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Katowice’s Spodek ‘flying saucer’ celebrates 50th birthday

Since first opening, the Spodek Arena in Katowice has hosted dignitaries, rock stars and sporting royalty. WhiskeySix/CC BY-SA 4.0

Opening its doors for the first time On May 8, 1971, the Spodek Arena in Katowice has since hosted dignitaries, rock stars and sporting royalty. Alex Webber looks back at the iconic building’s iconic history.

Get Back: legendary singer pays emotional tribute to The Beatles and Paul McCartney in English album

TFN’s Jacek Borowski speaks exclusively with Grzegorz Turnau, one of the most important Polish singer-songwriters, about the English roots of his career.

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  • 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
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Culture | History

Tale of thwarted love which inspired Mickiewicz’s greatest works to be turned into epic new film

Titled Uncertainty, the ambitious mega-production promises an intimate portrayal of the young Mickiewicz during a turbulent love affair, which would sow seeds of inspiration, ultimately germinating in works that would go on to become the cornerstone of Poland's literary heritage.

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  • Poland will not join EC vaccine deal with Pfizer, health minister says
  • Poland's unemployment rate at 2.7 pct in April - Eurostat
  • PM explains aims of Russian influences commission
  • Police smash drug ring

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Warsaw’s secret war against Moscow’s spies: Poland’s intelligence services have gone into overdrive to combat Putin’s covert assault

The arrest last week of a ‘dangerous’ spy network in Poland is the latest in the country’s secret war against Russian intelligence since Putin’s troops attacked Ukraine.

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