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Stunning but startling, photographer envisions the beautiful reefs of the future – made from junk and plastic

For this project, Reef, Wróblewska photographed compositions that she made out of disposable plastic items. Alicja Wróblewska

Alicja Wróblewska’s project aims to spotlight mankind’s impact on the environment

Amazon e-commerce adds 2,000 jobs in Poland this year

The US e-commerce giant Amazon has increased employment in Poland by 2,000 to 18,000 permanent jobs in 2020 to date, the company said in a Wednesday press release.

Amazon to add 500 new jobs in central Poland

Amazon will add an additional 500 new jobs in its new e-commerce centre in Łódź, central Poland. Earlier, Amazon announced 100 new jobs in the centre in the Łódź suburb of Pawlikowice, where it already employs 700 workers.

The Gdańsk man who brought US giant Amazon to Poland

INTERVIEW: TFN’s Nick Westerby caught up with Łukasz Osowski to chat about how he created the world’s best Text to Speech (TTS) software, sold his firm to the world’s largest company, Amazon, and hear about his new project Vika Life.

Amazon to provide over 100 jobs in Lodz

Amazon will offer over 100 jobs in its new e-commerce centre in Lodz, central Poland. Amazon already employs 700 in a 2019-opened centre in the Lodz suburb Pawlikowice.

Amazon to donate 100,000 masks to Poland - US ambassador

The US e-commerce giant Amazon will supply another 100,000 surgical masks to Polish medical staff to help contain the spread of the COVID19 epidemic in the country, US Ambassador to Poland Georgette Mosbacher, announced in a Friday tweet.

Auschwitz slams Amazon for fake ‘death chess’ game in its Hunters series starring Al Pacino

Auschwitz Museum, which preserves the site of the former German concentration and extermination camp, blasted the scene calling it ‘fake’ and ‘dangerous’, saying that it could help Holocaust deniers in the future.

Allegro hits top-10 of biggest e-commerce sites in the world

Polish firm is sole Europe-only operator to make the list, but it may have got too big for its own boots.

Fury as Amazon puts Auschwitz Christmas tree ornaments online

The tasteless decorations showing scenes from the extermination camp where over 1 million people were murdered, and posted alongside festive scenes from other parts of Europe, all cost around 50 PLN.

New Amazon logistics centre in Poland will be its most automated

The Amazon logistics center in Gliwice, southern Poland, is scheduled to start operations in 2020. It will be the company's largest facility of its type in terms of robotisation solutions.

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Rzeszów monk sets up music school in war-torn African state to teach child soldiers to take up music instead of weapons

Capuchin monk Brother Benedykt Pączka decided to offer children an alternative to being child soldiers and try to sow the seeds of future peace in the country by teaching them to prefer a guitar over a Kalashnikov.

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  • Polish skater wins silver at European Short Track Championships
  • Poles stage protests in defence of Kremlin critic
  • Former Polish FM receives Ukrainian state distinction
  • Poland likely to ease some Covid-19 restrictions as of Feb. 1
  • Poland applies to UK authorities for repatriation of vegetative patient

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

Still operating, the Pleszew line has embraced the future by becoming a cultural centre.

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