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Building bridges from Sejny to the world

The Miłosz family manor house in Krasnogruda. John Beauchamp/TFN

In this episode of The Debrief, we are at home with Krzysztof Czyżewski, Polish poet, director and founder of the Borderland Foundation in Sejny, northeastern Poland.

War crimes in Ukraine will be prosecuted says Polish foreign minister

Those responsible for crimes against the Ukrainian state and nation will be brought before justice, said Zbigniew Rau, the Polish foreign minister who also chairs the Organization for the Co-operation and Security in Europe (OSCE).

Future of west is in question writes PM in Politico article

Without more forceful intervention in Ukraine's war, the consequences for the U.S. and Europe could be devastating, Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland’s prime minister, wrote in an article published on the Politico website, on Monday.

President says Ukraine war sites justify Nato eastern presence

Poland's president has said anyone who has seen Ukrainian towns like Bucha, Borodyanka, Irpin and Mariupol, knows why allied forces have a presence on Nato's eastern flank.

Duda calls for Scholtz, Macron to visit Russian war crime sites

Poland's president has made frequent calls for Olaf Scholtz, the German chancellor, and President Emmanuel Macron of France to see the Ukrainian towns of Bucha and Irpin in the hope it will change their attitude, a deputy foreign minister said on Monday.

'Barbarian invaders' must stand before tribunals says president

Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, has called for the "barbarian invaders" of Ukraine to be held responsible for their actions in Bucza and other places if the world is to remain “just and free.”

Artisanal Bucza bakery rises again thanks to Polish trio

Having already raised PLN 36,000 online to help reactivate Ukraine’s artisanal bakeries, Jacek Polewski, owner of Poznań’s Czarny bakery, has helped a Bucza bakery back to its feet after feeling compelled to help.

Polish PM appeals to EC to immediately launch Ukraine solidarity fund

Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has called on the European Commission to put into operation a solidarity fund for Ukraine, and to offer it "new money."

Russia guilty of genocide in Ukraine, president tells CNN

Poland's president has said in an interview with US broadcaster CNN that alleged Russian war crimes in the Ukrainian town of Bucha fulfil the definition of genocide.

Horrors of Bucha echo Soviet’s 1940 massacre of Poles in Katyń

WARNING! GRAPHIC IMAGES: As the world reels in horror from Russian atrocities in Ukraine, leading historians and others have been drawing parallels with the 1940 Katyń massacre which saw over 20,000 Poles murdered by Stalin’s secret police.

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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
  • 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
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Monte Cassino veteran and friend of Wojtek the bear dies aged 95

Ludwik Jaszczur, who was originally from the village of Blizne in Podkarpacie, died on Monday at his home in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The first report:

  • Majority of Poles oppose Russians, Belarusians competing in 2024 Olympics
  • Polish Army medics already in Turkey to help earthquake victims
  • Lower house scraps all Senate amendments to Supreme Court bill
  • Polish, German defence ministers set up meeting with Ukrainian counterpart
  • Polish MoD satisfied with US approval for sale of rocket launchers

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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