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Coronavirus Diary #9

Polish pharmacies have purchased 20.7 million packages of prescription antidepressants so far this year, over one million more in 2019, to meet the growing demand from stressed Poles, according to the newspaper Rzeczpospolita. Jakub Kaczmarczyk/PAP

While we have managed to stay connected online, aren’t we all beginning to feel a lot more isolated in real life? John Beauchamp has the latest Debrief diary entry.

Reboot for The Debrief

We’re back from a hiatus and ready to get the TFN podcast engines revved up again. Consider this a reboot, or even a pre-reboot, as you’ll find out in this episode with host John Beauchamp.

Polish archives reveal British spy named Bond - James Bond!

Documents reveal that a spy called James Bond worked at the British Embassy in Warsaw in 1960s.

An uncertain future for one of Warsaw's oldest cinemas?

In this edition of The Debrief, we take a look at the Atlantic cinema which opened its doors to the public in 1930.

Remembering the Polish anti-Soviet independence movement founded 75 years ago

We take a look at the Freedom and Independence movement formed to combat Soviet terror in Poland following World War 2.

Poland's beating heart

In this episode we meet Paddy Ney, the host of TFN's Heart of Poland video series.

Plugged in and ready to go...

In this episode of the Debrief, we put the show into fifth gear as we hurtle towards the future of electric cars in Poland…

Bring on the gold!

A 17th century church in the heart of Poland’s capital Warsaw has just had a very expensive make-over.

Roadworks reveal 150 Jewish headstones

Some 150 Jewish gravestones have been unearthed during  construction work in the south-eastern Polish town of Leżajsk.

Living with COVID-19

In this episode of the Debrief, it’s time to take stock of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Poland and how it’s an opportunity for change in all aspects of our lives…

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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
Business | Life

The Żyrardów man whose historical tents are taking Hollywood and Netflix by storm

When it comes to historical tents, Michał Siedlecki is the man the film industry turns to first. And now, with a string of blockbuster productions including upcoming viking movie ‘The Northman’, starring Nicole Kidman, William Defoe and Queen’s Gambit star Anya Taylor-Joy behind him, the 37-year-old is already starting work on four other major movies.

The first report:

  • Foreign min monitoring case of Pole doing 14 years in Russian labour camp
  • Ruling party wants tribunal's opinion on EU court ruling
  • Banks need no further gov't aid - ministry
  • Poland's Monetary Council leaves all interest rates unchanged again
  • Over 70 percent of Polish are women financially independent - study

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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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