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Builders find time capsule containing 19th century ‘coins and documents’ while digging up roundabout

The glass capsule was found on Tuesday, March 7, during work on a roundabout in the town of Oława in Lower Silesia. Miasto Oława

Contained in a transparent glass container, documents in German bearing the date 1864 and coins from the second half of the 19th century can be seen.

Prosecutors to look into state authorities' response to Odra river crisis

The reaction of the Polish authorities to the ecological catastrophe on the River Odra will be the subject of criminal proceedings by the country's prosecutor's office, Zbigniew Ziobro, the justice minister, announced on Wednesday.

Ten tonnes of dead fish hauled out of polluted River Odra

Around 10 tonnes of dead fish have been pulled out of Poland’s River Odra in what the CEO of the state-owned company Polish Waters has called "an outrageous ecological catastrophe."

Troops called in to help remove pollutants from River Odra

The Polish government has called in troops to help clean up River Odra following a pollution spill that has killed thousands of fish.

Honey, I’m home! Giant bee thought to be EXTINCT makes miraculous comeback

Declared extinct by ecologists in 2002, the 2.5cm Black Bee has now been spotted in six permanent habitats after ecologists urged Facebook users to send in photos.

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They say love don't come easy - but it does in Bielsko-Biała!

I must apologise if this column is not the academic or historical discourse that this city so richly deserves, but it is the Bielsko-Biała that revealed itself to me – it’s also the Bielsko-Biała that I fell desperately in love with. I’m pretty sure, you will as well.

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