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POLAND IN 5 STEPS
POLAND IN 5 STEPS STEP 1 : GENERAL INFORMATIONPopulation 38.5 mlnArea - 312679kmneighbours Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast)divided into 16 provinces
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STEP 2: HISTORY Lets watch a short movie
STEP 3: POLITICAL SYSTEM political system of the Republic of Poland is defined in the Constitution adopted on 2ndof April 1997
Poland is a democratic state
separation and balance between powers:
legislative (the Parliament) : Sejm (lower chamber), Senate executive: President of the Republic of Poland, Prime Minister and his Council of Ministers judicial power: independent courts and tribunals
Executive Power I - President of the Republic of Polandcurrent President: Bronisaw KomorowskiPresident-elect: Andrzej DudaMain competences:State representative in international relations Commander-in-Chief of the Armed ForcesVeto power
current president: Bronisaw Komorowski President-elect:Andrzej Duda
presidental palace in Warsaw Belweder Residental Complex; residence
II- Prime Minister and her CouncilPrime Minister: Ewa Kopacz Competences: leader of the cabinet and the head of government in PolandPrime Ministers headquarters
Legislative Power Sejm competences: lower house of the Polish parliament
Senate competences: upper house of the Polish parliament
Judicial Power appeal system3 supreme courts:
the Supreme Court competences: the court of last resort of appeal against judgements in the lower courts.the Administrative Supreme Court competences: court of last resort in administrative cases the Constitutional Tribunal competences: its main task is to supervise the compliance of statutory law with theConstitution of the Republic of Poland
STEP 4: CULTURE Polish LanguageSlavic Official language of PolandClosely related to Czech and SlovakPolish began to emerge around the 10th centuryMusic Events Gdynia Open`er FestivalOrange Warsaw FestivalAudioLake International Frederyk Chopin Piano Competition
Science in culture Museums at NightThe Science Picnic of Polish Radio and the Copernicus Science CentreWarsaw Book Fair
The National Stadium in WarsawThe largest football arena in Poland Universal
Museums Warsaw Uprising Museum The Fryderik Chopin MuseumNational Museum POLIN Musuem of the history of the Polish Jews
Holidays Sinking marzanna
May 3rd Constitution Day
Palm Sunday
migus-dyngus
Christmas Eve
STEP 5: SPORT FootballCurrent polish champion: Legia WarsawCurrent Polish Cup holder: Legia WarsawMost popular players from Poland:
Robert LewandowskiKamil GlikArkadiusz MilikGrzegorz Krychowiak
Biggest successes of national team:
2nd place on Olimpic Games 1992 in Barcelona3rd place on World Cup 1982 in Spain3rd place on World Cup 1974 in Germany
Robert Lewandowski
Grzegorz Krychowiak
VolleyballCurrent polish champion: ASSECO ResoviaCurrent Polish Cup holder: Trefl Gdask
Most popular players from Poland: Mariusz WlazyBartosz KurekZbigniew BartmanMarcin Modonek
Biggest successes of national team: 1st place on World Cup 2014 in Poland1st place on European Cup 2009 in Turkey1st place on World League 2012 in BulgariaMariusz Wlazy
World Champions in volleyball
HandballCurrent polish champion: Vive Tauron KielceCurrent Polish Cup holder: Vive Tauron KielceMost popular players from Poland:
Sawomir SzmalKarol BieleckiBartosz JureckiKrzysztof LijewskiBiggest successes of national team:
3rd place on World Cup 2015 in Qatar3rd place on World Cup 2009 in Croatia2nd place on World Cup 2007 in Germany
Sawomir Szmal
Bronze medalists from WC 2015 in Qatar
BasketballCurrent polish champion: PGE Turw ZgorzelecCurrent Polish Cup holder: Stelmet Zielona GraMost popular players from Poland:
Marcin GortatMaciej LampePrzemek KarnowskiBiggest successes of national team:
2nd place on European Cup 1963 in Poland3rd place on European Cup 1965 in Soviet Russia3rd place on European Cup 1967 in Finland
Marcin Gortat
Popular athletes from other disciplinesKamil Stoch (ski jumping, Olympic Champion)Justyna Kowalczyk (cross-country skiing, Olympic Champion)Tomasz Majewski (shot put, Olympic Champion)Krzysztof Hoowczyc (driver, 3rd place in Dakkar race)Agnieszka Radwaska (tenis player, 14th in WTA ranking)
Kamil Stoch
Justyna Kowalczyk
Agnieszka Radwaska
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