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Is 10 year hunt for missing WWII airmen finally over? Wrocław University teams up with US govt. after remains found at American bomber crash site

The solving of the mystery has been taken on by the US government agency DPAA (Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency) and the University of Wrocław. Uniwersytet Wrocławski

In 2019, specialists managed to locate the crash site of the WWII US Airforce Flying Fortress in Jordanów Śląski where they have now discovered human remains thought to belong to the aircrew.

US army to test emergency deployment readiness in Poland

Five hundred soldiers of the US armored forces deployed to Europe as part of the Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise (EDRE) will exercise at Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, north-west Poland, from July 14 to August 23, the Polish defence ministry said on Friday.

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Singing waiter-robot with cat’s face being tested in Poznań restaurants

Named BellaBot, or Bella to its friends, the black and white robot waits for visitors at the entrance alongside a (live) waiter or waitress, greets the guests and escorts them to their table, then delivers their ordered dishes.

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Nat Geo feature from 1915 reveals fascinating insight into life in Poland three years before regaining independence

Written by William Joseph Showalter, the 106-year-old article entitled ‘Partitioned Poland’ which was sent to TFN by a reader, provides a unique portrait of life in pre-independence Poland from the perspective of a western observer.

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