Krakow Local News: Tuesday, 26 January 2016

World Youth Day street works

Close to 30 streets in Krakow will be redone this year, as part of the city’s plan to get the city ready for World Youth Days. Street works will start as soon as the weather becomes milder with the city focusing on the part of the city near Błonia, where the main events will take place. They plan on having all the surrounding streets done by June. World Youth Day starts on July 30th in Krakow. [onet.pl]

High marks for Lesser Poland

The Lesser Poland Voivodeship has received a high ranking from the Fitch Ratings agency. This rating is based on strong investments, minimal debts and high financial competence. Fitch predicts that Lesser Poland will stay strong till 2018 with a predicted operating budget of over 100 million PLN. [wyborcza.pl]

Water works lead to issues

Due to works on modernising the water system, some people will not have water and power for a few hours today. If you live on os. Dywizjonu 303 then from 8:00-13:00 you may experience some issues. The following streets may also experience some issues between 12:00-15:00 : Mazowieckiej, Lubelskiej, Grzymsików, Słowackiego and Grottgera. [lovekrakow.pl]

Auschwitz officer list delayed

Krakow’s Institute of National Remembrance has delayed the publication of a list of the names of Auschwitz officers. The list of over 8 thousand names was meant to be published last spring, but the group’s verification process has delayed the project. They hope to release the list this year but have not confirmed any date as of yet. [RadioKrakow.pl]