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Today’s news round up in Poland

Today’s news round up in Poland Kalbar/TFN

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

She’s the face behind some of the biggest brand campaigns going, but who is Olka Osadzińska?

TFN’s Alex Webber caught up with Olka to find out how she went from medical school dropout to becoming one of Poland’s leading creative exports with a client-base that reads like a who’s who of contemporary brands.

PM writes in German press about EU inequality

Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland's prime minister, has written in German daily Die Welt that while EU member states are supposedly equal, there is a de facto oligarchy in place whereby the strongest countries exert power.

Russia-Ukraine standoff is a test for Western world says president

International tensions caused by Russia’s build-up of troops on the Ukrainian border and the resulting fears of a possible invasion are a test for the whole Western community, Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, has said.

Poland leading the EU race to vaccinate its citizens – German daily

Poland, with a vaccination rate of 10.8 doses per 100 inhabitants, is outpacing many EU countries, including Spain and Germany, reports Die Welt's Warsaw bureau.

Poland protests German media interference in presidential elections

Deputy Foreign Minister Szymon Szynkowski vel Sek on Wednesday protested to the German Charges d' Affaires against what he described as the German media's attempts to influence Poland's ongoing presidential elections.

Die Welt praises Poland's effective actions during pandemic crisis

Poland has been operating efficiently and conducting proper economic policy in times of the coronavirus crisis, the online portal of the German daily Die Welt wrote on Wednesday.

Poland for globally strong Europe, PM writes in Die Welt

Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki in an article for the Tuesday edition of the German daily Die Welt wrote that Poland wants Europe to be a global player.

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
  • Beaten, starved and tortured: The horrifying story of Hitler’s concentration camp for children
  • It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
Culture

Beautiful artwork capturing the glory of Polish autumns

The annual transformation from summer to autumn has long been immortalised by Polish artists who have captured the full majesty of the ‘golden season’.

The first report:

  • MPC cuts interest rates but expected to be cautious about further moves
  • Polish inflation may drop below 7 pct in coming months - deputy FInMin
  • Opposition leader promises not to raise retirement age
  • Polish MPC cuts rates by 25 bps
  • Opposition informs prosecutor that PM may have committed crime

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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

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