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20-548: In the 1970s and the 1980s, Polish music monthly Non Stop published a year-end list of the best selling albums in Poland. In the mid-1990s, two monthly sales lists were launched and published in music magazines. The first one was a top 50 compiled by ZPAV, based on shipment, not sales, which continues to be published to date. The other was a top 100 called Gorąca Setka (English: Hot 100), printed monthly in Gazeta Muzyczna . This chart

40-682: A Master degree in Iranian Studies from the University of Warsaw . After graduating from the Kabul University , Orzech was teaching assistant at the University of Warsaw between 1989 and 2001. He also worked as a translator for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs . In 1983, Orzech co-founded the music group Róże Europy , being the author of the first two albums before leaving in 1989 or 1990 to focus on

60-460: A Polish journalist is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Poland) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych , MSZ ) is the Polish government department tasked with maintaining Poland's international relations and coordinating its participation in international and regional supra-national political organisations such as

80-585: A commentator on the Eurovision Song Contest for Polish viewers and hosted its national finals. In March 2021, Orzech was dismissed from his job at Telewizja Polska. According to TVP management, he informed about his absence from the recording of Szansa na sukces program too late due to an "indisposition", which resulted a delay of releasing an episode, and, according to broadcaster's communication release, exposed TVP "to financial and image losses". Later, Orzech explained this by his opposition to

100-483: A dominant music line of the public broadcaster and his disagreement to host episodes with the participation of the discopoly band Boys or Jan Pietrzak among others. Afterwards, Marek Sierocki and Aleksander Sikora replaced him as Eurovision Song Contest commentators. Orzech was readmitted to TVP in 2024 as the commentator for Eurovision and the host of Szansa na sukces . [REDACTED] Media related to Artur Orzech at Wikimedia Commons This article about

120-461: A man who was later to become President of the government in exile, was the minister responsible. After 1945, when most countries began to afford diplomatic recognition to the new communist government in Warsaw, at the expense of the government in exile, the authorities of the new Polish People's Republic refounded the ministry and appointed, as its first minister, Edward Osóbka-Morawski . Since 1989 and

140-478: A new group of lists called Hits of the World , ranking 25 top songs in several countries based on digital sales and streaming services . Poland is one of them. On 16 January 2023 ZPAV announced launching of new chart called OLiS – streaming singles, listing the most popular songs in four streaming services: Spotify , YouTube (including YouTube Music and YouTube Premium ), Apple Music and Deezer . Simultaneously

160-566: Is typically reserved for seasoned, professional politicians, and is thought to require a great deal of tact and intellect. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was first established, with Leon Wasilewski as its secretary, under the authority of the Regency Council when Poland regained (albeit in name only) its independence from the occupying German forces in the First World War . However, the ministry began to fulfill its duties truly only after

180-633: The European Union and United Nations . The head of the ministry holds a place in the Council of Ministers . The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is responsible primarily for maintaining friendly relations between the Polish Republic and other states. In doing so, it is required to act primarily as a representative of the Polish people. To this end, all Polish diplomatic missions around the world are subordinate to

200-547: The 1970s and the 1980s, Polish music monthly Non Stop published selected year-end statistics regarding the singles market. The popularity of individual songs has always been reflected by radio polls and hit lists, compiled from the listeners' votes. Some of the most popular were the charts on Rozgłośnia Harcerska (Polish Pathfinder Station) with its top 10 regularly printed in Billboard , and Polish Radio 3 's Lista Przebojów Programu Trzeciego . Not many singles were released and

220-528: The AirPlay Top was renamed as OLiA (Oficjalna Lista Airplay – Official Airplay Chart), while AirPlay Nowości, AirPlay Największe Skoki and AirPlay TV were defunct. Artur Orzech Artur Orzech (born 22 February 1964) is a Polish journalist, musician , iranologist , radio and television presenter and music broadcaster. Orzech graduated from IV Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Adama Mickiewicza w Warszawie in 1983 with an English degree. In 1989, he earned

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240-567: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassadors, whilst receiving their credentials from the President of Poland , are employees of the ministry and are recommended to the President for their posts by the minister of foreign affairs. The ministry is considered to be one of Poland's most important, with the minister of foreign affairs ranking amongst the most influential people in Polish politics. This position

260-494: The academic career. However, he returned to the band in 2023. Between 2001 and 2017, Orzech was a journalist of the Polskie Radio Program III , where he hosted programmes including Prywatna kolekcja and Orzech i reszta . Orzech joined Telewizja Polska as an continuity announcer. He has since hosted programmes such as Muzyczna Jedynka and Szansa na Sukces . From 1992 until his dismissal in 2021, he served as

280-733: The establishment of the Third Republic, the ministry and its staff have been located in a complex of buildings on Aleje Szucha in central Warsaw, not far displaced from the Chancellery of the Prime Minister . The Polish cash-for-visa scandal is a 2023 political scandal concerning alleged corruption when granting visas by officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Polish consular service. The majority of recipients left Poland for North America or other Schengen Area countries. The departments for regional affairs exist to monitor

300-691: The fall of the Regency Council, adoption of the Treaty of Versailles and the rise of Józef Piłsudski . The ministry was then, until 1939, located in central Warsaw , with its seat in the Brühl Palace on Piłsudski Square . During the Second World War , the ministry was evacuated, along with the rest of the Polish government, first to France and then to London, where it formed part of the Polish government in exile . During this period Count Edward Raczyński ,

320-438: The internal situation and politics of the countries within the area of any one specific department's competence. They coordinate development of bilateral relations, initiate the related undertakings and prepare evaluations. These departments oversee the issue of Poland's participation in the structures of multilateral cooperation with any relevant partner states, as well as handling interregional cooperation. They are responsible for

340-439: The market instead focused on longplays and 4-track extended plays. The single format has been somewhat substituted with cardboard records which were produced on a massive scale and sold in large quantities. Efforts to boost the sales of CD singles in the 1990s were unsuccessful and Polish artists have rarely released singles in physical format. In 2010, ZPAV launched the following lists: On 14 February 2022 Billboard announced

360-579: The substantive activity of relevant Polish diplomatic missions abroad. Currently the Following regional affairs departments exist: The largest proportion of Poland’s official development assistance (ODA) is provided as core contributions to the multilateral system, particularly to European Union (EU) institutions. According to the OECD , Poland’s total ODA (USD 3.4 billion, preliminary data) increased in 2022, representing 0.51% of gross national income (GNI), driven by

380-477: Was compiled from actual sale figures as reported by over 130 music shops across Poland and included both albums and singles. From autumn 1994 to September 1997, journalist Artur Orzech presented a top 20 albums list on Radio Bis which was later extended to 25 and 30 positions. This chart was also based on actual sales data obtained from about 150 music shops, including albums as well as singles. The official weekly albums chart, OLiS , consisting of 50 positions,

400-832: Was launched in October 2000. This chart was strictly based on physical albums sales from selected major retailers. In 2010 monthly OLiS chart was also launched. In 2017, weekly and monthly vinyl sales charts were launched to reflect the resurgence of popularity of the vinyl format. On 16 January 2023 ZPAV announced that starting from its current chart OLiS would be based not only on physical sales, but also streaming equivalents from four services: Spotify , YouTube (including YouTube Music and YouTube Premium ), Apple Music and Deezer . Apart from that, both monthly charts were defunct and two new weekly charts were created: for physical sale only and for streaming only. There has been no official singles chart in Poland based on actual sales data. In

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