The Republic of Poland is a Central European country and member of the European Union and NATO, among others. Poland wields considerable influence in Central and Eastern Europe and is a middle power in international affairs. The foreign policy of Poland is based on four basic commitments: to Atlantic co-operation, to European integration, to international development and to international law.
The Warsaw Radio Mast was a radio mast located near Gąbin, Poland, and the world's tallest structure at 2,120 ft from 1974 until its collapse on 8 August 1991. The mast was designed for extreme height in order to broadcast Communist propaganda around the world, including to the remotest areas such as Antarctica. As of 2023, it was the third-tallest structure ever built, after the Burj Khalifa tower in the United Arab Emirates in 2009, and Merdeka 118 tower in Malaysia in 2022.
Disco polo is a genre of popular dance music, created in Poland in the 1980s. It was initially known as sidewalk music or backyard music. This genre, a type of Polish urban folk music, had great popularity in the 1990s, peaking in 1995–1997, then gradually declining in popularity through the early 21st century. The genre then had a resurgence in the winter of 2007. The Polish PWN dictionary defines the genre as a Polish variant of disco music, with simple melodies and often ribald lyrics. The service Rate Your Music defines disco polo as a Polish variant of dance-pop.
The Polish Press Agency is Poland's national news agency, producing and distributing political, economic, social, and cultural news as well as events information. It was founded in 1918 as Polish Telegraphic Agency (PAT).
Orange Polska is a Polish telecommunications provider established in December 1991. It is a public company traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, with a controlling stake owned by Orange S.A., the latter controlling over 50% of this stake by 2002. It operates the following services: PSTN, ISDN, GSM 900/1800 network, ADSL, IDSL, Frame Relay, ATM and Inmarsat.
Wirtualna Polska is a group of companies operating in the media and e-commerce sectors. The WP Group owns the Wirtualna Polska horizontal portal founded in 1995 and known for being the first internet portal in Poland. It is currently the second largest online news source and one of the most quoted news media in the country. According to the Gemius/PBI surveys around 21 million Poles use WP's internet products every month.
TVP Info is a Polish free-to-air television news channel, run by the public broadcaster, state media TVP. It is focused on newscasts, but has been criticized by the opposition for airing government propaganda. It broadcasts nationwide news bulletins from 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m. Its main offices are located at the TVP news compound in central Warsaw.
Polska Wieś is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kłecko, within Gniezno County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) west of Kłecko, 17 km (11 mi) north-west of Gniezno, and 43 km (27 mi) north-east of the regional capital Poznań. In the years 1975-1998, the village administratively belonged to the Poznań Voivodeship. According to the 2021 National Census, Polska Wieś was inhabited by 242 inhabitants, of which 49.6% were women and 50.4% men.
Poland A and B refers to the historical, political and cultural distinction between the western and the eastern part of the country, with Poland "A", west of the Vistula, being much more developed and having faster growth than Poland "B", east of the river. The General Secretary of the Polish Chamber of Commerce Marek Kłoczko, said in his 2007 interview that the divisions are more spread out and forming three separate categories, Poland "A" is the metropolitan cities, Poland "B" is the rest of the country, and Poland "C" is the plains and the landscape parks east of the Vistula, which require a different treatment.
Poland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994. The Polish broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP) selected country's entry via an internal selection. Edyta Bartosiewicz was initially selected to represent Poland, however, she refused the broadcaster's offer and Edyta Górniak was ultimately selected to represent Poland at the 1994 contest in Dublin, Ireland with the song "To nie ja!" written by Jacek Cygan and Stanisław Syrewicz. Gorniak and her contest entry were announced on 16 April 1994.
Wiadomości is the chief Polish news program produced by Telewizja Polska and broadcast on the first channel, TVP1. The main edition is transmitted daily at 7:30 p.m. CET. It premiered on 18 November 1989 and succeeded the Dziennik Telewizyjny, which was aired during the communist era for over 31 years. In September 2020, Wiadomości was the most popular news program in Poland, with an average of 2.66 million viewers a day.
Stopklatka.pl is the oldest Polish film website which provides information about films, television programmes, actors, actresses etc. The website was created in August 1996, however, the story of Stopklatka began as early as in October 1986, when the first radio programme was broadcast under the same title, "Stopklatka". In December 2012, the website went through significant changes such as logo and layout refreshments. Currently the database includes 60,169 films, 4,247 TV series, and 191,950 actors and actresses.
Warsaw Shore or Warsaw Shore: Ekipa z Warszawy is a Polish reality television series broadcast on MTV. Based in Warsaw, it was first broadcast on 10 November 2013, and is the Polish spin-off of the American show Jersey Shore.
The PLK Best Defender is an annual award that is handed out in the Polish top basketball league, the PLK. The award is given to the best defensive player in a given PLK regular season. The first Best Defender Award was handed out in the 2005–06 season, to Tomas Masiulis.
Jan Krzysztof Żaryn is a Polish historian, professor and politician, who was a Senator in the Senate of Poland from 2015 to 2019.
Wiktoria "Viki" Gabor is a Polish singer. She began her career in 2019, as a runner-up on the second season of The Voice Kids Poland, and then later won the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song "Superhero". She is the second Polish entrant to win the contest, and her win marked the first time a country had won the contest twice in a row, and on home soil.
Norbert Bogdan Redkie is a Polish entrepreneur, restaurateur, lecturer, and film producer. He is a co-founder of a restaurant company Grupa Warszawa, which runs local clubs, bars, and restaurants in Warsaw, and produces feature films in a production studio Mental Disorder 4.
The Polish Initiative is a progressive political party in Poland. It was formed as an association in 2016, and was registered as a political party in 2019. Its leader is Barbara Nowacka, and it is a part of the Civic Coalition. It supports principles of social liberalism, social democracy and secularism. It has been described as centre-left and left-wing.
Szymon Hołownia's Poland 2050 is a centrist political party in Poland.
Oliwia Bartosiewicz, known professionally as Oliwka Brazil, is a Polish rapper and singer.
