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Polish embassy organises European defence conference in France

Soloch reported the V4 countries had spoken in one voice at the conference and held an “honest conversation with French parliamentarians.” The V4 “presented a more pro-Atlantic viewpoint compared to France,” he added. Darek Delmanowicz/PAP

France's views on the issue of security in Europe are in line with Poland's, including on transatlantic ties, head of the National Security Bureau (BBN) Pawel Soloch told PAP after his visit to France.

The merry wives of diplomacy: Ambassadors’ wives get together to fight inequality

The women plan to create a chapter which will choose people or institutions which have remarkable achievements in fighting economic disproportions.

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History

Mauthausen had a fearsome reputation for being the toughest concentration camp in Hitler’s Third Reich. But Bydgoszcz boxer Edward Rinke was tougher

TFN’s Stuart Dowell travels to the city of Bydgoszcz where he unravels the extraordinary story of one man’s literal fight for survival in a concentration camp nicknamed the ‘bone grinder’ by its SS guards.

The first report:

Poles back president's response to Russia's information attack - poll
All Poland's borders monitored for coronavirus - official
Auschwitz remembrance is important for over 90 pct of Poles - poll
Pole reaches fourth round of Australian Open tennis tournament
Over 16 mln foreign tourists visited Poland between Jan-Sept 2019 - minister

'My mum was kidnapped by Hitler's SS!'

During WW II, the Germans kidnapped up to 200,000 ‘racially suitable’ Polish children for adoption by senior Nazis. In a harrowing, exclusive interview, TFN speaks to the son of one of the ‘Lebensborn’. What makes his story unusual though, is that with no real family of her own in Poland, Dariusz Dziekan’s mother quickly got back in contact with her German adopted mother after the war and Dziekan grew up knowing this woman simply as Grandma.

Dan Session
Sad but beautiful! Why are Polish christmas carols so miserable?

Why So Serious?
A chance encounter on the remote Faroe Islands leads to a meeting with a remarkable Polish woman.

Events

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09/01 - 29/03 Exhibition of impressionist prints opens in Poznan
21/01 - 27/02 Exhibition honouring Polish WWII courier opens in Rome
27/01 Royals, world leaders to attend Auschwitz liberation anniversary
21/04 March of the Living to be held on April 21

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