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Athletes to compete in 24 sports at 2023 European Games in Poland

"We hope that the event will be very popular. We wanted it to be linked to the European Championship, which would raise its rank," Dmowska-Andrzejuk told the press conference on the 2023 European Games. Leszek Szymański/PAP

Athletes from all over Europe will compete in 24 sports at the 3rd European Games in Poland in 2023, Sports Minister Danuta Dmowska-Andrzejuk said at a Wednesday press conference, adding that the organisers want the event to be of a high profile.

President appoints acclaimed sportswoman as Polish sports minister

President Andrzej Duda on Thursday appointed Danuta Dmowska-Andrzejuk, an acclaimed epee fencer, as the new Polish sports minister. Earlier, the president recalled PM Mateusz Morawiecki from this post, which he had held since the swearing-in of his cabinet on November 15.

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‘Tarantino-style western’ about Kościuszko Uprising wins coveted Golden Lion award for best film at Gdynia film festival

VIDEO: Dubbed a ‘Tarantino-esque Western in 18th century Poland’, the film’s compelling blend of grotesque violence and black humour is set against the tumultuous backdrop of Poland in 1794, when Tadeusz Kościuszko, the eponymous 'Kos', returns to Poland to with a freed slave to rally support among the peasantry for his insurrection against the Russians.

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Warsaw’s secret war against Moscow’s spies: Poland’s intelligence services have gone into overdrive to combat Putin’s covert assault

The arrest last week of a ‘dangerous’ spy network in Poland is the latest in the country’s secret war against Russian intelligence since Putin’s troops attacked Ukraine.

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