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Krystian Zimerman to inaugurate Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival

Krystian Zimerman, a world-renowned Polish virtuoso pianist, and the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of Jacek Kaspszyk will perform the opening concert of the 22nd Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival at the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall on Friday.

Three Poles awarded French Order of Arts and Letters

The French ambassador to Poland, Pierre Levy, awarded the Order of Arts and Letters to actor Wojciech Pszoniak, former Minister of Culture and National Heritage Malgorzata Omilanowska and art historian Piotr Skubiszewski in Warsaw, on Tuesday.

National Library marks 90th anniversary

The National Library is a priceless treasury of Polish and European intellectual heritage and an extremely important pillar of statehood and culture, President Andrzej Duda said at a Monday gala marking the 90th anniversary of the Polish National Library.

Concerts in Vienna, Budapest, Hong Kong to mark Polish independence centenary

Concerts, among others in Vienna, Budapest and Hong Kong, as well as exhibitions, stage performances and interdisciplinary projects, both at home and abroad, will mark Poland's 2018 independence centenary.

Polish artist on show in Paris

Late Polish artist Zdzislaw Beksinski wiil be honoured at this year's 50th Art Capitol exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris. Beksinski's works are the main attraction of the exhibition's Drawing Salon.

Polish books win awards at Bologna book fair

"Zagubione Dusze" by Olga Tokarczuk and Joanna Concejo and "Wytwornik gora!" by Magdalena Matoso have received the Bologna Ragazzi Award during world's largest children's book fair in Bologna, the Polish Book Institute announced.

Polish independence celebrations abroad to boost country's good name

Poland's independence centenary observations abroad will aim to promote Poland's good name and boost its image, deputy Culture Minister Jaroslaw Sellin said on Friday in Warsaw.

Polish PM wins American Institute of Polish Culture medal

Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki has received a medal from the American Institute of Polish Culture during the 46th Polish diaspora ball in Miami, Florida, Polish Senator Anna Anders told PAP on Sunday.

Treasure found in northern Poland will be put on display next week

The treasure found in January under the floor of the Saint Martin and Saint Nicholas Cathedral in Bydgoszcz (northern Poland) will be put on show at a museum in the city next week.

Wroclaw wins 'European Best Destination 2018' tourism contest

The south-western Polish city of Wroclaw has won a competition for the best European tourist destination, organised each year by European Best Destination, an institution involved in the promotion of culture and tourism in Europe.

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Top 5 articles:

  • Mayor offers reward to first couple to have a boy in village where only girls are born
  • It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
  • Poland in COVID-19 LOCKDOWN! PM orders bars, restaurants, shopping centres and borders closed - and cancels ALL flights
  • Villager finds stash of 17th-century coins after falling off his bike while looking for mushrooms
  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
Art & Culture

Tokarczuk teams up with illustrator Joanna Concejo for latest book described as ‘an experiment with form’

The picture book which was first published in Polish in 2017 as ‘Zagubiona dusza’ has now been translated into English under the title ‘The Lost Soul’.

The first report:

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  • Polish ski-jumper takes gold in normal hill competition
  • Covid crisis is an economic opportunity for Poland, PM says
  • Opposition presents pandemic aid programme
  • Ruling Law and Justice continues to have highest voter support - poll

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‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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