The world’s first celebrity hairdresser, Antoni Cierplikowski, known as 'Antoine', will have a monument in his honour placed in the town where he was born 130 years ago.
A fund-raising campaign begins in Sieradz, central Poland, this weekend.
Jan Pietrzak, a local activist, says that “a man who, at the start...
Passenger traffic at Poland's airports grew 2.2 percent year-on-year in 2013 to nearly 25 million, the Polish Civil Aviation Authority (ULC) reported on Thursday.
In 2013 the Warsaw Chopin airport, Poland's biggest international airport, handled 10.6 million passengers. It was followed by the airports in Krakow (3.6 million), Gdansk (2.8...
ADDISON, Ill. ‒ Four months after federal safety investigators cited his employer for failing to provide workers with fall protection at a United Parcel Service facility in Addison, a 42-year-old employee of Material Handling Systems/MHS Technical Services, fell 22 feet to his death at the same site.
On July 29,...
Poland officially launched the General Command of All Armed Forces on Thursday. The new structure has replaced separate commands of the Army, Air Force, Navy and Special Forces.
At the launch ceremony, Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak praised the new structure. "I believe it is one of the milestones of our...
Stalking is becoming an ever-more serious problem, with the crime evolving with the times.
In 2014, 13 victims of stalking tried to commit suicide. This was a significant increase over previous years.
Not only do stalkers follow their victims, but they also send numerous inappropriate text messages, and encroach on several...
The Polonia Institute, a non-for-profit organization, has just announced a historical essay competition for young adults ages 18-30 on the topic of worldwide significance of the 1939 German-Soviet invasion of Poland. If you know a history buff, journalism or communications major, or someone in this age group looking to...
US budget cuts will not affect the joint American-Polish military training program the US's highest-ranking general insisted on Wednesday.
General Martin E. Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made the pledge while visiting an air base in Lask, central Poland, where joint exercises began two weeks ago.
“These joint exercises...
Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has said that “Ukraine’s integrity must be restored,” and that “tougher sanctions should be enforced” on Russia following the MH17 catastrophe.
Sikorski added that responsibility for the shooting down of MH17 over eastern Ukraine should be borne by “those who supplied the weapons”.
The comments come...
Here at the FTC, we’re known for getting things done on behalf of regular people. Unfortunately, sometimes scammers try to take advantage of our good reputation.
The latest example: Some people have gotten an email that claims to be from Maureen Ohlhausen, the FTC’s Acting Chairman. But it’s not. The...
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is urging the public to get educated about how to protect themselves from Lyme disease at the start of National Lyme Disease Awareness Month. This year the Department is also unveiling a new resource to make it fun for families to...
