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Poland marks 41st anniversary of martial law

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki attended the main memorial ceremony at the Museum of Cursed Soldiers and Political Prisoners in Warsaw. Mateusz Marek/PAP

Ceremonies took place in Poland on Tuesday to mark the 41st anniversary of the imposition of martial law by the country's then communist government.

Poland's opposition, trade unionists call for round table on energy

Politicians from the main opposition bloc Civic Coalition (KO) and members of the major trade union Solidarity have urged for round table talks on Poland's energy future.

President marks 30th anniversary of talks that ended communism

President Andrzej Duda participated in the international conference 'On the Downfall of Communism. 1989 in Central and Eastern Europe' on Thursday in Warsaw, organised on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Polish Round Table Talks.

History in the making as Round Table talks held 30 years ago today began process which would eventually lead to the collapse of communism

On the anniversary of the historic Round Table talks, TFN’s Stuart Dowell talks to the man who captured ‘the beginning of the end’ of communism, photographer Jarosław Maciej Goliszewski.

President, PM recall communism-ending Round Table Talks

The Round Table changed Poland's political system and today we are in the EU and NATO, President Andrzej Duda said on Tuesday, the eve of the 30th anniversary of the 1989 talks between Poland's communist government and the then-banned Solidarity Union.

Łódź rings in “year of Marek Edelman” as city remembers one of its most famous sons

Born on January 1, 1918 Edelman fought in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, the Warsaw Uprising and went on to be a prominent anti-racism campaigner.

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Jerzy Skolimowski's ‘emotional’ road movie about a melancholic donkey is nominated for 2023 Oscars

Chosen alongside All Quiet on the Western Front, Santiago Mitre's Argentina 1985, and the Banshees of Inisherin, Skolimowski’s film is billed as a dark exploration of humanity, technology and nature.

The first report:

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  • EC approves Polish aid programme for tourist sector
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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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