Presidential Minister Adam Kwiatkowski handed over to the British Orders of Merit of the Republic of Poland two days ago in the British Army's Commitment to celebrate the anniversary of the defense of the city of Cowes on the Isle of Wight by Polish ship ORP Blyskawica in May 1942.more
On July 2, 2017, the President of Poland, Andrzej Duda, awarded Mieczyslaw Stachiewicz with the country's highest decoration, the Order of the White Eaglemore
The largest warship ever built in the UK eased into the Firth of Forth as it set out on two years of sea trials. HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier, left her dock in Scotland in a delicate operation that took around three hours.more
Last week NATO monitored a very large number of Russian military aircraft over the Baltic Sea, NATO reported, answering the question of trying to intercept the plane with the Russian defense minister.more
Last week NATO-based fighter aircrafts engaged in the Baltic Air Policing mission captured six Russian military machines, the Lithuanian defense ministry reported today.more
More than 31 million people - one person every second - were uprooted in their home country in 2016 because of conflicts and disasters, and numbers will grow unless the underlying causes like climate change and political turmoil are tackled, an aid group said on Monday.more
The United Nations Security Council is due to meet today behind closed doors to discuss North Korea's latest missile test at the request of the United States, Japan and South Korea, diplomats said on Sunday.
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A fourth private expedition departed yesterday in search of the wreck of the ORP "Eagle" warship lost in May 1940. Within three weeks the search team intends to investigate approximately 1 350 square kilometers of North Sea bottoms.more
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Monday downplayed differences with EU partners over the bloc`s military ambitions, saying London supported their efforts to bolster defence cooperation.more
Egypt's naval forces rescued 23 tourists from a blaze that erupted on a boat in Hurghada on Saturday, according to a statement from the Armed Forces' official spokesperson.more
Eight of Poles on their own went to Syria to fight the so-called Islamic state. They joined the International Task Force "Anger of the Euphrates", which also includes Kurdish forces backed by the US and Syrian democratic forces.more
Theresa May has hosted Nato's secretary general for a meeting at Downing Street amid speculation that she may commit to sending more British troops to Afghanistan.more
An RAF tower from which officers could observe the accuracy of North Sea bombing runs has gone on sale for £350,000. Because practice runs sometimes go wrong, this 45ft tall building was designed to withstand the blast from a stray 2,000lb bomb.more
The inhabitants and authorities of the town of Cowes on the Isle of Wight on the south coast of England began Saturday's two-day celebrations on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Luftwaffe's attack, in which the Polish battleship ORP Blyskawica played a particularly important role.more
A monument commemorating the Polish crew of the Vickers Wellington bomber, shot down by a German fighter in May 1941, was unveiled in the Dutch Oudemirdum. Wreck of the aircraft was recovered in 2016 and brought out of the water by a Dutch research group.more
