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Truck and railcar collision in Poland leaves 22 injured

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A railcar has collided with a truck at a railway crossing in central Poland, leaving 22 people injured with seven hospitalised.

Today’s news round-up in Poland

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

UK unveils statue in honour of General Sikorski who died after his plane ‘mysteriously ‘crashed on July 4, 1943

The unveiling is timed to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the tragedy that abruptly claimed the life of Poland’s wartime leader in 1943.

Deaths of Polish mother, son on Baltic ferry probed as murder case

The case involving a Polish mother and her son, who died after falling overboard from a ferry in the Baltic Sea on Thursday, is now being classified as a murder probe.

Baltic ferry incident victims dead

A Polish mother and her seven-year-old son, lifted from the Baltic Sea by Swedish rescue teams on Thursday, are dead, a Polish police official said on Friday.

NATO ships scrambled to rescue hero mum and her drowning son after he fell off a sea ferry and she plunged in to save him

Emergency services in Gdynia and Sweden were joined by NATO forces after the woman leapt into the Baltic Sea to save her 7-year-old son who had fallen off the Stena Line ferry.

Poland wins road safety award as deaths fall by half in a decade

The European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) recognized Poland with the exceptional achievement after reducing road deaths by 47% between 2012 and 2022, far exceeding the EU average reduction of 22%.

Procedure review to take place after PM's convoy car crash

The Polish government’s spokesman has said there will be a review of procedures following a road traffic accident involving the prime minister’s escort convoy that left four people, including two police officers, injured.

PM praises decline in road accidents

Mateusz Morawiecki, prime minister, has praised the decreasing numbers of road accidents in Poland, recalling a recent EU road safety award won by the country.

Most of injured from Polish bus crash in Germany released from hospitals

The Polish consul in Berlin tweeted on Wednesday that the majority of those injured in Tuesday's bus crash on the German A12 autobahn have now left hospitals.

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  • 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
  • Beaten, starved and tortured: The horrifying story of Hitler’s concentration camp for children
  • It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
Culture | History

‘Tarantino-style western’ about Kościuszko Uprising wins coveted Golden Lion award for best film at Gdynia film festival

VIDEO: Dubbed a ‘Tarantino-esque Western in 18th century Poland’, the film’s compelling blend of grotesque violence and black humour is set against the tumultuous backdrop of Poland in 1794, when Tadeusz Kościuszko, the eponymous 'Kos', returns to Poland to with a freed slave to rally support among the peasantry for his insurrection against the Russians.

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  • Polish authorities have 'lost control' of relations with Ukraine says Tusk
  • Poland's EU cohesion funds stalled until conditions met says commissioner

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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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