Merseyside Polonia invites all to experience fun traditions and magic of the Christmas festive period together during the first two weeks of December.
With more than 10,000 Polish people living in Merseyside, and thanks to Merseyside Polonia, Polish community group based in Liverpool there will plenty of opportunities to meet and discover the atmosphere of what Polish Christmas spirit is all about without travelling all the way to Poland!
Musicians from Iraqi Kurdistan took part in workshops conducted by the world-renowned Polish pianist Wojciech Waleczek. In Irbil and Dohuk, the Polish musician also performed the works of Frederic Chopin at classical music concerts, which are rarities in this part of the world. The event was initiated by the Polish Consular Agency in Irbil.
Roads to 1989. East-Central Europe 1939-1989, a travelling outdoor exhibition, is on display in front of the European Parliament in Brussels. It has been organised as part of a social and educational campaign titled Freedom Express.
The families of Polish mathematicians who had broken the code of the German cipher machine Enigma were guests this week at Bletchley Park, an historic code and cypher facility near London. The meeting was held on the initiative of the UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond.
Meeting at a seminar devoted to energy sector innovations, Polish and American businesspeople and scientists have discussed the challenges, role of innovations, and implementation of state-of-the-art solutions in the energy sector. Held at Stanford University on 20 November, the debate was part of the Polish-American Innovation Week (PAIW) in California. Undersecretary of State Katarzyna Kacperczyk took part in the event.
“We congratulate you on this distinction and we are happy that your outstanding professional achievements, which contribute to promoting Polish culture, have been recognised on the international stage,” said the deputy chief of Poland’s diplomacy, Artur Nowak-Far, while presenting Urszula Dudziak with a letter from UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova on the decision to honour the Polish jazz artist with the UNESCO Artist for Peace title
The latest book by Szczepan Sadurski entitled „Wyjątkowa książka Szczepana” will be released in December 2014?
The book is held under the media patronage of Link to Poland.
“The fact that Polish apples have entered the Singaporean market is no doubt a success. Singapore imports 90 percent of its food, and is interested in diversifying its supplies; Polish apples can hold their own in the local market on account of their price and quality,” Poland’s Ambassador to Singapore, Zenon Kosiniak-Kamysz, said after the first batch of Polish apples arrived in this Asian city state.
If you would like to find out what it is like to be a Polish midwife in Tanzania or teach mathematics as a volunteer in that country, you can do so by visiting the Centre for International Debate in Warsaw. Two exhibitions hosted there as part of the Global Education Week show the work of these extraordinary women.
