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Baltic port of Gdynia tops happiness ranking of Polish cities

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In this mid-August round-up from The Debrief, host John Beauchamp speaks to TFN's social media editor Monica Zielinski about the top stories making the rounds this week.

Gdynia ‘happiest place’ in Poland, says new report revealing country’s most and least satisfied cities

Conducted between September 2021 and February 2022, respondents were asked to rate their happiness on a scale of one to five with the study aiming to better understand what specific factors impacted the resulting score.

Police seize journalist's laptop over alleged threats

Police in the western city of Zielona Gora on Saturday entered the flat of a journalist with leading Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza and seized his employer's computer over an alleged threat to a politician.

Zielona Góra introduces new gnome to rival big sister Wrocław

Named Bacchus after the Greek God of wine – a nod to the city’s historical tradition of winemaking – Zielona Góra’s gnomes as just as delightful as those found in the bigger city of Wrocław.

Polish New Deal to make Poles return home from abroad - PM

Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has stated that the goal of the Polish New Deal project is to encourage people who have left Poland, to return to their homeland.

Promise of free concerts and fire trucks sees largest election turnout for 25 years

A-list artists said they will organize a free music festival in the city with the highest percentage of voters, while the Ministry of Interior and Administration promised to donate 16 fire trucks to municipalities with the best results.

DIY couple join war against coronavirus with 3D face shields for frontline hospital staff

With a single mask taking 2.5 hours to print, Zielona Góra couple Łukasz Więcek and his wife Justyna have already printed over 150 of them and are now aiming at over 1,000.

Mask line of defence: Poles get stitching to produce life-saving masks

Across the country people and firms are working together to get protective masks to the people who really need them.

Coronavirus “Patient Zero” leaves hospital

Mieczysław Opałka (66), the first patient to be diagnosed with the coronavirus in Poland, was discharged on Friday from the University Hospital in Zielona Góora, western Poland.

Poland confirms first case of coronavirus infection

The man who recently returned from Germany, called doctors and was found to be infected with the virus. He has been taken to hospital in Zielona Góra.

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Netflix braces itself for national backlash from diehard fans over its remake of legendary film Znachor

In anticipation of reaction to its modern-day take on the 1982 classic about an outstanding surgeon who loses his memory following an attack, Netflix posted on social media: "Ladies and gentlemen, Your Honour, this is Leszek Lichota as Rafal Wilczur. Znachor is coming to Netflix in the second half of the year."

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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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