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German and American diplomats in Poland joined Poles yesterday in commemorating the start of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. Flags were flown at half-mast at Germany’s diplomatic buildings in Poland, including at the German Consulate in Gdańsk. Germany’s Ambassador to Warsaw,...

Sirens will sound and all traffic will stop for a minute’s silence today to mark exactly 77 years since the Warsaw Uprising broke out on August 1, 1944. Every year on this day, people in Warsaw stop at the sound...

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Friday appealed to the public to vaccinate themselves against COVID-19, warning that the situation in Western Europe indicated danger. According to Morawiecki, Poland has a vaccination infrastructure equipped to receive 700,000 people a day, or...

Firefighters across Poland were called out almost 800 times after heavy rains and storm winds lashed parts of the country earlier this week. Strong winds wreaked havoc in the northeastern Warmińsko-Mazurskie province and the southern coal-mining region of Silesia, downing...

Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak told reporters on Tuesday that, in addition to defending the Polish coast, the new ships would take part in NATO missions and constitute "a major force in the Baltic". He made the statement during his visit to Gdynia...

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki was in Trójmiasto earlier this week to announce plans for the expansion of the port of Gdańsk. In his remarks on Monday, Morawiecki described the development as “a huge opportunity for Poland” to extend its logistical...

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya took time out to honor Tadeusz Kościuszko during her recent visit to the United States. “We are all Kościuszko,” Tsikhanouskaya reportedly stated, an apparent reference to ongoing efforts by the people of Belarus to challenge...

Polish President Andrzej Duda met with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga over the weekend to discuss regional security issues and economic investment opportunities like the Three Seas Initiative. The joint Polish-Croatian initiative brings together twelve countries situated between the Adriatic,...

The 761st edition of the St. Dominic’s Fair opened yesterday with the traditional passing of the "keys to the city" to visiting merchants. The opening ceremonies included a trumpet fanfare along with a colorful parade led by symbols of the...

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics officially opened yesterday after being postponed from last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Commentators are already busy speculating how many medals Team Poland will bring home this year. One of the biggest medal contenders is...