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Heart of Poland

My Friend the Polish Pope

My Friend the Polish Pope /TFN

One of the world’s most famous Poles, John Paul II played a significant role in the contemporary social history of Poland. In this 114th episode of our impossible mission to find the heart of Poland, Patrick Ney speaks to George Weigel, the world’s biggest selling biographer of John Paul II about his memories of the Polish Pope alongside some fascinating archival photos from his life. Hear George speak about John Paul II’s role in the downfall of Communism, what shaped his personality, as well as amusing anecdotes like what he said when he met singer Bob Dylan.

My father ‘The Pianist’. The true story

Eminent Polish-Jewish composer and pianist Władysław Szpilman was a household name in pre-WWII Warsaw, but it was his miraculous story of survival during the war that would later form the basis for the Oscar-winning film ‘The Pianist’.

HOW TO INTERPRET A PRESIDENT

What do an astronaut, a military jet pilot and a simultaneous interpreter have in common? - Making decisions in a fraction of a second.

How to Make a Million Złoty

British Entrepreneur and investor Richard Lucas first made it in business in Poland in the 1990s and he hasn’t looked back. After 30 years of living and working in Poland, hear him telling TFN’s Patrick Ney his best advice on how to start and sustain a profitable business and perhaps make a million złoty along the way!

It wasn't easy - Richard Lucas on Poland in the 90s

British Business and Social Entrepreneur, Richard Lucas talks about the good, the bad and the ugly of being a foreigner in Poland in the 1990’s on his 30 year anniversary of living in the country. He reveals how he made it in business despite speaking zero Polish, what he doesn’t miss about the 90s, what annoyed him, and what he found ‘charming’ about being in Poland in its first post-Communist decade.

My American dream in POLAND! Monica Zielinski

Monica Zielinski moved from America to Poland a few years ago to rediscover her roots and has since embarked on a whirlwind ride from online YouTube star to TV personality, featuring in the primetime show 'Ameryka Da Się Lubić' on TVP. 

Falling in love with Poland - Peter Greenberg

Multiple Emmy award-winning travel journalist Peter Greenberg reflects on his recent travels around Poland. Discover how Peter somehow wrangled the most unusual tour guide ever, the Polish Prime Minister, on a 6 day trip around the country of Poland for his programme 'The Royal Tour' for PBS. 

Poland's beating heart

In this episode we meet Paddy Ney, the host of TFN's Heart of Poland video series.

Is the Polish economy OK?

Coronavirus was paralysing the global economy and fear was in the air the last time we talked to Economist Piotr Arak of the Polish Economic Institute.  Are mass job losses around the corner? What will inflation to do Poland's economy? Are Polish consumers terrified about future prospects? Find out all this and more in this episode of #HeartofPoland

'My US-Poland Love Affair'

Hear from one of Youtube's biggest Polish-American stars on her life as a Pole in America, growing up in Chicago's Polish community.  As an author, entrpreneur and film maker she's been on a journey to discover her Polishness and rediscover the country of 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
  • 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
Webber's World | Regions | Opinion

They say love don't come easy - but it does in Bielsko-Biała!

I must apologise if this column is not the academic or historical discourse that this city so richly deserves, but it is the Bielsko-Biała that revealed itself to me – it’s also the Bielsko-Biała that I fell desperately in love with. I’m pretty sure, you will as well.

The first report:

  • Poland's EU cohesion funds stalled until conditions met says commissioner
  • Poland's Nato allies concerned about Polish visa scandal says Tusk
  • Polish official criticises Canada for honouring Ukrainian with Nazi links
  • Poland imposes vehicle checks at border with Slovakia
  • Polish defence minister signs offset deal with Lockheed Martin

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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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They say love don't come easy - but it does in Bielsko-Biała!
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