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Iranian truck driver left stranded in Poland FINALLY gets new truck after original sale fell through

Fardin once again returned to Poland after managing to find a new truck from DBK Group through his new online pals. Help International - Polski Kontyngent Pomocy Irańskiemu Kierowcy/Facebook

In a situation that seemed helpless, Fardin Kazemi was forced to fly home to meet his family after a long separation and to figure out his next move. And then the internet came to his rescue again along with a trucking firm in the village of Święcice. 

Trucking Heroes! Internet lorry drivers raise 100k to help stranded Iranian trucker

Fardin Kazemi had been using an American International 9670 lorry from the 1980s to deliver goods from Poland when he broke down. As news of the breakdown spread, drivers came forward to help the man, who was stranded far from his native Iran.

Shirt appeal: fashion designer gives the office shirt a head-turning makeover

Inspired by European cities Karolina Naji’s designs take humble shirts and turn them into something so much more.

Take a walk on the green side: Globetrotting ex journo creates online map of world’s best places for eco-friendly products

TFN meets eco star Julia Mafalda, the Polish woman looking to connect the world with a revolutionary 'planet-first' app.

Computer boffs send filmmakers wild with their new comic-strip maker

In just four weeks the Comixify website, which allows visitors to convert video into a comic strip, has been flooded by over 180,000 viewers and has generated over 22,000 comics.

Eeeeasy shopping: E-commerce has never had it so good, says report

One of the reasons for the increase in online sales is Poland’s good macroeconomic situation, alongside low unemployment and wage growth, which have led to the best consumer mood for decades.

Witold Pilecki’s Report from Auschwitz available online

Witold Pilecki’s Report from Auschwitz, the first source document about this German concentration camp, written in 1943, is available online in new English translation.

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Song and dance group revives unique traditions of Poland’s Lemko culture

Historically from the Beskid and Pieniny highlands around Beskid Sądecki, Beskid Niski and parts of the Pienin mountains, the Lemkos were displaced from their native lands in 1947 and resettled in Western Poland as part of ‘Operation Vistula’, the Communist authority’s forced resettlement of several Polish minorities from the south-east of post-war Poland to the reclaimed territories in the west of the country.

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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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