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POLAND IN 5 STEPS
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STEP 1 : GENERAL INFORMATION
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Population– 38.5 mln Area - 312 679 km² neighbours – Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) divided into 16 provinces Flag Emblem
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Landform
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STEP 2: HISTORY
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STEP 3: POLITICAL SYSTEM
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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
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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
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current president: Bronisław Komorowski President-elect: Andrzej Duda
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presidental palace in Warsaw Belweder Residental Complex; residence
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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
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Legislative Power Sejm o competences: lower house of the Polish parliament Senate o competences: upper house of the Polish parliament
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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
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STEP 4: CULTURE
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Polish Language Slavic Official language of Poland Closely related to Czech and Slovak Polish began to emerge around the 10th century
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Music Events Gdynia Open`er Festival Orange Warsaw Festival AudioLake International Frederyk Chopin Piano Competition
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Science in culture Museums at Night The Science Picnic of Polish Radio and the Copernicus Science Centre Warsaw Book Fair
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The National Stadium in Warsaw The largest football arena in Poland Universal
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Museums Warsaw Uprising Museum The Fryderik Chopin Museum National Museum POLIN Musuem of the history of the Polish Jews
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Holidays
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Sinking marzanna
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May 3rd Constitution Day
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Palm Sunday
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Śmigus-dyngus
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Christmas Eve
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STEP 5: SPORT
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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
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Robert Lewandowski
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Grzegorz Krychowiak
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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
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Mariusz Wlazły
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World Champions in volleyball
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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
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Sławomir Szmal
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Bronze medalists from WC 2015 in Qatar
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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
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Marcin Gortat
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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)
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Kamil Stoch
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Justyna Kowalczyk
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Agnieszka Radwańska
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