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Nearly half of Poles believe women face discrimination

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Close to 50 percent of Poles believe women are discriminated against in public and private life in Poland, a new opinion poll has found.

More women doing physical jobs in Poland owing to Ukraine war

Increasing numbers of women have jobs involving manual labour in Poland owing to the influx of refugees from Ukraine, an employment agency has told PAP.

“Hello, hello. This is Radio Majdanek. Good morning ladies.” How an imaginary radio station helped women endure horrors of WWII death camp

Conceived 80 years ago this week, the fictitious radio station at Majdanek informed fellow prisoners about the latest whippings by SS guards or who had died of typhus, but also included radio theatre and education programmes aimed to raise morale and bolster resistance.

Educated women in Poland still earn less than their male peers

The high level of education of women in Poland does not translate evenly into their salaries in relation to men, Polish Economic Institute (PIE) expert told PAP.

Polish trekker becomes first woman in the world to walk across all of Europe’s mountains in a single trip

Starting in Bulgaria in the Spring of 2022, Anna Liszewska trekked an epic 6,300km across 16 countries in 222 days, taking in ranges including the Massif Central, the Alps and the Pyrenees.

Horse rider struck down by mysterious illness saved by her love for a Polish cop

Just three months into their relationship, Kasia Bukowska was struck down by a mysterious illness that left her bed-bound and crippled with intense pain.

Ukrainian women doing well on Polish job market says agency official

Most Ukrainian women who fled the war in their country have found jobs in Poland, a deputy president of the Polish Development Fund (PFR) has said.

Baby heart professor awarded prestigious international distinction for her outstanding work

Warsaw-based Professor Marzena Dębska, who has carried out over 140 operations on babies in the womb diagnosed with complex heart defects, received the 2022 Research “for her inspiring work on fetal cardiac interventions” from the Holm Schneider Foundation for Prenatal Therapy in Erlangen, Germany.

Spokesman defends ruling party leader's comments on women's alcoholism

The Polish government's spokesperson has defended Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of the Law and Justice (PiS) party, for suggesting that young women were not having children because they drank too much.

Today’s news round up in Poland

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

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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
Culture | Webber's World | Opinion

Webber’s World explores the growth of Poland’s expat standup comedy

“Attending a comedy night filled me with the kind of fear most people only experience when being ushered towards the electric chair. But now I’m glad I went.”

The first report:

  • EC, Poland and Ukraine step up hunt for Ukrainian children taken to Russia
  • Police bust one-million-a-day illegal cigarette factory
  • Polish MFA slams Putin's plan to place nuclear weapons in Belarus
  • German MEPs behind EU funding clampdown on Poland, German weekly says
  • Another Pole dies fighting for Ukraine

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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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