On April 19, 1346, at the castle in Brześć Kujawski, King Casimir III the Great granted Bydgoszcz its city rights. The settlement of Bydgoszcz had existed much earlier, but the granting of municipal rights gave it political significance. Łukasz ReligaOd 2009 roku związany z lokalnymi mediami. Specjalizuje się w tematach dotyczących infrastruktury, polityki regionalnej oraz...
Bydgoszcz is not one of the largest airports, but we have described many stories about how, over the past two years, Hungarians turned it into a parking site for servicing defective Airbus engines, how Ukrainian government aircraft were stationed here for several months, and even a prototype Antonov aircraft. Today, we can add another interesting...
As part of the LandTravel project, we prepared a ranking of the most popular attractions in Bydgoszcz according to travel bloggers on YouTube. Using advanced AI analytics, we analyzed over 20 videos created in the past 5 years in various languages. For the vast majority of these creators, it was their first visit to Bydgoszcz....
The hunger strike at the Inowrocław Salt Mines “Solino” has now entered its third week and is increasingly being used politically by PiS for current political purposes. Meanwhile, the government side has adopted a strategy of downplaying the significance of the protest and building a narrative that it lacks justification, as there are no plans...
The World Indoor Athletics Championships are now over, and the regional budget is poorer by more than 20 million PLN (in terms of current expenses). But did it ultimately pay off? In the regional media space, no one seemed willing to even ask this question—possibly influenced by the fact that in 2025 alone, the Marshal’s...
European Union policy assumes a gradual phase-out of diesel trains. In practice, this means significant difficulties in obtaining funding for new rolling stock powered by diesel engines. Meanwhile, the order from České dráhy placed with PESA Bydgoszcz shows that the reality may be quite different. Łukasz Religa
In the event of an attack on one of NATO’s member states, the remaining countries are obligated to come to its defense. Article 5 of the NATO treaty has been invoked only once in history—in 2001, following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. However, there is still no practical experience in applying it...
Today, the company operates virtually around the clock, being the main producer of TNT across NATO, which allows it to produce around 10,000 tons of TNT annually. The increase in production capacity will be possible thanks to the planned expansion over the next two years, which will be carried out by PROZAP, a company affiliated...
The war in Ukraine has brought the country not only enormous progress in drone technologies but also in battlefield management. A few days ago, Ukrainian Minister of Defense Mykhailo Fedorov announced that the Mission Control center had coordinated more than 150,000 drone operations. Mission Control uses the Ukrainian drone system Delta, which underwent extensive testing...
On February 24, 2022, Ukrainians living in Bydgoszcz, together with many Poles, gathered in the Old Market Square to stand together during that difficult time. No one expected that the war would last another four years. Ukrainians may have believed that their compatriots would fight, but few anticipated such strong resistance. Exactly four years later,...
