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Tadeusz Mazowiecki

When East met West and the embrace that spoke a thousand words

The gesture between the two leaders, published by media around the world, heralded a new peaceful relationship among the neighbours. Adam Hawałej/PAP

Thirty years ago today saw Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki and Chancellor Helmut Kohl met and hug, the first visible sign of reconciliation. TFN’s Joanna Jasińska looks back at the historical event.

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.

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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
  • Beaten, starved and tortured: The horrifying story of Hitler’s concentration camp for children
  • It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
Life

Hero Polish porter who fought off London Bridge terrorist collects bravery award from Princess Anne

In a ceremony at Windsor Castle, Princess Anne presented Łukasz Koczocik with the Queen's Medal for Gallantry, which recognises exemplary acts of courage.

The first report:

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  • Opposition march will show belief in election victory says Warsaw mayor
  • Most Poles believe Ukraine war is threat to Poland's security - poll
  • Inflation may fall below 6 pct by year's end says PM
  • German interior ministry confirms joint border patrols with Poland

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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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Revolt, power and Polish communists after 1945
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