Incredible tale of hidden treasure, a blood-soaked curse, mysterious deaths and a stunning old mansion keep rumours of buried Tsarist gold alive

Stuart Dowell Warsaw December 02, 2023

Historic community is teaching Warsaw how to live for tomorrow

Alex Webber Warsaw June 07, 2023

Warsaw’s secret war against Moscow’s spies: Poland’s intelligence services have gone into overdrive to combat Putin’s covert assault

Edward Wight Warsaw March 21, 2023

Hollywood A-lister Milla Jovovich falls in love with Kraków’s historical botanical gardens

Alex Webber Warsaw January 11, 2023

Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Alex Webber Warsaw January 05, 2023

Polish eye surgeon restores Ukrainian judo champ’s eyesight in ‘miracle Xmas op’

Blanka Konopka Warsaw December 28, 2022

Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Stuart Dowell Warsaw May 10, 2022

‘They stopped being children and became witnesses of terror and violence!’ Archive of postwar drawings reveals children’s harrowing experiences of WWII

Stuart Dowell Warsaw February 18, 2022

Vanishing lives: Descendants of 17th century bearded radicals who fled to Poland from Russia to avoid religious persecution are now facing a new crisis as their numbers slowly dwindle out

Joanna Jasińska Warsaw January 07, 2022

Nat Geo feature from 1915 reveals fascinating insight into life in Poland three years before regaining independence

Blanka Konopka Warsaw December 01, 2021

Holocaust survivor tracks down family of Polish woman who saved her from WWII death camp with the help of Facebook

Stuart Dowell Warsaw September 21, 2021

Long-forgotten National Geographic article recounts extraordinary tale of US woman who biked across Poland just three months before outbreak of WWII

Blanka Konopka Warsaw May 11, 2021

Forgotten composer who played for Polish king and co-founded Edinburgh Festival rediscovered after distant relative finds online ad for his rare piano

Blanka Konopka Warsaw March 17, 2021

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

Stuart Dowell Warsaw January 27, 2021

Moving on down the line: how a narrow-gauge railway staved off economic death to become the heart of a community

Dagmara Leszkowicz Warsaw October 18, 2020

‘Some people say this place is unlike any other cinema’: the history and the uncertain future of Warsaw’s famous Atlantic cinema

Joanna Jasińska Warsaw September 27, 2020

Wrocław clinic uses ‘super viruses’ to battle rebellious bacteria

Joanna Jasińska Warsaw March 22, 2020

'My mum was kidnapped by Hitler's SS!'

Stuart Dowell Warsaw December 12, 2019

The Midwife of Auschwitz: Extraordinary life of heroine who delivered 3,000 babies in horror death camp to be told in new documentary

Stuart Dowell and Dagmara Leszkowicz Warsaw June 17, 2019

Fascinating history of Uprising plaques scattered across Warsaw and of the man who designed them

Stuart Dowell Warsaw March 13, 2019

Stunning 15-metre scroll hidden for hundreds of years goes on display at Royal Castle – but be quick as it will soon disappear again for another decade!

Stuart Dowell Warsaw February 05, 2019

Silent witness: The incredible tale of a 60s supermodel, a German aristocrat, a plot to kill Hitler and a crumbling 300-year-old palace

Kirsty Hardial and Dagmara Leszkowicz Warsaw January 22, 2019

Tomasz Bagiński: From lowly student to executive producer of Netflix series ‘The Witcher’

Jacek Borowski Warsaw January 10, 2019

Up close and personal with Maciej Musiał, star of Netflix drama 1983

Kirsty Hardial Warsaw December 19, 2018

From war-torn Warsaw to Pawlikowski’s Cold War, the incredible story of the singing folkdance ensemble taking the WORLD by storm

Stuart Dowell Warsaw December 14, 2018

Get Back: legendary singer pays emotional tribute to The Beatles and Paul McCartney in English album

Jacek Borowski Warsaw November 10, 2018

Poland’s Muslim community is thriving with a vibrant cultural history covering 600 years of Tatar life

Joanna Jasińska Warsaw October 09, 2018

Meet Jennifer Croft, the translator who shot to fame after winning this year’s Man Booker International Prize

Jacek Borowski Warsaw October 03, 2018

Learned professor reveals saucy Shakespeare texts

Jacek Borowski Warsaw September 06, 2018

Archive of documents revealing Polish efforts to rescue Jews uncovered

Magda Dercz Warsaw August 07, 2018

New film tells the incredible story of secret society which compiled documents detailing the horrors of the Holocaust

Jacek Borowski Warsaw July 19, 2018

Bossa nova turned 60 this week. The First News looks at its influence on Polish music

Jacek Borowski Warsaw July 11, 2018

‘The Pianist’ hero Władyslaw Szpilman died 18 years ago this week. The First News talks to his wife Halina and son Andrzej

Magda Dercz Warsaw July 08, 2018

Lights, camera, action? The peculiar Polish theatre tradition

Paulina Alexandra Warsaw June 28, 2018

Poland sees boom in tourist numbers

Nissan Tzur Warsaw June 19, 2018

Beauty and the dad

Anna Popek Warsaw June 13, 2018

What a flutiful idea: Polish flautist organizes festival to promote hometown

Jacek Borowski Warsaw June 06, 2018

Corpus Christi celebrations sweep across the country

Paulina Alexandra Warsaw May 30, 2018

Young graphic designers for Independence

Joanna Jasińska Warsaw May 28, 2018

New book reveals secret Polish-Czech resistance to communists

Nissan Tzur Warsaw May 02, 2018

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