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Angelic girl who melted hearts singing ‘Let it Go’ in Kyiv bomb shelter escapes to safety of her grandmother in Poland

After little Amelia Anisovych melted hearts with her haunting rendition of hit Disney song ‘Let it Go’, she escaped to safely of her grandmother in Poland. Marta Smekhova/Facebook

VIDEO: After little Amelia Anisovych melted hearts with her haunting rendition of hit Disney song ‘Let it Go’, many feared she would become another victim of Putin’s savage bombing of the Ukrainian capital. But now it has been revealed that the seven-year-old is safely with her grandmother in Poland. 

‘Never-before-seen’ photos of WWII leader General Władysław Sikorski found in Scottish attic by local pub singer

Rock-and-roller Tad Kucharski had been sorting through some belongings of his late father when he came across the old negatives hidden inside a rusty container in his attic.

Gdańsk statue to honour singing sensation Irena Jarocka

The internationally acclaimed singer spent her formative years in Gdańsk where she finished both secondary and high school before graduating from the city’s Faculty of Biology at the Teacher Training College and studying at the ‘Song Studio of Polish Radio and Television’.

It’s The Debrief Christmas Special 2020!

It’s that time of year again for The Debrief Christmas Special! Hosted by John Beauchamp with guest Ed Wight, Managing Editor of The First News.

‘I have so many good songs that there is no time to waste’, says singing sensation ‘sanah’

VIDEO: With her debut album clocking up over 135 million views, topping the music charts and quickly going platinum, to say Warsaw singer ‘sanah’ is an overnight sensation would be an understatement. TFN’s Nick Westerby caught up to find out more about the 23-year-old dominating Poland’s music scene.

Tenor moves frontline medical workers to tears with powerful Nessun Dorma serenade

One of Giacomo Puccini’s best-known pieces, the aria from the opera Turandot climaxes with the soaring proclamation: “I will win! I will win! I will win!”, considered by many to be a fitting rallying cry in the battle against coronavirus.

Maria Dębska stars as ‘rebel’ sex symbol Kalina Jędrusik in powerful new biopic

Telling one year in the life of Jędrusik, the film looks at how the singer/actress struggled with expectations imposed on her by society, which director Katarzyna Klimkiewicz describes as “a universal topic and always up to date. Each of us has to face what is considered appropriate for sex, age, etc. Kalina was in the spotlight, adored and hated, she experienced these dilemmas in extreme form.”

Poland mourns passing of legendary musician and composer

As lead singer and song writer of Budka Suflera Romuald Lipko left his mark on the country’s culture.

Polish music star Ralph Kaminski

Ralph Kaminski has been making waves in Poland ever since the release of his first album Morze (Seas). The singer has racked up millions of hits online and is known for his colourful, unique sound and style.

Post-WWII artists, painters and singers known as ‘Anders’ Artists’ remembered in stunning new album

The Polish community in Britain is drawing attention to the Polish artists of the era, resulting in the new album entitled “Anders’ Artists. Little Poland on the River Thames”.

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  • Mayor offers reward to first couple to have a boy in village where only girls are born
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Postcard showing side-burned sailor is named Gdańsk’s oldest – but experts baffled by series of ‘mysteries’

Sent on February 29th, 1888, the postcard depicts a side-burned sailor puffing on a pipe, as well as the iconic crane building standing on the city’s quayside. The postcard’s recipient was a company director called Berhard Lahs who lived in the Silesian town now known as Kamieniec Ząbkowicki.

The first report:

  • Support gap narrows between ruling coalition, main opposition bloc
  • Two-digit inflation expected till year's end, economic institute predicts
  • Poland's CPI hits 15.6 pct y/y in July - stats office
  • Most Poles cut shopping budgets
  • Poland accepts over 5.44 mln refugees since war in Ukraine started

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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