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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

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

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

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

Poland marks 52nd anniversary of tragic anti-communist protests

Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland's prime minister, has paid homage to those killed, wounded and persecuted by communist security forces during protests against state-imposed price increases in December 1970.

Wrocław woman records the ‘silent witnesses of untold stories’ with her haunting pics of abandoned sofas

Taken in a variety of locations, the images show sofas in varying states of disrepair, all united by their apparent lack of love.

Spotlight on Gdańsk shipyard at the ECS

An exhibition which highlights the history of the Gdańsk shipyard from its early days in the 19th century is on at the European Solidarity Centre.

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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
  • 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
History | Hotels | Lifestyle

Polish WWII agent who Churchill called his favourite spy has luxurious hotel suite named in her honour

One of World War Two's most daring spies Krystyna Skarbek has received an opulent tribute with the naming of a lavish suite in her honour at the new Raffles Hotel in London opened its doors on Friday.

The first report:

  • PiS MP says Germany will deceive Ukraine
  • Bank PKO BP forecasts GDP growth at 0.5 pct this year, 3 pct next
  • British combat aircraft arrive in Poland
  • Ruling party leader describes opposition as 'German'
  • Poland's embassy in Turkey condemns terrorist attack in Ankara

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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

The arrest last week of a ‘dangerous’ spy network in Poland is the latest in the country’s secret war against Russian intelligence since Putin’s troops attacked Ukraine.

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