Maja Klejda, a native of Łęczna - a town of 17,500 residents in eastern Poland - reached the final stages of this year’s Miss World pageant, which was held in India. (L-R) Aurelie Joachim from Martinique, Hasset Admassu from Ethiopia, Maja Klajda from Poland, and Opal Suchata Chuangsri from Thailand compete in the 72nd Miss World
As part of the summer timetable adjustment, Polish national passenger railway carrier PKP Intercity will launch as many as 514 trains per day. This is a historic record - Minister of Infrastructure Dariusz Klimczak informed on Saturday at a conference at the Łódź Fabryczna station in central Poland. PKP Intercity Express Pendolino high-velocity train.Przemek Swiderski/East News The
Shell Eco-Marathon dubs itself as "one of the world’s leading energy-efficiency engineering programmes for students", aiming to "push the boundaries of what is technically possible", and "inspire young people to become leading scientists and engineers of future energy solutions". Swis "Biomobile" competing in Shell Eco-Marathon 2010Anarith1317 | CC ASA 4 I | commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Biomobile_eco_shell.jpg Come June, more than
The Polish government has launched a EUR 1.2 billion tender to build a passenger terminal for its planned mega-airport west of Warsaw, officials have said. Maciej LasekIAR/Wojciech Kusiński The tender—worth more than PLN 5 billion in local currency (around USD 1.3 billion)—is the largest so far under the delayed Central Transport Hub (CPK) project, a flagship infrastructure initiative aimed at transforming Poland into a
Karol Nawrocki, the Law and Justice (PiS)-backed candidate for president, has come under intense international scrutiny amid serious allegations linking him to organized crime, neo-Nazi groups, and violent football hooligans, as well as controversial incidents involving a senior citizen’s apartment and procuring sex workers at a hotel where he once worked. Karol Nawrocki amid a storm
Over 695,000 Polish citizens have registered to vote abroad in the second round of Poland's presidential election, marking a historic high, officials say. Justyna Chrzanowska from the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs spoke at a press briefing ahead of the second round of Poland's presidential elections, scheduled for Sunday, June 1, including voting at polling stations
Jolanta Kwaśniewska called on Polish citizens to vote in the upcoming presidential election on June 1, condemning shocking allegations against one of the candidates. Former First Lady Jolanta Kwaśniewska appealed to Polish citizens to participade in the presidential election on Sunday, June 1, expressing outrage over the shocking reports about the actions of one of the
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Monday announced a EUR 1 billion plan to enlarge the Sławków Euroterminal, the European Union’s only broad-gauge rail gateway for freight arriving from Ukraine and Asia. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.PAP/Michał Meissner “This is a gigantic opportunity opening before Poland … a golden deal for us,” Tusk told reporters after overseeing an
European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, has called for strong international pressure on Russia - after yet another night of Moscow's airstrikes against civilian targets in Ukraine, in which 12 more people died and many were injured. European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja KallasEPA/EPA/OLIVIER HOSLET "Last
Donald Trump has threatened to introduce a 50% blanket tariff on products imported from the European Union. Furthermore, during a meeting with journalists, the US president said that he is not seeking an agreement with Europe anymore. Donald TrumpPAP/EPA/JIM LO SCALZO Donald Trump wrote on social media on Friday that he cannot tolerate a high trade deficit
