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Today’s news round up in Poland

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Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Computer whizz-kid turns his skills to helping Ukrainian students

Bartosz Chejchman from Koluszki who is currently studying computer science at Oxford University volunteered to help with programming ‘Ivy Ukraine’. The platform offers free educational support and connects mentors and education tutors from around the world to share their knowledge, advice, and interests, with Ukrainian pupils looking for support in entering new areas of growth.

Number of foreign students in Poland grows

The number of foreign students in Poland grew in 2022 by 5.6 percent on the previous year to almost 89,500, a new report has revealed.

Wrocław aviation students win big in US aircraft design competition

Wroclaw students pick up prizes at international aviation competition.

Polish education system absorbs over 130,000 students from Ukraine

Over 130,000 Ukrainian children have already enrolled in the Polish school system, Poland’s education minister said on Monday.

Kraków engineer invents ‘virus-killing’ chair that disinfects itself

By analysing which parts of a chair are most often touched by its user, Angelika Kopcińska came up with a way for it to disinfect itself using rollers and UV-C light. 

US student creates braille alphabet for Kashubian and Silesian as part of mission to save minority languages

Making a lasting impact on Polish culture by committing two languages barely known outside of their regions to braille, Harris Mowbray used Polish braille as a starting platform to assign values to new letters existing only in Kashubian and Silesian.

Winter break for all Polish students from January 4-17

A regulation of the minister of education published in the Journal of Laws stipulates that winter holidays for all students during this school year will take place at the same time, from January 4 to January 17, immediately after the Christmas break.

Number of foreign students at Polish universities falls due to pandemic

Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of foreign students studying at Polish universities is to decrease, according to estimates by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

Students return to schools on Sept 1 - Health Min

The school year in Poland will start on September 1 as students will generally return to their classrooms, apart from exceptional cases where online teaching will be introduced, Health Ministry spokesperson Wojciech Andrusiewicz said on Friday.

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  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
  • Mayor offers reward to first couple to have a boy in village where only girls are born
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Holocaust survivor becomes internet star after using TikTok to tell younger generations about WWII atrocities

Using the social media platform to teach young people who don’t want to read books, Tova Friedman said: “Here they are, listening.”

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  • Poland to step up ammo production says PM
  • Poland to be biggest recipient of EU arms fund says PM
  • EC approves Polish support programme for wheat, maize sector
  • Flights from Chopin Airport affected by German and Israeli unrest
  • Poland wants no Russian, Belarusian athletes at Olympics

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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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