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04.05.2020229th anniversary of the Constitution of 3 MayAdopted on 3 May 1791 in Warsaw by the Sejm of the Polish Republic (later known as the Great Sejm), the Polish Constitution was Europe’s first and the world’s second modern constitution.
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16.02.2020International Chopin Competition in NarvaOn 9-15 February the 13th edition of the International Chopin Competition for young pianists took place in Narva. In this year’s edition of the competition, organised traditionally under the patronage of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland and the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Estonia 35 young people from 13 countries participated, among them six from Poland.
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30.12.2019Statement by the Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz MorawieckiThe 20th century brought the world inconceivable suffering and the deaths of hundreds of millions in the name of twisted, totalitarian ideologies. The death toll of Nazism, fascism and communism is obvious for people of our generation. It is also obvious who is responsible for those crimes and whose pact started World War II - the most murderous conflict in the history of humankind.
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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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11.09.2019History Conference "Scripta Manent: Estonian - Polish relations over the centuries" in TartuThe history conference „Scripta Manent: Estonian-Polish relations over the centuries: talking objects, documents and stories" took place on 13-14 September in Tartu. It was organized by the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Tallinn in cooperation with the Estonian National Museum, Estonian National Archives and the University of Tartu under the patronage of the Minister of Culture of the Republic of Estonia Tõnis Lukas.
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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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17.05.2019“The task that has befallen us will bring worldwide glory to the Polish soldier” – the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Monte CassinoThe Battle of Monte Cassino was one of the toughest and bloodiest battles that determined the outcome of World War II.
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Inauguration of the Polish-Estonian Chamber of CommerceOn 19th October, in the presence of the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda, the ceremonial inauguration of the Polish-Estonian Chamber of Commerce, reactivated by interested companies and partners from Poland and Estonia, took place. The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Tallinn and the Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Warsaw became Honorary Founding Members.
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!Ambassador Grzegorz Kozłowski and the whole team of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland wish you peaceful and joyful Christmas as well as health and happiness in hopefully better New Year 2021!