Poland in Cyprus

A quarter of a century after the end of the Second World War, shots were fired again and people were killed in Gdansk, the very place where the war started. This time, deadly force was used by the communist police and soldiers to suppress workers’ protests against a rise in prices announced just before Christmas in December 1970. From Gdansk the revolt spread to other port cities of Szczecin, Gdynia and Elbląg. Several dozen were shot dead and over one thousand wounded. The scale of the protests forced Moscow to change the communist leaders who governed Poland since 1956.

"We need much more time for the differences caused by “the Iron Curtain” to fade away. In this sense, we can still speak of Europe divided into two blocs."

The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Nicosia informs that as of December 1st, 2020, the conditions to be met by travel medical insurance for foreigners applying for a national visa have changed.

"The EU tends to take its failures out on Poland and Hungary"

“As the Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Army, I hereby notify belligerent and neutral governments and nations of the existence of an Independent Polish State, within all the territories of the united Poland” – with these words Józef Piłsudski addressed the heads of world powers and notified them about the formation of the Second Polish Republic.

On 11 November 1918, 102 years ago, Poland regained its independence.

The MFA organised a series of expert panels and an information and promotional campaign under the slogan “UN Week” to mark the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations Organisation.

European University Cyprus and EUC-PEAK Innovation Center in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Cyprus are organizing an interactive one- hour webinar on Start-ups and Imminent Technological Changes in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, technological war and splinternet.

On 16th October 2020, the anniversary day of the election of Karol Wojtyła to the Pope, a bust of Saint John Paul II was unveiled in the garden of the Apostolic Nunciature in Nicosia.

This year we celebrate the 55 years of Polish archaeological activity in Nea Paphos, for many years the capital of Hellenistic and Roman Cyprus, whose monuments are on the UNESCO world heritage list.