• News & Politics
  • Business
  • Art & Culture
  • Science
  • Sport
  • History
  • Life
  • Start-ups
"I must have been inspired" Joseph Conrad
MIPIM Awards

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.

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
  • 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
Business | Life

Farmer spends seven years lovingly restoring crumbling old Czartoryski palace after ‘feeling sorry’ for it

Passing the abandoned palace in Lower Silesian every day on his way to work, crop farmer Józef Żałobniak eventually decided to buy the place and turn it into a hotel spa saying: “I wanted to save it for other people to enjoy. That was my dream.”

The first report:

  • President Duda sends congratulations to President Joe Biden
  • Poland's photovoltaic capacity exceeds 3.6 GW
  • EC confirms Polish aid programme for pandemic hit companies
  • Poland spends over EUR 88 million on child psychiatry in 2020
  • Inflation in Poland may return to around 3 pct - Monetary Council

Exclusive

Moving on down the line: how a narrow-gauge railway staved off economic death to become the heart of a community

Still operating, the Pleszew line has embraced the future by becoming a cultural centre.

The Debrief
Economic outlook for 2021
Webber's World
An unusual choice? Maybe. A good one? Absolutely! Why Łódź is top travel destination for 2021

Events

  • 27/01 Auschwitz liberation anniversary ceremony to focus on fate of children
  • Cookie policy
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Terms and conditions
  • Privacy Policy

This site uses "cookies". By staying on it, you agree to the use of cookies.

Accept
Learn more