Poland Current Affairs, GK & News
Poland opens new canal across the Vistula Spit
Poland has opened a new sea waterway to enable ships to sail from the Baltic Sea and the Bay of Gdansk to ports of Vistula lagoon without relying on Strait of Pilawa in Russia. Key facts The new canal was opened on the 83rd anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland during the Second World ..
Month: current affairs - september, 2022
Category: International / World Current Affairs • Places in News Current Affairs
Topics: Baltic Sea • Poland • Russia
First-known pregnant mummy discovered by Researchers
The researchers of Poland recently discovered the first embalmed pregnant woman. This is the first time in the history scientists have found a foetus in a mummy. Initially the researchers thought the Mummy was a male priest. About the Mummy The Mummy was first brought to Warsaw in 1826. It was believed to be the ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs • International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Egypt • mummy • Nile • Poland • Thebes • Warsaw
EU declared as ‘LGBT Freedom Zone’
The European Parliament has declared whole of the European Union as “LGBTIQ Freedom Zone” on March 11, 2021. Highlights This symbolic resolution was passed in the answer to local authorities in Poland who were labelling themselves as “LGBT ideology-free zones” in recent times. Poland had also planned to close the loophole that allowed same-sex couples ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2021
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: European Union • LGBT Freedom Zone • LGBT ideology-free zones • LGBT rights • Poland
Qutub Minar lights up to celebrate solidarity movement
Marking 40th anniversary of the creation of Solidarity movement, Embassy of Poland and Polish Institute in Delhi illuminated Qutub Minar in Poland’s national flag colours, white and red. About the solidarity movement In the year 1970 Poland’s government raised food prices though the wages were stagnant. This fired the mob and several social groups began ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2020
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Lech Walesa • Poland • Qutub Minar • Solidarity Movement
UNSC questions rights granted to minorities in China & Pakistan
In a special UNSC council meeting organized on minority rights, the Nations of Pakistan and People’s Republic of China (PRC) were criticized for their alleged lack of dignified rights granted to the minorities living in their territory. What has happened? Poland, which is the current UNSC chair for the month of August, had organized a ..
Topics: China • Christians • Pakistan • Poland • UNSC
Zuzana Caputova elected first female President of Slovakia
Zuzana Caputova has won Slovakia’s presidential election, making her the country’s first female head of state. Ms Caputova defeated high-profile diplomat Maros Sefcovic, nominated by the governing party. She won 58% of the vote, with Mr Sefcovic trailing on 42%. Mr Sefcovic is the vice president of the European Commission. Slovakia Slovakia is a landlocked ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2019
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Austria • Bratislava • Czech Republic • Euro • Europe • European Commission • European Union • Hungary • NATO • Poland • Slovakia • Ukraine • Zuzana Caputova