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The Un-Finnish-Ed Business: a historic village-style community in the heart of Warsaw is teaching the city how to live for tomorrow

Gifted to Poland by the Soviet Union several hundred ready-to-assemble cabins were delivered to the country, ninety-five of which were swiftly erected in the area of Jazdów. Kalbar/TFN

In the heart of the city nestles a cluster of Finnish houses that hold a beguiling past and an uncertain future.

Get Back: legendary singer pays emotional tribute to The Beatles and Paul McCartney in English album

TFN’s Jacek Borowski speaks exclusively with Grzegorz Turnau, one of the most important Polish singer-songwriters, about the English roots of his career.

Top 5 articles:

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
HERO! Polish chef tackles London Bridge terrorist with 1.5-metre narwhal tusk
Old black and white photos of Warsaw Uprising brought to life in incredible colour
Miracle-worker surgeon becomes first Pole in history awarded prestigious fellowship

Life

Adventurer makes 700 km solo trek across Iceland in subzero temperatures

For Łukasz Supergan, crossing Iceland once on foot was not enough – he wanted to do it in winter, too.

The first report:

EU budget summit closes with no consensus
Germany-V4 trade up to EUR 300 bln in 2019 - PM
Posthumous distinction for film director Jerzy Gruza
PGG miners sign 6-pct wage hike deal with management
Strong Europe needs ambitious budget, Polish PM says at summit

'My mum was kidnapped by Hitler's SS!'

During WW II, the Germans kidnapped up to 200,000 ‘racially suitable’ Polish children for adoption by senior Nazis. In a harrowing, exclusive interview, TFN speaks to the son of one of the ‘Lebensborn’. What makes his story unusual though, is that with no real family of her own in Poland, Dariusz Dziekan’s mother quickly got back in contact with her German adopted mother after the war and Dziekan grew up knowing this woman simply as Grandma.

Dan Session
Sad but beautiful! Why are Polish christmas carols so miserable?

Why So Serious?
A chance encounter on the remote Faroe Islands leads to a meeting with a remarkable Polish woman.

Events

19/12 - 08/03 Blockbuster! Lego Notre Dame smashes world record
09/01 - 29/03 Exhibition of impressionist prints opens in Poznan
21/01 - 27/02 Exhibition honouring Polish WWII courier opens in Rome
21/04 March of the Living to be held on April 21
19/05 - 23/05 Canadian music event an opportunity to strengthen relations - ambassador

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