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Today’s news round up in Poland

Today’s news round up in Poland Kalbar/TFN

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Letter in a bottle sparks hunt for Polish teens after being found on Croatian beach

Dated 31 July 2015, the letter which was found hidden on New Year’s Day among rocks and old logs on the Croatian island of Pag began: "I am Marysia, and I am Monia. We live in Poland, near Kraków." Now the woman who found the letter would like to meet them.

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.

Letter revealing last known movements of WWII’s most important looted artwork uncovered

Said to be written by an SS officer in 1947, the letter is the first documentary evidence that Raphael’s Portrait of a Young Man was transported at the end of the war from Kraków to Germany.

Ambassadors pen letter praising LGBTQI community

A group of 46 ambassadors and international diplomats in Poland have signed an open letter expressing their support for the country’s LGBTQI community.

PMs of Poland, Baltics call on Tech heads to block Russian lies

The prime ministers of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have sent an open letter to the heads of the world's biggest social media companies calling on them to block the official accounts of Russian and Belarusian government institutions.

Historians recreate old medicines from Polish recipes to see how effective they really were

VIDEO: The unique project will reconstruct medicines used between the 16th and 18th centuries, with old Polish diaries, letters and private notes serving as the source of recipes and prescriptions.

Harrowing letters from WWII concentration camp children reveal deprivation and starvation

While examining documents in private collections, historians from the Museum of Polish Children - Victims of Totalitarianism found eight letters written by children who had been imprisoned in what was called the Preventive Camp for Young Poles of the Security Police in Łódź (Jugendverwahrlager der Sicherheitspolizei in Litzmannstadt).

Down syndrome girl who sent painting to Queen Elizabeth is ‘over the moon’ after receiving an official reply

Wanessa Bąkowska, 12, had written a letter to the Queen and included one of her artworks entitled ‘Earth’. The Queen’s Lady-in-Waiting replied on her Majesty’s behalf saying the Queen was deeply ‘touched’.

Message in a bottle reveals heart-breaking letter from bereaved father to his dead daughter

Elżbieta and Italian friend Andrea had been cycling along the beach in the seaside resort of Łeba when they spotted the clear glass bottle with a floral print and the note inside. She later said: “When I started reading this my heart almost broke. I couldn't help but cry.”

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  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
  • 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
  • Beaten, starved and tortured: The horrifying story of Hitler’s concentration camp for children
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Family finds long-lost 19th century masterpiece hanging on their wall

Last seen in public in 1890, the painting by Józef Chełmoński titled Summer Evening had been missing for 133 years, leaving art historians, museum curators, and private collectors believing it had been lost forever.

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  • Poland's retail sales fall by 2.0 pct in April - Eurostat
  • Unemployment falls to 5.1 percent in May show ministry figures
  • Parliament should pass annex to Russia influence law says presidential aid
  • Warsaw mayor opposes night-time alcohol sale ban
  • Germany to pay reparations if ruling party wins election says deputy FM

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