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CleanTechnica
April 29, 2018
Ever since Poland joined the rEVolution, there have been many such efforts, big and small — including Tesla Shuttle and CleanTechnica's attempt at a single-charge driving distance record (which we ... This time, again, he set off to travel across Africa from Cape Town to Europe … driving a Nissan LEAF.
Atlas Obscura
April 27, 2018
Through all his wanderings, this town was Koziołek Matołek's destination: He had heard it was possible to find shoes for goats here. Created in ... In the 1930s, foreign comics—Prince Valiant, most notably—were becoming popular in Poland, and publishers were interested in homegrown illustrated stories.
Hartford Courant
April 26, 2018
“As a Latino, it is so important for the city of New Britain to recognize these soldiers of the Borinqueneers, who represent history that is widely celebrated within the Puerto Rican community,” Rosado said. “It's another addition that celebrates our rich diversity in the city.” New Britain, where the population isÃâà...
Newsweek
April 26, 2018
Warsaw has argued that the law protects the country's history by outlawing claims that Poles were involved in Nazi death camps such as Auschwitz, which is near the town of Oswiecim. Between 1939 and 1945, Poland suffered a brutal occupation by the Nazis, who killed up to 3 million Polish Jews and 2.5Ãâà...
New York Times
April 22, 2018
ZAR MOUNTAIN, Poland — High atop the ski lift at Zar Mountain in southern Poland, the villages below disappear. At first, they seem ... Andrzej Machno, who lives in the small city of Skawina, northeast of Zar Mountain, has used the same furnace for more than three decades. He has been waiting for localÃâà...
Kansas City Star
April 17, 2018
Based on interviews with the two girls and witnesses, police fined the injured girl's friend, who is 17, for causing a traffic hazard, Super Express reported. The fine was 70 euros, equal to $86. But after watching the video footage, the city's police commander decided to seek a stronger punishment for the teen,Ãâà...
Xinhua
March 24, 2018
If Croatia were to realize a similar investment as the gasport already working in the northern Polish city of Swinoujscie, it would enable the construction of a North-South gas corridor, Duda added, pointing to the fact that the increase of energetic safety was a regional matter of the utmost important, and itsÃâà...
TWTD.co.uk
March 24, 2018
Blues keeper Bartosz Bialkowski made his senior international debut as a half-time sub as Poland were defeated 1-0 by Nigeria in Wroclaw. ... Bialkowski, the first Blues player ever to win a cap for Poland, is one of four keepers in the squad along with Fabianski, Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus) and LukaszÃâà...
thenews.pl
March 24, 2018
Duda was on Friday set to take part in celebrations of Polish-Hungarian Friendship Day in the city of Veszprem 110 km southwest of the capital Budapest. Polish-Hungarian Friendship Day, established by the parliaments of both countries, has been marked alternately in Poland and Hungary since 2007.
New York Times
March 24, 2018
The previous effort to ban abortion was thwarted when Polish women mobilized on a scale unseen in the country's history — more than 150,000 rallied in roughly 140 cities, towns and villages in October 2016. Their fight helped start a general strike by women in dozens of countries around the world,Ãâà...
National Geographic
March 23, 2018
Once the capital of Poland, Krakow was home to the country's first ruler, who occupied the castle on Wawel Hill overlooking Krakow's market square and the Vistula river. Legend has it that in its early days, the city was plagued by a dragon who devoured livestock and maidens, until the beast was defeatedÃâà...
The Independent
March 14, 2018
Poland's third-biggest city was a 19th-century industrial powerhouse before falling into a post-war slump, known as Grey Lodz. Now it's ... Textile mills are now villages with hotels, boutiques, restaurants and al fresco bars. ... A love letter to Lodz, it depicts the town hall, Liberty Square and a wooden sailboat.
Gizmodo
December 31, 1999
Since 2010, it's loomed over the residents of Świebodzin, Poland, and it's apparently already getting some upgrades. ... The brainchild of a now-deceased local priest named Sylwester Zawadzki, Christ the King was crowdfunded with $1.45 million in donations from residents of the town and elsewhere.
Haaretz
December 31, 1999
The Radomsko municipality in Poland has canceled an annual ceremony involving a delegation from its sister city in Israel, Kiryat Bialik, because the Israeli mayor had planned to mention Jews who were murdered by Poles during the Holocaust in his speech. The Kiryat Bialik municipality announced theÃâà...
Buffalo News
December 31, 1999
The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra is arriving in Warsaw and is tuning up for its second full concert in Poland, taking place March 20. The concert in Wroclaw on March 18 marked the orchestra's official debut in Poland. Wroclaw's National Forum For Music was packed to its state-of-the-art rafters.
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