History

Dnipro HPP destroyed by Soviet forces while retreating from advancing Germans, late 1941. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Kremlin continues its ‘glorious Soviet tradition’ of blowing up dams on retreat

Russia has predictably now claimed that the Kakhovka dam had been destroyed due to a Ukrainian attack.   see more
History Tue, 21:57
In front of one o the polling stations in Warsaw, June 4, 1989. Photo: PAP/Jan Morek

Poland remembers its first partially-free parliamentary elections of 1989

This was the first major step in the fall of communism both in Poland and other countries of Central-Eastern Europe.  see more
History Sun, 21:29
1977: match between Śląsk Wrocław and Panathinaikos Athens. In the photo - Panathinaikos coach Kazimierz Górski. Photo: PAP/Adam Hawałej

Pole adored by Greeks

„Gorski, Gorski, Gorski!” – chanted supporters at Athens airport.  see more
History Wed, 19:48
The Battle of Kircholm, Mariusz Kozik 2011, ©Mariusz Kozik

Everyone wants to slay the dragon. Knights in Warsaw

Defender of the Righteous Cause’s life model still attractive, even if only in the virtual world.  see more
History Wed, 19:40
Photo: Reuters

More victims of Vesuvius found in Italy’s Pompei after 2,000 years

Archaeologists also uncovered frescoes depicting mythological scenes of Poseidon and Amimone and Apollo and Daphne.  see more
History 30.05.2023
Photo: Getty Images

Poland commemorates over 500 prisoners executed by Germans 80 years ago

It was the largest execution in Warsaw before the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944.  see more
History 29.05.2023
Hillary and Tenzing after successfully climbing Mount Everest, Nepal, May 1953. Mount Everest Expedition 1953. Photo: Alfred Gregory/Royal Geographical Society via Getty Images

70 years ago, the first human ever set foot on Mt. Everest

Edmund Hillary achieved this feat with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay.  see more
History 29.05.2023
Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste (Deputy PM) Micheál Martin at the ceremony commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of the Irish Civil War. Photo: Reuters

Centenary of Irish Civil War coming to an end commemorated in Dublin

A national ceremony of remembrance and reflection was held at the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin on Sunday.  see more
History 28.05.2023
The Independence Monument in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photo: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Happy Kyiv Day

Ukraine’s capital remembers its long history of resilience amid ongoing resistance to Russia’s attack.  see more
History 28.05.2023
Cardinal Wyszynski at Vatican Photo: Getty Images

Cometh the hour, cometh the man: Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński

Stefan Wyszyński: priest, patriot, saint. He was the spiritual father of the Polish faithful and his legacy is present today.   see more
History 28.05.2023
The Gate to the Underworld, also known as Monument 9 of Chalcatzingo. Photo: Reuters

Gate to the underworld returns to Mexico, no doorman volunteered yet

The Olmec artifact had been illegally moved from Mexico to another location in the late 1950s.   see more
History 26.05.2023