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Eggs - not just for Easter!

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In this episode of The Debrief, we speak to one of Poland’s top ornithologists about eggs and their symbolism in this time of Easter.

Spring is coming, and so are the storks!

In this episode of The Debrief, with the impending arrival of spring, everything you wanted to know about Polish storks, but were too afraid to ask…

Animal harm? Bats are not to blame for coronavirus, humans are, says zoology prof

Professor Piotr Tryjanowski, director of the Poznań University Of Life Sciences’ Institute of Zoology, says that instead of eating them, bats should be studied as they could be a good model for studying anti-inflammatory systems.

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
  • Poland in COVID-19 LOCKDOWN! PM orders bars, restaurants, shopping centres and borders closed - and cancels ALL flights
  • 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
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Race on to save Warsaw’s oldest hairdressing salon

Opened in 1933, the family-run Modik Warszawa has long had deep roots in the capital’s social history having served generations of Varsovians. But now, despite surviving WWII, Stalinism and Martial Law, Warsaw’s oldest hairdressing salon is now facing closure.

The first report:

  • Minsk accuses Poland of aerial incursion, Warsaw issues denial
  • Poland's KGHM ranked world's largest silver producing company in 2020
  • Polish-Belarusian minority journalist summoned to prosecutor's office
  • Justice of peace courts may need changes to constitution - president
  • Poland's C/A surplus at EUR 1.6 billion after February - central bank

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Forgotten composer who played for Polish king and co-founded Edinburgh Festival rediscovered after distant relative finds online ad for his rare piano

Josie Dixon had little idea that her great-great-great-great grandfather Felix Yaniewicz was one of the 19th century’s most notable composers until a chance conversation about a Stradivarius violin led her on a path of discovery.

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Rocking it! New UNESCO Geopark opens in Holy Cross Mountains
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