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What doom and gloom? Architects rejoice after 2020 sees them scoop up heap of international awards

Architects had reason to celebrate 2020 as a host of Polish building designs impressed judges and picked up an array of international awards. Press materials

TFN’s Blanka Konopka looks at the top five award-winning designs.

Online Polish classes for foreigners organised by Polish university

About 100 students from around the world will be learning about the Polish language and culture during the an online summer school organized by the University of Silesia in Cieszyn, southern Poland, in August.

Five Polish universities join European Universities Initiative

The European Commission announced on Thursday that five Polish universities have been added to the consortia of the European Universities Initiative.

Katowice boffins come first in space balloon comp

The brainbox team from the University of Silesia created their winning space capsules, which can be attached to stratospheric balloons, to research what impact the environment in space has on biological materials.

Top 5 articles:

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
Poland in COVID-19 LOCKDOWN! PM orders bars, restaurants, shopping centres and borders closed - and cancels ALL flights
Villager finds stash of 17th-century coins after falling off his bike while looking for mushrooms
The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell

History | Life

Identity of mystery woman photographed nearly 40 years ago uncovered following museum appeal

Taken in Wrocław by world-renowned photographer Chris Niedenthal, the photo shows a young, rosy-cheeked woman in a floral dress, leaning one arm against a concrete balcony as the other appears to brush back a lock of her raven hair. Originally published in a German magazine in 1982, the photo quickly became as iconic as the building itself.

The first report:

OSCE to use all diplomatic instruments to help Poles in Belarus
EU funds will boost Polish GDP growth - Moody's
Poland ranks high in global anxiety index ranking
Record number of Polish medical doctors plan to work abroad
Ruling party holds comfortable lead over opposition - poll

Forgotten composer who played for Polish king and co-founded Edinburgh Festival rediscovered after distant relative finds online ad for his rare piano

Josie Dixon had little idea that her great-great-great-great grandfather Felix Yaniewicz was one of the 19th century’s most notable composers until a chance conversation about a Stradivarius violin led her on a path of discovery.

The Debrief
Mapping the universe!

Webber's World
Caught red-handed between the past and the future, Praga is a sensory explosion of noise and colour

Events

21/05 - 22/08 Matejko to be first EVER Polish artist exhibited at London’s National Gallery

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