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Today’s news round up in Poland

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Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Warsaw to ban old cars from city centre from 2024 to improve air

Polluting old cars will be banned from Warsaw city centre in an effort to improve air quality, the capital’s mayor announced on Wednesday.

Today’s news round up in Poland

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Polish teen becomes youngest ever winner of world’s toughest car race

Eryk Goczał, 18, etched his name into the history of the Dakar Rally after becoming not just the youngest participant in the event’s 45-year history, but also the youngest winner, despite an injury forcing him to drive with only one hand!

Poland traffic deaths down in 2022 says police

The number of road accident fatalities in Poland fell below 2,000 for the first time last year, the Polish police has said.

Today’s news round up in Poland

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Over six thousand behind bars for traffic offences

More than 6,300 people are serving sentences in Polish prisons for traffic offences with the vast majority of them being drunk drivers, a Prison Guard spokesperson has told PAP.

Cult FSO Polonez Truck found in mint condition at back of car dealership in Cyprus makes triumphant return to Poland

One of just 124 to be sent to Cyprus from Gdynia towards the end of 1995, the truck had been kept by the car dealerships’ owner as a display model, before being relegated to an abandoned building at the back of the dealership.

World’s first ‘Solar City Car’ promises to revolutionize urban travel

VIDEO: Billed as being something between an expensive bike and a cheap car, the Squad Mobility vehicle’s solar panel roof provides enough energy to cover 20km a day, while a replaceable battery increases its range to 100km and two electric motors at the back means it can reach a maximum speed of 45 km/h.

Pensioner becomes online hit after ‘surfing’ down canal on top of his car

VIDEO: The 62-year old driver had careered into the water after pressing the accelerator pedal on his motor too hard over the May Day weekend.

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Top 5 articles:

  • 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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Chilling new book reveals meticulous planning behind Auschwitz death camp

The Polish-English book “Auschwitz Bauleitung. Designing a Death Camp” sets out in shocking detail how the full potential of German technology and industry took part in building the death apparatus that claimed the lives of 1.3 million victims.

The first report:

  • Ruling coalition maintains lead in voter support poll
  • EU should help Ukraine with grain exports says Polish official
  • Poland introduces remote work into labour code
  • PKN Orlen denies CEO was ABW informant
  • More firms plan wage hikes

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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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