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Polish MoD satisfied with US approval for sale of rocket launchers

HIMARS launchers are manufactured by the US weapons producer Lockheed Martin. HANNIBAL HANSCHKE/PAP/EPA

Poland's Ministry of Defence has expressed satisfaction with Washington's decision to approve the sale of nearly 500 rocket launchers to Poland.

MoD signs contracts to equip Polish armed forces

Poland's minister of defence signed contracts on Tuesday to equip the armed forces with armoured vehicles, as well as to develop its air defence systems.

Adventurers set off for Nepal in memory of first Polish expedition to Himalayas 50 years ago

Using the same model of Jelcz truck as the original expedition, the four-man team said they wanted to remind the world about the golden age of Polish Himalayan mountaineering as well as deliver aid to earthquake victims.

Cult transports see return to streets of the capital for reopening of tourist line

Included among the transports making their return are the old ‘Jelcz’ and ‘Ikarus’ buses which were an everyday sight on Warsaw’s streets from the late 1970s until 2013.

Toyota to start production of 1.5 TNGA engines in Poland

The Toyota factory in Jelcz-Laskowice, southwestern Poland, will begin production of 1.5 Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) engines in April, announced President of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Poland (TMMP) Dariusz Mikołajczak on Thursday.

Poland to Nepal by… truck!!!

The son of a Polish alpinist who took part in a 1979 expedition to Annapurna which ended in tragedy is planning to return to the Himalayas.

In his father’s footsteps: climber retraces Himalayan expedition taken by his father that ended in tragedy

The expedition, which will travel from Poland to Nepal in an old Jelcz lorry, will honour the exploits of the great Polish climbers of the 1970s and 80s, and the first winter ascent of Everest.

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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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