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Minister defends police over Russian ambassador incident

On Monday Sergey Andreyev was surrounded by demonstrators as he tried to lay a wreath at a Soviet war memorial to mark the anniversary of the Soviet Army's defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, (May 9). Leszek Szymański/PAP

A Polish minister has defended the policing of an anti-war protest that resulted in the Russian ambassador being doused with red paint.

Russian ambassador left red-faced after being attacked ‘with paint’ at Red Army cemetery in Warsaw

Russia’s ambassador to Poland Sergey Andreev was pelted with the red substance after arriving at a Warsaw cemetery to pay respects to Red Army soldiers who died during WWII.

Drones to join fight against coronavirus by shuttling blood and test swabs between hospitals

The drones from Katowice-based company Spartaqs, will take just four minutes to carry blood and test swabs between hospitals in Warsaw.

Blood-y great! Warsaw docs to use blood of recovered COVID-19 victims to help new sufferers

The antibodies present in the blood plasma of people who recovered from coronavirus can directly help patients suffering from COVID-19 and attack the virus.

Stained with the blood of insurgents

Bloodstains splattered across the stairwell of an old Warsaw apartment block could belong to insurgents fighting against Hitler’s forces during the Warsaw Uprising.

Warsaw company creates ground-breaking early cancer detectors

Saventic uses an algorithm when analysing typical blood tests to spot anomalies that indicate if a patient is in the early stages of the disease.

Do grisly bloodstains in old apartment block belong to Warsaw Uprising insurgents?

Photos of bloodstains splattered across stairwells have been posted on social media with claims that they are from Polish soldiers who fought against Nazi Germany during the 1944 Uprising. TFN’s Stuart Dowell puts on his detective cap to find out more.

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Sport

Swiatek takes Italian Open and notches up 28 wins in a row

Top-seeded Polish tennis player Iga Swiatek beat Tunisia's Ons Jabeur (seeded ninth) 6:2, 6:2 in the final of the WTA 1000 clay court championship in Rome on Sunday.

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  • March core inflation rate at 7.7 pct - central bank
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  • US Treasury secretary praises meal charity organisation

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‘They stopped being children and became witnesses of terror and violence!’ Archive of postwar drawings reveals children’s harrowing experiences of WWII

Created in 1946 as part of a post-war nationwide school project, the pencil and crayon images obtained by TFN show the full, terrible experience of war from the perspective of children.

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