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One hundred years ago today, Stanisław Lem was born. He would go on to become one of the world’s greatest sci-fi writers

The bespectacled writer and philosopher predicted the internet, 3D printing, digitalised photographs. Public Domain

Translated into 52 languages, the bespectacled writer and philosopher predicted the internet, 3D printing, digitalised photographs and was once denounced to the FBI for being a Communist conspiracy group codenamed L.E.M. that was out to infiltrate the world of American science fiction.

President marks centenary of Third Silesian Uprising

President Andrzej Duda took part in an observance marking the 100th anniversary of the end of the 3rd Silesian Uprising, in Katowice, southern Poland.

Staged battle: Miracle on the Vistula re-enacted in theatrical spectacle

National stadium converted into giant battlefield to celebrate a victory that saved Poland’s independence 100 years ago.

House and home: Piłsudski’s old manor opens as museum

The new museum reveals in detail both the private and public life of one of the cornerstone figures of Polish history.

President lays wreath at monument to Marshal Józef Piłsudski

Polish President Andrzej Duda laid a wreath at a memorial to inter-war Polish strongman Marshal Józef Piłsudski on Saturday to mark both Armed Forces Day and the centenary of the 1920 Battle of Warsaw.

Prime Minister salutes Battle of Warsaw on its centenary

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in a Saturday Twitter post referred to the 1920 Battle of Warsaw in which Polish forces defeated the Bolsheviks as "the victory of freedom over enslavement".

US Secretary of State arrives in Poland

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has come to Warsaw to meet with Poland's top officials, sign a new US-Poland defence deal and attend the commemoration of the centennial of the 1920 Battle of Warsaw, in which Polish forces defeated the Bolsheviks.

Foreign minister attends peace treaty centenary in Estonia

Polish Foreign Affairs Minister Jacek Czaputowicz attended observances on Sunday marking the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Tartu, an Estonian-Soviet Russian peace treaty ending the Estonian War of Independence.

Sto lat: Toruń marks 100 years of Polish rule

After being the bosses for decades in January 1920, the Germans relinquished control to the Poles.

Rotunda returns: famed building re-occupies its spot in central Warsaw after complete rebuild

The new-look building comes packed full of the latest technology that sets it a million-miles apart from its predecessor.

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Life

He’s feline fine! Kitten found hiding in closet three days after explosion tears house apart

The 1.5-year-old cat named Miluś was spotted amongst the rubble three days after a gas explosion ripped through the building of the Evangelical-Augsburg Parish in Katowice.

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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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