Harvest Festival / Dożynki 2019

Holocaust survivor’s heir-less fortune may end up going to New York State

In the USA, same as in Poland, the heir-less property (fortune) passes to the State Treasury. Is the USA Congress going to change that laws, as is expected it from Poland (JUST Act. S. 447)? A $40 million fortune belonging to a Holocaust survivor is currently heir-less, and may end up going to New York …

Prof. Michał Rozbicki died on July 31

Prof. Michał Rozbicki, a leading figure in the cultural history of America and member of the Saint Louis University faculty died suddenly on July 31st, 2019. Professor Rozbicki was well known and widely respected in the St. Louis Polish community. He took an active part in its activities by giving public lectures and interviews on …

Elżbieta Baumgartner – POMÓŻ UCHYLIĆ WEP / HELP TO REPEAL WEP

Elżbieta Baumgartner – wydawca Poradnika Sukces, działaczka polonijna włączyła się do akcji “POMÓŻ UCHYLIĆ WEP / HELP TO REPEAL WEP” zainicjowanej, w środowisku Kongresu Polonii Amerykańskiej, w kwietniu 2019 r., przez Oddz. Missouri KPA (patrz link poniżej) POMÓŻ UCHYLIĆ „WEP”! Elżbieta Baumgartner – wydawca Poradnika Sukces, działaczka polonijna

Niemiecki sędzia zadał pytanie TSUE. Wyrok będzie interesujący dla Polski / The German judge asked the CJEU question. The verdict will be interesting for Poland

“Czy jestem niezależnym sędzią i czy pracuję w niezależnym sądzie?” – tak można streścić pytanie, które sędzia z Wisbaden zadał Trybunałowi Sprawiedliwości UE w Luksemburgu. “Kurier Wnet” pisze o sprawie sędziego Sądu Administracyjnego w Wiesbaden, który zadał TSUE pytanie o niezależność sędziów i sądów w Niemczech. Autor tekstu Zbigniew Kopczyński zauważa, że jest oczywiste, iż …

450th ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNION OF LUBLIN

The Union of Lublin provided for the merger of the two sovereign countries, Poland and Lithuania, into a single unit that became called ‘the Commonwealth [Rzeczpospolita] of the Two Nations’, to be ruled by a single monarch elected jointly by the two nations in free elections.

Recruitment of young Poles willing to take part in the “POLAND IS IN YOU” program (28 July to 12 August 2019) / Rekrutacja młodzieży polonijnej chętnej do udziału w programie “POLSKA JEST W TOBIE” (28 LIPCA – 12 SIERPNIA 2019 R.)

The Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Chicago kindly informs that today recruitment of young Poles willing to take part in the “POLAND IS IN YOU” program, which will take place in Poland from 28 July to 12 August 2019, has been opened. The organizer, which is the “Polish Community” Association, has planned …

STANISLAW MONIUSZKO’S 200th BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY

5 May 1819, Ubiel — 4 June 1872, Warsaw. Stanisław Moniuszko was the greatest composer of operas in 19th century Poland. He was born to a family of Polish landowners settled in Ubiel, near Minsk (now Belarus), and his interest in music became evident from his early early childhood. Introduced to the rudiments of music …

June 12 – President Duda’s visit in Washington

The United States of America (the United States) and the Republic of Poland (Poland) share a history of friendship based on common efforts, shared values, and mutual respect. We have fought shoulder-to-shoulder around the globe, including in Iraq and Afghanistan, to secure peace and security for our nations and the world. This friendship underpins an increasingly close strategic and defense relationship focused on threats to the security, peace, and prosperity of each country and of the North Atlantic Treaty area.

The collapse of Communism in Central and Eastern Europe – 30 YEARS AGO POLAND FIRST BROKE FREE

“Dear viewers, on 4 June 1989 the communism in Poland came to an end,” said Joanna Szczepkowska, an actress, on Polish TV prime time news after the June elections. The first partially free elections triggered the collapse of the system not only in Poland but also in the whole Eastern Bloc. What was the path that led to the elections like? Let’s go back to the key moments of 1989!

Presidential Message in Commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s First Pilgrimage to Poland

On this day, we commemorate the 40th anniversary of St. Pope John Paul II’s historic celebration of the Mass on June 2, 1979, in Warsaw, the opening of a nine-day visit to Poland that changed the course of history. As we remember the long struggle of the Polish people against communism, we also acknowledge that millions of people now live in freedom because of St. Pope John Paul II and his extraordinary life as a follower of Jesus Christ and a champion for human dignity and religious liberty.

Wyniki Wyborów do Parlamentu Europejskiego 2019

Na podstawie protokołów wyników głosowania z wszystkich okręgów wyborczych,
Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza ustaliła następujące wyniki głosowania w skali kraju: liczba wyborców uprawnionych do głosowania wyniosła 30 118 852; liczba kart ważnych wyniosła 13 759 701, czyli frekwencja wyborcza wyniosła 45,68%.

WYBORY DO PARLAMENTU EUROPEJSKIEGO W ST. LOUIS, MO. SOBOTA, 25 MAJA, 2019

Obwód głosowania nr 146, siedziba obwodowej komisji wyborczej: Saint Louis, St. Agatha Church Polish Roman Catholic Parish 3239 S 9th Street St. Louis, MO 63118 Osoby zamierzające wziąć udział w wyborach zobowiązane są zgłosić się do spisu wyborców sporządzanego przez właściwego terytorialnie konsula. Wyborca może być wpisany tylko do jednego spisu wyborców. Konsul dokonuje wpisu …

Key anniversaries and patrons of the year 2019

On a yearly basis, Polish MPs vote on “patrons” as well as anniversaries to be commemorated and celebrated in a series of promotional events throughout the following year. In July 2018, the Sejm, the lower house of Poland’s parliament, adopted an act proclaiming 2019 as the year of Stanisław Moniuszko, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński and Anna Walentynowicz; it also brought two major historical events to focus – the Union of Lublin and the Silesian Uprisings.

Source: https://poland.pl

Rite of Spring and the life of a Contemporary Polish Hero St. Pope John Paul II

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