires to continue to be the pride of Poles

LOT is a national carrier firmly entrenched in the public awareness of Poles. In the ‘Rzeczpospolita’ daily newspaper’s ranking of the most valuable Polish brands, it climbed to 17th place in 2018, from the bottom of the top 100 a few years earlier.  In the Polish Radio ranking 'Lubię, bo polskie’, it was recognised as the best domestic brand of 2023. The company has already emerged from the stage of fighting for survival and is now striving to develop its market position.

Małgorzata NIEZABITOWSKA: 4 June 1989 – Solidarity's stunning victory
Małgorzata NIEZABITOWSKA

Małgorzata NIEZABITOWSKA

4 June 1989 – Solidarity's stunning victory

’What we had fought for, what we had believed in, often against all logic and in the face of grim circumstances, had come true, had been achieved, without violence, without bloodshed,’.

Paweł DOBROWOLSKI: Taking stock of the last two decades
Paweł DOBROWOLSKI

Paweł DOBROWOLSKI

Taking stock of the last two decades

Once we strip away the marketing rhetoric, it becomes evident that in the long run, all the countries in our region that have joined the EU and undertaken the necessary reforms are catching up with the West at a similar rate to Poland.

Andrzej DUDA: Our goal should be to prevent crises
Andrzej DUDA

Andrzej DUDA

Our goal should be to prevent crises

Our world is facing multiple global crises that have significant impact on infrastructure systems. Our goal should be to prevent crises, not just react to them.

Karol NAWROCKI: The Katyn scar
Karol NAWROCKI

Karol NAWROCKI

The Katyn scar

In the spring of 1940, the Soviets exterminated the flower of the Polish intelligentsia without any legal proceedings. Today, the Russian authorities want to treat this crime as an ordinary offence subject to the statute of limitations.

Andrzej DUDA: They died for their loyalty to Poland
Andrzej DUDA

Andrzej DUDA

They died for their loyalty to Poland

The Katyn Massacre is one of the cruellest acts of wartime terror experienced by Poland during the Second World War. The crimes committed by Nazi Germany in the Polish territories it occupied from 1939, particularly the extermination of the Jews, are widely recognised.

Prof. Wojciech MATERSKI: The Katyn massacre was a genocide
Prof. Wojciech MATERSKI

Prof. Wojciech MATERSKI

The Katyn massacre was a genocide

Although Russia has officially acknowledged the perpetration of the Katyn massacre, this truth is virtually absent from Russian historiography today. For it does not fit into the myth of the great victory of the war, any more than the Hitler-Stalin pact of 1939, the mass deportations, the enslavement of the Baltic republics or the colossal scale of the Red Army’s marauding in the final phase of the Second World War.