Polish leaders yesterday commemorated the 82nd anniversary of the start of the 2nd World War as they attended ceremonies in the Polish cities of Wieluń and Gdańsk.
The Polish president Andrzej Duda took part in a commemoration in Wieluń which was the first Polish city to be bombed by the Germans at 4.40 am on September 1st 1939. At the same time, the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and other officials took part in ceremonies in Westerplatte in Gdańsk where 8 minutes after the bombing of Wieluń, the German’s began the first battle of World War II when a German battleship opened fire on the Polish garrison stationed there. Duda noted in a speech that 6 million Polish citizens lost their lives during World War II and that most of those killed were civilians, with military casualties totaling around 250,000.
Source – Polskie Radio
Inflation in Poland has reached a 20 year high of 5.4% in August, marking the highest rate of inflation in Poland since 2001.
Since then, inflation has always remained below 5%. Analysts say that part of the acceleration in inflation is due in part to high fuel price increases of around 12% in the last month, coupled with higher food prices and an increase in the price of tourism and recreation following two poor years of poor performance in these sectors.
Source – ING.pl
A new building in Lublin has become the first in the world to utilise a new kind of flexible solar panel using „perovskite” technology.
The new kind of panels, manufactured by Polish company Saule Technologies are flexible and can be „printed” on to curved or uneven surfaces which opens up the possibilities of the kinds of places where solar panels can be installed in the future. The building marks the first in the world commercial implementation of perovskite solar cell technology and uses sun blinds which can be automatically controlled to follow the sun. The blinds cover an area of 32 square metres. The blinds protect the building from overheating and also from cooling down, significantly reducing the cost of air conditioning and heating. At the same time, they produce clean energy from solar illumination.
Source – First News, Saule Technologies
A new nursery, education and rehabilitation centre that caters for children with special needs and down syndrome, as well as non-disabled children has been opened yesterday in Gdańsk.
The centre which has been funded by donations and support from the City hall of Gdańsk and a host of Polish companies has been years in the making. The centre plans to support people down with down syndrome from their first school years up to adult learning and hopes to employ people with down syndrome in the future as part of their staff. The centre is the brainchild of the „Ja Też” foundation. More information can be found at https://jatez.org.pl/osrodekjatez.
Source – jatez.org.pl
Weather
Today sees a return to more settled weather than of late, with sunny spells and a moderate breeze and temperatures reaching an acceptable 17 degrees centigrade (63 degrees Fahrenheit) during the day, dropping to 10 degrees overnight. Tomorrow will continue with sunny spells in a moderate breeze and temperatures of 18 degrees during the day and 9 degrees overnight.
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