On Sept. 8, 1968, 59-year-old Ryszard Siwiec set himself on fire to protest the aggression of the Soviet Union’s Warsaw Pact forces against Czechoslovakia, with the Polish hero performing his self-immolation at the 10th Anniversary Stadium in Warsaw during the Harvest Festival event.
An estimated 100,000 people were in the stadium and many hundreds surrounded Siwiec as he burned, but very few learned the reasoning behind his actions. Before he set himself on fire, the former soldier gave out several pamphlets criticizing the intervention in Czechoslovakia, but many at the stadium that day never received one.
‘We will never condone anti-Semitism in Poland,’ says President Duda
“Any cases of anti-Semitism in Poland represent a trampling on the graves of Poles who saved Jews during the war,” Andrzej Duda said on the National Day of Remembrance of Poles who saved Jews
Belarus asks Polish consul to leave the country over ceremony for ‘Cursed Soldiers’
China’s Xi Jinping: We are ready to deliver vaccines to Poland
China and Poland should strengthen their strategic communication and deepen their pragmatic cooperation, as well as jointly respond to different threats and challenges, Xi Jinping said
Polish coronavirus medication may cure up to 80% of patients with a serious case
Biomed Lublin has currently initiated the production process of a drug which could be as efficient in combating Covid-19 and saving up to 80% of serious cases
Czech minister receives Polish award for efforts to promote Central and Eastern Europe
Poland, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland all agree that Russia is still a threat
Poland’s policy of regional cooperation is beginning to pay, writes publicist Michał Karnowski
Investigation: Poles were brutally murdered by Czechoslovakian border guards while trying to escape communist Poland
The National Institute of Remembrance (IPN) is currently conducting an investigation to bring the murderers to justice
Poland wants Belarus to achieve energy independence from Russia, ready to supply oil
Poland challenges Russia by saying it is ready to provide Belarus with oil supplies
V4 to form joint army group
The Visegrád Four countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) will form a joint European army group that will become operational in the second half of 2019, Hungarian Defense Minister Tibor Benkő told Hungarian media after a meeting with his V4 counterparts in the High Tatras.
Czaputowicz: Europe should unite, not divide
Building a Europe based on nation states and not from above them “stems from a real need of society,” says Jacek Czaputowicz. The Polish Foreign Minister also underlined the importance of fulfilling Polish interests through cooperation with other Central European partners.
Polish pilot among those killed at Leicester City helicopter crash
Polish pilot Izabela Lechowicz perished in the Leicester City helicopter crash. Lechowicz was known for promoting the Polish pilots who fought in the 1940 Battle of Britain and had won the #Polka100 plebiscite organized by the Polish embassy in the UK.
Polish historian: Soros is playing with fire
Marek Jan Chodakiewicz said that over the past 30 years, Soros has spent in excess of US$3 billion on stoking revolutions in the former Soviet bloc, legalizing marijuana in the United States and influencing law enforcement and the judicial system.