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“I am Madeleine McCann", says 21-year-old Polish woman

The 21-year-old, who also goes by the names Julia Wendell and Julia Wandelt says that while she is being ignored by Polish and British police, she has proof that she is the missing Briton. Julia Faustyna/ Facebook/ PAP

The 21-year-old, who also goes by the names Julia Wendell and Julia Wandelt says that while she is being ignored by Polish and British police, she has proof that she is the missing Briton.

Today’s news round up in Poland

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

Remains of Polish saint discovered in ‘the Hungarian Taj Mahal’

Belonging to the Polish saint Władysław I the Holy, the bones were discovered in an ossuary in Bory Castle in Székesfehérvá.

Polish, German regions launch coronavirus study

The Polish Dolnoslaskie province and the bordering German land of Saxony have launched a joint study of coronavirus mutations on their territories.

Atomic energy agency sends Poland COVID-19 diagnostic equipment

At the request of Poland's National Atomic Energy Agency (PAA), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has given Polish sanitary services equipment to aid in the diagnosis of coronavirus infection, the Ministry of Climate announced on Friday.

American woman says she is Pole who went missing 26 years ago after being kidnapped and SOLD by her dad

Monika Bielawska was one-years-old when she disappeared from outside a pharmacy in Legnica. Now, a 27-year-old American woman searching for her real parents after discovering she was adopted says SHE is Monika.

Gdańsk scientist makes crucial headway in understanding killer virus by isolating COVID-19 DNA from infected patient

By unravelling the genetic sequence, the researchers can learn a variety of crucial information about the disease, such as how the virus ‘deceives’ the human body, weakening its immune system.

Animal harm? Bats are not to blame for coronavirus, humans are, says zoology prof

Professor Piotr Tryjanowski, director of the Poznań University Of Life Sciences’ Institute of Zoology, says that instead of eating them, bats should be studied as they could be a good model for studying anti-inflammatory systems.

Stained with the blood of insurgents

Bloodstains splattered across the stairwell of an old Warsaw apartment block could belong to insurgents fighting against Hitler’s forces during the Warsaw Uprising.

Scientists hope to uncover ‘truth’ about Piast dynasty through DNA testing

The project which aims to identify among other things where the dynasty originated, focuses on the entire time of Piast rule starting with Mieszko I (c.930-992) who brought Christianity to the country and Bolesław Chrobry the first crowned king of Poland, through to the last members of the dynasty, such as the dukes of Mazovia (1526) and Silesia (1639).

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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
History | Life

Life of richest Pole to have ever lived after he won 774 kilos of gold in a casino is explored in riveting new book

A high-living bon vivant, Karol Jaroszyński’s youth was characterised by wild spending and long nights in Europe’s most glamorous casinos. And then he literally broke the bank of Monte Carlo by winning 774 kilos of gold at the roulette table.

The first report:

  • Ruling United Right in comfortable lead over opposition
  • Further blockade of Belarusian trade to come if repression persists says PM
  • EU less willing to introduce more sanctions on Russia says PM
  • Czechs defeat Poles in Euro qualifier
  • Pole dies on Ukrainian front line

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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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