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Polish wildlife snapper’s incredible photo of a lion staring at the lens wins prestigious international nature photography competition

Taken at the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana, Tomasz Szpila’s hypnotic photo was awarded ‘Category Winner’ in the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year 2022 competition’s Wild Portraits section. Tomasz Szpila/Nature TTL

Taken at the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana, Tomasz Szpila’s hypnotic photo was awarded ‘Category Winner’ in the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year 2022 competition’s Wild Portraits section. Two other Polish photographers were also award runner-up in the Landscapes and Under 16s categories.

Minister announces new pandemic restrictions

Poland will introduce a batch of new sanitary restrictions in connection with the appearance of a new strain of the Covid-19 virus, the Polish health minister announced on Monday.

The celebrity cooking sensation descended from royalty who is taking Poland by storm

A descendent of King Sekgoma I, Seeletso quit his job in a Botswanan bank to follow his culinary calling. Mentored by the legendary Marco Pierre White and John Williams (currently Executive Chef at The Ritz London), Joseph Seeletso is now a TV personality and a permanent feature on Warsaw’s food map. TFN’s Alex Webber caught up with him at his street food pop up at the city’s biggest summer hit, Lunapark.

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Over 100,000 slaughtered with axes, pitchforks, scythes and knives: The Wołyń massacre started 76 years ago today and lasted for two years
The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
Beaten, starved and tortured: The horrifying story of Hitler’s concentration camp for children
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

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At last! After nearly three years Poland’s most recognizable dances to be added to UNESCO’s coveted list of Intangible Cultural Heritage

VIDEO: One of Poland’s five national dances, the announcement to include the Polonaise on UNESCO’s coveted list of Intangible Cultural Heritage comes some two and a half years after a campaign was launched by the Cracovia Danza Court Ballet in Kraków, the only professional court and historical dance ensemble in Poland.

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Future gov't to deal with wind turbine bill, mortgage moratorium
Polish port records highest freight handling increase in EU
LOT ranks third among global air carriers
Zielona Gora-Babimost airport services record-high number of passengers
PM attacks opposition plan to restrict access to mortgage support programme

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

EXCLUSIVE: TFN’s Stuart Dowell goes on the trail of a Polish Indiana Jones-style adventurer whose mysterious death has led to intrigue that two billion dollars of Tsarist treasure is buried in the sprawling grounds of a manor house just outside of Warsaw.

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