POLAND IN 5 STEPS

STEP 1 : GENERAL INFORMATION

Population– 38.5 mln Area km² neighbours – Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) divided into 16 provinces Flag Emblem

Landform

STEP 2: HISTORY

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STEP 3: POLITICAL SYSTEM

political system of the Republic of Poland is defined in the Constitution adopted on 2 nd of April 1997 Poland is a democratic state separation and balance between powers: o legislative (the Parliament) : Sejm (lower chamber), Senate o executive: President of the Republic of Poland, Prime Minister and his Council of Ministers o judicial power: independent courts and tribunals

Executive Power I - President of the Republic of Poland current President: Bronisław Komorowski President-elect: Andrzej Duda Main competences: State representative in international relations Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Veto power

current president: Bronisław Komorowski President-elect: Andrzej Duda

presidental palace in Warsaw Belweder Residental Complex; residence

II- Prime Minister and her Council Prime Minister: Ewa Kopacz Competences: leader of the cabinet and the head of government in Poland Prime Minister’s headquarters

Legislative Power Sejm o competences: lower house of the Polish parliament Senate o competences: upper house of the Polish parliament

Judicial Power appeal system 3 supreme courts: the Supreme Court o competences: the court of last resort of appeal against judgements in the lower courts. the Administrative Supreme Court o competences: court of last resort in administrative cases the Constitutional Tribunal o competences: its main task is to supervise the compliance of statutory law with the Constitution of the Republic of Poland

STEP 4: CULTURE

Polish Language Slavic Official language of Poland Closely related to Czech and Slovak Polish began to emerge around the 10th century

Music Events Gdynia Open`er Festival Orange Warsaw Festival AudioLake International Frederyk Chopin Piano Competition

Science in culture Museums at Night The Science Picnic of Polish Radio and the Copernicus Science Centre Warsaw Book Fair

The National Stadium in Warsaw The largest football arena in Poland Universal

Museums Warsaw Uprising Museum The Fryderik Chopin Museum National Museum POLIN Musuem of the history of the Polish Jews

Holidays

Sinking marzanna

May 3rd Constitution Day

Palm Sunday

Śmigus-dyngus

Christmas Eve

STEP 5: SPORT

Football Current polish champion: Legia Warsaw Current Polish Cup holder: Legia Warsaw Most popular players from Poland: Robert Lewandowski Kamil Glik Arkadiusz Milik Grzegorz Krychowiak Biggest successes of national team: 2nd place on Olimpic Games 1992 in Barcelona 3rd place on World Cup 1982 in Spain 3rd place on World Cup 1974 in Germany

Robert Lewandowski

Grzegorz Krychowiak

Volleyball Current polish champion: ASSECO Resovia Current Polish Cup holder: Trefl Gda ń sk Most popular players from Poland: Mariusz Wlazły Bartosz Kurek Zbigniew Bartman Marcin Mo ż d ż onek Biggest successes of national team: 1st place on World Cup 2014 in Poland 1st place on European Cup 2009 in Turkey 1st place on World League 2012 in Bulgaria

Mariusz Wlazły

World Champions in volleyball

Handball Current polish champion: Vive Tauron Kielce Current Polish Cup holder: Vive Tauron Kielce Most popular players from Poland: Sławomir Szmal Karol Bielecki Bartosz Jurecki Krzysztof Lijewski Biggest successes of national team: 3rd place on World Cup 2015 in Qatar 3rd place on World Cup 2009 in Croatia 2nd place on World Cup 2007 in Germany

Sławomir Szmal

Bronze medalists from WC 2015 in Qatar

Basketball Current polish champion: PGE Turów Zgorzelec Current Polish Cup holder: Stelmet Zielona Góra Most popular players from Poland: Marcin Gortat Maciej Lampe Przemek Karnowski Biggest successes of national team: 2nd place on European Cup 1963 in Poland 3rd place on European Cup 1965 in Soviet Russia 3rd place on European Cup 1967 in Finland

Marcin Gortat

Popular athletes from other disciplines Kamil Stoch (ski jumping, Olympic Champion) Justyna Kowalczyk (cross-country skiing, Olympic Champion) Tomasz Majewski (shot put, Olympic Champion) Krzysztof Hołowczyc (driver, 3rd place in Dakkar race) Agnieszka Radwa ń ska (tenis player, 14th in WTA ranking)

Kamil Stoch

Justyna Kowalczyk

Agnieszka Radwańska

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