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Wrapping up 2020

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It's time to say goodbye to this Covid-riddled year...

Villager finds stash of 17th-century coins after falling off his bike while looking for mushrooms

The coins date from between 1657 and 1667, pointing to their minting shortly after the Deluge, a series of wars with Sweden throughout the 17th century which wreaked havoc and destruction throughout the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

Pick-up artist: the man who knows all about the art of picking mushrooms

TFN talks with Marek Snowarski, the creator of a leading website on picking mushrooms, and finds out just what draws him to the forests.

Mushrooms with cancer-killing properties roped into war against deadly illness

Researchers found that drugs derived from a mushroom killed cancer cells but left healthy cells intact.

Poland prefers domestic food products

Close to one-third of Poles prefer domestic food over imported products, a report compiled under the Polish Opinion Monitor project revealed on Sunday.

These mushrooms really are MAGIC as they are transformed into tasteful furniture

According to mushroom man Michał Głogowski, it takes around 40 mushrooms to make one chair. The results are bizarrely aesthetic and 100 per cent biodegradable.

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  • 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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Farmer spends seven years lovingly restoring crumbling old Czartoryski palace after ‘feeling sorry’ for it

Passing the abandoned palace in Lower Silesian every day on his way to work, crop farmer Józef Żałobniak eventually decided to buy the place and turn it into a hotel spa saying: “I wanted to save it for other people to enjoy. That was my dream.”

The first report:

  • President Duda sends congratulations to President Joe Biden
  • Poland's photovoltaic capacity exceeds 3.6 GW
  • EC confirms Polish aid programme for pandemic hit companies
  • Poland spends over EUR 88 million on child psychiatry in 2020
  • Inflation in Poland may return to around 3 pct - Monetary Council

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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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