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Thousands of new online shops open during pandemic - daily

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During the first half of the year almost 5,500 new online stores were registered in Poland, and slightly over 2,000 were deleted, wrote the Rzeczpospolita daily on Wednesday, quoting a Bisnode Polska survey.

Should it stay or should it go? Łódź Unicorn gets ‘permanent residency’ as locals vote on final location

The location of the metal Unicorn statue by Japanese sculptor Tomohiro Inaba was originally planned to be temporary, but after becoming a major hit with tourists and photographers city officials have now decided to let residents decide on where it should be installed permanently.

Special development: photo exhibition of Książ shows castle in all its former glory

Pictures, many seen for the first time in public, reveal in detail just how the castle looked before the war.

President Duda summarises 5 years of presidency in online resume

Polish President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday summed up his to-date presidency in an introduction to an online resume of his first office term. Duda wrote that he is proud of what he managed to accomplish.

Online Polish classes for foreigners organised by Polish university

About 100 students from around the world will be learning about the Polish language and culture during the an online summer school organized by the University of Silesia in Cieszyn, southern Poland, in August.

Poland's online sales down in June - stats office

The share of online sales in Poland's retail sales fell to 7.7 percent in June from 9.1 percent in the previous month, the Central Statistical Office said on Tuesday.

Bike sales and manufacturing soar thanks to COVID-19 lockdown

The dramatic increase in demand for Polish bikes both at home and abroad has been described by industry insiders as record-breaking with demand now at a four-year-high.

A royal experience: Visit the Royal Castle in Warsaw online!

The Royal Castle has one of the best 18th century interiors in Europe. And, located in the old town of Warsaw, it used to be one of the most important buildings in Poland where, among other things, the constitution of 3rd May 1791 was adopted.

Gdańsk 2020 ‘lockdown’ exhibition

A special online exhibition of artists’ reactions to changing realities during COVID-19 lockdown has begun.

HackYeah Online 2020 to kick off this weekend

HackYeah Online 2020 June edition is a virtual edition of the largest stationary hackathon in Europe. The aim of the event is to bring together the most creative minds from all over the world in order to create technological solutions to current business issues.

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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
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  • 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
Art & Culture

Tokarczuk teams up with illustrator Joanna Concejo for latest book described as ‘an experiment with form’

The picture book which was first published in Polish in 2017 as ‘Zagubiona dusza’ has now been translated into English under the title ‘The Lost Soul’.

The first report:

  • Opposition presents pandemic aid programme
  • Ruling Law and Justice continues to have highest voter support - poll
  • Belarus protests Enduring Soldiers commemoration in east Poland
  • Poland’s Świątek wins Adelaide International tennis tournament
  • PM presents National Recovery Plan

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‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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