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Can singing hopeful ‘Blanka’ lead Poland to Eurovision glory?

Szczecin’s Blanka Stakjow has been chosen to represent Poland at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest after battling it out against 10 others last Sunday. FOTON/PAP

VIDEO: Since Edyta Górniak came second in 1994, Poland has had a chequered history with the Eurovision Song Contest. But could this year’s hopeful see that change?

Polish teen becomes youngest ever winner of world’s toughest car race

Eryk Goczał, 18, etched his name into the history of the Dakar Rally after becoming not just the youngest participant in the event’s 45-year history, but also the youngest winner, despite an injury forcing him to drive with only one hand!

Warsaw researchers win IG Nobel award for ice-cream cancer research

Every year, the tongue-in-cheek Ig Nobel awards, sometimes called the anti-Nobels, celebrate the most unusual scientific research. Although the awards are supposed to be funny, the research often has serious applications.

Pole takes gold in women's kayak single 500m race in Munich

Poland's Anna Pulawska won a gold medal in the women's single 500-metre (K1) kayak sprint at the European Championships in Munich on Sunday.

Poland wins second gold at European Canoe Sprint Championships

Arsen Sliwinski and Aleksander Kitewski won the gold medal in the European Championships in the non-Olympic C2 200 m competition in Munich.

Polish women take kayaking gold at European Championships

Polish athletes Karolina Naja and Anna Pulawska have won gold medal in the women's 500-m kayak doubles (K2) race at the European Championships in Munich.

Polish woman wins first marathon gold at European Championships

Athlete Aleksandra Lisowska has become the first-ever Polish woman to win gold in the European Championship marathon.

Polish wildlife snapper’s incredible photo of a lion staring at the lens wins prestigious international nature photography competition

Taken at the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana, Tomasz Szpila’s hypnotic photo was awarded ‘Category Winner’ in the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year 2022 competition’s Wild Portraits section. Two other Polish photographers were also award runner-up in the Landscapes and Under 16s categories.

Polish film director wins jury prize at Cannes Film Festival

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.

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Warsaw-designed luxury home named one of the world’s most beautiful in architectural ‘Oscars’ award

Nestled in green meadows and surrounded by lush forests, the house which features a distinctive curved silhouette reminiscent of a sea dune has been named ‘Best Single Family Residence’ in the latest edition of the European Property Awards.

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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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