May 2, it is not only Flag Day RP. Since 2002, it also Day of Polonia and Poles Abroad. According to various statistics out of Polish lives of 15 to 20 million people of Polish origin.
Day of Polonia and Poles Abroad is a celebration established by the Parliament at the initiative of the Senate. The reason was to express the recognition of a centuries-long achievements and contributions of Polonia and Poles abroad in regaining independence, fidelity and attachment to Polish culture and to help the country in the most difficult moments.
On this occasion, the Belvedere president Andrzej Duda sign the first legislative initiative the scope of Polonia education, and in the afternoon at the Presidential Palace will be held the meeting of the Council of World Polonia attended by chief of Cabinet of the President Adam Kwiatkowski.
According to various statistics outside the Polish lives of 15 to 20 million Americans (not including the so-called. migrations). Polonia is the largest in the United States, where there are more than 10 million people of Polish origin. In second place is Brazil. He lived there for nearly 2 million such people.
The Poles are also a noticeable percentage of the population of countries such as Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Lithuania. However, their presence in these countries, the effect of changes of borders, resettlement or historical processes.
On Saturday, on the occasion of the Day of Polonia and Poles Abroad about 8 thousand. Lithuanian Poles and Polish activists from around the world marched through the main streets of Vilnius in red and white parade. READ MORE
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