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Remains of dreaded WWII Stuka bomber found ‘buried in pits’ following local tip off

A 16-strong team uncovered over half a ton of wreckage from the Junkers Ju 87, more popularly known as a Stuka dive bomber, much of it in excellent condition despite being buried for over 75 years. Silesian September 1939 Museum in Tychy/CC-BY-SA 3.0/CC-BY-SA

A 16-strong team uncovered over half a ton of the wreckage buried in specially dug pits. The engine was missing and despite finding an airman’s boot no bodies of the crew were found.

PM praises Polish firemen in Greece

Poland's prime minister on Thursday praised Polish firefighters currently in Greece to fight a wave of wildfires that have laid waste to hectares of forests around the Greek capital.

Every LITTER bit matters: Warsaw start-up looks to clean-up the world

Already hailed by the UN, Planet Heroes are the world’s first crowdfunding platform for local clean-up actions.

Unesco puts Polish beech forest on World Heritage List

A beech forest in the Bieszczady Mountains, in the south-east corner of Poland, has been placed on Unesco's World Heritage List, Unesco’s World Heritage Committee has announced.

‘Unique time capsule’ containing German officer’s full uniform found buried in milk churn to hide his past

The rare find in the village of Ratajki in northwest Poland included maps, documents and an Iron Cross belonging to the Wehrmacht lieutenant who had been fleeing from the Russians at the end of WWII.

‘Haunted forest’ to be expanded as part of city’s forestation plans

Sometimes referred to as the most haunted place in Poland due to several accounts of unexplained goings on, Kraków’s Las Witkowicki is to get another 8,000 more trees.

Mass WWII grave containing remains of men, women and children found in forests

A specialist team of body searchers from the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) made the find in a forested area in the city’s Białołęka district following a tip off from an elderly resident who recalled seeing German troops herding people into the area.

EC summons Poland over CJEU forest protection ruling

The European Commission has called on Poland to abide to a ruling on animal and animal habitat protection in the Bialowieza Forest.

Hidden stash of Nazi guns found in Kalisz woods

For decades rumours of a haul of weapons buried by so-called ‘Cursed Soldiers’ at the end of WWII had been circulating around the village of Morawin northeast of Kalisz.

Ice that looks like human HAIR spotted on rotting tree

Although the Hair Ice is brittle, it forms curls and waves that can make it look like soft human hair. The rare sighting was made near the town of Hajnówka close to the border with Belarus.

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