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Family who saved Roman Polański from Holocaust honoured as Righteous Among the Nations

Ten-year-old Polański with Stefania and Jan Buchała who took him in after he had escaped along with his father from the Kraków Ghetto in 1943. Stanisław Rozpędzik/PAP/KRK Film

The couple from the village of Wysoka, about 30 kilometres from Kraków, risked their lives by taking in Polański who was 10 at the time after he had escaped along with his father from the Kraków Ghetto in 1943.

Belarus demands Poland, Lithuania to downsize diplomatic staff

The Belarusian Foreign Ministry has demanded the Polish and Lithuanian embassies in Minsk to downsize their diplomatic staff, the ministry's spokesperson Anatol Hlaz said on Friday quoted by the TUT.by portal. 

Ambassadors accredited in Poland support LGBT community in open letter

Several dozen ambassadors in an open letter co-ordinated by the Belgian Embassy in Poland expressed support for the efforts aimed at raising social awareness about the problems affecting the LGBT community.

German ambassador “can neither justify nor condemn” father who served Hitler in Berlin bunker

The appointment of the ambassador was allegedly delayed owing to concerns about his father’s wartime role.

Poland thanks Swedes for their support of Solidarity union

A message of gratitude to Swedes for their support offered to the Solidarity trade union and Poland's striving for freedom in the 1980s was published in the Aftonbladet daily on Monday. It was signed by the Polish Embassy and the Polish Institute in Stockholm.

Embassy contests German daily over "Polish concentration camp" misnomer

The Polish embassy in Berlin has demanded the German "Allgauer Zeitung" daily to revise the false phrase "Polish concentration camp" it used on its official website, the Radio Information Agency (IAR) informed on Saturday.

Poland's US Embassy, Consulate suspend most visa-related services

The US Embassy in Warsaw and the Consulate General in Krakow announced on Friday that amid coronavirus concerns they will suspend most visa-related services from16 March, adding that service to US citizens will continue to be provided.

Dep FM opens new Polish Embassy in Switzerland

Talks on the future of the Polish Museum in Rapperswil and the opening of new Polish missions dominated Deputy Foreign Minister Szymon Szynkowski vel Sek's two-day visit to Switzerland.

Poland to open new diplomatic missions in Switzerland and Lichtenstein

By mid-march Poland will open a new Embassy building in Bern, Switzerland, as well as new Honorary Consulates in Schaan, Liechtenstein, and Basel, Switzerland, PAP was told on Thursday.

Bulgaria to open tourist representation in Poland

Bulgaria will open a tourist representation at its embassy in Warsaw, the Bulgarian Ministry of Tourism announced on Tuesday, adding that its decision had been caused by a growing number of Polish tourists in Bulgaria.

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Now YOU can live like a king: Dubbed the ‘unknown pearl of Mazury’, the 15th century Teutonic Knights castle is yours for 12 million Zł

Described by as “a perfect example of the military architecture of the Teutonic Order” and “one of the best preserved”, potential buyers will find a castle perched on a 1.7 hectare plot and surrounded by 10 hectares of its own adjacent land.

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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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