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Legia Warsaw prepare to meet Dynamo Kyiv in fund-raising ‘Match for Peace’

Tonight’s head-to-head between Legia Warsaw and Dynamo Kyiv will kick-off a series of matches played by the Ukraine side aimed at boosting awareness of the Russian invasion. Legia.com

Scheduled to take place this evening, the match will be contested by Poland and Ukraine’s most successful sides – however, the game is not without controversy with one fan group accusing Dynamo Kyiv’s owners of pro-Russian sentiment.

Ukrainians in Wrocław turn humble pelmeni dumplings into ‘fund-raising weapon’

Working from a compact workshop in the city centre, the initiative started by local seamstress Halina  Czekanowska has already raised enough cash to buy an ambulance.

Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity plays for 30th time in Poland

The 30th edition of the Grand Finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (WOSP) is being held on Sunday to collect funds for the purchase of ophthalmology equipment to benefit children.

Cops kayak 760km to raise money for ex-service animals’ ‘retirement’ home

Set up by a group of serving and former policemen from Greater Poland, the shelter looks after dogs and horses which have been retired from duty in various police and military units and are unable to be homed with their service handlers after leaving active service.

Amateur football team raises over 20mln to be Poland’s first fan-owned club

Launching the initiative in July, Warsaw’s three-year-old KTS Weszło SA has so far attracted over 11,000 investors to be part owners of the club.

Heart of… Silver. Olympian auctions medal for sick boy

Silver-winning Olympic javelin thrower Maria Andrejczyk is to auction her medal to raise funds for a life-saving operation on a small child.

Nazi tunnels inside inactive VOLCANO could hide long-lost archive of Kraków Gestapo, say explorers

Thought to contain WWII secrets including traitors, the archive believed to be inside the Bond-like underworld complex has been described as ‘an invaluable source of information about the dark times of the WWII occupation.’

Fifty supercar motorheads set off around Poland to raise money for those in need

VIDEO: Organized by the Positive Ways group, the drive will see Ferraris, Porsches, Maseratis, Aston Martins, Lamborghinis, McLarens and Koenigseggs go from Kraków to Kołobrzeg in week-long ride.

Race on to save historic Polish club set up in Scotland by veterans after WWII

Founded by two veterans who were unable to return to Poland after the war, the Polish club in Kirkcaldy, Fife, has been a centre of social and cultural life for almost 70 years. Now locals have signed a petition to stop it being sold.

Warsaw campaign to install plaque reveals incredible WWII story of Jewish boys known as ‘the cigarette sellers of Three Crosses Square’

Operating between 1942 and 1944, the Jewish vendors aged between six and sixteen have been described as “the little heroes of WWII who, through their own survival, defeated the enemy.”

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Acting royalty wins internet hearts after adopting dog run over by Russian tank

Janusz Chabior and his actress wife  Agata Wątróbska took in the adorable pooch called Henio after finding him in a Polish shelter where he had been sent from Ukraine.

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