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Polish fighter jets escort American strategic bomber

Polish F-16 and MiG-29 fighter jets escorted an American B-1B bomber stationed in Europe within the framework of the Bomber Task Force mission, Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak announced on Monday.

Poles stranded in Afghanistan return to Poland by military plane

Polish citizens stranded in Kabul, due to the pandemic, have been flown back to Poland aboard a military plane, the Armed Forces Operational Command has reported. Soldiers from Operation Resolute Support assisted in the transport.

Poland's top army commander has recovered from coronavirus - MoD

General Jarosław Mika, the general commander of Poland's armed forces, has recovered from coronavirus and returned to work, Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak tweeted on Monday.

Astonishing story of unsung WWII hero premieres in captivating new documentary

With his unconventional, intelligent command and axiom "A Polish soldier fights for the freedom of all nations, but dies only for Poland" General Stanisław Maczek’s soldiers spearheaded the Allied drive through Western Europe, playing a key role in the  liberation of France, Belgium and Holland. Using dramatized scenes, the new documentary follows his path through Ukraine, Poland, France, the Netherlands and finally Scotland, where after the war he ended up working as a hotel barman.

Poland's foreign military missions to continue as planned

Poland's Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak has taken the decision that soldiers returning from foreign missions will not be quarantined, Rzeczpospolita reported on Tuesday.

Army to support efforts of Border Guard - National Security Bureau head

Subunits of the Polish armed forces will support Border Guard activities, the head of the National Security Bureau (BBN), Paweł Soloch, told PAP on Saturday.

Alliance soldiers fill out health questionnaires - defence ministry

Soldiers of allied armed forces coming to Poland are filling out health questionnaires prior to crossing the border, which are also obligatory for those troops already in the country, the Ministry of Defence announced on Thursday.

Poland's top army commander contracts coronavirus - MoD

General Jarosław Mika, the general commander of Poland's armed forces, has tested positive for coronavirus, the Defence Ministry reported on Tuesday.

General Jaroslaw Mika to remain head of Armed Forces

Polish President Andrzej Duda has named General Jaroslaw Mika as the general commander of the Branches of the Armed Forces for another term, the National Security Bureau (BBN) announced on Wednesday.

President extends Polish military missions abroad

President Andrzej Duda, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland, has signed a decision extending the presence of Polish military contingents abroad, the National Security Bureau (BBN) has informed.

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Song and dance group revives unique traditions of Poland’s Lemko culture

Historically from the Beskid and Pieniny highlands around Beskid Sądecki, Beskid Niski and parts of the Pienin mountains, the Lemkos were displaced from their native lands in 1947 and resettled in Western Poland as part of ‘Operation Vistula’, the Communist authority’s forced resettlement of several Polish minorities from the south-east of post-war Poland to the reclaimed territories in the west of the country.

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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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