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Gov't to support energy-intensive companies to tune of EUR 1.11 bln

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The Polish government has agreed to trade unions' demands to offer further support to energy-intensive companies this year amid an ongoing energy crisis.

Stellantis reaches redundancy agreement with FCA Powertrain Poland unions

Multinational automotive manufacturing corporation Stellantis has reached an agreement on voluntary redundancies in its FCA Powertrain Poland unit.

Poland's Solidarity union to stage protest in Warsaw

Solidarity, Poland's biggest trade union, will hold a demonstration in Warsaw on November 17, the union leader has announced.

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 commemorates Wujek massacre victims

President Andrzej Duda has commemorated the victims of the December 16, 1981 shooting dead of nine striking miners at the Wujek coalmine in southern Poland.

Solidarity head leaves for Belarus on Monday

Solidarity trade union head Piotr Duda is leaving for Belarus on Monday to meet with leader of the Belarusian Congress of Democratic Trade Unions Alexander Yaroshuk, Duda's spokesman Marek Lewandowski announced.

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At last! After nearly three years Poland’s most recognizable dances to be added to UNESCO’s coveted list of Intangible Cultural Heritage

VIDEO: One of Poland’s five national dances, the announcement to include the Polonaise on UNESCO’s coveted list of Intangible Cultural Heritage comes some two and a half years after a campaign was launched by the Cracovia Danza Court Ballet in Kraków, the only professional court and historical dance ensemble in Poland.

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Incredible tale of hidden treasure, a blood-soaked curse, mysterious deaths and a stunning old mansion keep rumours of buried Tsarist gold alive

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