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Łódź firm comes up with world’s first eco-friendly tights

Hosiery manufacturers Gabriella premiered its ‘Now!’ line of tights as part of its vision to transform the industry, starting with its own company. Gabriella

VIDEO: Hosiery manufacturers Gabriella premiered its ‘Now!’ line of tights made entirely of recycled fibres as part of its vision to transform the industry, starting with its own company.

Women's movement prepares abortion bill

The leader of Women’s Strike, the organisation that has spearheaded mass abortion protests, has said that Poland faces a “nightmare moment” when a near-total ban on abortion “becomes a fact”.

‘Heroines of music’ take centre stage on powerful new recording to promote female composers

Directed by award-winning conductor Marzena Diakun, the CD entitled ‘Polish Heroines of Music’ aims to create and popularise a new canon of Polish female composers’ works.

Majority of Poles believe women have right to pursue careers - poll

Seventy-four percent of Poles believe that women have an equal right to pursue professional careers, even if it may have a slight impact on their home and family responsibilities, a new Kantar poll shows.

Women's Strike ends Sunday protest

The Women's Strike organisation ended its Sunday protest in Warsaw shortly after 3:00 p.m. The demonstration was one in a series of ongoing protests against a constitutional court ruling tightening abortion laws.

Anti-violence act brings more protection for women - minister

A Monday-introduced anti-violence act introduces new protection measures for victims of domestic violence, including the expulsion of perpetrators from common households. Perpetrators will also be issued restraining orders banning them from close contacts with victims.

Women's Strike stage more countrywide protests

Thousands of people took to the streets across Poland on Saturday to protest against plans to increase the country's abortion restrictions.

US ambassador congratulates Polish women on voting rights anniversary

US ambassador to Poland Georgette Mosbacher on Saturday congratulated Polish women on the 102nd anniversary of their achieving the right to vote.

Harrowing documentary examining fate of refugees takes top award

VIDEO: Filmed in the Colombian border town of Cúcuta, Dominika Kulczyk’s ’For Our Children’ is ‘a tribute to the heroism of people fighting for survival and a dignified life’ as they flee neighbouring Venezuela.

Girl power! Polish women most entrepreneurial in EU and 5th in the world, says new ranking

Poland’s new higher ranking comes on the back of receiving a 6.8 percent higher score than last year on Mastercard’s index, pushing the country up 11 places in the rankings.

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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
Art & Culture

Tokarczuk teams up with illustrator Joanna Concejo for latest book described as ‘an experiment with form’

The picture book which was first published in Polish in 2017 as ‘Zagubiona dusza’ has now been translated into English under the title ‘The Lost Soul’.

The first report:

  • Opposition presents pandemic aid programme
  • Ruling Law and Justice continues to have highest voter support - poll
  • Belarus protests Enduring Soldiers commemoration in east Poland
  • Poland’s Świątek wins Adelaide International tennis tournament
  • PM presents National Recovery Plan

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‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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