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02/01/2026

A Polish village in Ukraine. Everyone here speaks Polish. They cherish the values ​​passed down to them by their ancestors.
Polska wieś na Ukrainie. Tutaj wszyscy posługują się językiem polskim. Cenią wartości, jakie przekazali im przodkowie.

News from Poland
02/01/2026

News from Poland

As Bulgaria prepares to change its currency, the question of whether Poland should adopt the euro is back in the public debate. Are Poles for or against?

The Polish Senate has designated the patrons of the year 2026, selecting figures and events of particular significance t...
02/01/2026

The Polish Senate has designated the patrons of the year 2026, selecting figures and events of particular significance to Polish history, culture, and social life. Among them are Andrzej Wajda, whose centenary of birth falls in 2026, and Jerzy Giedroyć – the founder of the Parisian "Kultura" magazine and one of the key figures in 20th-century Polish political thought. Blessed Mother Elżbieta Róża Czacka, a pioneer in work for the blind, was also named a patron.

Minął kolejny rok.Po co pytać, czy był dobry, czy zły...?Zapytajmy raczej, czego nas nauczył, o kim nam przypomniał i co...
31/12/2025

Minął kolejny rok.
Po co pytać, czy był dobry, czy zły...?
Zapytajmy raczej, czego nas nauczył, o kim nam przypomniał i co w nas zachował. Tylko w ekonomii rok jest bilansem zysków i strat, dla mnie drogą, którą trzeba było przejść - czasem pod wiatr, czasem w słońcu, z ludźmi, którzy mnie wspierali, i z tymi, których zabrakło, a którzy nadal prowadzą mnie swoją pamięcią.
Co mnie zafascynowało, co mnie zainspirowało, co mnie rozgniewało, czego doświadczyłam? Każdy rok przynosi swoje lekcje – czasem proste, czasem bolesne, czasem takie, które odkrywamy dopiero później. W minionych miesiącach wielu z nas doświadczyło zmian, pożegnań i nowych początków.
Media polonijne stoją przed trudnym zadaniem wypełniania swoich obowiązków. Życie przecież składa się z różnych układów i schematów – mniej lub bardziej dotkliwych, ale zawsze wpływowych. Miniony rok pokazał, że trzeba przypominać naszym bliźnim, że media muszą móc mówić o wszystkim, aby niektórzy nie mogli.
A jednak byliśmy cenzurowani, donoszono na nas, jakbyśmy byli „niepokorni”...
Czy pamiętaliśmy w minionym roku, jak ważne są więzi: rodzinne, przyjacielskie, sąsiedzkie, parafialne? Jak wiele zawdzięczamy tym, którzy byli przed nami – ich pracy, ich odwadze, ich trosce o język, kulturę i tradycję polską. I jak wiele zależy od nas dzisiaj, aby nie tylko pamiętać o tym dziedzictwie, ale twórczo je rozwijać.
Dlatego na progu nowego roku nie chcemy wystawiać ocen. Chcemy natomiast zaprosić do refleksji: co warto zabrać ze sobą, co dobrego w nas przetrwało, jakie wartości chcemy wzmocnić, jakie historie chcemy ocalić od zapomnienia? Niech nadchodzący rok będzie czasem mądrego wzrostu – w dobroci, w odpowiedzialności i w pamięci, która łączy pokolenia.
Z serdecznymi pozdrowieniami i życzeniami szczęśliwego Nowego Roku!
Alicja Karlic
The photos show the editors of the Polish Weekly/Polish Media Center at PICROL on duty: Alicja Karlic, Alina Klin, Andrzej Miłosz, and Mietek Oniskiewicz.

The International Date Line plays a key role in determining the start of a new day. This imaginary line, running through...
31/12/2025

The International Date Line plays a key role in determining the start of a new day. This imaginary line, running through the Pacific Ocean, marks the point where the calendar date changes. Its location determines which places in the world experience the New Year first and which ones experience it last.
Kluczową rolę w wyznaczaniu początku nowego dnia odgrywa Międzynarodowa Linia Zmiany Daty (ang. International Date Line) – umowna linia biegnąca przez Ocean Spokojny, wzdłuż której następuje przejście do nowej daty kalendarzowej. To właśnie jej położenie pozwala ustalić, które miejsca na świecie jako pierwsze wchodzą w Nowy Rok, a które robią to jako ostatnie.

One Poland is covered in snow; the other is surrounded by coconut groves.

New Year’s Eve is one of the most widely celebrated nights of the year in Poland, with city squares hosting concerts and...
31/12/2025

New Year’s Eve is one of the most widely celebrated nights of the year in Poland, with city squares hosting concerts and clubs, hotels and private homes filling up for all-night celebrations that stretch into New Year’s Day.

Poles are marking New Year’s Eve with traditional parties, concerts and home gatherings, as well as ongoing debate over fireworks and public safety, particularly in major tourist destinations.

News from Poland
31/12/2025

News from Poland

Intense snowfall in northern Poland has led to major traffic disruptions as roads become difficult to navigate and travel slows sharply amid winter weather conditions.

At the end of the year, we are full of hope, optimism and ambitious plans for the new year.  2026 has not started yet, s...
30/12/2025

At the end of the year, we are full of hope, optimism and ambitious plans for the new year. 2026 has not started yet, so everything and anything is possible. We imagine that in the coming year we will finally paint the bedroom (this project has been five years in the making), spend more time with family and friends, make the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela we have been talking about for years, volunteer more, and of course, exercise regularly, eat healthier and lose some weight. We try not to think that unexpected events might hinder our plans, or that our willpower might not be strong enough to achieve what we would like to. After all, our culture warns us about the dangers of planning with such sayings as “Człowiek myśli, Pan Bóg kryśli”, or “Człowek strzela Pan Bóg kule nosi” (English equivalents: “Man proposes, God disposes” or “If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans”). Still, we plan, we hope and we often succeed.
As we feel that the odds are stacked against us, to assure good fortune in the new year we might try to get some help from innocuous “magic”. This behavior, deeply rooted in human culture, manifests itself - for example – in special foods we eat on liminal days. Our Polish Wigilia dinner, abundant in religious symbolism, is such a meal, when we eat - for example - poppyseed cake to assure prosperity, or remember to sample every dish so we don’t miss anything good next year, to name just two of the most popular beliefs.
So perhaps we’re okay, since we followed the “rules” on Wigilia day, and we don’t have to do anything additional on New Year’s Day. Perhaps, but in case you would like to secure more luck coming your way, please check out what different people around the world do on New Year’s Day and try – if only for fun – one of them. There are many choices: from the American “Hoppin’ John” (which I have been making for the New Year), through Asian long noodles to our Polish herring and Spanish 12 grapes.
Enjoy and may all of your wishes and plans be fulfilled next year!

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/new-years-food-traditions #:~:text=Pickled%20herring%20is%20a%20New,others%20have%20it%20with%20onions.&text=Kransekage%20is%20a%20tasty%20tower%20composed%20of%20concentric%20rings%20of%20cake
Text: Alina Klin

Soba noodles in Japan. Hoppin’ John in the USA. Feast on these plus eight other New Year’s food traditions around the world.

News from Poland
30/12/2025

News from Poland

350 km/h trains are moving closer to reality in Poland, as the government moves high-speed rail from long-term planning to reality by announcing tenders for the first section of a new line, and for the trains that will run on it. A milestone for the country’s rail sector.

30/12/2025

Już coraz bliżej! Zapraszamy w sobotę, 24go Stycznia!❤️ Jak zawsze, będzie dużo atrakcji dla dużych i małych❤️

30/12/2025
New Year Eve or as it is known in Europe "Sylwester" is tomorrow, and a popular way of celebrating and ushering in the n...
30/12/2025

New Year Eve or as it is known in Europe "Sylwester" is tomorrow, and a popular way of celebrating and ushering in the new year is attending a concert.

Most of Poland’s symphony orchestras and opera companies invite music fans to special New Year’s Eve concerts featuring a festive repertoire ranging from George Gershwin to Nino Rota’s film scores and popular waltzes by Johann Strauss II. 

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