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Corona Diary

Coronavirus Diary #9

Polish pharmacies have purchased 20.7 million packages of prescription antidepressants so far this year, over one million more in 2019, to meet the growing demand from stressed Poles, according to the newspaper Rzeczpospolita. Jakub Kaczmarczyk/PAP

While we have managed to stay connected online, aren’t we all beginning to feel a lot more isolated in real life? John Beauchamp has the latest Debrief diary entry.

Craft beer crisis!

Has the coronavirus put a cork back in the bottle for Polish craft brewers?

Coronavirus Diary #8

In this episode of the Coronavirus Diary I'm in the garden, and I'm wondering whether all these stats the govenrment are giving us really hold up...

Coronavirus Diary #7

After a month in lockdown, The Debrief host John Beauchamp pines for the open road and is showing signs of going slightly mad...

Coronavirus Diary #6

It’s the Debrief Coronavirus Diary part six, and today we’re keeping it local. Very local…

Coronavirus Diary #5

In today’s weekend Debrief, a short update and some musings from Warsaw.

Coronavirus Diary #4

In today’s Debrief, a step back, time to slow down, and a little composure.

Coronavirus Diary #3

It’s day three of the coronavirus diary, and we hear from a doctor here in Warsaw about the pandemic.

Coronavirus Diary #2

In today’s Debrief, I hand over the mic to you and we manage to hear from two people trying to come to terms with the coronavirus reality in Poland.

Coronavirus Diary #1

Trying to keep upbeat in these times of lockdown...

Top 5 articles:

  • 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
  • Villager finds stash of 17th-century coins after falling off his bike while looking for mushrooms
  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
Life | Webber's World | Regions | Lifestyle

An unusual choice? Maybe. A good one? Absolutely! Why Łódź is top travel destination for 2021

From a personal point of view, it’s sheer depth of contrast comes somewhere near the top: lavish wedding cake palaces that reference the might once wielded by the city’s power players; futuristic office compounds; blackened, broken tenements; abandoned, creepy warehouses; restored redbrick factories; and PRL blocks of cosmic dimension.

The first report:

  • Ruling party broadens support in latest poll
  • Poland halts supply of Covid-vaccines for "zero group"
  • Central bank head expresses calm about inflation
  • Ruling United Right camp extends lead in voter support - poll
  • Poland drafts internet freedom of speech bill

Exclusive

Moving on down the line: how a narrow-gauge railway staved off economic death to become the heart of a community

Still operating, the Pleszew line has embraced the future by becoming a cultural centre.

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