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Killer of Gdansk mayor sentenced to life in prison

Adamowicz was stabbed during a charity concert in Gdansk on January 13, 2019, and died from his wounds in hospital the next day. Wilmot was arrested at the scene of the crime. Adam Warżawa/PAP

The murderer of Pawel Adamowicz, the mayor of the Polish city of Gdansk, has been given a life sentence.

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Gdańsk hospital becomes first in Poland to use robots in children’s operations

VIDEO: The operations, two oncological and one on a urinary tract defect, were carried out by a French-Polish team at the hospital’s University Clinical Centre (UCK) on three girls aged four, six and 17.

Russian faces espionage charges

A Russian citizen with permanent residence in Poland has been charged with spying for the Russian intelligence services between 2015 and 2022, prosecutors in Gdansk said on Thursday.

Today’s news round up in Poland

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Polish PM asks for report on three Spanish divers

Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has asked the country's security services to prepare a comprehensive report on three Spanish divers who were rescued from the sea near the port of Gdansk over the weekend.

Three Spanish divers rescued by Polish services in Baltic Sea

The three Spanish divers who have been rescued by the Polish Maritime Search and Rescue Services in the Baltic Sea, lacked a motorboat licence and did not have permission to dive, according to Poland's police.

A year in travel: Webber picks out the best (and worst) from his journeys around Poland

As the curtain falls on 2022, TFN’s Alex Webber takes a personal look back at his travel highlights of the year…

Sensational archaeological discovery hidden beneath Gdańsk’s town hall ‘rewrites’ city’s history

The discovery of a wooden defensive rampart from the 930s means that there was a Slavic settlement in the area around the city's popular Długi Targ street even before the Polish state was first established by Mieszko I in 960.

Today’s news round up in Poland

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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
  • It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
  • Poland in COVID-19 LOCKDOWN! PM orders bars, restaurants, shopping centres and borders closed - and cancels ALL flights
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Piła bus transforms into ‘armoured operating room’ to help wounded in Ukraine

VIDEO: Protected by 8mm shrapnel resistant armour, the Solaria Urbino 10 bus includes four operating tables, an air decontamination system, defibrillators, wash tub and sterilisation equipment.

The first report:

  • Tusk says upcoming elections are high-stakes
  • S&P GDP growth forecast for Poland unchanged for 2023
  • Zelensky may pay visit to Warsaw
  • Warsaw's Palace of Culture to stay dirty
  • Poland down Albania in Euro 24 qualifier

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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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