September 1st marked the 70th anniversary of Germany’s invasion of Poland and the start of World War II. The Polish town of Wielun was the first victim of the war in Europe – attacked five minutes after Westerplatte in Gdansk, the tiny military outpost which was shelled by a German battleship. The German chancellor and the Russian prime minister will attend Westerplatte’s commemoration but Wielun will hold its own anniversary ceremony. The town believes its wartime past qualifies it to carry a message of pacifism, along with the Spanish town …

Borscht/borsht/borshch (Polish: barszcz, Russian/Ukrainian: Борщ, Czech: Baršč, Slovakian, Boršč Bulgarian: Боршът Romanian : borş, Lithuanian: barščiai
Borscht/borsht/borshch is a vegetable soup from Eastern Europe. It is traditionally made with beetroot as a main ingredient which gives it a strong red color. Other, non-beet varieties also exist, such as the tomato paste-based orange borscht and the green (zelioni) borscht (sorrel soup).
Hot and cold Borscht
There are two main variants of borscht, generically referred to as hot and cold. Both generally are based on beets, but are otherwise prepared and served differently. Hot …

Po okresie wywołanego chaosu na początku lat 90, plan Balcerowicza umożliwił wejście na dużą skalę kapitału zagranicznego przejmującego największe strategiczne spółki w Polsce: energia, media (95%), banki (70%), telekomunikacja itd.

Geotermia, niezmierne i bezcenne bogactwo Polski. Zasoby przekraczają ponad 150 razy zapotrzebowanie krajowe. Polska ma szansę stać się jednym z największych eksporterów zielonej energii w Europie. Tylko czy będzie dana nam ta możliwość…

John III Sobieski, (17 August 1629 - 17 June 1696) was one of the most notable monarchs of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, from 1674 until his death King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania. Sobieski’s 22-year-reign was marked by a period of the Commonwealth’s stabilisation, much needed after the turmoil of the Deluge and Chmielnicki’s Uprising. Popular among his subjects, he was also a brilliant military commander, most famous for the victory over the Turks in the 1683 Battle of Vienna. For his victories over the Ottoman Empire, he was …

«Одно время названия славянских племён складывались из добавления к корню рус приставок, отражавших особенности этих племён, по отношению к остальным русам, например, ЭТ’русски, П’руссы. Приставка эт перед самоназванием русов означает просветлённые русы – носители высокой культ’уры, доказательства которой сохранились на севере Италии, в виде надписей на камнях и произведений искусства. Имя пруссов-славян, означавшее Перуновы Русы, другое самоназвание — Венеды (воинственные племена западных славян), сохранялось в самоназвании территории, ими занимаемой, вплоть до девятнадцатого века, даже после того, как германские (готские) племена захватили эту землю в IX-X веках от р.х. И уничтожили …

Kazimierz Dolny is a small town in eastern Poland, situated in the Puławy County of the Lublin Voivodeship, on the right (eastern) bank of the Vistula river. It is a considerable tourist attraction as one of the most beautifully situated little towns in Poland. It enjoyed its greatest prosperity in the 16th century and the first half of the 17th century, due to the trade in grain conducted along the Vistula river. It became an economic backwater after that trade declined, and this freeze in economic development enabled the …

Le cinéma est-européen, un cinéma aux couleurs de la vie.
Le cinéma russe, soviétique et même slave dans son ensemble est malheureusement peu connu  si ce n’est pas, du public d’Europe occidentale. Pour les nouveaux films, ce n’est que très rarement que vous pourrez les voir dans les salles de cinémas. Quand aux plus anciens, il faudra guetter une diffusion tardive une veille d’examen sur ARTE…
Mais vous vous en doutez, comme un nombre conséquent de formes d’art, d’idées et d’analyses ne servant pas la logique du marché, il n’en est pas …

Bolek and Lolek is a polish TV animated series produced by Studio Filmów Rysunkowych in Bielsko-Biała (Russian : Болек и Лёлек, Serbian :Болек и Лолек, Romanian : Bolek şi Lolek). In all-time Polish ranks of kids’ cartoons, it is placed first.
They are based on Władysław Nehrebecki’s sons and were partially created by Alfred Ledwig before being developed by Władysław Nehrebecki and Leszek Mech. They first appeared in an animated film in 1964. The names of the two characters are diminutives of Bolesław and Karol. In English, the cartoon was distributed …

Kvass or kvas (literally “leaven”; borrowed in the 16th century from Russian квас (kvas)), sometimes translated into English as bread drink, is a fermented mildly alcoholic beverage made from black or rye bread. It is popular in Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia and other Eastern and Central European countries as well as in all ex-Soviet states, like Uzbekistan, where one can see many kvass vendors in the streets. Its origins go back 5,000 years to the beginnings of beer production.
The alcohol content is so low (0.05-1.44%) …