Michał Iwanowski came across some graffiti in Cardiff that said: ‘Go home, Polish.’ So he did. The 105-day slog almost broke him – but it restored his faith in a volatile, fractured Europe

On 11th November 1918, Poland regained its independence after 123 years of partitioning by Russia, Prussia and Austria. But what actually happened that historic day? Culture.pl chronicles the events of what is now commemorated as Independence Day, explaining why they occurred peacefully despite the obvious tension, and how these events brought back Poland’s freedom.

After another lackluster election, Polish liberals should stop attacking the government and start taking a hard look in the mirror.

Dziady, Halloween’s Polish counterpart, has a rich tradition dating back to old Slavic times. Rather than Jack-O’-Lanterns, it’s linked to Karaboshka masks, the great literature of the Romantic era and, by some, to the Greek god Dionysus. Read on to find out what this grave custom is about and what place it holds in the universe of Poles.

Although official results are not yet in, exit polls suggested that the governing Law and Justice party had not expanded its appeal to the moderates in Poland’s urban areas.

Europe’s highest court told Poland to reinstate more than two dozen judges ousted by the ruling party, escalating a clash between Warsaw and the European Union.

Political entanglements undermine a once-authoritative and beloved institution

The official results of the local and regional elections in Poland are now in, and the biggest story is what did not happen.

Warsaw’s changes to the judicial system prompt a reaction from one of the EU’s leading legal bodies.

Former Polish President Lech Walesa played a key role in the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe. At 75, he told DW that retirement is far from his mind and warned against the path Poland's leaders are taking.

Lech Wałęsa, the former Polish president, has told Deutsche Welle that the current Polish government, lead by the Law and Justice Party (PiS) is unfit for office. “These people came to power by coincidence and are unsuited for the job; they have not been medically vetted and they suffer from complexes and are narrow-minded,” said the Nobel Prize winner in an explosive interview.

“Clergy,” which gives an unvarnished view of debauchery in the priesthood, has packed theaters in the predominantly Catholic country.

Try this in cold winter evenings and every night will be magic ;)

In winter sunny day

This is how it looks polish forest in summer. I miss it very much in this cold snowy winter!

NOW we just need some WÓDKA :)

A giant statue of the late Pope John Paul II billed as the world's tallest has been unveiled in southern Poland.

An entry for a contest held by GRY-OnLine.pl. The contest was inspired by the new Bioshock game - Bioshock: Infinite.

It was the dawn of the ballistic missile era, and with the invention of the V2 rocket, the Germans had beaten everyone to the punch. Eager to get their hands on one of these horrific new devices, the Allies embarked on an audacious plan to steal one. Here’s the fascinating story of how they did it.

Germany deliver Spain another knock-out blow as Dortmund thrash Real Madrid in their first leg Champions League semi.

"Tu-154m of the Republic of Poland" (042010) - this is model referring to the Smolensk disaster at 10 April 2010. 1:144 scale model, in the display case measuring 50x40x6 [centimetres]. You can build your own version of the crashed plane.

"It's hard to work as a nurse in Poland," said Kaseja, 25. Since she began her career at the Specialized Hospital for Mother and Child in the western Poland city of Poznan, little funding and outdated machinery have only been part of the problem.

A 33-year-old Polish man whose face was brutally maimed during a workplace accident has become the first patient in the world to undergo a life-saving face transplant procedure.

Skeletons were found with their heads placed on their legs, indicating they had been subjected to execution designed to keep the dead dead

in this video apparently shot in my homeland :)

Back in July prolific Polish yarn bomber Olek returned to her homeland to cover an entire locomotive in crocheted yarn. The massive undertaking took Olek and four assistants two days to complete. The yarn-bombed locomotive is on display in Lodz, Poland through August 19, 2013.

Watch a 1068hp Toyota GT86 drift at a record-breaking 134.8mph

Tens of thousands of Polish trade unionists kicked off a march through the capital on Saturday in the finale of a four-day protest against the unpopular and increasingly fragile centre-right government.

Former Polish President Lech Walesa has caused a stir by calling on his country to unite with Germany to form one European nation, saying borders were no longer relevant.

The soldiers did acquire a bear cub during their journey. They named him Wojtek, pronounced “Voytek”, meaning “he who enjoys war” or “smiling warrior.” The bear quickly became something of a mascot for the soldiers, and then much more.

Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII will be declared saints on 27 April 2014, Pope Francis has announced.

A Polish journalist who was taken hostage by Islamist militants in northwest Syria in July is alive, Poland's foreign minister said on Saturday.

For Tadeusz Mazowiecki, his transformation from a pro-democracy writer and an intellectual to a moving force in Poland began in 1980, when he joined ranks with the striking workers at the Gdansk shipyard who gave birth to the Solidarity movement.

Poland has asked the European Court of Human Rights to bar media and public presence during an upcoming hearing on Poland’s complicity with the CIA’s “extraordinary rendition” program that delivered terror suspects to secret prisons around the world.