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And the ‘Indiana Jones’ award goes to… Poland sweeps up at international adventurers’ event

Polish explorers and adventurers scoop up a host of awards at the prestigious international Kolosy ceremony in Gdynia. Kolosy/Facebook

The most prestigious travel event in Poland, Kolosy awards real life action men and women from around the world for their incredible achievements.

“We made it!” Wheelchair pals complete epic 46,000km drive across BOTH American continents

Wheelchair-bound adventurers Michał Woroch, photographer and filmmaker, and Maciej Kamiński, online poker player, started in Buenos Aires, drove down to Ushuaia and then all the way up to the town of Deadhorse.

4Wheelchair drive across Americas

Maciej Kamiński and Michał Woroch are back on the road, to complete their epic journey across the Americas.

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 | History

Long-forgotten seminal Holocaust film re-emerges at Tel Aviv film festival

Filmed in 1947, the harrowing The Last Stage by Wanda Jakubowska about the notorious Auschwitz death camp used former inmates and locals from Oświęcim as cast and extras.

The first report:

Poland's inflation in August at 2.9 percent - stats office
Orlen Group opens its first petrol station in Slovakia
V4 unanimous on EU financial framework - PM
Polish national air carrier resumes flights to India
Polish PM arrives in Prague for V4 meeting

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
This week Dan discovers the work of stunning guitarist Adam Palma.

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

Events

19/05 - 29/09 60th Season of Chopin Concerts in the Royal Łazienki
03/09 - 11/11 #StolenMemory exhibition of Nazi victims opens in Kraków
18/09 - 19/09 Global E-mobility Forum to be held in Warsaw
18/09 - 22/09 University of Gdansk to host 2019 Global Law Deans' Forum
20/09 - 28/09 Warsaw Autumn International Festival to start on Sept. 20

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