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23.10.2019“Fighting and Suffering” exhibition in TripoliThe 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.
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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.”
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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.
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Screening of Polish short films „Laika” and „Elizabeth”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.
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Interview of Prime Minister M. Morawiecki for the Hungarian "Magyar Hirlap"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.