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- A festival for jazz enthusiasts
- A festival for jazz enthusiasts
- A festival for jazz enthusiasts The 25th International Open Air Festival Jazz in the Old Town one of the most popular jazz festivals in Poland, kicks off on 6 July. The event has the official support of the Mayor of Warsaw.
- New trees in the Garden of the Righteous
- New trees in the Garden of the Righteous
- The Garden of the Righteous on Jan Jura-Gorzechowski Square in Warsaw received new trees and revealed memorials to the Righteous Among the Nations.
- Warsaw Bike Service Centre opened for another season
- Warsaw Bike Service Centre opened for another season
- Warsaw Bike Service Centre opened for another season The free-of-charge Warsaw Bike Service Centre is back in business. As in the previous season, the Centre will be open on weekends until the end of summer holidays, including on 15 August (a Polish national holiday). This coming Saturday and Sunday, as well as on 6 and 7 July, the service technicians will also work on Ząbkowska Street.
- City drinking fountains with Warsaw tap water are ready
- City drinking fountains with Warsaw tap water are ready
- Varsovians can now quench their thirst with water from the city’s drinking fountains. The first taps are up and running on Nowy Świat Street, Plac Dąbrowskiego Square and Plac Teatralny Square. A total of 30 will be installed as part of a pilot project. Citizens have decided on their locations in participatory-budget projects.
- The Delfin swimming pool has been revamped
- The Delfin swimming pool has been revamped
- The popular swimming Pool on Kasprzaka Street has undergone an extensive upgrade. The project cost almost PLN 12 million. Delfin is now a modern, environmentally, family- and disabled-friendly facility.
- Time for a tree check-up
- Time for a tree check-up
- Tree inventory is underway. Dry trees and those with fungal infections must be removed for safety reasons. Felling, however, is a last-resort measure. This autumn, the City will plant almost 7,000 trees.
- Teaching vacancies
- Teaching vacancies
- Warsaw schools and pre-schools may require to employ more than 3000 teachers to fill in vacancies. It is the result of a“deform” of education introduced by the current government.
- More frequent street cleaning in Warsaw
- More frequent street cleaning in Warsaw
- Sweeping machines and street washers cleaned the main streets of Warsaw on the night between the 10th and 11th June. As part of its smog control programme, the City has allocated additional funds for more frequent cleaning of 600 km of the major streets. Regular cleaning will improve air quality.
- Leopold – terror attack drill in Warsaw school
- Leopold – terror attack drill in Warsaw school
- There were four assailants. They entered the school through a ground-level window. They managed to access a classroom, and attack the school children. The teachers and students locked the doors in the other classrooms.
- Warsaw’s financial stability. Fot. E.Lach
- Warsaw’s financial stability
- Fitch Ratings has affirmed the highest possible credit rating for Warsaw, including the rating of the bond issue programme and the City's municipal bonds in the domestic market. Moody's assesses Warsaw's creditworthiness at A2 with a stable outlook.
- New school under construction in Wilanów District
- New school under construction in Wilanów District
- A new school for 750 students is under construction at Oś Królewska Street in Wilanów District. The grounds adjacent to the playing field will be transformed into a park accessible to the general public.
- The City of Warsaw signed a contract concerning the supply of new trams.
- The City of Warsaw signed a contract
- trams In four years, more than 500 low-floor trams will be in operation in Warsaw. Tramwaje Warszawskie (Warsaw Trams) signed a contract with Hyundai Rotem Company concerning the supply of 213 new trams. Polish and Korean engineers will work on this joint project.
- Celebrations commemorating 4 June 1989 in Warsaw
- Celebrations commemorating 4 June 1989 in Warsaw
- The 30th anniversary of the first free elections will be celebrated in Warsaw between 1 and 7 June with concerts, exhibitions, debates, competitions, theatre performances, and presentations of publications related to the breakthrough year of 1989.
- Visit the new EKOpark in Ursus
- Visit the new EKOpark in Ursus
- The first section of EKOpark in Ursus is open. Solar-powered street lamps, pans collecting storm water to irrigate plants, and a playground built of natural materials - these are only some of the elements of this new green space. This post-industrial space has become a new leisure area thanks to the EU Funds.
- Warsaw for women
- Warsaw for women
- Appointment of Plenipotentiary for Women, and the Women Council, support and safety schemes, increased funding for in vitro procedures, vaccinations against HPV, and access to healthcare without the conscience clause - these are the main features of the “Warsaw for Women” programme.
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