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“When Poland’s prime minister and top diplomat signed the EU accession treaty, little can they have known that the benefits would be this immense, both for Poland and the Union,” writes Poland’s Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski in an article marking the 10th anniversary of Poland’s EU accession, which falls on May 1st.
Gdańsk – an important point on the tourist map of the world. Its fascinating history is like a magnet, with majestic architecture, sea, beach and amber, but above all the spirit of liberty. It is here, in Gdańsk, a movement was born under the charismatic leadership of Lech Walesa which led to the fall of communism in Europe.
Professor Wiesław L. Nowiński was nominated for the prestigious European Inventor Award, granted to the best world inventors, for his life-saving digital brain atlases.
Małgorzata Mazurek, PhD, has been appointed to the position of Professor of Polish Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York.
Gold medals go to Polish designers at European largest robotics competition – RobotChallenge 2014.
Pope John Paul II, born Karol Wojtyła, will be officially declared a saint in the Vatican on 27 April. He will be among the best known saints from Poland, among them St. Adalbert of Prague, St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, St. Faustina Kowalska and St. Andrew Bobola.
In June 2013 the European Commission General Directorate for Trade and Enterprise approved funding for an international team, which includes the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk, to conduct a project called ‘Liberation Route Europe: Experiencing the diversity and unification of Europe through WWII Cultural Heritage Landscape’.
April 24 marks the centennial of the birth of Jan Karski, the Pole who gave Western Allies the first eyewitness account of the Holocaust in 1942. On the occasion of the Year of Jan Karski, declared by the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Polish diplomacy has been telling the international public about the accomplishments of the heroic Home Army emissary.