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VW's Polish units to halt production amid supply chain problems

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The Polish unit of vehicle maker Volkswagen will temporarily halt production at two Polish plants, in Poznan and in Wrzesnia, as of March 10, due to supply problems caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the company wrote in a press release.

The children who were flogged to within an inch of their lives for refusing to pray in German

TFN’s Stuart Dowell travelled to the small town of Września near Poznań where 120 years ago today children boycotted religious classes in protest against Germanization. The students were flogged and their parents were sentenced to prison. Known as the Strike of the Children of Września, the incident has gone down in history as a patriotic struggle to retain the right to use the Polish language.

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‘One of Kraków’s greatest glories is a dog statue’, says Webber’s World

VIDEO: With the recent anniversary marking the ceremonial unveiling of a statue to the memory of a dog described as ‘the most faithful of the faithful’, Webber’s World dives into the moving tale of Dżok the dog.

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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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