Five things worth knowing September 18, 2023

A town located on the southwestern edge of the province. Łódź was the capital of Polish politics on Sunday. It is called “Poland in a nutshell” because the results of the primaries conducted there so far were similar to those that later took place in elections parliamentary.

On Sunday, politicians of the Civic Coalition were happy with their victory, gaining 34.08 percent. votes and slightly ahead Law and Justice (32.32%). The podium was closed by Trzecia Droga (11.94%). The turnout was 19.27 percent.

Read more: Each of their votes is worth roughly the same as four thousand votes in a “normal” election.

Polish volleyball players defeated the defending champions Italians 3-0 in Saturday’s final in Rome and won their second European championship (they had previously won in 2009). On Sunday in the arrivals hall of the Warsaw airport. They were greeted by a lot of fans at the Fryderyk Chopin Festival.

– I wish that we will meet again next year and celebrate the same medal – Sebastian Świderski, president of the Polish Football Association, thought back to the Olympic Games in Paris. The Olympic qualifying tournament will be held from September 30 to October 8 in China.

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President Andrzej Duda together with his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda, he arrived in New York on Sunday morning Polish time, starting a five-day visit on the occasion of the high-level week inaugurating the 78th session of the UN General Assembly. On that day, he met, among others, the Polish community and awarded a total of 16 distinguished Polish activists.

On the second day of his stay, the Polish leader will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. He will also take part in the opening of the Sustainable Development Goals Summit and in the reception organized on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Germany’s accession to the UN.

Read on: Plan of President Duda’s visit to the United States

Marshal of the Sejm Elżbieta Witek took part in the ceremonies commemorating the 84th anniversary of the Soviet aggression against Poland and the 30th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Poland, which took place at the Monument to the Siberian Exiles in Legnica.

– September 17 is an extremely painful date for Poles. In 1939, completely unexpectedly, Soviet troops entered the eastern territories of the Republic of Poland. The implementation of the provisions contained in the Ribbentrop-Molotov Agreement of August 23, 1939 has begun – recalled the Marshal of the Sejm.

The celebrations also took place in front of the Warsaw Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East in Muranów.

Read more: “The fate that befell Poles after the entry of the Red Army was tragic”

Initially, it was reported about four, and on the night from Sunday to Monday Polish time, the Greek army announced three members of the Greek rescue team in flood-stricken Libya who died in road accident. Two are considered missing.

The tragedy occurred shortly after the arrival of rescuers who were supposed to take part in relief operations after the devastating floods. The bus carrying the 19-person Greek team was on its way from Benghazi to Derna, 300 km to the east, when it collided head-on with a truck, as a result of which both vehicles burst into flames.

Read more: Over 11,000 victims of floods in Libya. Thousands of survivors without food and shelter