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Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka
Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka (; born 19 May 1949) is a Polish lawyer, journalist, and former politician who served as secretary of state in the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland under Lech Kaczyński between 2008 and 2010. In 2010 Junczyk-Ziomecka was appointed Consulate General of Poland, New York City, Consul General of Poland, New York City, a position she held until 2014. On 19 January 2015, after completing the consular mission, she became the president of the Jan Karski Educational Foundation. Biography Junczyk was born in Raszyn, Poland. After studying law and postgraduate journalism studies at the University of Warsaw, she worked as a journalist. During Martial law in Poland, martial law, she was banned from practicing as a journalist, and then left for the United States. In the 1980s, she was the editor-in-chief of Polish-American newspaper ''Dziennik Polski'' in Detroit. Involved in cooperation between the Polish Americans, Polish, American Jews, Jewis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raszyn
Raszyn () is a village in Pruszków County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of an administrative district called Gmina Raszyn. It lies approximately east of Pruszków and south-west of Warsaw. Raszyn is a part of Warsaw urban area. History Raszyn has been the site of two battles. On April 19, 1809, the inconclusive Battle of Raszyn (1809) took place between the Polish forces under Prince Józef Poniatowski and the Austrian army under Archduke Ferdinand d'Este. In 1931 a longwave broadcasting transmitter was set up in Raszyn. Back then it was the strongest such facility in Europe, with roughly 120 kW of power. During the World War II the radio mast was destroyed, but was rebuilt in 1945 with roughly 500 kW of power. In 1949 a new aerial mast was built there. At 335 metres high, it was until 1962 the tallest structure in Europe. Until the inauguration of the transmitter in Konstantynów in 1974 it served as the central longwave radio facilit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
