Poland in Greece

The President of Poland on the 75th Anniversary of Liberation of the Nazi German Death Camp KL Auschwitz. On January 27, 1945, Soviet soldiers liberated the German Nazi death camp KL Auschwitz. What they found there continues to sow terror and elicit unequivocal moral condemnation to this day.

The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange Program's objective is teaching and promoting Polish language and culture abroad via allowing foreign students and foreigners who are teachers of Polish language at the universities to participate in several-week long courses of the Polish language and culture organized in Poland.

“The Sejm of the Republic of Poland condemns the provocative and untrue statements by representatives of the highest authorities of the Russian Federation attempting to hold Poland liable for the Second World War. A nation’s greatness and international relations may not be built upon lies and by falsifying history,” reads the resolution adopted by acclamation on 9th of January.

December 29, 2019

The ceremonial signing of the Letter of Intent regarding the establishment of a Polish language course at Aristotle University took place on 8 November in Thessaloniki. The signatories of the Letter are: from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań - Rector prof. Andrzej Lesicki, from the side of Aristotle University - Rector prof. Nikolaos Papaioannou, and on the part of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Athens - Chargé d’Affaires a.i. Tomasz Wiśniewski.

The exhibition “Fighting and Suffering. Polish citizens during World War II” prepared by the Museum of Second World War in Gdańsk in cooperation with the Polish MFA is presented at the War Museum in Tripoli from October 19th to 31st.

Olga 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.”

Eighty 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.

As part of this year’s edition of “Petit Plan Screenings: Europa” festival, two Polish short films are presented: “Laika”, directed by Aleksandra Duda and “Elizabeth”, directed by Wojciech Klimala. The festival takes place at the Hellenic American College premises, from 3 to 6 of February.

In an interview for a Hungarian newspaper the Prime Minister M. Morawiecki spoke about the priorities of the Polish presidency in the Visegrad Group, the situation in Poland after the presidential election and the importance of Polish-Hungarian cooperation.