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Flat-pack success: IKEA turns to Poland for its furniture

IKEA now relies heavily on Polish-made products. Wojciech Pacewicz/PAP

Poland provides the Swedish company with about 50 percent of its wooden furniture, and stacks of other goods sold by the retail giant.

Ikea opens “house of tomorrow” in Szczecin to showcase future living

Ikea has created the world’s first ‘House of Tomorrow’ in order to promote sustainability in urban environments and an eco-friendly lifestyle that limits the amount of waste produced by households.

Wagging the Dogg: Polish run fintech giant gets backing from rapper Snoop Dogg in US push

Founded by the son of Polish migrants to Sweden Klarna has become a global giant in the fintech sector.

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  • 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
  • Poland in COVID-19 LOCKDOWN! PM orders bars, restaurants, shopping centres and borders closed - and cancels ALL flights
  • Villager finds stash of 17th-century coins after falling off his bike while looking for mushrooms
  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
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An unusual choice? Maybe. A good one? Absolutely! Why Łódź is top travel destination for 2021

From a personal point of view, it’s sheer depth of contrast comes somewhere near the top: lavish wedding cake palaces that reference the might once wielded by the city’s power players; futuristic office compounds; blackened, broken tenements; abandoned, creepy warehouses; restored redbrick factories; and PRL blocks of cosmic dimension.

The first report:

  • Ruling party broadens support in latest poll
  • Poland halts supply of Covid-vaccines for "zero group"
  • Central bank head expresses calm about inflation
  • Ruling United Right camp extends lead in voter support - poll
  • Poland drafts internet freedom of speech bill

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Moving on down the line: how a narrow-gauge railway staved off economic death to become the heart of a community

Still operating, the Pleszew line has embraced the future by becoming a cultural centre.

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