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What doom and gloom? Architects rejoice after 2020 sees them scoop up heap of international awards

Architects had reason to celebrate 2020 as a host of Polish building designs impressed judges and picked up an array of international awards. Press materials

TFN’s Blanka Konopka looks at the top five award-winning designs.

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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
Poland in COVID-19 LOCKDOWN! PM orders bars, restaurants, shopping centres and borders closed - and cancels ALL flights
Villager finds stash of 17th-century coins after falling off his bike while looking for mushrooms
The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell

History | Life

Identity of mystery woman photographed nearly 40 years ago uncovered following museum appeal

Taken in Wrocław by world-renowned photographer Chris Niedenthal, the photo shows a young, rosy-cheeked woman in a floral dress, leaning one arm against a concrete balcony as the other appears to brush back a lock of her raven hair. Originally published in a German magazine in 1982, the photo quickly became as iconic as the building itself.

The first report:

OSCE to use all diplomatic instruments to help Poles in Belarus
EU funds will boost Polish GDP growth - Moody's
Poland ranks high in global anxiety index ranking
Record number of Polish medical doctors plan to work abroad
Ruling party holds comfortable lead over opposition - poll

Forgotten composer who played for Polish king and co-founded Edinburgh Festival rediscovered after distant relative finds online ad for his rare piano

Josie Dixon had little idea that her great-great-great-great grandfather Felix Yaniewicz was one of the 19th century’s most notable composers until a chance conversation about a Stradivarius violin led her on a path of discovery.

The Debrief
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Events

21/05 - 22/08 Matejko to be first EVER Polish artist exhibited at London’s National Gallery

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