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Today’s news round up in Poland

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Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Today’s news round up in Poland

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Multiple households still without coal for winter, minister says

From 600,000 to 700,000 Polish households still have no heating coal for the winter season, the climate minister told the Polsat News TV channel on Friday.

Former agri min says greenhouses should have sufficient fuel for winter

The 600,000 tonnes of culm (a granular coal derivative) Poland has in stock should be enough to heat the country’s greenhouse this winter, a former Polish agriculture minister has told PAP.

Polish health service ready for new refugee wave

The Polish health service is ready to cope with a new wave of Ukrainian refugees this winter, Poland’s health minister has said.

Government adopts bill introducing non-coal heating support package

The Polish cabinet has approved a bill envisaging one-off subsidies for households relying on non-coal fuels for heating, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced on Tuesday.

Christmas swimmers save drowning dog

The group known as ‘Walruses’ from Środa Śląska were taking their annual festive plunge when they spotted the floundering pooch after it had fallen through the lake’s thin icy covering. 

Closure of Poland's ski slopes unlikely this winter

Poland’s ski slopes should remain open this season despite the rising number of Covid cases, according to a deputy Polish health minister.

Man builds country’s first igloo in shape of a CAT and puts it on Airbnb for 500zł per night!

Listed on Airbnb as a 1-room accommodation with private bathroom, the listing says: “Recommended especially for people with a good sleeping bag, no back problems and no more than 170 cm tall.”

Snow laughing matter! Is this year’s freeze worse than the ‘Winter of the Century’?

With arguments raging on social media over whether the current sub-zero temperatures are worse than previous years, TFN compares the situation today with the ‘worst winter on record’ – that of 1978/1979.

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Top 5 articles:

  • Over 100,000 slaughtered with axes, pitchforks, scythes and knives: The Wołyń massacre started 76 years ago today and lasted for two years
  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
  • 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
History | Life

Chilling new book reveals meticulous planning behind Auschwitz death camp

The Polish-English book “Auschwitz Bauleitung. Designing a Death Camp” sets out in shocking detail how the full potential of German technology and industry took part in building the death apparatus that claimed the lives of 1.3 million victims.

The first report:

  • Ruling coalition maintains lead in voter support poll
  • EU should help Ukraine with grain exports says Polish official
  • Poland introduces remote work into labour code
  • PKN Orlen denies CEO was ABW informant
  • More firms plan wage hikes

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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