translator Maciek Menakiewicz

News by translator Maciek Menakiewicz

Exhibition “Warsaw: city of Chopin’s youth” has been opened

In the Historic Museum of the capital city Warsaw an exhibition “Warsaw: city of Chopin’s youth” has been opened showing the connections of Chopin with Warsaw.

Wrecks that may be hundreds of years old have been discovered in the Baltic Sea

The Nord Stream consortium building the Baltic Sea gas pipeline from Russia to Germany has discovered a dozen or so shipwrecks from the past centuries, from which the oldest could sank even 800 years ago – Swedish experts informed on Tuesday.

The Legendary Pink Dots on the Seven Festival

The Legendary Pink Dots – one of the most famous bands in Poland from the borderline between gothic and psychedelic rock – will appear among the stars of this-year’s edition of the festival in Węgorzewo.

A 17-year-old Polish girl is going to become a councillor in Sweden?

A 17-yeard-old pupil of a secondary school of Polish descent, Magda Lukaszewicz has big odds on becoming the youngest councillor in Sweden. Yet, her candidature has given rise to a discussion, whether such young people should engage themself in politics. “I want to represent Swedes in the same way as Poles or Turks” – stresses Lukaszewicz.

Poles without an Oscar

Nominated in 9 categories “Avatar” got only 3 statuettes from the American Movie Academy. And not in the most important categories, because the Oscar for directing and the best picture was given to the creators of the film about the war in Iraq “Hurt Locker”. Our “Rabbit à la Berlin” hasn’t got an award.