News
-
11.12.2019 MontrealChristmas carol evening in MontrealRepresentatives of Polish organizations, members of the Polish community and consular officers in Montreal gathered to sing Christmas carols at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Montreal.
-
10.12.2019 MontrealThe 100th anniversary of the Polish Consulate in Montreal – the first Polish diplomatic mission in North America opened on December 15, 1919Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Montreal celebrates its 100th anniversary. The meeting, devoted primarily to the first decades of the Consulate's work, was attended by numerous representatives of Polish diaspora organizations and residents of Montreal.
-
15.11.2019The enduring co-operation between Poland and CanadaIn 1917, at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., Canadian authorities established a military facility called Camp Kosciuszko, designed to train a Polish army in exile consisting of volunteers keen to fight for a free Poland during the First World War.
-
12.11.2019Celebrations of the Day of Independence of Poland in MontrealPolish community in Montreal celebrated the 101st anniversary of Poland regaining independence.
-
12.11.2019National Independence Day and the 101st anniversary of Poland regaining independenceVeterans, Canadian officials, diplomatic corps, members of Polish diaspora and friends of Poland took part in the celebration of the National Independence Day and the 101st anniversary of Poland regaining independence at the Polish Embassy in Ottawa, 12.11.2019.
-
10.10.2019Olga Tokarczuk receives the Nobel Prize in LiteratureOlga Tokarczuk, Polish writer and activist, won the Nobel Prize in Literature for “a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life.”
-
01.10.2019Promotion of Poland and the Polish language at the European Day of LanguagesMore than 700 language enthusiasts turned up for the 6th annual European Day of Languages at the Glebe Collegiate Institute in Ottawa on 28th September 2019. A lot of them visited Poland’s booth and took part in a mini-Polish language class.
-
01.09.201980th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World WarEighty years ago, German aggression on Poland started the Second World War. In the early hours of 1 September 1939, troops of the German Reich crossed the Polish-German border. Polish Army put up military resistance and expected the Allies’ reaction. On 3 September 1939, France and the UK declared war on the German Reich but did not take any real military action. Poland’s tragic fate was sealed on 17 September 1939 when the Soviet Union launched the invasion of Poland from the East. The attack of the German Reich and the Soviet Union resulted from the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed by the two totalitarian regimes, a secret protocol to which effectively divided Central Europe into the so-called spheres of influence.
