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“Hospitality and Openness” – Reflections on 3 May Constitution

3 May commemorations in Poznań. Jakub Kaczmarczyk/PAP

The 3 May Constitution of 1791 is known as being Europe’s first modern constitution, following on from the United States two years before. At the time, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was a multi-ethnic state, comprising Poles, Lithuanians, Ruthenians, Jews, Germans, Armenians and other ethnicities.

Dancing away the May holiday

A little bit of a folk twist coming up in this episode of The Debrief as we’re at the Mazurkas of The World Festival in Warsaw.

‘Not only Kroke’ – a new history of Jews in Kraków

The Kraków district of Kazimierz is home to the city’s Jewish history and heritage. Before World War II, there were almost 60,000 Jews living in Kraków, around one quarter of the city’s total population.

Polish startups: status update...

In this episode, host John Beauchamp is joined in the studio by Tomasz Snażyk, CEO of the Startup Poland Foundation.

Chernihiv in focus

At the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, one of the first cities the Russian army advanced on was Chernihiv, some 150km north of the country’s capital Kyiv.

Sounding out the past

How do we know what the past sounded like, even though there wasn’t any recording equipment or other such audio gadgetry back in the 19th century and beyond?

Profession: War correspondent

It’s been a year since Russia invaded Ukraine, driving millions from their homes and plunging the country into war.

Szymborska centennial kicks off

Wisława Szymborska, a Polish poet who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1996, would have been celebrating her 100th birthday in 2023.

Making movies: catching up with TFN’s Dagmara Leszkowicz

In this episode of The Debrief, we hear about plans to make a film based on the life of the Midwife of Auschwitz, Stanisława Leszczyńska.

Shalom! Teaching Hebrew in Kraków…

In this episode of The Debrief, we have a quick Hebrew lesson and meet with teacher Sapir Librowski-Sher.

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Top 5 articles:

  • Over 100,000 slaughtered with axes, pitchforks, scythes and knives: The Wołyń massacre started 76 years ago today and lasted for two years
  • 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
  • It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
  • Beaten, starved and tortured: The horrifying story of Hitler’s concentration camp for children
Culture | History | Life

Family finds long-lost 19th century masterpiece hanging on their wall

Last seen in public in 1890, the painting by Józef Chełmoński titled Summer Evening had been missing for 133 years, leaving art historians, museum curators, and private collectors believing it had been lost forever.

The first report:

  • Poland's retail sales fall by 2.0 pct in April - Eurostat
  • Unemployment falls to 5.1 percent in May show ministry figures
  • Parliament should pass annex to Russia influence law says presidential aid
  • Warsaw mayor opposes night-time alcohol sale ban
  • Germany to pay reparations if ruling party wins election says deputy FM

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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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