Historia

The United States House of Representatives voted 405-to-11 on Tuesday (Oct. 29) to officially recognize the Armenian genocide, marking the first time a chamber of Congress has acknowledged the 1915 killings of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as a genocide. more

A man who lost all his documents when he fled from Nazi-occupied Poland to the UK has found out he will be 100 this year - not 98.more

The Dublin Mint Office has launched new limited edition medals to celebrate the 40 anniversary of Pope John Paul II's historic visit to Ireland. The pontiff's 1979 visit marked the first to Ireland by any pope and the centenary of the reputed apparitions at the Shrine of Knock in August 1879.more

A Polish veteran from the Second World War says we must remember how many countries joined forces for the allied assault on Germany.more

The attitude of Polish soldiers fighting in the Netherlands in 1944 is still an inspiration for many people not only in Poland - today emphasized the deputy president of the Institute of National Remembrance Jan Baster at the Polish Honorary Military Cemetery in Ginneken in Breda.more

The Swedish ferry carrier Stena Line changed the name of the trip, which referred to the tragic consequences of the Swedish invasion of Poland in the years 1655-1660.more

It is an issue that has divided Spanish opinion for decades, but the remains of fascist dictator Gen. Francisco Franco will be exhumed and relocated on Thursday, Spain's government said Monday.more

In the essay collection just published by the Federal Center for Political Education, German historians point out that German knowledge about the occupation of Poland during World War II is very limited. This has consequences for the present - experts believe.more

In Rome, a plaque commemorating the poet, essayist and journalist Jerzy Hordyński (1919-1998), who was one of the most colorful figures of the Italian Polish community, was unveiled on Friday. The ceremony took place on the 100th anniversary of his birth.more

The Doodle, which shows a woman climbing in the snow surrounded by mountains, celebrates 41 years since Rutkiewicz became the third woman in history to ascend the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, on October 16 1978.more

Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to Israel Marek Magierowski intervened on the article on the website of the American film site Deadline, in which there was a wording that could mean that Irena Sendler was opposed to the "Polish Nazi occupation". Deadline rewritten the sentence after the intervention.more

The Consul General of the Republic of Poland in Toronto Krzysztof Grzelczyk opened the exhibition "Fight and suffering. Polish citizens during World War II". The 80th anniversary of the outbreak of war was prepared by the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk in cooperation with the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. more

In British newspapers, the literary Nobel for Olga Tokarczuk was overshadowed by the controversy surrounding the views of the second prize winner, Austrian Peter Handke, who is accused of glorifying Serbian war crimes.more

A Polish general whose troops helped watch over Scotland during the Second World War has been honoured in the city he made his home in exile.more

The "Polish Wings" project concluded on Saturday at its launch of an exhibition on the Polish Airmen that served in Northern Ireland and throughout the UK during the Second World War.more

German media comment on the German Unity Day today. And although they do not question the value of one German state, they emphasize that the country is still not fully united.more

Commemorations have been held to mark the 75th anniversary of Operation Market Garden during World War Two, near Arnhem in the Netherlands.more

At the age of 91, Artur Rynkiewicz - the last surviving minister of the Polish Government-in-Exile died in Great Britain - the Polish embassy in London said yesterday on Facebook.more

A new book by Mikhail Gorbachev with a kind of political will to present his vision of the 21st century, the last president of the Soviet Union before its disintegration, and with theories such as glasnost and perestroika, will be published.more

80 years ago, on September 17, 1939, violating the Polish-Soviet pact on non-aggression, the Red Army entered the territory of the Republic of Poland, implementing the findings contained in the secret protocol of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. The consequence of the alliance of two totalitarian regimes was the partition of lonely Poland.more

A £4.8 million golden toilet stolen from Blenheim Palace in a smash-and-grab could be melted down by thieves, it was warned today.more

Four hijacked planes, 19 ready-to-die terrorists, two WTC skyscrapers - symbols of New York and US economic power - so much was needed to plunge America into chaos on September 11, 2001. Wednesday is the 18th anniversary of the attacks.more

The British were able to decrypt the Enigma code in time only with the help of Polish cryptologists. It is very important to me to present the proportion of everyone who was involved in the right proportions, '' Dermot Turing told yesterday the reporters.more

Wczoraj w Ambasadzie RP w Londynie odbyła się premiera książki brytyjskiego historyka Rogera Moorhouse'a "First to Fight: The Polish War 1939".more

Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe died at the age of 95, according to the current head of state Emmerson Mnangagwa. Mugabe, who ruled the country for 37 years, struggled with illness; however, it was not stated what he was suffering from. He probably died in Singapore.more