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Medical heroes transform into fairy tale legends in stunning calendar to raise money for facemasks

Prof. Mikołaj Spodaryk from the University Children's Hospital in Kraków-Prokocim dresses up as a character from Leszek Kołakowski’s ‘Who will cheer up the unlucky Rhino?’. Fundacja Zdrowia Publicznego

Swapping their PPE clothing (personal protective equipment) for more elaborate costumes, the medics from Małopolska dressed up to portray well-known and obscure characters including Thumbelina, Hercules, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast as well as scenes recreated from ‘The Miser’, ‘Adventures of a Cheating Flea’ and the Polish modern fairy tale ‘Who will cheer up the unlucky Rhino?’.

Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity gathers over EUR 28.1 million

The 29th Grand Finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (WOSP), Poland’s most high-profile charity event, raised nearly PLN 127.5 million (EUR 28.1) despite the Covid lockdown.

Back on track: Train buffs raise cash to restore ‘protest train at heart of June 1976 strikes’

A silent witness to the violent protests that took place on June 25 as workers took to the streets to demand an end to price increases, the EPO5-22 became caught up in the scuffles when strikers pushed it with their bare hands onto a section of dismantled track.

Polish firms to get funds under 2nd financial shield on Jan. 18

Polish firms afflicted by Covid-related restrictions should get money under the government's liquidity aid on January 18, the deputy prime minister and development and labour minister said on Friday.

100 years after disappearing, remains of Zeppelin aircraft ‘laden with gold’ found at crash site in Silesia

The Zeppelin Staaken took off from Breslau on On 4 August 1919, but never arrived at its destination of Kamieniec Podolski in Ukraine. Now researchers say they have found it in a forest near Raciborz, southwest Poland.

PM announces EUR 393 mln support for business affected by COVID-19

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced a support package on Tuesday providing PLN 1.8 billion (EUR 393 million) for over 170,000 companies, employing over 400,000 people, affected by the latest anti-COVID-19 restrictions.

Girl who lost her leg to cancer climbs one of Poland’s highest peaks to raise money for charity

It took Ewa Harapin and her friend days to reach the 2,172-metre peak of Szpiglasowy Wierch in the Tatra Mountains.

Government approves 7.7 pct minimum wage hike from 2021

The minimum monthly wage in Poland will be raised from the current PLN 2,600 (EUR 585) to PLN 2,800 (EUR 630) from January 1, 2021, up by 7.7 percent, under a draft regulation adopted by the Cabinet on Tuesday, the Government Information Centre (CIR) has said in a statement.

Beautiful collectors’ notes issued to commemorate 1920 Battle of Warsaw

The battle which the notes commemorate, has been called one of 20 battles that decided the fate of the world as the unexpected victory halted the westward advance of Communism.

Most Poles not cutting spending amid pandemic - EY

The majority of Polish consumers have not limited spending in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and intend to "return to normal" as soon as possible, according to a study published on Monday by the audit services company Ernst & Young (EY).

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