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Redrawing Eastern Europe: the Habsburg’s Bid for Slavic Independence
History
August 24, 2019
Redrawing Eastern Europe: the Habsburg’s Bid for Slavic Independence
When former communist minister Aleksander Kwaśniewski was elected to the Presidency of the Republic of Poland, in 1995, some Cracovians…
Top Ten Curious Facts About Poland
Culture
November 11, 2018
Top Ten Curious Facts About Poland
On the 11th November 1918, Poland regained its independence after 123 years of partitioning by Russia, Prussia and Austria. With World…
Lost in Europe – Warsaw
Culture
September 26, 2018
Lost in Europe – Warsaw
Let’s play a quiz about European tourist destinations. Picture this: you are taking a walk through an unknown city centre.…
Polish football (World Cup 2018)
Culture
June 18, 2018
Polish football (World Cup 2018)
Polish football Before 2002 Poland had qualified for 0 European Championships and 5 World Cups (all 4 in a row…
Poland: Road to Eurovision
Culture
April 29, 2018
Poland: Road to Eurovision
Since its debut in 1994, Poland has participated twenty times in the Eurovision Song Contest with four absences in 2000,…
Hidden Eurofood: Polish Pomerania
Cuisine
December 5, 2017
Hidden Eurofood: Polish Pomerania
Polish cuisine is among the most eclectic in Europe, with influences from German, Austrian and Hungarian culinary habits, and some…
Article 7: The Nuclear Option
European Union
July 24, 2017
Article 7: The Nuclear Option
Up until today, the PiS-led Polish government had been in the process of dismantling judicial independence and the rule of…