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- Spreading knowledge on Warsaw's monuments. Fot. F.Kwiatkowski
- Spreading knowledge on Warsaw's monuments
- Organisations can receive co-financing from the City of Warsaw by way of open calls for proposals or small grants. The Heritage Protection Department has allocated PLN 300,000 for such initiatives in 2018.
- Names of the best writers revealed
- Names of the best writers revealed
- An iconic young-generation writer, one of the best reporters of the decade, a poet describing human body and identity in the most tender way, and a prose writer who has made her debut as an author of children’s books ‒ these are the laureates of the 11th edition of the Warsaw Literary Award.
- Chinese visitors in Warsaw, thanks to WeChat
- Chinese visitors in Warsaw, thanks to WeChat
- Warsaw opened an account on WeChat, the most popular social networking site in China. It is aimed at promoting Warsaw as an attractive tourist destination among Chinese travellers.
- A new outpatient clinic in Ursynów. Fot. R.Motyl
- A new outpatient clinic in Ursynów
- The new Warsaw-Ursynów Independent Public Healthcare Centre is located in a municipal estate at 14 Kłobucka Street. Commercial premises on the ground floor of a residential building were adapted for the purposes of the new facility.
- Warsaw's historic objects to be renovated thanks to subsidies
- Warsaw's historic objects to be renovated thanks to subsidies
- This year the City of Warsaw designated almost PLN 30 million in subsidies to be spent on Warsaw’s monuments. Renovation subsidies will be received by almost 130 objects from the register and the Municipal Registry of Historic Objects.
- Warsaw. Fot. K.Bednarski
- Budget amendment proposals
- The Warsaw 2030 strategy in the city’s budget – Warsaw’ authorities will recommend the city’s councillors to adopt changes in the city’s budget to bring it closer to the vision of a capital of the future. This means more money for education, social assistance, culture and transport.
- Varsovians will receive awards for their gardens
- Varsovians will receive awards for their gardens
- Mobile Gardens of Warsaw, Gardening Advice Points and Your Gardening Expert are just a few elements of the next edition of the competition “Warsaw in flowers and greenery” launched on 25 May. This is the largest competition in Poland devoted to greenery and ecology initiated by Mayor Starzyński.
- The Southern Hospital has a roof
- The Southern Hospital has a roof
- The construction works of the Southern Hospital have entered the systems installation phase. The core and shell are ready, and the building is roofed. The topping out ceremony was attended by the Mayor of Warsaw.
- Varsovians to sow flower meadows
- Varsovians to sow flower meadows
- More than 10,000 square metres of flower meadows will be sown this spring by Warsaw’s gardeners and residents. Varsovians will also search for places in which to sow annual plants, such as warszawianka (the garden cosmos), poppy and cornflower.
- Third edition of the ”Cycling May” campaign
- Third edition of the ”Cycling May” campaign
- 30 Polish cities have launched the most recent edition of a nationwide “Cycling May” campaign. Nearly 60 thousand students from 112 Warsaw schools are taking part in the campaign.
- Opening a nursery school in Warsaw made easier
- Non-public nursery schools
- Hanna-Gronkiewicz Waltz, Mayor of Warsaw, announced a call for proposals addressed to non-public nursery schools for the purchase of 400 places for the youngest Warsaw residents. The City allocated for this purpose PLN 19 million to be spent by 2021.
- Non-governmental organisations supporting Warsaw's schoolchildren
- Non-governmental organisations supporting Warsaw's schoolchildren
- Citizens’ projects, Warsaw-focussed initiatives and projects for counteracting violence, teaching how to safely use the media and new technologies, and appealing extracurricular activities. Between 2006 and 2017 the City of Warsaw spent more than PLN 75 million on NGO programmes addressed to schoolchildren.
- “The green wall” – a novel project on Wawelska Street
- “The green wall” – a novel project on Wawelska Street
- Varsovians who live and go to school or work on the northern side of Wawelska Street will be relieved to hear that already this year the residential estate will be separated from the street with a green wall.
- The old-times Warsaw under Krasińskich Square.
- The old-times Warsaw under Krasińskich Square
- Centuries-old artefacts were discovered by road workers during the repair of Krasińskich Square. The discovered items are being studied by archaeologists.
- Your Warsaw. The capital of freedom 1918-2018.
- Your Warsaw. The capital of freedom 1918-2018
- The programme of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the regaining of independence by Poland includes several hundred events which will take place in 2018 in various parts of the city, with numerous references to the local history of the struggle for independence.
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