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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