May 3rd is an official bank holiday in Poland as on that day in 1971 The Constitution (of May 3) was established introducing major changes in the country. The Constitution introduced political equality between townspeople and nobility and placed the peasants under the protection of the government. It has also influenced later democratic movements.
The Constitution is generally recognized as Europe's first modern codified national constitution, as well as the second-oldest national constitution in the world.
I want to pay the attention here to Polish http://www.onet.pl/, oh... sorry, what a mistake! It's not onet.PL anymore - it has become: onet.EU and it doesn't mentions about May 3rd at all!
Instead onet.eu brings current news from abroad totally knocking down the most important news from Poland. Frankly, visiting onet.eu you won't find anything on what is going on in your mother country, you will read about: the local elections in England, Wales and Scotland; about life abroad, and the current gossips about The Royal Family...
Hmmm...don't get me wrong, I'm keen on what's going on in the UK, but I would like read about it on the British websites.
What's onet.eu on about these days? and who (from Polish people) would like to read about life in different countries when they live elsewhere? It's in a matter of interest only.
My dear Onet.eu... well done for following the current news abroad (especially the UK), but how we...I mean these people who live abroad can make use of visiting you? Yes...yes I know and I remember: May 3rd the local elections in England... but I wanted to be reminded about something from Polish history too...especially on this day.
May 3rd Constitution (painting by Jan Matejko, 1891). King Stanisła August(left, in ermine-trimmed cloak), enters St. John's Cathedral, where Sejm deputies will swear to uphold the new Constitution; in the background, Warsaw's Royal Castle, where the Constitution had just been adopted.
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