The new sports base from Feldioara was inaugurated on 14 April through an event at which, in addition to many locals, officials also participated, including the Minister of Development-Adrian Vestea and the Consul of Poland in Braşov, Mr. Janusz Szalinski.
The sports base is a project of Feldioara City Hall, funded by the Ministry of Public Works, Development and Administration through the National Investment Company and is an ultra-modern sports base where young people from Feldioara can do performance sports.
The base includes a football field with nightstands and stands with a capacity of 500 of places, but also a small multi-sport field. The project also includes an administrative building and a parking lot.
On Monday, 18 March took place the visit of the Marshal of the Senate of Poland, Mrs. Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska and her delegation in Romania. Throughout the day, there were meetings with representatives of the Romanian Parliament and Senate and discussions about issues such as: security, protection, as well as economic development and the strengthening of cultural relations.
On this occasion, the Marshal of the Senate and her delegation, met with representatives of Poland in Romania. At the event that took place at the polish embassy in Bucharest, the honorary consul of Poland in Brașov , Mr. Janusz Szalinski participated also.
On 21 February, Mr. Honorary Consul of Poland in Brasov, Janusz Szalinski had the particular pleasure to respond affirmatively to the invitation received from the Command of the Multinational Division South-East and the french leadership to a new transfer of authority of the battle group of the advanced NATO ground forces, from the Joint National Training Center of Romania (JNTC) from Cincu, Brașov county.
National Combined Training Center “Getica” / Cincu JNTC welcomed the seventh rotation of the Forward Land Force Battle Group (framework nation France) during the Cincu change of command ceremony.
"As former commander of HQ MND-SE and deputy commander of the Major General of the Romanian Land Forces, I have followed your activity since the beginning of the deployment. Your contribution is greatly appreciated in NATO, a valuable experience and not an easy mission", said Major General Cristian-Daniel DAN, comandantul Headquarters Multinational Corps South-East .
The colonel Patrick GUILLAUME, who led AIGLE 6 with distinction, handed over command of the NATO Battle Group, to EAGLE 7- colonel Benoit CHRISSEMENT, wich, with his team, will build on the hard work and successes of his predecessors for the next four months.
On 12 February 2024, the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland, Janusz Szalinski participated polish military contingent in Craiova where he gave a speech in the presence of the guests.
The command transfer took place between the 13th and 14th rotation of PKW Romania, Major Damian Gronek solemnly handed over the flag of the Republic of Poland with the emblem of Poland on the pole to the new commander – Major. Daniel Grabowski. The ceremony was honored by distinguished polish guests such as the polish ambassador in Romania, Mr. Paweł Soloch, defense attache col. Arkadiusz Kobielak, and the operational commander of the armed forces was represented by Brigadier Mirosław Polakow. Also, responded to the invitation, among others: major general Dorin Toma – Commander of the International Division South – Est and the General Gabriel Oros – Brigade Commander 61 Mountain Hunters "General Virgil Bădulescu" and many others.
Commander of the 13th rotation, who passed his duties, thanked them for their cooperation and awarded with commemorative medals, throats and diplomas to the people that PKW Romania could always count on, while the new commander of the 14th rotation ensured that international cooperation would continue.
On Friday, 19 January, a working meeting with the general manager of LOT Polish Airlines took place at the headquarters of Brasov Airport, Jakub Malecki, which was attended by Şerban Todorică-Constantin, the president of the Braşov County Council, Constantin Albu, general director of AIBG, Stefan-Daniel Micu, the president of the Board of Directors of AIBG, Forget Florin, director of DSNAR Arad, with the manager of the Kronaero company, Ciprian Oprescu, and other officials, meeting that was facilitated by the honorary consul of the Republic of Poland in Brașov, Janusz Wiesław Szaliński.
At the end of the meeting, the participants concluded that Brasov Airport is in the attention of the Polish operator, following that in the next period concrete aspects of a future collaboration will be established.
We remind that discussions regarding the possibility of opening air flights Brașov - Poland have been going on for more than a year. For example, in September of the year 2022, when the airport was still being worked on, the RP ambassador in Romania, His Excellency Mr. Maciej Lang, declared that the Polish representation at the level of Brașov county is not sufficiently highlighted from an economic point of view. This could change, if LOT Polish Airlines the main Polish airline, who over time showed his interest in the Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport, would open air flights from Brasov.
More than that, in the year 2021, after receiving the visit of the honorary consul of the Republic of Poland in Braşov, Janusz Szalinski, the then president of the Braşov County Council, Adrian Veștea, announced that the official from Poland "reaffirmed the interest that LOT Polish Airlines, the main Polish airline, it manifests it both in terms of the opening of some air routes, as well as for the concession and operation of our airport".
The statement of the then president of the Brașov County Council was made in the context in which, at that moment, the Brasov county administration was considering the concession of the airport to a private operator.
In Poland as in Romania, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are a special time, probable, the most loved and most awaited time of the year.
For poles, traditions and especially holidays are particularly important, being passed down from one generation to another and surviving the trials and historical dramas that have plagued Poland throughout history.
Christmas is also called the family holiday, being the occasion when everyone comes together- parents, kids, grandchildren, give themyself gifts, traditional caroling, they enjoy the moments spent together around the table, with the belief that by properly honoring the holidays they will have a richer year.
On the occasion of the winter holidays, The Consulate of the Republic of Poland in Brașov, represented by Honorary Consul Janusz SZALINSKI, wishes everyone a wonderful Christmas with their loved ones and a New Year full of joys and achievements.
On 28 September 2023, at the Polish Embassy in Bucharest, together with the Ambassador of the Republic of Poland took place the meeting of representatives of the polish business environment., Paweł Soloch, gave a speech in front of the guests. Among the guests and speakers were Janusz Szaliński, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland in Brașov, Ghervazen Longher, Deputy in the Romanian Parliament and President of the Union of Poles from Romania, Agnieszka Olsen, Head of the Bucharest Foreign Trade Office of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency, Jan Majewski, General Manager PKO Bank Polski SA Branch Romania and Hanna Wiśniewska-Sîrbu, representative of PESA Bydgoszcz in Romania.
Located at only 20 km from Brașov, on the road to Sighisoara, on the river Olt, Feldioara Fortress – Marienburg, it is a class A national historical monument, being among the most important medieval saxon fortifications in Southern Transylvania.
With a strategic position, with visibility over a vast land, and natural advantages have made this place attractive since prehistoric times. The plateau on which the citadel rises revealed during the archaeological research vestiges of habitation from the most ancient times - neolithic, the bronze age, the dacian and roman periods, but especially the Middle Ages.
Its restoration, carried out between 2013-2017, saved the remains of the walls that had survived the last hundreds of years of abandonment and restored it to its 17th century appearance.
This year, on 2 and 3 September in Feldioara, took place, a 11th edition, of the "Teutonic Knights return to Feldioara Citadel" Festival and the Official celebration of the launch of the Teutonic Knights Route as a Cultural Tourist Route developed on a regional level.
At the event, along with important local and foreign officials, honored the invitation received, Mr. Honorary Consul of Poland in Brasov, Janusz Szalinski where he gave a speech related to the event itself but also to a possible future twinning between the Marienburg Fortress from Brașov County and the Malbork Castle in Poland, these having a common teutonic history.
Malbork Castle is located at 60 the kilometers south of Gdansk, on the banks of the river Nogat, being the largest medieval castle in Europe and, also, the largest brick construction in the world.
Built by the Order of the Teutonic Knights in the 13th century, the red fortress has seen successive transformations, as the power of the Order grew. It was strengthened and expanded, to accommodate as many white-robed knights as possible, with the distinctive sign: the black cross.
Representative example of medieval military construction, Malbork Castle was destroyed during World War II. Reconstructed later, is registered from 1997 on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
For more information about Malbork Castle you can access the website: https://zamek.malbork.pl/en/home/
For more information about the Marienburg Fortress, visit the Feldioara City Hall website: www.primaria-feldioara.ro
We invite you to watch the 8th edition of the Mountain Film Festival "Alpin Film Festival", what goes on between 5 and 10 September in Brașov.
Alpin Film Festival, the first film and mountain culture festival in Romania, invites you on a fascinating journey, in a world woven of dreams, landscapes that take your breath away, sports performance, adrenaline and adventure.
During the event, more precisely on the date of 9 September starting at 17.00 at Astra Cinema in Brasov, there will be a screening of the polish film DOO SAR. A KARAKORAM SKI EXPEDITION, directed by Andrzej Bargie .
Poles Andrzej Bargiel and Jędrek Baranowski leave for Karakorum, Pakistan, in an adventure full of love and passion for the mountains, which leads to a fabulous descent on skis at over 6000 m altitude!
The projection is made with the support of the polish Cultural Institute in Bucharest.
Entrance is free and more information about the entire program of the festival can be found here https://alpinfilmfestival.ro/
On 11 th of August, the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland in Brașov, Mr. Janusz Szalinski, participated in the ceremony occasioned by the transfer of authority of the military contingents from Poland, rotation 12th with rotation 13th . The event took place within the Battalion 26 infantry “Neagoe Basarab” from Craiova where the polish military are stationed for a period of approx 6 months having the role of strengthening security on the South-East flank of NATO and on the entire North-Atlantic Alliance.
Among the guests were representatives of polish diplomacy, local authorities and representatives of the romanian armies but also of other countries such as France, Portugal and North Macedonia. The operational commander was represented by col. Mariusz Kasprzyk. The most important moment of the ceremony was the handing over of the flag of the Republic of Poland by the commander of the XII rotation Major Katarzyna Lachowicz – to the major of the XIII rotation, Damian Gronk as a symbol of the presence of the Polish Armed Forces on romanian land..
