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Polish film director wins jury prize at Cannes Film Festival

Skolimowski won the prize for 'EO,' a story about a donkey's journey across modern Europe. GUILLAUME HORCAJUELO/PAP/EPA

Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski and two Belgian filmmakers have received ex aequo a jury prize at the 75th Cannes Film Festival.

Wrocław aviation students win big in US aircraft design competition

Wroclaw students pick up prizes at international aviation competition.

Świątek wins WTA 1000 tennis tournament in Miami

Polish tennis star Iga Świątek won the prestigious WTA 1000 tournament in Miami, Florida, on Saturday.

Swiatek triumphs at WTA 1000 tennis tournament in Indian Wells

Polish tennis star Iga Swiatek won the prestigious WTA 1000 tournament in Indian Wells, California, on Sunday in a straight-sets victory.

Top tourist destinations awarded for excellence. TFN takes a look at the winners

The winners of the Best Tourism Product 2021 competition were selected from a total of 72 entries: 49 entries in the main competition, 9 entries for the Gold Certificate and 14 in the Special Certificate categories.

Forester’s incredible woodpecker pic awarded at world’s most prestigious nature photography competition

Łukasz Gwiździel from Debrzno in northern Poland, received the award in the 57th Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition in the category: ‘Behaviour: Birds’, one of five awarded in the category.

Canadian wins Chopin competition

Canadian Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu is the winner of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, the National Institute of Fryderyk Chopin, which organises the contest, announced in the night from Wednesday to Thursday.

‘It was hell’, says Elbląg star after smashing quintuple iron man world record

Robert Karaś, 33, achieved his feat in Mexico this week with the record setting time of 67 hours 58 minutes and 1 second, beating the previous record by a staggering 4 hours and 41 minutes.

Poland's Tomala takes Olympic gold in 50km race walk

Dawid Tomala brought home the gold in the Olympic men's 50km race walk in Sapporo on Friday.

This Buoy! 12-year-old wins gold at international sailing world champion-ship

Józef Krasowski proved he’s ‘knot’ too bad after becoming the youngest Pole to ever win a world championship sporting event when he secured a blistering 36 point victory at the O’pen Skiff international regatta in Calsetta, Sardinia. So, how a-boat that! 

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Cold cases of priests ‘murdered’ by communist secret police to be reopened

According to IPN president Dr Karol Nawrocki, chief among the renewed investigations are three opposition priests who died in suspicious circumstances in 1989.

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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