Poland in Greece

The international artist in residency program for photographers and visual artists "Periplus" on the island of Ithaca has started and will last until August 9.

On 16th of July the “Daily Telegrapf” newspaper published an article by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki who wrote about the 5G technology, titled “Clean path to a new model of globalization: time for European 5G realism”.

Back on track - under this slogan Poland takes over the presidency of Grupa V4. Chargé d’affaires Tomasz Wiśniewski talked about this and other priorities of the Polish presidency during the meeting on July 7 at the headquarter of the Polish Embassy in Athens.

This is not the first time that the President of Russia is attempting to revive the Stalinist vision of modern history. It was created in the communist era by combining selective interpretations of facts, half-truths and propaganda. An image alternative to reality was constructed. The totalitarian Soviet Union was presented as a country of good intentions, a defender of peace and the security of nations, a noble conqueror of the German Reich. This kind of false vision of history was imposed as binding not only in the USSR but also in other countries enslaved by Moscow following World War II. At that time, revealing the truth about the actual role of the USSR in the history of the continent, about enslaving the people of Central and Eastern Europe, about Soviet crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity, was threatened with severe repression. It is surprising that today, in a free world, the Russian President is trying to promote theses which are almost a literal copy of the propaganda dating back to the era of Stalin and Brezhnev. He does so, in an article appearing in The National Interest.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs announces a contest for the best foreign language publication promoting the history of Poland.

The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) has announced the NAWA Chair programme, open to the fields of humanities, social and theological sciences.

We present you the exhibition on the history of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. We would like to invite you to discover the magic of this prestigious competition that is entirely devoted to the works of the Polish composer. The International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, often referred as the Chopin Competition, had been initiated in 1927 in Warsaw and since 1955 held every five years. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 18th edition of the International Chopin Piano Competition scheduled on October 2nd - 23rd, 2020 was postponed to 2021.

How about a trip guided by quality classical music? Doesn’t it sound like a great idea? We invite you to visit the website http://threecomposers.pl/ to get to know and enjoy the online collection of the music of three outstanding Polish composers.

The Adam Mickiewicz Institute in a virtual space is building an interactive garden inspired by the work of Krzysztof Penderecki. "Penderecki’s Garden" will flourish in November, but users can now watch the project grow.

On 18th May, 1920, Karol Józef Wojtyła - Pope John Paul II, a saint of the Catholic Church, was born in Wadowice, Poland. This is a very important anniversary not only for us Poles, but also for the whole world, Catholics, clergy, intellectuals and all people who value life, freedom, dialogue and culture.