Halberstam served as the rabbi of Nowy Sącz for nearly half a century transforming it into a thriving center of religious and intellectual life and the United States visit his grave at the Jewish cemetery on Rybacka Street This year’s commemoration carries particular significance as it coincides with the Jewish festival of Passover (Pesach) 25 Nisan: R'Chaim Halberstam, the Divrei Chaim of Sanz (1793-1876). Founder of the Sanzer Chasidim. Talmid of R'Naftali Tzvi of Ropshitz. He was considered one of the foremost authorities and leaders of his time & receieved questions from around the globe. pic.twitter.com/vGeAYmquVo Chaim Halberstam was the founding rabbi of the Sanz (Nowy Sącz) dynasty of Hasidic Judaism His descendants went on to lead Jewish communities in other southern Polish towns [🇬🇧 below] Dziś po zmroku rozpocznie się wielki jorcait (rocznica śmierci) cadyka Chaima Halberstama The tradition of pilgrimage to his grave - interrupted by World War II and the communist era - was revived several decades ago and continues to grow Nowy Sacz Historical and Exploratory AssociationExperts found 103 silver items in total the Nazis took hold of Nowy Sacz Royal Castle in Poland and turned it into a barracks and ammunition depot it is clear that more than weapons were stored here According to Fox News researchers have unearthed a literal treasure chest full of silver at the 14th-century fortress The find comes nearly 80 years to the month of Germany’s occupation there during which time the surrounding town of 20,000 Polish Jews was transformed into a ghetto The find was made by Stanislaw Pustułka of the Nowy Sacz Historical and Exploratory Association while he was examining the property for artifacts just like this Nowy Sacz Historical and Exploratory AssociationNowy Sacz was blown up by Polish soldiers a few years later Only the outer walls and a reconstructed keep remain The research team found a total of 103 silver objects that included homewares like goblets and cutlery The Nowy Sacz Historical and Exploratory Association currently believes that these items were produced in Austria or Poland probably from the turn of the 19th or 20th century connected to Jewish ritual and was probably buried during World War Two,” said local archaeologist Bartlomiej Urbański But questions around the treasure’s origins linger “Is it connected with the buildings that used to be in this part of the city who were then unable to take it away?” Nowy Sacz Historical and Exploratory AssociationIt is still unclear whether or not these items were stolen from Poland or transported to the castle from Austria Nowy Sacz Royal Castle was blown up by Polish soldiers in 1945 but not before all 20,000 Jews trapped in the ghetto were sent to the Belzec concentration camp only the castle’s outer walls and a reconstructed keep remain Nowy Sacz Historical and Exploratory AssociationThe recovered items will be put on display at the local Regional Museum archaeologists will continue to dig on site and catalog their finds These will be displayed in the local Regional Museum This isn’t the first such discovery on the castle grounds archaeologists uncovered 50 dinar coins from the 15th century about 65 feet from the silver-filled treasure chest And recently, experts found the 75-year-old diary of an SS Officer which revealed that 28 tons of Nazi gold were stashed somewhere in Poland The journal listed 10 other locations across Germany and the Czech Republic where such stolen treasures might remain hidden to this day Next up, read about how $130 million in Nazi gold were found in a sunken German cargo ship. Then, learn about the Forrest Fenn Treasure worth millions that people have died looking for Sep 5, 2024 | Energy & Climate, Society Nowy Sącz has the EU’s second-most-polluted air with two other Polish cities also featuring among the worst ten in the European Environmental Agency’s (EEA) latest ranking of urban air quality Poland as a whole also has the highest annual number of deaths linked to air pollution Poland’s results are better than three years ago with Polish cities showing a reduction in air pollution The ranking looks at the level of fine particulate matter – the type of air pollutant that has the highest impact on health in terms of premature death and disease – in 372 EU cities across the years 2022 and 2023 The most polluted city was Slavonski Brod in Croatia That made it the only place in the EU with air classified as “very poor” by the EEA It was followed in second place by Nowy Sącz (24.0 µg/m3). Częstochowa (21.9 µg/m3) and Żory (21.8 µg/m3) occupy ninth and tenth place respectively. All three cities are located in the south of Poland, where air quality is notoriously bad Among the remainder of the ten most polluted cities 22.2 µg/m3) while one is in Greece (Ioannina The latest ranking, however, shows an improvement for Poland compared to three years ago, when five Polish cities were among the ten most polluted in the EU Pollutant levels in individual cities have also fallen: from 27.3 µg/m3 to 24.0 µg/m3 in Nowy Sącz and from 24.9 µg/m3 to 21.8 µg/m3 in Żory was among the EU’s ten most polluted The @WorldBank is lending a further €250 million to finance Poland's “Clean Air” programme It aims to tackle some of the worst air pollution in Europe by providing subsidies for households to install cleaner heating systems and improve insulation https://t.co/zTzjn2tRRY — Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 (@notesfrompoland) April 22, 2024 Poland still has the EU’s highest number of premature deaths linked to air pollution show that 47,300 deaths in Poland were attributable to PM2.5 a type of air pollutant that is deemed the most harmful to human health That was a higher figure than in any other country In terms of years of life lost per 100,000 inhabitants due to PM2.5 – a measure that takes account of population size – Poland’s figure of 1,372 was second only to Bulgaria (1,443) among EU countries Main image credit: Jakub Dominik Belski/Wikimedia Commons (under CC BY 3.0) Daniel Tilles is editor-in-chief of Notes from Poland He has written on Polish affairs for a wide range of publications , , Karol Nawrocki even suggested that the state security services were involved in creating the scandal , , The 1,200 square metre national symbol was unfurled on the beach in Międzyzdroje , , The proportion of Poles saying the US has a positive influence on the world has also fallen to its lowest recorded level Apr 30, 2025 | , , , That response will include “large Polish and NATO exercises in Poland” Apr 29, 2025 | , , , Those employed in Poland work on average the third-longest hours in the European Union Apr 28, 2025 | , , , , Westinghouse and Bechtel were first chosen in 2022 as partners on the 192 billion zloty ($51 billion) project please consider helping us to continue and expand it [email protected] Copyright © 2025 Notes From Poland | Design jurko studio | Code by 2sides.pl Senior Research Fellow at the Global Europe Centre ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR Weronika Strzyżyńska is currently studying journalism at Goldsmiths as a Scott Trust Bursary recipient She  has written on issues immigration and Brexit for New Statesman and Prospect Agnieszka Wądołowska is managing editor of Notes from Poland She has previously worked for Gazeta.pl and Tokfm.pl and contributed to Gazeta Wyborcza ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR Daniel Tilles is editor-in-chief of Notes from Poland and assistant professor of history at the Pedagogical University of Krakow The Independent and Dziennik Gazeta Prawna ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR Stanley Bill is the founder and editor-at-large of Notes from Poland.He is also Senior Lecturer in Polish Studies and Director of the Polish Studies Programme at the University of Cambridge Stanley has spent more than ten years living in Poland He founded Notes from Poland in 2014 as a blog dedicated to personal impressions cultural analysis and political commentary He is committed to the promotion of deeper knowledge and understanding of Poland He is the Chair of the Board of the Notes from Poland Foundation ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR Professor of European Studies at Oxford University ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR Professor at the Institute of History of the Jagiellonian University ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR Executive Director of Taube Family Foundation ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR Associate Professor at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Science ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR Receive the most important information from our museum Made by openform Looking to access paid articles across multiple policy topics Interested in policy insights for EU professional organisations The southern Polish city of Nowy Sącz has the worst air quality in the European Union according to a new ranking released by the European Environmental Agency (EEA) A further four Polish cities are among the top 10 most polluted… The South Polish city Nowy Sącz has the worst air in the European Union, according to a new ranking released by the European Environmental Agency (EEA). [Shutterstock/degie] iqoncept | BigstockFrance-based LDC is taking steps to further its presence in Poland, as it has reached an agreement to purchase the Konspol brand from Cargill, as well as the Konspol plant in the city of Nowy Sącz LDC describes the planned acquisition as one that is consistent with the company’s international expansion strategy and would give it a strong presence in the ready meals segment The transaction is expected to be finalized by the end of 2024 While the terms of the deal have not been disclosed LDC stated that the Nowy Sącz plant achieved a consolidated turnover of EUR35 million (US$37.66 million) in 2023 In late 2023, LDC announced other potential growth in Poland, as it was in talks to acquire Poland-based turkey company Indykpol According to LDC’s most recent annual report the acquisition is currently being considered by the European competition authority with a decision expected to come within the next several months Cargill has owned Konspol since 2018. At the time, it was Cargill's entry into the Polish protein market the third largest in Europe and the 18th largest in the world Cargill ranks as the 12th largest broiler producer in the world and its Cargill Meats Europe subsidiary is the 19th largest poultry producer in Europe according to information from the WATTPoultry.com Top Poultry Companies Database By submitting this form, you acknowledge that use of your data is governed by our Privacy Policy. you agree to receive texts or calls regarding your subscription or other WATT products and services Please call +1 (847) 400-5960 for custom support LDC’s Polish subsidiary Drosed Group will enter the ready-meals sector with the acquisition French poultry processing major LDC is set to acquire the Konspol Poland brand and factory from agri-food giant Cargill The plant is located in Nowy Sącz in southern Poland and generated a consolidated turnover of €35m ($38m) in 2023 LDC’s Polish subsidiary Drosed Group will to enter the ready-meals sector with the acquisition The French group said: “With this transaction the Drosed Group will develop its production capabilities by relying on a modern tool with a strong capacity potential managed by an experienced and professional team.” The companies are planning on completing the acquisition by the end of the year Don’t let policy changes catch you off guard Stay proactive with real-time data and expert analysis operates six plants across Poland and turned over circa €370m in sales last year Last month, LDC entered discussions to purchase local salads and tabbouleh producer Pierre Martinet The group is in “exclusive negotiations” to buy 100% of the company’s capital The Sablé-sur-Sarthe-based poultry giant has been active in other M&A of late. 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who researched the names of the 12,000 Holocaust victims that are now inscribed around the walls of the memorial all of which were read out during Sunday’s ceremony “I stand [with] 12,000 of my brothers and sisters among them dozens of people from my family whose blood screams but their voices will not be heard.” She noted that among the names is “my beloved aunt Hinda Goldberg who lived around the corner” from where the ceremony was taking place Melzer thanked Nowy Sącz for “writing a beautiful chapter in the Jewish history of Central and Eastern Europe and being an example for others” Polish town commemorates lost Jews with new memorial declared that Sunday’s event showed that “the evil which appeared on our soil 80 years ago has not won” both Poland and Nowy Sącz were “multinational Today “we remember that they were our brothers today we show that memory and good prevails” a march of remembrance was also held in the town to commemorate its lost Jews The area on which the new memorial is located has been named Square of Remembrance for the Victims of the Holocaust A driving force behind the memorial was the “People, not numbers” project run by a Polish Olympic athlete which seeks to search for and commemorate Holocaust victims in the southern Małopolska province in which Nowy Sącz is located “Each of us deserves a dignified memory,” Popiela told PAP “Which is why it is so important for us to list each victim individually by name.” His organisation raised 23,400 zloty (€4,950) in a crowdfunding campaign to help pay for the monument Research into the names of Nowy Sącz’s victims was carried out at institutions including Israel’s Yad Vashem and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as well as the archives of Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance and Jewish Historical Institute Repairing the world: The Olympic athlete restoring Poland’s Jewish heritage Jews probably first appeared in Nowy Sącz in the 15th century though there was no settled presence until the 17th century according to Jewish history website Virtual Shtetl at that time they also met with resistance from some local residents which made up around one third of the town’s population It had also become renowned as a centre of Hasidism That was brought to a sudden and tragic end by the Nazi German occupation during which Jews from Nowy Sącz and surrounding areas were first forced into a ghetto and then deported in their thousands to the gas chambers of Bełżec Very few of the town’s Jews survived the Holocaust The last members of Nowy Sącz’s Jewish community emigrated in 1968-69 at a time when thousands of Jews left Poland amid an “anti-Zionist” campaign led by the communist authorities The story of a Holocaust survivor’s returns to Poland Main image credit: Adam Musiał , , Poland has recorded the strongest rise in consumer sentiment across the EU this year [email protected] May 30, 2023 | Notes from Pawland, Society a city of 83,000 people in southern Poland has appealed to residents to stay indoors amid sightings of a bear wandering through the streets this morning Municipal police patrols have been deployed to search for the animal “I was driving to work and at around 7 a.m I saw a bear in front of my car,” one eyewitness told local news service Sądeczanin “You could tell that he was still young he was standing in the middle of the road…By the time I took my phone out of my bag the bear had already gone into the bushes.” some residents were able to capture the animal on camera before it disappeared posted one such image (seen above) to social media alongside a warning to locals especially residents of the Chruślice neighbourhood to stay at home until the situation is resolved,” Handzel wrote we are implementing the appropriate procedures The head of the city’s municipal police (straż miejska) confirmed to the Polish Press Agency (PAP) that they are patrolling the area for the creature and that the local forest service and the Polish Hunting Association have been notified of the situation A crisis team has also been set up and various plans of action have been established “The bear can be a threat to both residents and vehicles,” he told PAP “If it appears again in a residential area various scenarios are taken into consideration: scare it away or tranquilise it and transport it deep within the forest.” the bear has not been seen since early this morning and some experts believe that it has already left the area “It is probably a bear that was chased away by a dominant male from territories in Slovakia,” Stanisław Michalik head of the forest inspectorate for the nearby Piwniczna-Zdrój forest Nowy Sącz is located near the Tatra Mountains “It may have also been chased out of the forests by wolves or some large and strayed between buildings,” he added “All the signs suggest that it is wandering from south to north in search of a suitable place.” “It is looking for large woodland areas where it will be able to hunt some deer or stag…and it is very unlikely that it will stay in this area I am sure that by this time [around 10 a.m.] it is already far from the Chruślice neighbourhood.” The mountain resort town of Zakopane has installed new rubbish bins designed to prevent wild animals The initiative, a collaboration with Tatra National Park, is intended to protect both animals and humans https://t.co/7PW0SatYxg — Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 (@notesfrompoland) August 1, 2022 Main image credit: Prezydent Ludomir Handzel/Facebook Anna Hackett is an assistant editor at Notes from Poland She is a recent graduate of European Studies from Trinity College Dublin and has had previous journalistic experience with the Irish Independent News & Media group [email protected] Nowy Sącz: A town in Poland becomes the center of a heritage tour My late father was a Holocaust survivor and I was investigating his life before the Nazi invasion when the pandemic closed many archives down But I kept researching online and when Europe started opening up again in the spring I arranged for us all to visit the Polish town of Nowy Sącz on a virtual tour Neither my children nor their significant others had ever met my father or knew of his world my son and daughter-in-law will get married in my father’s tallit so it felt like an especially good time to share my passion and show them all their links to our past an expert guide would take us around the town where two Hasidic dynasties were founded (Sanz and Bobov) — and Scouring genealogical websites and databases I began to find scattered remnants of the Jewish community of Nowy Sącz I first found a Luks family in Pennsylvania who came from the same shtetl “Luks” and “Lux” from such a small town — they had to be family They themselves had found another Luks family in Israel who had been researching their past It turned out that both the Pennsylvania and Israeli families owned the same family photo though they could identify different people on it I had originally thought to take only my nuclear family And then I invited friends of theirs and mine Today’s Claim to Fame: Koral’s ice cream factory is now one of the most notable businesses in the Polish town My father never went back to Poland and never encouraged us to do so He had lost all his family in the Holocaust — parents and siblings — and and would religiously read the Yiddish Forward go to read Yiddish poetry to folks at old age homes and even perform regularly with the Folksbiene theater company Being the son of a Holocaust survivor is a defining identity for me a compulsion to settle his unfinished business I grew up seeing a lot of numbers tattooed onto arms hearing adults with European accents and I had almost no blood relatives except on my mother’s side but all his friends at work were survivors and I would occasionally wake at night to hear him screaming from his dreams improvised Lux/Luks community headed virtually back to the town in which he was born once he reached America — would have known it by its Yiddish name of Sanz Although an entire section of the Jewish neighborhood at the confluence of the Kamienica and Dunajec rivers had been demolished he would have recognized many of the buildings we visited — from the castle to the Town Hall On our side of the screen we numbered more than 30 people: the Lux and Luks families We were all on a Zoom meeting that our guide would join from his iPhone cold blue Wednesday afternoon in the south of Poland as our guide Christopher Skutela from Virtual Tours & Seminars introduced us to this small town of 80,000 nestled between Krakow and the Slovakian border young Polish guide with an expertise on the Krakow area Skutela greeted us enthusiastically from beneath his black beanie With only one of the 20 or more synagogues remaining (and even that one little used) there’s now scant trace of the flourishing Jewish community from the early 20th century but we began in one of them: the Jewish cemetery Remnants of History: The “new” Jewish cemetery which replaced the old one at the end of the 19th century contains a few original gravestones there from the last century Locals say that the Nazis took many of the stones that were there in 1939 and used them to build Sanz-Klausenberg Hasidim and others have erected a modest but pristine building around the nominal grave of Rabbi Chaim Halberstam Although this was the “new” Jewish cemetery which replaced the old one at the end of the 19th century there are few original gravestones there from the last century while almost none of the Sanzers who survived it makes for a good starting point for a Jewish tour lived in the early 19th century and his grandson was among those went to Bobowa where he founded the Bobov dynasty Yet other Halberstams remained in Sanz until they fled for Israel and America My father would attend meetings of the Sanzer Society in Manhattan when the current Rabbi Halberstam attended He also volunteered to manage the Sanzer Society burial section at New Montefiore Cemetery on Long Island — assigning graves when survivors and their spouses died I wanted to see where my father had grown up and I had given the guide his address From the grassy cemetery we could see the bridges over the smaller Kamienica River that my father fished in as a boy Skutela flipped between selfie mode on the camera as he explained some of the context and face-forward mode as he walked us out of the gates past the commemorative plaques — including the one for Jakob Muller who had returned to Sanz from his safe haven in Sweden to care for the cemetery until he died in 2010 Skutela showed us the view looking down to where the rivers meet just behind Koral’s ice cream factory which is the town’s current claim to national fame Along with a more central area further up the hill this had been one of the main Jewish areas in the early 20th century the Nazis forced the Jews into a ghetto away from the river and partially destroyed the lower neighborhood the streets were completely demolished before sometime in the ‘90s This river junction was the reason for the foundation of the town and Nowy Sącz’s royal castle still stands on a hill looking down at it Two roads now run across each river and met at right angles below the castle with only Koral and its parking lot between the highway and the river the Jewish quarter with its two main streets sat wedged in between the river and the protection of the local nobility It was on Rzemieslnicza that my father had reached his teen years The lack of anything more evocative than an anachronistic factory felt absurd and yet being here with my brothers and my children and my friends new and old We moved up the town away from the rivers passing the castle was officially deeded back to the Jewish community in absentia the town square and the streets where the Nazis formed the ghetto from which Jews were sent to the Bełżec extermination camp in late August 1942 My father had already left the town before the Nazis occupied it in early September 1941 fleeing for the supposed safety of the Soviet Union The townsfolk were just beginning to emerge from COVID-19 lockdown and they seemed completely unfazed to hear a guide walking through the town talking in English to a forward-facing iPhone to hear Skutela’s smattering of Hebrew and Yiddish words uttered with perfect Hasidic pronunciation Soon we reached the end of Jewish Nowy Sącz and Skutela said goodbye and promised to connect me to the latest Rabbi Halberstam but recently I have become increasingly drawn to the things that made him — his Orthodox Jewish roots I didn’t think I’d find the key to who he was or the compulsions that were pulling on me I hadn’t reckoned on finding my father’s childhood home turned into one of Poland’s biggest ice cream factories but I was delighted to have taken my family — new and old — back to Sanz This particular virtual trip to his past was over but my journey to find my father is well underway Marshall Lux 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in the ranking of 323 places across the bloc Poland has long battled with some of the continent’s most polluted air which is estimated to cause around 50,000 premature deaths in the country annually was found by the EEA to have an annual mean concentration of 27.3 μg/m3 of PM2.5 (referring to small and particularly harmful airborne particulate matter) in 2019 and 2020 The World Health Organisation recommends a limit of 10 μg/m3 — Compassion 🇪🇺 (@gmulder) June 17, 2021 That made Nowy Sącz one of only five EU cities to receive the worst rating of “very poor” air Another was Zgierz (25.2μg/m3) in central Poland Also in the bottom ten were Piotrków Trybunalski, Żory (both 24.9 μg/m3) and Kraków (24.7 μg/m3) as well as the major cities of Łódź (18.2 μg/m3) Wrocław (16.2 μg/m3) and Poznań (17.2 μg/m3) were also classified as having “poor” air The non-Polish cities in the bottom ten were Cremona Umeå in Sweden had the EU’s cleanest air followed by Tampere in Finland and Funchal in Portugal Poland has EU’s worst air pollution, shows new report “Fine particulate matter is the air pollutant with the highest impact on health in terms of premature death and disease,” notes the EEA “Long term exposure…caus[es] serious health effects.” A study last year found that children in one Polish city had over four times the level of harmful substances from air pollution in their bodies as their counterparts in France Over the last decade, there has been a growing campaign in Poland for the authorities – as well as the public themselves – to take steps to mitigate air pollution Dangerous levels of air pollution in Polish children’s bodies, finds study The biggest contributor to the problem is home heating, with many Poles burning coal – and sometimes, illegally, household waste – in domestic stoves. In 2019, Kraków became the first city in the country to ban the burning of wood and coal The city also launched an app that allows residents to not only monitor air quality but also to send the authorities geotagged photographs of buildings where they suspect illegal burning Some municipalities in Poland have used drones to monitor smoke coming from chimneys Pioneering anti-smog measures improve air in one of Poland’s most polluted cities Main image credit: Jakub Wlodek / Agencja Gazeta [email protected] This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page 2022Get email notification for articles from Ofer Aderet FollowAug 27 Hinda Goldberg was shot to death by German soldiers in her Polish hometown of Nowy Sacz 12,000 Jews from the town were killed by the Germans but Goldberg’s story stands out for the circumstances of her death The 28-year-old Adu was regarded as one of football’s most promising talents when DC United made him the youngest athlete ever to sign a professional contract in the United States in 2004, but a permanent move to Sandecja, who are newly promoted to the Polish first division, would represent his 14th club in a ninth different country. Read moreSandecja said in a statement they will make a decision on Adu after his medical but their manager Radoslaw Mroczkowski was outspoken in his disagreement with the move “It’s a joke,” Mroczkowski told Polish website Sportowefakty.pl I asked the sporting director [Arkadiusz Alexander] why he did not tell me anything [about Adu] he sent me a text message that there ‘will be a player on trial’ and that they all knew Only the coach did not know who the trialist was.” Adu was most recently on trial with Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer earlier this year He has not played a professional match since he was released by NASL side Tampa Bay Rowdies at the end of 2016 What is the point of having such a player?” Mroczkowski added: “The CEO says that it’s marketing We may as well have Janusz Chomontek [a Polish football freestyler].” 14 May, 2024 By Polish infrastructure operator PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe (PLK) has appointed a Polish-Turkish consortium to build Poland’s longest railway tunnel as part of a project to modernise a stretch of railway PKP PLK has selected a consortium comprising Polish contractor Budimex and Turkish infrastructure firm Gülermak to deliver the project the consortium will the modernise the fourth section of the 104 railway line between Chabówka and the village of Nowy Sącz in the Małopolska province The works is being carried out as part of the PLN1.9bn (£382M) Podłęże - Piekiełko project - one of the largest infrastructure projects in southern Poland The upgrades to the railway will involve modernising and electrifying a 12.5km long stretch of track between Limanowa and Klęczany and building new train stops at Mordarka and Chomranice It will also involve excavating a new tunnel to take trains underground through part of the Western Beskids mountains The almost 3.8km long tunnel will run between the towns of Męcina and Mordarka The tunnel and upgraded railway infrastructure will reduce travel times between Krakow “This is great news for everyone who wants to travel between these two cities and sees their chance in rail transport,” said Poland’s minister of infrastructure Dariusz Klimczak The project will also include the construction of 10 viaducts and 12 bridges Rail and road crossings will be replaced with grade-separated intersections Modernisation of the railway tracks will mean that passenger trains will be able to run at speeds of up to 160km/h and freight trains at 100km/h Construction works are currently underway on three sections of railway line between Klęczany and Nowy Sącz PKP PLK is also conducting a tender procedure for the reconstruction of Limanowa station as part of the project “The implementation of this project will increase the competitiveness of the railways and contribute to the economic development of the region,” said PKP PLK’s acting president of the management board Want to read more? Subscribe to GE’s enewsletters and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn Tagged with: The partial collapse of a building in the centre of Łódź above tunnelling works shows that more attention must be paid to “high risk” older buildings during design and construction Italian construction company Webuild has launched three tunnel boring machines (TBMs) on the Naples-Bari and Messina-Catania high-speed railway projects in southern Italy Implenia has won the £86M (CHF100M) contract to build the tunnel and one station for a large complex inner-city railway project in Gothenburg Construction activities have started at the tunnel boring machine (TBM) launch site of the San Francisco Bay Area’s rapid transit (BART) system phase two extension Sign in or Register a new account to join the discussion Mar 11, 2024 | Business, Society A contract has been signed to build what will be Poland’s longest tunnel stretching almost 3.8 km (2.4 miles) through part of the Western Beskids mountains in the south of the country the tunnel and related rail modernisation will cut the train journey time between Kraków The broader investment programme it is part of which is financed by the EU’s post-pandemic recovery fund will also slash travel times between Kraków and the mountain resort town of Zakopane — PKP PLK SA (@PKP_PLK_SA) March 8, 2024 Poland’s state rail infrastructure firm announced that it had signed a 1.9 billion zloty (€444 million) contract for modernisation of the section of rail running between Nowy Sącz and the village of Chabówka both located in the southern province of Małopolska that is centred around Kraków The section of track will include the new tunnel, which will be the longest single transport tunnel of any kind – road or rail – in the country The work will be carried out by a consortium comprised of Budimex which specialises in rail transport infrastructure will upgrade infrastructure built almost 150 years ago said deputy infrastructure minister Piotr Malepszak He added that it would cut travel times from Kraków to Nowy Sącz from around three hours to just one the fastest train connections between the two stand at around 2 hours and 40 minutes with Malepszak noting that trains often travel at speeds of up to 60km/h (37mph) speeds will increase to up to a maximum of 160km/h (99mph) Poland’s rail network is expanding and modernising However, more needs to be done to integrate it with other elements of the transport system, writes @MarcinZyla https://t.co/I3AnCXgBsh — Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 (@notesfrompoland) July 11, 2022 The improvements between Nowy Sącz and Chabówka are part of a broader programme to improve rail infrastructure in the region including a new line connecting Kraków with the Podhale and Sądecczyzna regions that lie along the mountainous border with Slovakia will cut train journey times between Kraków and Zakopane to 90 minutes the fastest connection is around 2 hours and 20 minutes The plans also encompass improvements to station infrastructure, including creating platforms that will be fully accessible to people with reduced mobility Less than 6% of train stations in Poland are fully adapted to the needs of disabled people It comes after a video showed how markings outside one station lead blind people into a wall rather than the entrance https://t.co/Vnfeyc9jvf — Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 (@notesfrompoland) February 14, 2021 The investment is being carried out as part of Poland’s so-called National Reconstruction Plan (KPO) which is the name given to the billions of euros in spending financed by the EU’s post-pandemic recovery fund Those funds were previously frozen by the European Commission due to concerns over the rule of law under Poland’s former Law and Justice (PiS) government. However, following the arrival of a new ruling coalition led by Donald Tusk, Brussels announced last month that it would unlock all of Poland’s funds Last year, head of the EU’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport declared that Poland’s plans to develop its rail network could see it surpass many western European countries within the next two decades Poland’s rail network may be better than western Europe's within 20 years and could be the most modern on the continent He also notes Poland will play a key role in integrating Ukraine into the EU's transport system https://t.co/LyWIy7whd4 — Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 (@notesfrompoland) February 19, 2023 [email protected] A new holiday has been approved in Poland remembering the Jews that were taken to the death camps in Nazi Germany during World War II According to Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki,”helping Jews at that time was one of the most glorious pages of Polish history.” the dishonor of the Nazi Party of World War II still hangs heavy in the air the flag of the Third Reich is not allowed to be displayed anywhere Even Hollywood has to get special permission when shooting films on site to fly the Nazi flag They are required to post signs near the site warning the citizens of the use of the Nazi flag Unless one is in a history venue talk about those years is hushed and frowned upon Participants who are now in their 90s are still being prosecuted passed a Holocaust bill that requires fines or a maximum three-year jail term for anyone who refers to Nazi death camps as Polish or accuses Poland of collusion in exterminating Jews Israel has taken umbrage with the bill and prefers that anyone who denies Nazi collaboration would be subject to arrest and a jail sentence The Polish bill was passed with a vote of fifty-seven to twenty-three but Israeli lawmakers are still reacting unfavorably The first celebration of the Poles who stood up to the rules of the Third Reich was held in the village of Markowa allowed a Jewish family to hide in their home Ulma was an educated and prominent man in Markowa a bee and silkworm keeper and fruit grower who was also a photography enthusiast the Ulma family reached out to the family of six as well as two daughters of another family The Jewish guests did all they could to help out on the farm for approximately two years they stayed there a knock at the door of the Ulma’s home started the beginning of the end Someone had turned the Ulmas into the German authorities who was in labor with the couple’s seventh child and their children along with the Jews they were hiding were marched out into the street In order to make an example of Nazi power the neighbors were rounded up and forced to watch as the Jews were shot in the head who by then was in the process of giving birth cowering in terror at the sight of their parents’ dead bodies were shot within minutes As German policeman Josef Kokottmurdered the children he remarked,“Look at how Polish swine that hide Jews die” The Germans then told the neighbors and the village mayor to bury the bodies Several days later some of the townspeople defied the Germans by going out at night to exhume the family’s bodies and give them a proper Catholic burial in caskets The man who gently laid Wiktoria in her casket reported that the Polish mother’s baby had made it through the birth canal almost to its tiny waist the family was reburied in the Parish cemetery Józef and Wiktoria were posthumously awarded the Righteous Among the Nations Medal in 1995 and the Catholic church is currently considering the family for beatification as martyrs They are facing the problem of the unborn child as it was not yet named or baptized but the Vatican will ultimately make that decision A memorial museum was opened in Markowaon March 17 to honor the Ulnas as well as the other Poles who assisted the many Jews trying to escape extermination in occupied Poland Ian Harvey is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE The Gothic House - branch of the District Museum in Nowy Sącz If you want to receive news on your e-mail - subscribe to our newsletter FREDDY Adu's disastrous career has hit a new low.. with the one-time child prodigy set to sign for a club in the Polish second division Adu was dubbed the 'new Pele' when he turned professional at the age of 14 but his career fizzled out before it ever got going He failed to land a contract last month after a trial with the Portland Timbers and is now weighing up an offer from minnows Sandecja Nowy Sacz from the Polish second division Reports from Poland claim he is due to undergo a medical this week and will sign for the club once that has been completed The side play their home gamea st the Father Wladyslaw Augustynka stadium They are currently seventh in the Polish second division However football website Goal.com claim the former USA international is also considering an offer from an unspecified club in Asia. Adu began his professional career at age 14 with MLS side DC United, and was immediately hailed as the first superstar of football in America. MLS marketing men dubbed him the 'new Pele' and for a while it seemed he would justify the hype, winnning his first cap at the age of 16 years in January 2006. In November that year Adu had a trial with Manchester United for a fortnight, but he was not able to gain a work permit and so could not play in any competitive games. However it turned sour quickly for the young midfielder. then joined Benfica in 2007 for just £1.5million Since then he has been around the block several times, at Monaco Serbian club FK Jagodina and Kuopion Pallosuera in Finland among others Everything that I’ve been through and everything that hurt my career I brought it on myself because I didn’t dedicate enough time to it He signed with the Tampa Bay Rowdies of the NASL in 2015, but after a promising first season with the club, Adu was left on the bench in favour of former Chelsea and England star Joe Cole for the 2016 season He left the Rowdies having just played 13 league matches for the club Adu spent a few weeks on trial with the Portland Timbers at the end of January but didn't do enough to earn a contract Adu admitted in an interview with Goal.com a year ago that he has no one but himself to blame for failing to fulfil the potential he showed "I’ve had some tough times in my career I’ve had some great times as well," he said It wasn’t my choice or decision to be compared to Pele when I came into the league "Everything that I’ve been through and everything that hurt my career I had a lot too early,’ or say whatever you want "But at the end of the day we all need to grow up at some point "I’ve looked back on these past few years and I’ve wasted a lot of time just not dedicating the time I should have to the sport I started so early that time wasted doesn’t mean I’m 33 or 34 and it’s too late for me "I’m only 26 and I can change and correct the things I’ve done wrong and that’s what I’m focused on right now." 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For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/ at the headquarters of the Centre for EU Transport Projects a press briefing was held related to the concluding of an agreement to support the modernization of railway line No on the sections Chabówka – Rabka Zaryte – Mszana Dolna and Limanowa – Klęczany – Nowy Sącz PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe will receive nearly PLN 4 billion from the European Union for the reconstruction of over 43 km of the railway line The recipient of the support will prepare a route for convenient passenger connections increasing the residents’ access to the railway as well as the comfort and safety of traveling with an ecological means of transport and contributing to the increase in the attractiveness of the railway in the voivodship Thanks to the funds from the European Union work on the accessibility of rail transport and improving the cohesion of the railway network is not slowing down An example is the planned modernization of the railway line No which will have a positive impact on the region and the inhabitants of southern Małopolska and the society gains a connection that will increase the comfort of everyday life – says Joanna Lech director of the Centre for EU Transport Projects 104 from Chabówka to Nowy Sącz is a project that will change the transport system of Małopolska because it covers a very large scope of works time and comfort of rail travel will improve said Minister of Infrastructure Andrzej Adamczyk 104 Chabówka – Nowy Sącz for bulk cargo rail transport of intermodal and combined cargo in the north-south direction creating the RFC 11 “Amber” corridor on the Baltic – Balkans – Black Sea axis It will partially relieve the rail freight corridor RFC 5 “Bałtyk – Adriatic” running through the highly urbanized area of ​​Upper Silesia The prepared route will ensure continuity and greater throughput of cargo and thanks to the modernization of the existing and construction of new railway infrastructure the transport capacity of bulk cargo between individual countries of the Visegrad Group will increase The project includes the reconstruction of a railway line with a total length of 43.89 km including 28.77 km within the TEN-T network The completed investment will improve passenger and cargo traffic on the following sections: An important task in the project will also be the modernization and construction of new engineering facilities The total value of the project is over PLN 3.9 billion The project will be 100% financed from EU funds from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan You can learn more about NRP from a dedicated tab on our website dedicated to this topic Website co-funded: from the Cohesion Fund as part of the technical assistance of the Operational Programme Infrastructure and Environment 2014-2020 from the Cohesion Fund as part of the technical assistance of the European Funds for Infrastructure Environment Programme 2021-2027 and from the European Regional Development Fund as part of the technical assistance of the European Funds for Eastern Poland Programme 2021-2027 7th International Biannial Pastel - Nowy Sącz 2018 Na oficjalnej stronie internetowej Policji z hrabstwa Surrey w niedzielę została opublikowana oficjalna informacja na temat tragedii do jakiej doszło dzień wcześniej w mieście Staines-upon-Thames 13.15 zostali wezwani przez pogotowie ratunkowe do domu przy Bremer Road gdzie znaleziono ciała trójki dzieci i mężczyzny Wczoraj po południu (31 sierpnia) około godziny 13:15 zostaliśmy wezwani przez pogotowie ratunkowe South-East Coast do posiadłości przy gdzie funkcjonariusze znaleźli ciała trójki dzieci i mężczyzny W toku prowadzonego śledztwa policjanci ustalili że to obywatele Polski – ojciec oraz trzech synów że cała trójka dzieci miała mniej niż 4 lata by do śmierci ojca oraz trójki jego dzieci - To jest naprawdę tragiczny incydent i trwa dokładne śledztwo co dokładnie się stało – informuje za pośrednictwem oficjalnej policyjnej strony internetowej prokurator Gareth Hicks że żona a zarazem matka dzieci oraz najbliżsi krewni otrzymali niezbędne wsparcie psychologiczne Policja w Surrey poinformowała o sprawie także IOPC ponieważ funkcjonariusze już raz mieli kontakt z polską rodziną w sierpniu 2023 IOPC to niezależny organ nadzorujący policję oraz jego rodzina pochodzą ze Świniarska w gminie Chełmiec We wakacje odwiedzili rodzinną miejscowość Przed tygodniem mieli wrócić do Wielkiej Brytanii że ciało swojego 31-letniego męża oraz trójki synów – starszy w wieku 4 lat a bliźniacy w wieku 2 lat – odkryła po powrocie z pracy do domu matka dzieci 31-latek miał w przeszłości leczyć się psychiatrycznie Jeśli jesteś w kryzysie psychicznym i potrzebujesz specjalistycznej porady zacznij od skorzystania z jednej z poniższych infolinii pomocowych: Po bezpłatną pomoc psychologiczną i fachowe wsparcie w sytuacji kryzysu psychicznego można zwrócić się do specjalistów również za pośrednictwem czatu lub e-maila Przed krakowskim Szpitalem Uniwersyteckim w południe w środę (30 kwietnia) przedstawiciele Regionu Małopolskiego Ogólnopolskiego Związku Zawodowego Lekarzy.. w Małopolsce Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych zarejestrował 1,9 mln zaświadczeń lekarskich o czasowej niezdolności do pracy W Męcinie przy portalu wschodnim budowanego tunelu kolejowego w obecności licznych gości m.in ministra infrastruktury Dariusza Klimczaka "Odwołanie Pani Marioli Marchewki nie jest rozwiązaniem prowadzącym do stabilności Zmiany w kierownictwie mogą skutkować odpływem kluczowej kadry do innych.. i setki innych zwierząt nadal czekają na bezpieczne i kochające domy że w ostatnim czasie w mediach społecznościowych pojawił się nowy trend – kobiety publikują filmy