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Poland building Europe's strongest army says minister

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Poland is constructing the strongest army in Europe, Poland's defence minister said in an interview published on Monday for the weekly Sieci.

Today’s news round up in Poland

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

All Korean tanks to be deployed in north-eastern Poland says MoD

All 180 K2 tanks that Poland has purchased from South Korea will be deployed in north-eastern Poland, close to the border with the Russian Kaliningrad enclave, the defence minister has said.

Purchasing South Korean military equipment Poland buys know-how says PM

Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland's prime minister, has said that the purchases of South Korean military equipment have been accompanied by the acquisition of know-how.

First K2 tanks, K9 howitzers from South Korea to reach Poland on Tuesday

Poland's President Andrzej Duda and Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak will attend a ceremony in the port city of Gdynia on Tuesday at which Poland will accept the first K2 tanks and K9 howitzers for the country’s Armed Forces from South Korea.

Poland expects deliveries of Korean tanks, howitzers this year

South Korea will deliver the first tanks and howitzers Poland has ordered by the end of the year, the Polish defence minister has said.

Bargiel does it again! Mountain daredevil skis down six-thousander Laila Peak just two weeks after making history with K2 descent

Posting on social media, the triumphant 33-year-old wrote: “The second goal achieved! Today around 1:00 pm local time we reached Laila Peak summit with Jędrek Baranowski and then we skied down from 150 meters below the top to the base.”

Heroes awarded France’s highest honour after rescuing alpinist from ‘killer mountain’

The four-man Polish team were on an expedition to scale the peak of K2 188km away when they heard of Elisabeth Revol’s plight and volunteered to brave freezing temperatures of minus 35 degrees Celsius to rescue her. 

Three Poles recognised by National Geographic as Adventurers of the Year

The famous magazine rewards a man who skied down K2 and two climbers involved in a desperate bid to save two colleagues stranded high on one of the world’s highest mountains.

Poles in race to make first winter ascent of K2

Called the Savage Mountain owing to its grim reputation for claiming lives, K2 has never been climbed in winter.

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‘Hardest mission ever!’ Polish search and rescue team head to Turkey as earthquake death toll mounts

A 76-strong team has set off to help in the rescue effort following the massive earthquake that hit the country on Monday morning as the teams head says: “The mission... will be one of the hardest we've been on so far."

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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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