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Kyiv mayor thanks Warsaw for underground railway carriages

A total of 60 carriages have been donated free of charge by Warsaw. They will be used mainly as the source of spare parts for broken carriages belonging to the Kyiv metro as they, like the Polish ones, were made in the USSR. Viacheslav Ratynskyi/PAP

Kyiv mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has said that the first batch of underground railway carriages donated to the Ukrainian capital by the city of Warsaw has already reached the Ukrainian capital.

Most Poles will spend less than EUR 21 on X-mas gifts for one person

Fifty-nine percent of Poles are planning to spend no more than PLN 100 (EUR 21) on Christmas gifts for a single person this year, a survey has found.

Dog shelter suspends adoptions before Christmas, warning “a dog is not a gift”

In a post uploaded to their Facebook page, the Białystok animal shelter “Dolina Dolistόwki” said it would be suspending the adoption of puppies up to six months old from the 1st of December until the 7th of January 2023.

This year's Christmas spending to go up 1 percent shows poll

Poles plan to spend slightly more this year on Christmas than in 2021, a new survey has revealed.

All I want for Christmas… Heartbreaking ‘letters to Santa’ reveal simple wishes of ‘lonely and forgotten’ care home residents

The organisers of the annual “Letter to Santa” initiative estimate that they will receive 1,800 letters this year from those under the care of Social Welfare Homes in and around Łόdź.

Most Poles see Xmas as chance for building family ties

Over two thirds of Poles in a Monday-published survey by the SW Research pollster see the Christmas season as a time for reinforcing family ties.

Poles plan to scale back on Christmas spending this year - report

Poles will be spending less on holiday gifts this year than in 2019 as Covid-19 dampens the Christmas spirit, a new study has shown.

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Oldest time capsule in the WORLD found hidden in church spire

The capsule, which is made of copper and dates back to 1726, was found brimming with treasures in the sphere of the tower at the Church of St. Stanislaus the Bishop and Martyr during renovations.

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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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