by Lauren Owens | 19 Jun 2017 | Polish news
On Monday, in the CT laboratory in the Bydgoszcz Ministry of Internal Affairs (MSW) Hospital, the electricity circuits started a fire, and patients had to be evacuated from the premises. The hospital staff evacuated the patients who were waiting for a CT scan in front...
by Lauren Owens | 14 Jun 2017 | Polish news
His parents did not notice when the 6-year-old boy disappeared from home. The inquisitive little boy set out for a city tour on two wheels. The bike ride ended right in front of the hood of a car. A small unattended child on a busy street in Olsztyn. It is not...
by Lauren Owens | 13 Jun 2017 | Polish news
Kensington Palace has posted on its Twitter profile that Prince William and Princess Kate will visit Poland and Germany on July 17-21. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William and Kate, plan to visit Warsaw, Gdańsk, Berlin, Heidelberg and Hamburg. Kensington Palace...
by Lauren Owens | 12 Jun 2017 | Polish news
The European Commission will launch proceedings against Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic on their migration policies on Tuesday – the Reuter agency quotes its anonymous sources in the EU. In early March, the European Commission threatened to begin...
by Lauren Owens | 8 Jun 2017 | Polish news
Polish alpinist Janusz Adam Adamski is 49 years old and it seems that before he is 59 he will not be able to climb any mountain in Nepal. The mountaineer from Szczecin climbed Mount Everest on 21st May. He started his climb from the Chinese side, but then went down...
by Lauren Owens | 7 Jun 2017 | Polish news
The diagnosis is most important, though – as it turns out – most difficult. Sometimes, in the case of multiple sclerosis it takes years to get correctly diagnosed, and those are always lost years. However, researchers from Łódź have found a way to diagnose...
by Lauren Owens | 6 Jun 2017 | Polish news
On Sunday afternoon a passer-by noticed three unconscious teenagers lying on the sidewalk in Bielawa, Lower Silesia, just off one of the main streets. When an ambulance arrived, one of the teenagers had to be resuscitated. One of the teenagers was not breathing, and...
by Lauren Owens | 24 May 2017 | Polish news
In 2016, a record number of foreign direct investments (FDI) has been achieved in Europe, according to a recent report by the EY (formerly Ernst & Young) consulting company. For the first time since 2008 Poland is among the top five most popular European...
by Lauren Owens | 23 May 2017 | Polish news
Yesterday, after yet another festival star decided not to take part, the city of Opole cancelled the contract with TVP (Polish national TV) to organise the 54th Polish Song Festival. The TVP president Jacek Kurski, in turn, decided to organise the festival somewhere...
by Lauren Owens | 22 May 2017 | Polish news
58 percent of female employees believe that it is more difficult to get a promotion for them than for men, according to a survey. The survey conducted among 3 thousand Infopraca.pl1 female users points out that nearly 69% feel discriminated on the labour market. As...
by Lauren Owens | 19 May 2017 | Polish news
More than 230 representatives of Polish culture and science have signed a joint letter to President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Beata Szydło appealing for protection of the Białowieża Primeval Forest. The letter has been signed, among others, by directors...
by Lauren Owens | 18 May 2017 | Polish news
A 53-year-old man from Wrocław was disturbed by the noise coming from his neighbours’ apartment. He decided to go there and ask them to be quiet, and for that he paid the highest price. A multi-family building in Wrocław Wojszyce was the site of the tragedy. On...
by Lauren Owens | 12 May 2017 | Polish news
For a year without success Polish bishops have been asking the government for permission to set up a so-called humanitarian corridor for refugees. In the end Pope’s nuncio has become involved in the matter. The PiS government seems to be changing their minds about...
by Lauren Owens | 11 May 2017 | Polish news
15 children with symptoms of smoke poisoning have been transported to hospital after smoke appeared in their rooms in a hotel in Barszczewo, Podlaskie. As reported by the local fire department, the initial reason for the fire was a leak of the chimney, where soot...