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Toilet-design competition leaves winners flushed with success

Better than the rest. The award winning design for a public loo in Olsztyn. KOŁO Press materials

A design for a public convenience in Olsztyn scoops one of the country’s most original and most unusual awards.

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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
HERO! Polish chef tackles London Bridge terrorist with 1.5-metre narwhal tusk
Old black and white photos of Warsaw Uprising brought to life in incredible colour
One of Egypt’s oldest churches dating back to the 4th century found hidden behind ancient basilica wall

News & Politics

Extraordinary mission to fly 100 tonnes of WWII gold from London to Warsaw 80 years after being hidden from the Nazis

Newly-released pictures show the crates containing 8,000 gold bars being received by an elite police unit before being loaded on to three armoured trucks and taken to secret National Bank vaults in what has been described as being one of the biggest private movements of gold between banks in the world.

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Poland to co-host European volleyball championships in 2021
Tragic gas blast kills eight in south Poland
President appoints acclaimed sportswoman as Polish sports minister
Polish MoD, president's aide praise outcome of NATO summit in London
London NATO summit a success for Alliance and Poland - president

Vanishing lives: Descendants of 17th century bearded radicals who fled to Poland from Russia to avoid religious persecution are now facing a new crisis as their numbers slowly dwindle out

It is easy to miss their presence - the three-barred crosses, the wooden banyas and the modest churches – unless you know what to look for. TFN travelled to the regions of Mazury and Suwalszczyzna in north-east Poland to track down the Old Believers, a minority which has almost disappeared, yet which still lingers among the hills, fields and virgin forests in the land of a thousand lakes.

Dan Session
Today we take a look at the Polish musicians who have been recording for ECM.

Why So Serious?
Sergiusz takes a look at two of Poland’s phenomenal female writers.

Events

27/09 - 15/12 Interwar architecture exhibition showcases five themes in five cities
05/11 - 14/01 Fascinating story of Vasa kings brought to life at Warsaw’s Royal Castle
08/12 Robbie Williams is coming to Toruń
27/01 Royals, world leaders to attend Auschwitz liberation anniversary
21/04 March of the Living to be held on April 21

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