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Kraków’s central station renamed Józef Piłsudski

The patronage ceremony was held on the eve of the 86th anniversary of Piłsudzki’s death with the distinction making Kraków the third Polish station to be named after a patron. Łukasz Gągulski/PAP

President of Polish State Railways, Krzysztof Mamiński said: “This is an important ceremony for Polish State Railways, for Kraków and for Poland.”

The voice of a generation: tragic poet Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński named as patron of 2021

Shot dead by a sniper at the age of 23, Baczyński was part of a clutch of poets and creatives that formed the Kolumb Generation.

Bones of 13th century saint found hidden inside small silver coffin

The 250-year-old remains of Saint Jadwiga, wife of Polish Piast ruler Henry I the Bearded, were discovered inside a silver casket during conservation work after art conservators spotted an anomaly on a stone slab.

Table topping: parliament rolls out list of famous Poles named patrons of 2020

The list includes some of the country’s intellectual heavyweights, while 2020 has also been named the year of two key events in Polish history.

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Hidden railway track and wagon wheels found at ‘Hitler bunker’ reignite hopes of Amber Room discovery

The discovery was made at the site of heavy concrete bunkers in the Warmia and Mazury province that was the headquarters of Hitler’s German Army Supreme Command, just a few kilometres from Hitler’s Wolf’s Lair bunker complex.

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Warsaw’s secret war against Moscow’s spies: Poland’s intelligence services have gone into overdrive to combat Putin’s covert assault

The arrest last week of a ‘dangerous’ spy network in Poland is the latest in the country’s secret war against Russian intelligence since Putin’s troops attacked Ukraine.

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