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Rescue

Howl about that! Sailors save drowning wolf

The wolf was spotted struggling in the channel port in Łeba. Sebastian Kluska

The sailing crew had been setting out from the port of Łeba in Poland on a sea cruise when they spotted the exhausted animal floundering in the water.

More injured passengers from Croatian coach crash return to Poland

A Polish Medical Air Rescue (LPR) aircraft carrying three more victims of Saturday's coach crash in Croatia landed in Warsaw on Friday afternoon.

Ducklings have ‘quacky ending’ after escaping 10-metre high tree nest

After seeing one of the newly-hatched chicks plummeting to the ground, quick-thinking researchers from the University of Rzeszów rushed to the rescue.

Falcon fan saves baby bird from killer crows after it FELL off Warsaw’s Palace of Culture and disappeared for a week

After locating the chick called Varso, Jola Saratowicz climbed on to the roof of the Palace of Culture and after chasing the young falcon around finally managed to grab it, saving it from certain death.

Hero cop saves ‘crying dog’ after mistaking it for a baby in burning apartment block

Community cop Fabian Walotek had been on duty when he spotted smoke pouring from a 10th floor apartment block in Sosnowiec, southwest Poland. Hammering on the front door and failing to get an answer he then heard a faint ‘moaning’ sound.

Pniowek rescue operation abandoned

Attempts to rescue seven miners trapped below ground at the Pniowek coal mine in southern Poland have been abandoned, Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa (JSW), the company owning the mine, announced on Friday.

Warsaw train crew cross border to rescue 600 from war-torn Ukraine

Setting off on Saturday as part of a practice run for evacuating Ukraine’s wounded, when the crew arrived in Mostyska and found thousands of refugees waiting to leave they decided to turn their practice into reality and take as many as possible to safety in Poland.

Christmas swimmers save drowning dog

The group known as ‘Walruses’ from Środa Śląska were taking their annual festive plunge when they spotted the floundering pooch after it had fallen through the lake’s thin icy covering. 

Hero soldier risks his life to save 10-year-old girl from burning apartment

After climbing through the apartment window, Private Marcin Piotrowski plucked the screaming girl from the floor and managed to hand her to a neighbour before going back in to search for her family and being blown off his feet by an explosion.

Fishermen named ‘heroes’ after finding litter of newborn kittens on their boat and taking care of them for four days at sea

The six adorable kittens were discovered tangled up in netting after the three-man crew had set off from Kołobrzeg.

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Chilling new book reveals meticulous planning behind Auschwitz death camp

The Polish-English book “Auschwitz Bauleitung. Designing a Death Camp” sets out in shocking detail how the full potential of German technology and industry took part in building the death apparatus that claimed the lives of 1.3 million victims.

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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