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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
Old black and white photos of Warsaw Uprising brought to life in incredible colour
One of Egypt’s oldest churches dating back to the 4th century found hidden behind ancient basilica wall
Britain’s new BREXIT passports to be made in Poland

Art & Culture

Art historian who found lost El Greco painting finally rewarded with Gloria Artis Culture Medal

More than forty years ago, the picture by one of the greatest painters in art history was found hanging in the rectory of a small parish church in Kosów Lacki. Now, Dr Izabella Galicka, one of the woman who found it, has been awarded the medal for services to culture.

The first report:

Poland backs consultations on arms export ban against Turkey
Government line-up to be presented in 2-3 weeks - spokesperson
Poland's end-August foreign trade deficit at EUR 0 bln - stats office
Poland beats Canada in FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
International press report on Polish elections

Vanishing lives: Descendants of 17th century bearded radicals who fled to Poland from Russia to avoid religious persecution are now facing a new crisis as their numbers slowly dwindle out

It is easy to miss their presence - the three-barred crosses, the wooden banyas and the modest churches – unless you know what to look for. TFN travelled to the regions of Mazury and Suwalszczyzna in north-east Poland to track down the Old Believers, a minority which has almost disappeared, yet which still lingers among the hills, fields and virgin forests in the land of a thousand lakes.

Dan Session
Moniuszko gets multi-cultural makeover in culture-bending album

Why So Serious?
The heart of Africa: This week Sergiusz teams up with Nat Geo snapper Dominik Skurzak

Events

03/09 - 11/11 #StolenMemory exhibition of Nazi victims opens in Kraków
27/09 - 15/12 Interwar architecture exhibition showcases five themes in five cities
05/10 - 03/11 Remembering Rembrandt
11/10 - 20/10 Warsaw Film Festival kicks off
25/10 Polish Tech Day 2019

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