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- Warsaw’s nighttime illumination
- Warsaw’s nighttime illumination
- Warsaw’s nighttime illumination On 07 December (Saturday) the streets of Warsaw will start to glow with illumination. Locals and tourists will enjoy beautiful light decorations and plenty of other attractions in Krakowskie Przedmieście, the Old Town and the Multimedia Fountain Park.
- Cards, sweets and other treats
- Cards, sweets and other treats
- When you see stalls with gingerbread and decorations in Krakowskie Przedmieście, you know Christmas is coming.
- The Mobile Guidance Service (MGS) is back on the streets of Warsaw
- The Mobile Guidance Service (MGS) is back on the streets of Warsaw
- As in the last year, the Mobile Guidance Service bus has set out into the city with NGO experts on board to help homeless people.
- Warsaw says “No” to violence against women
- Warsaw says “No” to violence against women
- „Przemoc karmi się milczeniem. Nie bądź biernym widzem” (“Violence feeds on silence. Stop looking and take action”) – this is the guiding theme of the city’s new campaign to run between 25 November and 10 December.
- Metro service to Wola coming this spring
- Metro service to Wola coming this spring
- Construction works are approaching completion on Płocka, Młynów and Księcia Janusza stations. Inspection and approval processes will start soon after. The new section of the M2 line of Warsaw’s metro is expected to be open in spring 2020.
- Three thousand new trees in Wawer
- Three thousand new trees in Wawer
- Three thousand new trees in Wawer 3,300 new trees were planted in the Sobieski Forest. Once again the "Partnership for Climate" organisation carried out the plantings together with City of Warsaw officials, diplomats and NGOs. The action was also joined by school pupils.
- Polish-German cooperation in education – a memorandum
- Polish-German cooperation in education – a memorandum
- Warsaw and Berlin will strengthen cooperation in the field of education. On Tuesday, 29 October, a Memorandum was signed on the participation of Warsaw’s schools in the Polish-German cooperation in the area of school education in the years 2019-2021.
- Wojciech Korfanty's monument unveiled in Warsaw.
- Wojciech Korfanty's monument unveiled in Warsaw
- On 25 October 2019 Polish MP Wojciech Korfanty's monument was unveiled in Warsaw, marking the 101st anniversary of his Reichstag speech, in which he demanded the unification of all Polish lands in line with point 13 of President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points statement.
- How does a fire start? – an educational film for Warsaw’s pupils
- How does a fire start? – an educational film for Warsaw’s pupils
- Can you put out burning oil with water? Why is it forbidden to play with matches? Can a damaged cable be a source of fire? – these are some of the questions answered at the first showing of the film for children entitled “Mobile Fire Threats Simulator – learn about prevention!”.
- St. Honorata’s gate leading to the cemetery.
- The Powązki Cemetery – all graves counted and recorded
- The Powązki Cemetery was listed as a heritage site in 1965. Unfortunately, this has not prevented the vandalisation and decay of monuments and chapels. Now their restoration will be easier. The city has completed the inventory of all cemetery objects.
- Warsaw subsidies for environmental protection
- Warsaw subsidies for environmental protection
- A new subsidy programme for the removal of high-emission stoves, developing renewables, connecting buildings to the sewerage network, and the removal and disposal of asbestos has been launched. The installation of rain and snowmelt water retention systems will also be subsidised under the programme which is a new development.
- Places available in Warsaw day nurseries
- Places available in Warsaw day nurseries
- The number of free of charge places in Warsaw day nurseries is growing rapidly. This can be attributed to the twofold activities of the City - the construction of new day nurseries and the City’s paying for places in non-public facilities. There are still places available for children in seven districts.
- Warsaw receives the ISO 37120 Platinum Certification
- Warsaw receives the ISO 37120 Platinum Certification
- Improvement in urban services and the quality of life in smart cities are the main objectives of the ISO 37120 standard. Warsaw was evaluated according to the international criteria and standards. As a result, our capital received the highest – platinum – certificate of compliance with the standard.
- The Metro carries millions. Fot. A. Łogusz
- The Metro carries millions
- Within a month from the opening of new stations in Praga-Północ and Targówek, over 4 million passengers travelled using the second metro line. That's almost a million more than a year ago, when the underground railway only went to Wileński Station.
- Praga, Ząbkowska st.
- More heritage sites under protection in Warsaw
- The Merkury and Tęcza cinemas in the Żoliborz District, the housing estate on Podskarbińska Street, the Różycki Bazaar, Stawy Kellera Park and Brustman’s Ponds - these are only a few of the newest additions to the Municipal Register Of Monuments (GEZ). The City Monument Conservator has added 89 new items to the GEZ.
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