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Robert Lewandowski: The ever-hungry sniper

Sébastien Meuwissen May 29, 2021

Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Munich’s Polish attacker, is considered by many as being amongst the best football players in the world and his stats are unbelievable. Having already scored 4 goals against Real Madrid during the 2013 Champions League semi-finals, he then did…

Interviews

Grzegorz Kucharczyk: “The Prussian elite considered Poland as a failed state”

Sébastien Meuwissen May 17, 2021

Grzegorz Kucharczyk is a Polish historian and Humanities professor, specialised in 19th and 20th century political thinking as well as the history of Germany. One of his latest offerings is “Five Centuries of Prussia” (Prusy, Pięc wieków), published by the Historical and…

Society

The Smolensk Crash and the “Industry of Disdain”

Sébastien Meuwissen April 10, 2021

Poland – On 10 April 2010, the Polish presidential plane crashed on the outskirts of Smolensk in western Russia, claiming the lives of 96 people including Polish president Lech Kaczyński and his wife Maria. This official delegation was on its way to…

Culture

23rd March – Hungarians and Poles celebrate their thousand-year friendship

Sébastien Meuwissen March 23, 2021

Poland / Hungary - On 12 March 2007, the Hungarian parliament unanimously decreed that the 23rd March be considered as “Polish-Hungarian Friendship Day”. Four days later, a similar resolution was adopted by acclamation by the Polish parliament. Anyone with a passing interest…

Politics

The Visegrád Group blows out its 30 candles

Sébastien Meuwissen February 16, 2021

On Monday, 15 February 2021, the Visegrád Group (V4) celebrates its 30th anniversary. On this occasion, the presidents of the four countries of the group met for a two-day summit on 9 and 10 February on the Hel Peninsula in northern Poland.…

S4C

“Abortion like deworming”: Polish politicians multiply scandalous statements

Sébastien Meuwissen February 8, 2021

In the context of the vivid debates currently taking place in Poland about abortion and euthanasia, several left-wing politicians decided to shock the public with some (very) controversial statements. On the 31st of January, Anna-Maria Żukowska, from the Alliance of Democratic Left…

S4C Society

Polish opposition wants “decriminalisation of abortion aid”

Sébastien Meuwissen February 3, 2021

MPs from the Left and the liberal Civic Coalition (KO) will meet on Friday to discuss legal solutions in connection with the judgment of the Constitutional Court on abortion. The main topic of the talks is "decriminalisation of abortion aid." “Thanks to…

Culture

Ukrainian Nationalism and its Demons from the Past

Sébastien Meuwissen April 1, 2019

By Sébastien Meuwissen. Poland/Ukraine - On January 1st, 2019, several thousands of Ukrainians marched in the streets of Kiev, Lviv and Khmelnytskyï (Western Ukraine) to celebrate the 110th anniversary of the birth of Stepan Bandera. These past years, there were plenty of…

Interviews

Evtis: “One can love their nation and respect the other nations”

Sébastien Meuwissen March 18, 2019

Interview with the Polish rapper Evtis, "One can love their nation and be proud of it, and respect the other nations, their traditions and their culture". Poland - On the 11th of November, the Independance March in Warsow gathered near to 300.000 people.…

Politics

Poland will soon celebrate the Centenary of her recovered Independence

Sébastien Meuwissen October 11, 2018

By Sébastien Meuwissen, Belgo-Polish student in journalism at IHECS. Poland - In a month, on Sunday, November 11, 2018, Poland will celebrate 100 years of recovery of her independence. The Independence March in Warsaw is the largest annual patriotic gathering in Europe.…

Culture

May 3, a national holiday in Poland

Sébastien Meuwissen May 3, 2018

By Sébastien Meuwissen. Sébastien Meuwissen is a Polish-Belgian journalist based in Belgium. Poland - This Thursday on May 3, Poland will celebrate its first constitution. Like every year, there will be animations everywhere in Warsaw. Picture: historia.org May 3 is a holiday…

Politics

Triggering Article 7 against Poland: nuclear bomb or wet firecracker?

Sébastien Meuwissen February 5, 2018

By Sébastien Meuwissen. Pologne - Forty years ago, Poland lit the spark that would put an end to Communist totalitarianism in Central and Eastern Europe. Today, the European Commission has launched the first phase of Article 7 of the Lisbon Treaty against…