Poland in Malta

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

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of John Paul II, Tomasz Czyszek, the Polish ambassador in Malta - in gratitude for the life and legacy of the Holy Father - laid flowers at his monument in Victoria in Gozo.

Adopted 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.

“This extraordinary time calls for extraordinary attitude and actions. Today, more than ever, we need to stay united and help each other,” Deputy Minister Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk said while thanking the Polish community in the world for their commitment to the Polonia4Neighbours project.

Olga 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.”

Eighty 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.

Ambassador Tomasz Czyszek attended a commemoration ceremony of the 104th anniversary of the armistice of 11th of November, 1918. He laid a wreath at the Saluting Battery in Valletta.

The Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) has officially opened the call for applications for the POLONISTA Programme, aimed at individuals interested in the Polish language and culture.