History

Cuts and marks of deboning make Polish scientists believe that people ate wolf meat 30,000 years ago. Photo: PAP/P. Wojtal

Ice Age people feasted on wolven meat: Polish scientists

Marks on bones make Polish scientists believe that Ice Age people’s diet included wolven meat.  see more
History Fri, 08:51
Photo: PAP/Tomasz Waszczuk

Battle of Grunwald organisers sound tactical retreat from COVID-19

The yearslong event has been gathering over a thousand knights from Poland, Germany, Russia, even South Africa, and tens of thousands of spectators.  see more
History Thu, 14:41
Photo: TVP

Permanent Representation of Poland to EU holds conference on John Paul II

Poland has recently commemorated the 100th anniversary of John Paul II's birth.  see more
History Wed, 21:25
Orzeszkowa wrote inspired by the Positivist set of values that directed her attention towards the peasantry and its folklore but also the mid-19 century condition of the nobilty. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Poles in Belarus mark 110th death anniversary of Eliza Orzeszkowa

Eliza Orzeszkowa was a Polish novelist nominated for the Nobel Prize and a leading writer of the Positivist movement during foreign Partitions of Poland.  see more
History Tue, 11:44
Photo: PAP/EPA

Pope Francis commemorates John Paul II

Pope Francis called John Paul II "God's extraordinary gift for the Church and Poland."  see more
History Mon, 22:49
Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański

Poland commemorates 76th anniversary of winning Battle of Monte Cassino

Polish soldiers under General Anders took control of the ancient monastery on May 18, 1944, opening the road to Rome for allied troops.  see more
History Mon, 20:51
Photo: PAP/Leszek Szymański

Over 200 years old beech collapses in Warsaw University garden

The tree was a silent witness of the establishment of the University in 1816 and the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.  see more
History 16.05.2020
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Public broadcaster TVP launches new site on John Paul II

The site was launched to mark the 100th birthday of Pope JPII.  see more
History 14.05.2020
Poland's Ambassador to Italy Anna Maria Anders (L) told 'La Stampa' about her father General Władysław Anders' (R) life. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/P.Mojsak; Twitter/@PremierRP_en

Daughter, Ambassador to Italy marks General Anders’ 50th demise anniversary

General Anders saved some 120,000 people from the USSR prosecution, leading them to the UK controlled Palestine via Iran, Iraq and Syria.  see more
History 13.05.2020
Photo: PAP/Jacek Bednarczyk

Poland’s Roma community publishes first guide to Auschwitz

More than 21,000 Roma were killed in the German Nazi concentration camp.  see more
History 12.05.2020
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Poland and Germany commemorate liberation of Stutthof Nazi German concentration camp

Officials from Poland and Germany commemorated the 75th anniversary of Stutthof Nazi German concentration camp’s liberation.  see more
History 9.05.2020