• Politics
  • Business
  • Culture
  • Science
  • Sport
  • History
  • Life
  • First Report
"I must have been inspired" Joseph Conrad
Iceland

Polish wildlife snapper’s incredible photo of a lion staring at the lens wins prestigious international nature photography competition

Taken at the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana, Tomasz Szpila’s hypnotic photo was awarded ‘Category Winner’ in the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year 2022 competition’s Wild Portraits section. Tomasz Szpila/Nature TTL

Taken at the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana, Tomasz Szpila’s hypnotic photo was awarded ‘Category Winner’ in the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year 2022 competition’s Wild Portraits section. Two other Polish photographers were also award runner-up in the Landscapes and Under 16s categories.

Warsaw illustrator’s delightful ‘Agent Fox’ becomes Icelandic hit

Coined by illustrator Weronika Lis, the adventures of her alter ego, Agent Fox, have become cult reading in the northern hemisphere following the publication of Agent Fox in Iceland, a comic book inspired by her two-years living in the country.

Couple wow internet with spectacular views of Iceland during epic 3,000km trek

During their monumental walk around Iceland, Anna Liszewska and her partner got through 712 chocolate bars, 57 tins of tuna, 3.2kg of peanut butter and 2.8kg of Nutella while walking an average of almost 11 hours and 34km a day.

Extreme runner from Gdynia becomes double record breaker after running across Iceland

Przemysław Szapar, 42, broke the records after going from the east coast to the west coast in both the ‘EW traverse’ which took 12 days and ‘The Great Traverse of Iceland’, which took him from the farthest point on the east coast to the farthest point on the west coast, a feat he accomplished in 17 days.

Polish astronaut becomes first Pole in unique space mission simulation inside lava tunnel

Agnieszka Elwertowska, a computer engineer and student of the WSB University in Gdańsk, took part in the CHILL-ICE mission organised by Euro Moon Mars ESTEC in one of Iceland’s lava tunnels.

Polish military contingent set to start air policing mission in Iceland

Poland will send four fighter aircraft and 140 military personnel to Iceland on Wednesday, a military press official has said.

Poland joins NATO's air policing mission in Iceland

Polish President Andrzej Duda has signed a decision for a Polish military contingent to join NATO's air policing mission in Iceland, PAP was told on Monday by Paweł Soloch, head of the National Security Bureau (BBN).

Pole charged with setting deadly fire in Iceland

A 60-year-old Pole has been charged with setting fire to a multi-family house, in which three Polish nationals lost their lives.

Norway and EEA Grants withdraw project co-financing over LGBT resolution

The south-eastern Podkarpackie province has lost EUR 1.7 million in funding in Norway and EEA Grants after its regional assembly passed a resolution against “LGBT ideology”.

Breath-taking photos from space capture planet Earth in all its splendid beauty

The competition organised by Warsaw company CloudFerro set out to identify the most beautiful images of the Earth.

  • 1
  • 2
  • >

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
History | Life

Chilling new book reveals meticulous planning behind Auschwitz death camp

The Polish-English book “Auschwitz Bauleitung. Designing a Death Camp” sets out in shocking detail how the full potential of German technology and industry took part in building the death apparatus that claimed the lives of 1.3 million victims.

The first report:

  • Ruling coalition maintains lead in voter support poll
  • EU should help Ukraine with grain exports says Polish official
  • Poland introduces remote work into labour code
  • PKN Orlen denies CEO was ABW informant
  • More firms plan wage hikes

Exclusive

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.

The Debrief
Shalom! Teaching Hebrew in Kraków…
Webber's World
Webber’s World: ‘Allow me to propose a toast to the bears of Bemowo!’
  • Cookie policy
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Terms and conditions
  • Privacy Policy

This site uses "cookies". By staying on it, you agree to the use of cookies.

Accept
Learn more