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Dariusz Miłek (born 1 February 1968) is a Polish businessman and entrepreneur, ranked the fourth-wealthiest person in Poland by Forbes magazine in 2015. He is the chairman of CCC SA [pl], Poland's largest retail company. [1]
Gdańsk Agreement. The Gdańsk Agreement (or Gdańsk Social Accord (s) or August Agreement (s), Polish: Porozumienia sierpniowe) was an accord reached between the government of the Polish People's Republic and the striking shipyard workers in Gdańsk, Poland. The accord, signed in late August 1980 by government representative Mieczysław ...
Lech Wałęsa[a] (Polish pronunciation: [ˈlɛɣ vaˈwɛ̃sa] ⓘ; born 29 September 1943) is a Polish statesman, dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who served as the president of Poland between 1990 and 1995. After winning the 1990 election, Wałęsa became the first democratically elected president of Poland since 1926 and the first ...
The Polish Corridor and Danzig 1923–1939. The 1939 German ultimatum to Poland refers to a list of 16 demands by Nazi Germany to Poland, largely regarding the Polish Corridor and status of the Free City of Danzig attached to German demands to negotiate on August 29, 1939. It was announced on German radio that these points had been rejected on ...
v. t. e. The Polish crisis of 1980–1981, associated with the emergence of the Solidarity mass movement in the Polish People's Republic, challenged the rule of the Polish United Workers' Party and Poland's alignment with the Soviet Union. For the first time however, the Kremlin abstained from military intervention, unlike on previous occasions ...
A recent large migration of Poles took place following Poland's accession to the European Union in 2004 and with the opening of the EU's labor market; an approximate number of 2 million, primarily young, Poles taking up jobs abroad. [75] It is estimated that over half a million Polish people went to work in the United Kingdom from Poland.
Nr 50, poz. 420 [1] The Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork, [2] commonly known as Malbork Castle (Polish: Zamek w Malborku; German: Ordensburg Marienburg), is a 13th-century castle complex located in the town of Malbork, Poland. It is the largest castle in the world measured by land area and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Height. 1,190 mm (46.85 in) Curb weight. 1,300 kg (2,900 lb) (dry) The Arrinera Hussarya is a sports car project made by Polish automotive manufacturer Arrinera Automotive. It was touted by Arrinera as the first supercar designed and engineered in Poland. [5] It was named after Poland's Hussar cavalry. [6][7]