Controversial Czech economist and commentator Tomáš Sedláček recently proposed that Czechia should be renamed Bohemia. Many Czechs are far from happy with the suggestion. The Velvet Divorce of 1993 created two countries out of what had hitherto been...
Tag - Silesia
Plans for a monument commemorating the 1921 Silesian Uprisings have led to a dispute in Opole, a city in southwest Poland. The Silesian Uprisings were a series of three...
Poland’s National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFEP&WM), in cooperation with the European Commission and the World Bank, has launched an...
We live in times when even the most mature democratic societies are deeply divided. One segment of society blames the other for all evils. We seem to be trapped in...
Scaling up renewable energy sources in Poland would benefit the economy, improve people’s health, and reduce serious environmental problems – including the worst...
Sir David Attenborough delivered a stern speech on the opening day of the UN’s climate change summit in Katowice, Poland, warning of the impending threats global...
Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW), the owner of the Dębieńsko coking plant in Silesia, Poland, has confirmed that it will close the plant in September, following calls to...
There is much talk in Europe at the moment about the potential spread of separatist movements, a consequence of Catalonia’s referendum on independence. A number of maps...
