Historia

Stockholm's longest bridge, Vasterbron, connecting the Kungsholmen islands with Sodermalm, was illuminated in green in honor of the Polish two-time Nobel Prize winner, Maria Skłodowska-Curie.more

After the end of the Second World War, an honest assessment of Poland's wartime history and its contribution to the Allied victory was effectively silenced, notes British historian Roger Moorhouse on the Dutch website Eioco.more

A monument was unveiled yesterday at the John Paul II Polish Centre in Mississauga in south-eastern Canada, commemorating Polish RAF pilots who fought in the Second World War, Polish ground personnel and Women's Auxiliary Service.more

Although many years have passed since the divorce of Princess Diana and Prince Charles, the backstage of this event still holds many secrets. One of them has just been discovered by an expert on the British royal family, Emma Cooper. She revealed that Lady Di fully believed that she would be able to save her marriage and did not want a divorce - unlike Queen Elizabeth II.more

British royalty, politicians and veterans have paid tribute today to the soldiers who died in both world wars and subsequent conflicts. Due to a back injury, Queen Elizabeth II did not participate in the celebration of Remembrance Sunday.more

On the day of the 103rd anniversary of Poland regaining independence, the Polish Embassy in London hosted an Independence Day celebration for the representatives of the Polish diaspora in the UK. more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson laid a wreath at the Polish War Memorial in Northolt, a town in West London. The statue commemorates Polish airmen, who died while defending the UK during WWII.more

Britain's Queen Elizabeth will attend a Remembrance Day Service on Sunday, Buckingham Palace said, in her first public engagement in person since she spent a night in hospital last month and was subsequently advised to rest.more

On the occasion of Poland’s Independence Day, the Samuel Beckett Bridge in Dublin was lit up in Polish national colours turning into a beautiful Flaga Polskiwhite&red harp.more

This weekend marks Remembrance Sunday, when people across the UK honour those who have lost their lives in war.more

Various events on the occasion of the National Independence Day - organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland and by the Polish community - in Great Britain will take place from Thursday to Sunday.more

Just over half of Britons did not know that 6 million Jewish people were murdered during the Holocaust, and less than a quarter thought that 2 million or fewer were killed, a new survey has found.more

More than 1,000 Spanish monuments are threatened with vandalism or lack of conservation, according to a report by the non-governmental organization Hispania Nostra (AHN).more

We will remain forever grateful to the Poles for their contribution to World War II and by reconstructing this plane I want to pay tribute to all 18,000 people. members of the Polish Air Force who served in Great Britain at the time, said Scott Booth, head of the Laguna's Spitfire Legacy project.more

"Penny Black" - one of the oldest surviving postage stamps from 1840 will go to auction in London. It is expected to be sold for as much as 6 million pounds (around 33 million zlotys), the British Sky News channel reported yesterday after the Sotheby's auction house.more

Police are investigating a “substantial theft” of stone from a subterranean room in a medieval castle.more

There are nearly twice as many statues and statues dedicated to animals in London as there are specific women known by name, according to an audit by the charity Art UK.more

Crumbling stones, cracking ceilings and warping windows in the Houses of Parliament were the subject of several thousand hours of recent investigations by teams of experts from across the UK, as part of work to plan the essential restoration of the Palace of Westminster.more

Cambridge University is due to return a Nigerian artifact looted during a British raid to its country of origin, in a historic first.more

An exhibition of works by Franciszka Themerson - a Polish painter, illustrator, illustrator and publisher who lived in Great Britain for almost half a century - opened yesterday in London.more

31 years after German reunification, many people in the eastern federal states continue to feel prejudiced and divided. Even young people feel these differences, show the findings of the MDR Opinion Barometer, published on Friday.more

The film, which was filmed this summer during the official inspection of the wreck of the “Estonia” ferry lying on the bottom of the Baltic Sea, shows severe damage to the ship’s hull. Deformations can indicate an explosion, reported the Swedish radio (SR). more

"Our work has a deep sense, because we deal with original materials and rebuild a work of the most beautiful proportions, constructed for God, which can be seen in every detail of the cathedral. Polish conservators of monuments stand out in France with their knowledge of chemistry and art history" - says Felicja Lamprecht, restorer monuments working on the reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral.more

Posters, graphics and leaflets created in the underground were an important way of breaking the communist party's monopoly in Poland in the 1980s, emphasized Catherine Flood, curator of the exhibition devoted to the graphics of "Solidarity", opened in Oxford today.more

A hero soldier decided the only way to find out the true horrors of Auschwitz was to see for himself - so he volunteered to infiltrate the concentration camp. more