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Seven people charged in visa issuing scandal

"Thanks to the efficient operation of the services, the prosecutor of the local department of the National Prosecutor's Office presented charges against seven people in these proceedings," the prosecutor said. "Three people are being held in pre-trial detention." Leszek Szymański/PAP

Polish prosecutors have brought charges against seven people in a visa issuance scandal that cost a deputy foreign minister his job.

Warsaw airport moves closer to realization

Acting as a “symbolic gateway” to Poland, Centralny Port Komunikacyjny will serve as an air, rail and road transport hub that will ultimately seek to handle 60 million travellers by 2060.

Company that uses GPS to track smartphone users for luxury brand ads gets 45mln investment for expansion

Started in 2014 by Miron Mironiuk, 29, from Wrocław, clients include luxury brands L’Oreal, Gucci, Cartier, LVMH, Bulgari, Fendi and Mercedes-Benz.

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
Beaten, starved and tortured: The horrifying story of Hitler’s concentration camp for children
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

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Voice of Holocaust survivor recreated by Artificial Intelligence to give harrowing account of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Spearheaded by the POLIN Museum in collaboration with the advertising powerhouse Saatchi & Saatchi, the initiative to recreate Stella Fidelseid’s voice became possible through the use of archival recordings and the family's approval..

The first report:

EU fines imposed on Poland are unconstitutional, Polish tribunal says
Ukraine announces first border crossing with Poland open to trucks
Morawiecki calls for end of Polish-Polish war
Liberal economy is unfair and ineffective says PM

Incredible tale of hidden treasure, a blood-soaked curse, mysterious deaths and a stunning old mansion keep rumours of buried Tsarist gold alive

EXCLUSIVE: TFN’s Stuart Dowell goes on the trail of a Polish Indiana Jones-style adventurer whose mysterious death has led to intrigue that two billion dollars of Tsarist treasure is buried in the sprawling grounds of a manor house just outside of Warsaw.

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