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All mapped out: new interactive map details Poland’s tourist hotspots – and who’s visiting them

Including full nation-by-nation rankings from 2005 through to 2019, the maps show that foreign tourist numbers have surged during that timeframe. Kalbar/TFN

Using data taken between 2005 and 2019, the map shows that Germans top the table when it comes to tourism while the Brits come second.

Video captures adorable moment rare mouse-deer is born in Wrocław zoo

VIDEO: The black and white video shows the mother pacing around her enclosure before the little ball of fur pops out and immediately wants some TLC.

Ice that looks like human HAIR spotted on rotting tree

Although the Hair Ice is brittle, it forms curls and waves that can make it look like soft human hair. The rare sighting was made near the town of Hajnówka close to the border with Belarus.

National Science Centre earmarks EUR 17.5 mln for foreign researchers

Poland's National Science Centre has dedicated EUR 17.5 million to lure 120 foreign scientists to conduct research in Poland.

Is there a doctor in the house? Award-winning, hand-held MedTech device brings the doctor to your doorstep

Negating the physical need to visit a doctor, the pioneering Higo Sense can diagnose patients within an hour from the comfort of their home. 

Pawsome! Huskies Sampo and Kalev go on training to sniff-out Covid-19 victims

Upon completing their training, top dogs Sampo and Kalev from a Lapland village in the Polish mountains will be the first Polish dogs to be used in the fight against coronavirus.

Robotic hand can reduce fear of spiders, according to new research

Students from the Scientific Circle at the Institute of Applied Computer Science at the Łódź University of Technology have developed a way for people to interact with an artificial spider in a safe environment, which does not involve any actual touching or real spiders.

Coronavirus mum-in-a-coma gives birth to baby girl

The baby named Amelka was delivered via caesarean section two weeks ago at the University Clinical Hospital in Wroclaw where the mother, who was unaware she had given birth, is now said to be recovering.

Medical University of Warsaw creates COVID-19 diagnosis app

Warsaw’s medical university has broken new medical ground in Poland by coming up with an app that can diagnose the coronavirus without people having to visit a doctor.

Breath-taking photos from space capture planet Earth in all its splendid beauty

The competition organised by Warsaw company CloudFerro set out to identify the most beautiful images of the Earth.

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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:

  • Polish PM voices a clear stance on EU strategic autonomy at EU summit
  • 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

Exclusive

‘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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