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Poland's former environment minister dies aged 75

Szyszko served as environment minister from 2015 to 2018. Andrzej Grygiel/PAP

Poland's former minister for the environment, Professor Jan Szyszko, died this morning at the age of 75, Polish President Andrzej Duda tweeted on Wednesday.

No free plastic bags in Poland from Sept. 1

With the exception of the smallest produce bags, all plastic bags in Poland will carry a fee of PLN 0.25 (EUR 0.057) including VAT from September 1 this year, Environment Minister Henryk Kowalski announced on Wednesday.

Poland ready for COP24

Poland is ready for the COP24 climate conference, Environment Minister Henryk Kowalczyk said on Tuesday in Warsaw. Kowalczyk said preparations for the meeting, scheduled on December 2-14 in the southern-Polish city of Katowice, had been a major organisational challenge.

Former COP presidents to support Polish presidency

The Council of Presidents of the Conference of the Parties (COP) was inaugurated during a meeting of the French Constitutional Council, held on the initiative of Polish deputy Environment Minister and the future COP24 climate summit president Michał Kurtyka.

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Stylish new dental practice that looks like a café is guaranteed to put a smile on your face

With furniture including armchairs, chandeliers, a raised “common table” with barstools and an island with a coffee machine and even a shelf of books, the interior by Warsaw-based Piotrowscy Design is aimed at calming patients’ nerves by removing the typical cold, clinical interiors of traditional dentists.

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