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British marines arrive in Poland amid Ukraine tensions

The troops, from 45 Commando Royal Marines, arrived in Warsaw on Thursday morning. Paweł Supernak/PAP

The first of 350 British marines have flown into to Poland to bolster Nato’s eastern flank amid tensions over a Russian military build-up around Ukraine.

How to Make a Million Złoty

British Entrepreneur and investor Richard Lucas first made it in business in Poland in the 1990s and he hasn’t looked back. After 30 years of living and working in Poland, hear him telling TFN’s Patrick Ney his best advice on how to start and sustain a profitable business and perhaps make a million złoty along the way!

Remarkable account of British writer’s 1934 journey across Poland on a bike called George is published for first time in Polish

Appearing in Polish for the first time since its publication nearly 90 years ago, ‘Rowerem przez II RP’, ‘Pedalling Poland’ is filled with countless anecdotes, photos and personal observations of author Bernard Newman’s 3,000km journey from Gdańsk to Kraków.

British mutation accounts for 30 percent of Poland's Covid infections

The highly-contagious “British” variant of the coronavirus has been spreading across Poland and is now responsible for 30 percent of infections, the health ministry spokesman has said.

Third virus wave mostly due to British variant - health minister

The British mutation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is the main cause of the third wave of the coronavirus epidemic in Poland, the health minister said on Monday.

Polish, British PMs talk bilateral relations over phone

Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki held a telephone conversation on Saturday with British counterpart Boris Johnson on bilateral relations, international security and the situation of Poles in UK during the pandemic, Morawiecki said on social media.

Tesco heads for checkout from Poland in 819 mln PLN sale

The company announced it will be leaving Poland after 25 years to concentrate on other markets in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia.

Remains of WWII German warship sunk by RAF’s Dambusters raised from Szczecin seabed

The fragments of the Lützow warship settled at the bottom of the channel in April 1945 when the ship was the target of an air raid by the RAF 617 ‘Dambusters’ squadron. The haul that has now been raised includes the nine-tonne rear wall of the ship’s powerful 280mm gun tower, a copper range finder, screws and bolts and personal items such as lifejackets and belts.

Polish celebrity chef saves his bacon despite Covid lockdown

Chef and restaurateur Damian Wawrzyniak has gone from managing Michelin-starred kitchens to baking bread for delivery to adapt to the pandemic lockdown.

‘I’ve worked in Michelin kitchens, but now I’m on my bike delivering takeaways’: how leading chef turned lockdown nightmare into platter of success

A believer in hard work, famed chef Damien Wawrzyniak is busier than ever cooking food for the locked-down masses.

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16th century Wrocław coat of arms uncovered in school assembly hall after found hidden behind plaster

Dating from the turn of the 20th century when the school was founded, the city’s coat of arms was in use from 1530 to 1938 when the Nazis ordered that all the old coats of arms be replaced with a new two-field one.

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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