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Kielce University of Technology to host European Rover Challenge 2020

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The 6th European Rover Challenge (ERC), an international competition to design and build a Mars rover, will be held at the Kielce University of Technology (PSK), in south-central Poland, on September 11-13, 2020.

Yes, they’ve done it again! Kielce students win Mars rover comp for 2nd time in a row

The Impuls team Kielce University of Technology beat off competition from 40 other teams from around the world, including America’s Stanford University.

Guns and poses: International defence industry exhibition gets underway in Kielce

The third-largest defence trade fair in Europe, companies from both Poland and abroad are presenting the latest military equipment.

Events marking 73rd anniversary of Kielce pogrom begin Wednesday

A March of Remembrance and Prayer, as well as lectures, film screenings, exhibitions and meetings with authors are part of the program that will mark the 73rd anniversary of the Kielce pogrom, which took place on July 4, 1946, in the south-central Polish city.

Kielce space dudes rocket into first place in international Mars rover comp

To emulate the harsh extra-terrestrial conditions, the robots are tested on the mountainous desert at the Mars Desert Research Station, outside Hanksville. The challenges put before the students are similar to the real life tasks of rovers such as Curiosity and Opportunity.

Museum opens for reconstructed ‘Popemobile’

Known as the JP2, the reconstructed military Star truck was produced especially for the Pope during his first visit to Poland in 1979.

Europe’s third biggest defence expo launches in Kielce

This year’s event, which runs from 4 to 7 September, will feature over 600 exhibits, more than half of which will be from Poland. Delegations from 31 other countries will also be in attendance.

PM Morawiecki prioritises decent work and pay for Poles

Poland's ruling camp has been restoring decent work and pay for Poles, as well as investing in the future, PM Mateusz Morawiecki said in Kielce, southern Poland, on Saturday.

Kielce awarded Platinum Certificate by World Council On City Data

Kielce is one of 51 cities honoured with a Platinum Certificate by the World Council On City Data (WCCD), Mayor Wojciech Lubawski announced on Monday.

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Twin beaks! Mystery surrounds ‘alarming decline’ in Poland’s stork population as scientists admit they are stumped

Scientists carrying out research into the once-a-decade International Stork Census found that in the last 10 years there has been a staggering 35.5 percent drop in stork numbers in southwest Poland.

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‘They stopped being children and became witnesses of terror and violence!’ Archive of postwar drawings reveals children’s harrowing experiences of WWII

Created in 1946 as part of a post-war nationwide school project, the pencil and crayon images obtained by TFN show the full, terrible experience of war from the perspective of children.

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