The scientist's car was discovered in a forest near Częstochowa the police confirmed that the body belonged to the missing professor though an autopsy will determine the cause of death Mirosław Kurkowski received his doctorate in 2003 and his habilitation in 2014 He was affiliated with several universities and worked at the Police Academy in Szczytno from 2018 where he taught subjects such as computer science He also served as the deputy dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at UKSW dziś dotarła do nas bardzo smutna informacja o śmierci Świętej Pamięci prof The last time the professor contacted his family was on December 3rd Z głębokim smutkiem przyjęliśmy wiadomość o śmierci Ś.P Mirosława Kurkowskiego Dziekana Wydziału.. Source: Polish Police/PAP/UKSW/akademiapolicji.edu.pl The 15 000 inhabitants of Szczytno now have free access to wireless broadband internet connection in public places thanks to an EU-funded project A variety of new online public services is also available The Project ‘e-Szczytno’ let us provide free internet access in the whole town We also manage to create a coherent and safe IT network consisting of 33 municipal administration units – as well as to standardise the quality of virtual services in the public sector across our subregion (building 2.2 kilometers of optical fiber and four radio sectors) The town of Szczytno built a coordinated network which provides free access to the Web for town residents and visitors in public places and helps to implement e-administration tools Inhabitants and civil officers can benefit from high quality internet connection as well as from access to public services available online The project ‘e-Szczytno’ was divided into different modules 15 000 inhabitants have gained free access to the internet in public places Szczytno now has a network of 96 hot spots which is also beneficial for tourists: people visiting the city have easy access to maps citizens have now access to new public services including e-administration public information and 10 info kiosks These developments contribute to improving the quality of public services in this area All units of public administration in the Szczytno municipality are now connected and form one IT network Surveillance cameras and a multimedia fountain at the Domowe Małe Lake are also part of the network New infrastructure is also a valuable asset for educational centres All nine public schools have access to broadband internet connection which facilitates teaching and training processes New networks also help to fight digital divide in the region and contribute to social inclusion in Szczytno The number of citizens using the public internet connection is growing steadily Total investment for the project “e-Szczytno” is PLN 4 008 940 (approximately EUR 929 771) of which the EU’s European Regional Development Fund is contributing PLN 3 363 152 (approximately EUR 780 290) from the Operational Programme “Warminsko-Mazurskie” for the 2007 to 2013 programming period Zarząd Województwa Warmińsko - Mazurskiego 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 This website uses cookies to enhance your experience. Read our Privacy Notice This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings we will not be able to save your preferences This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) triggering an energy crisis that reverberated around the world the residents of towns and villages across Poland began to feel the financial impact the price for coal started to rise,’ says Wojciech Sienkiewicz the 45-year-old president of the Budowlani housing association ‘Energy bills rose by 330 per cent.’ In Poland, around 50 per cent of all individually-heated buildings get their heat from burning coal. The country is the ninth largest coal producer in the world – the second largest in Europe after Germany – but, today, most of its domestic coal fuels its 42 power plants. The high-quality coal needed for household boilers and stoves is largely imported, and much of it comes from Russia a prefab building in Szczytno in the northeast the residents’ housing association had been looking for ways to improve living conditions for the building’s mostly elderly and low-income occupants and lower its heating costs energy company Addur drilled 24 boreholes into the ground around the building collecting natural heat from the ground that could be transferred to the building’s heating system and placed solar panels on the roof to power a heat pump system the residents of 12 Śląska Street were finally disconnected from the coal-fired power plant after additional solar panels were installed on the roof been used to heat domestic water were thrown away tiny balconies were demolished and replaced with larger ones the building produces all the heat and electricity it needs without the fear of future increases in household bills Addur retrofitted another four buildings with heat pumps – this time in the ‘Ceramik’ complex in Ceglowo ‘Now in winter the flats are warmer and everything is easier but above all the air is cleaner,’ says Bozena Wasiak ‘The will to renovate the buildings was already apparent in 2018 but the work didn’t begin until 2020 and it took a year to complete’ a mathematics teacher and the president of the local housing association ‘Everyone has really supported the project and the 76 families who live here were not affected by the increase in energy prices caused by the Ukraine war.’ Budowlani housing association’s president Sienkiewicz started looking for solutions He discussed options with Polish heating equipment supplier Euros Energy which proposed a large-scale retrofit project to install heat pumps and solar panels on each of the 100 buildings in the complex ‘The people who live here are rather old and their financial situations aren’t great We had to spend a lot of time explaining to them that it was a good solution that bank loans were available and about half of the cost of the installation was subsidized work is being carried out in two multi-family buildings and work on another four buildings has already been approved ‘Half the residents haven’t exactly understood what’s going on so they are waiting to see what happens,’ says Sienkiewicz By creating our own renewable energy source we are independent and no longer subject to external influences such as political or financial situations.’ In the historic cottage where she lives in Milanówek a village half an hour’s drive from Warsaw Joanna Maćkowiak Pandera has got rid of her gas cooker and kitchen to make way for heat pumps and solar panels Pandera has worked in the energy and climate sphere for 15 years (she has also been Deputy Minister for the Environment and head of the cabinet) a think tank that advises decision-makers on how to make the energy transition happen ‘I felt that I needed to set a good example,’ she says ‘Many people are still wary of electrification – using induction hobs for cooking for example – and I wanted to experience it myself to know exactly what I was talking about.’ Pandera acknowledges a growing interest in electrification at least three or four years before the invasion of Ukraine ‘but the war has certainly contributed to accelerating this process almost 200,000 heat pump devices were sold in Poland a year-on-year growth of 120 per cent.’ Currently one in three heating systems installed in the country is a heat pump and the figure is two in three for new houses ‘There is still a lot of fear that paying €7,000-8,000 for a heat pump will be a bad investment but now I see the effect of sharing one’s experience: lots of people are making enquiries and getting informed.’ could Poland become completely independent from coal in the near future ‘I think that it’s possible to phase out coal completely by 2035,’ says Pandera ‘In my view coal is already dead in Poland Opinion polls have asked the public “What’s your favourite energy source?” and they all say: “Renewables”.’ Filed Under: Science & Environment Tagged With: , , Click Here for SUBSCRIPTION details Want to access Geographical on your tablet or smartphone Android or PC/Mac image below to download the app for your device Copyright © 2025 · Site by Syon Media and a subsequent search of his home revealed over 600 grams of narcotics Police say the suspect arrived at the station to address a previous incident involving him he pulled out a marijuana joint and began smoking without hesitation immediately drawing attention from law enforcement personnel on duty officers conducted a thorough search of his residence They discovered more than half a kilogram of illicit substances—primarily marijuana and amphetamine A regional court in Szczytno has ordered the suspect held in pre-trial detention pending further investigation and possible charges related to drug possession and use The National Police Headquarters informed Polish Radio that the requests for the dismissal of three regional police commanders have been sent to the relevant governors The dismissal requests have not yet been submitted to the Ministry of the Interior Earlier reports indicated that this concerns the regional police commanders in Kraków citing sources within the Ministry of the Interior reports that the officers have not performed well in managing their regions these changes at the top levels of the police may not end with these dismissals and more changes among regional commanders could happen after the New Year As reported on portal Radio Poland earlier in November the crisis in the Polish police has been ongoing for some time During the recent long weekend in November thousands of police officers across Poland took medical leave simultaneously in a quiet protest against the difficult financial conditions faced by the force Wearing a police uniform comes with great responsibility," emphasized Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration Tomasz Siemoniak on Tuesday in Szczytno during a speech to newly commissioned officers of the Polish police