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Urszula Doliwa at the university studios in Olsztyn Bartosz Panek

In this episode of The Debrief, we meet radio historian Dr Urszula Doliwa from the University of Warmia and Mazury.

Taylor Swift breaks Warsaw’s record for consecutive gigs after performer announces three-in-a-row

After an overwhelming response, the pop idol added two more dates to her Warsaw appearance, a new record for the country surpassing artists such as Ed Sheeran, Metallica and Beyonce who all booked two concerts in the venue.

Today’s news round-up in Poland

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

Dancing away the May holiday

A little bit of a folk twist coming up in this episode of The Debrief as we’re at the Mazurkas of The World Festival in Warsaw.

New home for Polish Radio Experimental Studio

Would you believe that Poland is one of the pioneering countries of electronic music?

Powerful ‘thriller’ documentary reveals extraordinary life story of ‘The Pianist’ cousin Leo Spellman

VIDEO: Named The Rhapsody the documentary is billed as being is the astonishing story of composer Leo Spellman, a Polish Holocaust survivor who sets out on a riveting and emotional journey towards artistic liberation at the age of ninety-eight. The film features a musical masterpiece lost for more than fifty years; the revelation of a secret wartime diary; a harrowing tale of survival.’

World-renowned violinist left stranded after airline refuses to let him onboard with 340-year-old Stradivarius worth €5m!

Janusz Wawrowski from Konin in Wielkopolska had been performing with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra when he was told by ground crew that he could not bring his instrument on board and would have to wait FIVE hours for another flight.

Adam Palma’s ‘Second Life’ may be better than his first

The acoustic guitar virtuoso returns with an album for guitar and a string orchestra – an unlikely ensemble, but the results are breathtaking. The title “Second Life” refers to his miraculous pandemic recovery.

Lublin classical accordionist aged 12 is dubbed a genius!

VIDEO: Performing an extraordinary self-penned number and accompanied by a small orchestra, Miłosz Bachonko from Lublin blew the Poland’s Got Talent judges away with his technical skills to take top place on Saturday’s Grand Finale.

‘Priceless’ Stradivarius violin looted from Poland during WWII found in Paris

Handmade in 1719 by Antonio Stradivari, the instrument is one of only 650 Stradivarius violins that have survived to this day.

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Top 5 articles:

  • Over 100,000 slaughtered with axes, pitchforks, scythes and knives: The Wołyń massacre started 76 years ago today and lasted for two years
  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
  • Mayor offers reward to first couple to have a boy in village where only girls are born
  • Beaten, starved and tortured: The horrifying story of Hitler’s concentration camp for children
  • It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
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Most expensive coin ever sold in Poland is auctioned for jaw-dropping PLN 3.24 million in just one minute

Considered one of the rarest royal coins in the world, the legendary 50-ducat coin of Zygmunt III Vaza minted at the Crown Mint in Bydgoszcz went for a staggering PLN 3.24 million in the lightning-fast audition at the Raffles Hotel in Warsaw.

The first report:

  • Poland will support Ukraine says FM
  • Environmental authority gives go-ahead for first nuclear power plant
  • Tusk wants election victory to 'establish basic order' in Poland
  • Poland needs its new weapons to strengthen security says Duda
  • Duda says he will talk with Zelensky whenever he has the opportunity

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Warsaw’s secret war against Moscow’s spies: Poland’s intelligence services have gone into overdrive to combat Putin’s covert assault

The arrest last week of a ‘dangerous’ spy network in Poland is the latest in the country’s secret war against Russian intelligence since Putin’s troops attacked Ukraine.

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