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Warsaw tops global ranking for business

Warsaw is an attractive location for running a business, according to a global ranking by British website Utility Bidder. Kalbar/TFN

According to the ranking by British website Utility Bidder, the capital came third out of 70 OECD countries in terms of average salary, annual office rent, the cost of electricity, the annual Internet cost and the corporate Tax Rate.

Town-scape: artist turns head with amazing depictions of cities

Famed for his urban landscapes, Tytus Brzozowski is now working on a project to paint 13 cities with a Polish connection.

What a champ! Accessory designer bags first place in prestigious New York handbag comp

Alexandra Klimek came up with the winning design during lockdown. Now, despite having worked with some of the greats of the fashion world, she says she is keen to develop her own brand.

Komasa triumphs again as cyber thriller The Hater picks up gong at US film festival

The Oscar-nominated director’s latest film is a dark cyber thriller telling a story of obsession and acceptance in a world of social media and fake news where the online paid hate industry can lead to revenge and individual downfall. 

Award-winning family firm liked by Kim Kardashian on new mission to save Poland’s bees

From their small family-run business high in the Beskidy mountains, Gosia and Wiesiek Borowy’s products are sold in New York's MoMA and Vitra in Germany, Kim Kardashian buys their toys for her children, and they are the recent recipients of the international BuyMeOnce Excellence Award in London for their aesthetic and eco-friendly designs. Now they plan to save bees with their ‘Help the bees! (Be)e your friend’ initiative.

Here they come! De Niro and Nobu to open hotel AND restaurant in Warsaw

The Nobu brand started from chef’s Nobu Matsuhisa’s mastery of combining Japanese traditions with tastes and products as well as from his friendship with Hollywood legend Robert De Niro. The new Warsaw venue will be one of only 20 Nobu Hotels in the world.

Incredible ‘white-knuckle’ memoir of first Pole to sail cross Atlantic is translated into English after being found by stepson

Written over 80 years ago, the book by cavalryman and sailor Andrzej Bohomolec and entitled The Voyage of the Yacht Dal, was found hidden among family documents. Intrigued to know more about the contents, stepson Anthony Keith had them translated. He was stunned by what he discovered.

Company that uses GPS to track smartphone users for luxury brand ads gets 45mln investment for expansion

Started in 2014 by Miron Mironiuk, 29, from Wrocław, clients include luxury brands L’Oreal, Gucci, Cartier, LVMH, Bulgari, Fendi and Mercedes-Benz.

US edition of Singer's Warsaw Festival opens in New York City

Singer’s Warsaw Festival of Jewish Culture, a celebrated arts festival, opened in New York City on Sunday. It will run through November 19, 2019.

Over 100,000 people visit Auschwitz exhibition in New York

Almost 106,000 people have so far visited the touring exhibition on the history and significance of the former Nazi-German Auschwitz concentration camp in southern Poland, the exhibition in New York opened in May 2019, the Auschwitz Museum said.

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An unusual choice? Maybe. A good one? Absolutely! Why Łódź is top travel destination for 2021

From a personal point of view, it’s sheer depth of contrast comes somewhere near the top: lavish wedding cake palaces that reference the might once wielded by the city’s power players; futuristic office compounds; blackened, broken tenements; abandoned, creepy warehouses; restored redbrick factories; and PRL blocks of cosmic dimension.

The first report:

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  • EU bodies overuse their political powers, harm EU integration - FM
  • Poland starts registering older seniors for Covid-19 vaccination
  • Poland's foreign trade surplus at EUR 11.4 bln after Nov. - stats office
  • Number of Poles living in UK hits record low

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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.

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