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Poland’s film industry is booming and fast becoming the next big thing!

“Polish filmmakers have repeatedly set extraordinarily high standards in this branch of art. Today, the Polish film industry seems to be in full swing,” says new report. CRISTINA QUICLER/POOL/PAP/EPA

“Polish filmmakers have repeatedly set extraordinarily high standards in this branch of art. Today, the Polish film industry seems to be in full swing. Polish films are consistently screened at all major and prestige international film festivals,” says a new report by Dentons.

Letter in a bottle sparks hunt for Polish teens after being found on Croatian beach

Dated 31 July 2015, the letter which was found hidden on New Year’s Day among rocks and old logs on the Croatian island of Pag began: "I am Marysia, and I am Monia. We live in Poland, near Kraków." Now the woman who found the letter would like to meet them.

Heard about this? Massive lump of Gdańsk amber weighing 68kg 200g is world's biggest

Worth an estimated PLN 140,000 (EUR 29,803) the piece was officially weighed and measured at the city's Museum of Amber to mark World Amber Day. It will now enter the Guinness of Book of Records.

Call of the wild: Adventurers team up to brave subzero temperatures and 100km winds as they ski across Greenland in just ONE month!

Experienced explorers Mateusz Waligóra and Łukasz Supergan will be walking the 600km distance from the west to the east of the world’s largest island on skis, with a plan to complete the arduous journey in just one month.

Island grave reveals 1,000-year-old treasure trove of ‘elite’ jewellery including a solid amber ring

The two amber rings, a bronze bowl, an iron knife in a leather holder and bronze buckles were found in the grave of a man who belonged to the Pomeranian elite who lived between the 11th and 12th century.

Warsaw scientist finds natural ‘coral-saving’ UV filter in Antarctic bacteria

The world-first discovery which came during research of samples of bacteria from King George Island 120km off the coast of Antarctica can help stop coral extinctions.

Polish president sends condolences to Indonesia

Polish President Andrzej Duda has sent a condolence message to his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo in connection with a tragic air disaster and two landslides in that country.

Isle away the hours: YouTube star spends lockdown stranded on remote island off the Somali coast

The island of Socotra has few people and little contact with the outside world.

Survival Island: Warsaw architect wins international comp to save locals on SINKING islands

Marcin Kitala’s vision of inter-locking, pentagonal-shaped platforms has been met with acclaim for its creative approach to a looming tragedy that could see the islands swallowed by the ocean within just fifty years.

Arm forces: disabled man powers his way across Iceland in epic hand-bike challenge

Dariusz Sobczak covered over 500 kilometres and braved atrocious weather to cross the island.

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How Warsaw was rebuilt using mountains of post-war rubble illustrated in fascinating new exhibition

The story, which is being told in the 70th year since rebuilding was officially completed, is an important one as perhaps no other city in history has had to handle, process and use as much rubble as Warsaw did in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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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.

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