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Brandenburg aids Covid-19 battle in central Poland

"Every pair of gloves, every facemask counts," Struzik said. "Hospitals continue to have enormous needs. My sincerest thanks go out to our German friends for their gesture of solidarity in these difficult times." Piotr Nowak/PAP

Germany's eastern state of Brandenburg has sent aid to hospitals in the central-Polish province of Mazowsze to help them battle the Covid-19 virus, Mazowsze authorities said on Tuesday.

Polish, German presidents discuss Euro-Atlantic, bilateral relations

Polish and German Presidents, Andrzej Duda and Frank-Walter Steinmeier during an almost hour-long Thursday talk discussed Euro-Atlantic and bilateral relations as well as the pandemic situation.

Parliament speaker, German ambassador talk parliamentary cooperation

Sejm (lower house) Speaker Elzbieta Witek and the German Ambassador to Poland Arndt Freytag von Loringhoven on Wednesday discussed parliamentary dialogue, historical policy and the role of the Weimar Triangle.

Polish ski jumper wins World Cup event in Titisee-Neustadt on Saturday

Kamil Stoch of Poland won the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup event in Titisee-Neustadt, Germany, on Saturday.

German uniform found in ‘good condition’ under floorboards during house renovation

The jacket belonging to a Wehrmacht Lance Corporal was discovered wrapped in an oiled cloth in the town of Lubań, in the southeast of the country.

Polish, German defence ministers sum up Germany's EU presidency

The Polish and German defence ministers have summed up Germany's EU presidency in the field of defence and security.

Łódź couple go on epic 5,500 km journey to uncover forgotten memories and long-lost borders

Entitled ‘Lost Borders: In the Footsteps of the Second Polish Republic’, the project sees Kaja and Tomasz Grzywaczewski uncovering the fascinating and sometimes harrowing stories of how living in the borderlands has shaped the memory, identity and lives of the people who still live in its territories today.

Agreement reached by Warsaw, Berlin, Budapest over EU budget - deputy PM

A Polish deputy prime minister said on Wednesday that agreement had been reached between Poland, Hungary and Germany regarding EU budget negotiations stalled by a standoff over a rule-of-law clause.

Germany will try to resolve EU budget dispute - chancellor

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in the Bundestag on Wednesday that her government would try to find a way to unblock the threat of a Polish and Hungarian veto of the EU's next seven-year budget.

“I stood on the edge of Germany’s historical abyss…” The day West German Chancellor Willy Brandt stunned the world as he atoned for his country’s past

Commonly cited as one of the most iconic reconciliatory moments ever captured on camera, on this day 50 years ago the West German Chancellor, Willy Brandt, sank to his knees in Warsaw in atonement of his nation’s wartime atrocities.

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Top 5 articles:

  • 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
  • Villager finds stash of 17th-century coins after falling off his bike while looking for mushrooms
  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
Art & Culture

Tokarczuk teams up with illustrator Joanna Concejo for latest book described as ‘an experiment with form’

The picture book which was first published in Polish in 2017 as ‘Zagubiona dusza’ has now been translated into English under the title ‘The Lost Soul’.

The first report:

  • Polish PM voices a clear stance on EU strategic autonomy at EU summit
  • Polish ski-jumper takes gold in normal hill competition
  • Covid crisis is an economic opportunity for Poland, PM says
  • Opposition presents pandemic aid programme
  • Ruling Law and Justice continues to have highest voter support - poll

Exclusive

‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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