Historia

Authorities in Jersey City in the US state of New Jersey may soon backpedal on their plan to move a statue that honours Poles murdered by the Soviets in World War II, a Polish official has said.more

An acrimonious battle over a waterfront statue commemorating the 1940 massacre of Poles moved into court on Tuesday, as local Polish groups asked a judge for a temporary restraining order to stop the city from moving the monument for a renovation, and possibly permanently.more

Representatives of Polish community intend to file a lawsuit against the mayor Steven Fulop and the city of Jersey City in connection with plans to remove the Katyn Monument from Exchange Place.more

President Andrzej Duda will attend celebrations of May 3 Constitution - the Europe's first document of this sort, that predated the famous French Consitution and followed American one by only 4 years.more

Limerick honoured its most popular ever visitor today as a memorial was unveiled to Pope John Paul II. More than 200 people turned out at Bishop's Quay in the city centre as the memorial, with a likeness of Pope John Paul II making his signature salute embedded, was revealed.more

Let's build a 30 metre high dramatic memorial in Central London to the heroic Polish Pilots in the Battle of Britain 1940. Nor were the Poles invited to the British Victory Parade when the War ended. The proposed monument is a great opportunity to thank them for their sacrifice & dedication.more

In the area of Kujawy, up to 2 thousand years ago, Roman soldiers were staying. This is evidenced by the uncovered fragments of equestrian gear and legionnaire outfit. Many of them were discovered for the first time outside the Roman Empire - said Prof. Bartosz Kontny.more

A former Grenadier Guardsman who arrived in Britain aged seven after his parents fled the Nazis has been told he is not British enough for a UK passport. In a row which echoes the scandal of the Windrush Generation furore, grandad Tadeusz Polanski was told by the Home Office that he was not a British citizen.more

The first statue of a woman in Parliament Square was set to be unveiled today two years after a campaign to get female representation outside the Palace of Westminster began. A bronze statue of Millicent Fawcett will join eleven all-male statues including Sir Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi.more

The last surviving member of Poland's 1st Tatar Squadron, a cavalry unit made up of Tatar Muslims, has died, aged 103. Stefan Mustafa Abramowicz served during the defence of Poland in 1939, then later, after being imprisoned in various Soviet camps, fought in Anders' Army during the Italian Campaign. more

Rare dinosaur footprints belonging to the largest animal to ever roam the planet have been found in Scotland. Dozens of the 170 million-year-old fossils, belonging to early sauropods, have been unearthed in a muddy lagoon on the Isle of Skye.more

Shroud of Turin, a length of linen cloth bearing the image of a man who is alleged to be Jesus of Nazareth, is still controversial, historian admits.more

His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent visited Milton Keynes this morning, to officially open a restored wartime building at Bletchley Park.more

In the Russian military archive and in the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs there are the most valuable materials that will change the picture of history, not of Russia itself, but of all of Europe, in particular Eastern Europe - says historian prof. Andrzej Nowak. He added that they will be discovered when the next thaw in Russia comes.more

The arduous task of building Stonehenge may have been part of a ceremonial celebration, claim historians. The circle in Wiltshire was built more than 4,000 years ago using bluestones from South Wales - a decision which has long baffled experts.more

The European Day of the Righteous was established in 2012 by the European Parliament, on the initiative of Gariwo, in order to recognise those who, in humanity's darkest hours, saw it as their responsibility to face up to evil. Like Irena sendler, to whom the Polish Parliament has officially dedicated the year 2018.more

Poland received about EUR 1.6 billion from Germany, which is one sixth of compensation for victims of national socialism - writes Der Spiegel. The weekly reminds that Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that Poland gained 1 per cent of the amount allocated to the countries of the West and Israel.more

Banish the notion that castle living has to be cold and draughty with this splendid Scottish gem. The 15th-century castle in south-west Scotland was rebuilt just 10 years ago and is now a cosy but palatial family home.more

A site near what is believed to be Robin Hood's burial place is being considered for a large industrial estate.more

Macedonia has begun the process of changing the name of its airport honoring the ancient warrior king Alexander the Great as a goodwill gesture to Greece.more

Plans by hard-line Brexiteers to curb immigration from the continent may have come 4,500 years too late, a study has revealed.more

The authorities of Edinburgh decided to locate a new monument commemorating the hero of the Second World War, General Stanisław Maczek and Polish soldiers who settled in Scotland. The monument will stand in the courtyard of the city council on the famous Royal Mile.more

Anna Mlynik-Shawcross and Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski respond to a Guardian editorial that suggested Poland could not wholly escape blame for the Holocaust.more

A stunning Twenties home built especially for the Ideal Home Exhibition and rebuilt inside a delightful garden in Surrey has gone on the market for £1.25 million. The show at Olympia became famous for its rows of full-size houses, which were constructed and fully furnished on site.more

Swastikas and profanities were daubed on the entrance to Poland's embassy in Israel on Sunday after Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said Jews, as well as Poles and others, were among perpetrators of the Nazi Holocaust.more