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Pro-choice activists acquitted after protest in cathedral

A group of 32 protesters who interrupted a mass in a Polish cathedral with a pro-abortion rights demonstration have been acquitted of disturbance of a religious act.

Museums unite to save Ukraine’s cultural treasures from destruction and looting by Russian troops

With the obvious parallels of Nazi and Soviet looting of Polish culture and art in World War Two, leading Polish museums have now joined together to set up the Committee for Assistance to Museums of Ukraine. Almost 20 institutions from all over Poland have already joined the project.

Old, yes, but still 'as sound as a bell'. King Zygmunt’s 1521 bell celebrates 500th birthday

Weighing nearly 13 tons, cast in Kraków in 1520 by Nuremberg bellmaker Hans Beham, it was hung on 9 July 1521 in a specially erected defence tower of Wawel Royal Castle, known as the Zygmunt Tower.

Notre Dame rector thanks Poles for their devotion to cathedral

Patrick Chauvet, the rector of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, thanked Poles for their support after the cathedral's partial destruction in a 2019 fire. Thursday marks the second anniversary of the disaster.

Tarnów: exquisite, unexpected and utterly beguiling

From the quirky to the divine, Tarnów in southeast Poland pretty much has it all.

Wondering where to take a train? Choo-choose Elbląg!

Easily accessed by a picturesque trip on PKP (approximately three hours from Warsaw with a change at Malbork), Elbląg is a town that although remaining somewhat off the radar, nonetheless warrants lavishing with attention.

Monumental effort: Poland’s historic monuments stand tall

As world marks International Monuments Day, TFN looks at some of Poland’s finest.

Legendary figure of Christ on the Cross on the move for restoration makeover

It may have survived fire and Nazi bombs but the Baryczkowski Crucifix is in dire need of a bit of tender loving care.

Poznań cathedral throws open doors to rarely seen Golden Chapel as Independence Day treat for visitors

The chapel holds the graves of Poland’s first Christian ruler and king, but is usually off-limits to visitors.

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How Warsaw was rebuilt using mountains of post-war rubble illustrated in fascinating new exhibition

The story, which is being told in the 70th year since rebuilding was officially completed, is an important one as perhaps no other city in history has had to handle, process and use as much rubble as Warsaw did in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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  • Poland enters price negotiations with US for Hellfire missiles
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  • Polish farmers impacted by Ukrainian imports to get over EUR 210 mln
  • General government debt hits 49.3 percent of GDP at end-2022 says FinMin

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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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