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President's daughter says abortion decision should be left to woman's 'conscience'

Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, Kinga Duda was reacting to a ruling by the Constitutional Tribunal (TK) last Thursday which found abortion due to foetal defects to be unconstitutional. Radek Pietruszka/PAP

Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, Kinga Duda was reacting to a ruling by the Constitutional Tribunal (TK) last Thursday which found abortion due to foetal defects to be unconstitutional.

Poland’s ‘deeply private First Daughter’ stuns crowd with election speech

Making a rare break from her tradition of never speaking in public, Kinga Duda told supporters in the town of Pułtusk: “We are all equal and we all deserve respect.” So, who is the president’s daughter?

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Abandoned amphitheatre to be transformed into eco-friendly ‘honey garden’ for bees

Unique to Poland, and possibly the world, the 3 million PLN project in Poznań will see former seating areas replaced by flowerbeds specifically intended to attract bees, and will be further embellished by nectar-bearing trees, sculptures, viewing points, water cascades and subtle lighting purposefully designed so as not to interfere with their activities.

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‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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