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Wrapping up 2020

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

It’s The Debrief Christmas Special 2020!

It’s that time of year again for The Debrief Christmas Special! Hosted by John Beauchamp with guest Ed Wight, Managing Editor of The First News.

National quarantine scuppers NYE plans for Poles

As Poland goes into lockdown in the days following Christmas, we get the inside info from a doctor working on the front lines…

Coronavirus Diary #9

While we have managed to stay connected online, aren’t we all beginning to feel a lot more isolated in real life? John Beauchamp has the latest Debrief diary entry.

Polish archives reveal British spy named Bond - James Bond!

Documents reveal that a spy called James Bond worked at the British Embassy in Warsaw in 1960s.

An uncertain future for one of Warsaw's oldest cinemas?

In this edition of The Debrief, we take a look at the Atlantic cinema which opened its doors to the public in 1930.

Remembering the Polish anti-Soviet independence movement founded 75 years ago

We take a look at the Freedom and Independence movement formed to combat Soviet terror in Poland following World War 2.

Poland's beating heart

In this episode we meet Paddy Ney, the host of TFN's Heart of Poland video series.

Bring on the gold!

A 17th century church in the heart of Poland’s capital Warsaw has just had a very expensive make-over.

Best English language podcast on Poland

Meet John Beauchamp - he's been busy making the best podcast on Poland!

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Top 5 articles:

  • 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
  • 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
Life | Webber's World | Regions | Lifestyle

An unusual choice? Maybe. A good one? Absolutely! Why Łódź is top travel destination for 2021

From a personal point of view, it’s sheer depth of contrast comes somewhere near the top: lavish wedding cake palaces that reference the might once wielded by the city’s power players; futuristic office compounds; blackened, broken tenements; abandoned, creepy warehouses; restored redbrick factories; and PRL blocks of cosmic dimension.

The first report:

  • EU bodies overuse their political powers, harm EU integration - FM
  • Poland starts registering older seniors for Covid-19 vaccination
  • Poland's foreign trade surplus at EUR 11.4 bln after Nov. - stats office
  • Number of Poles living in UK hits record low
  • Freedom of speech on social media is important for Polish PM - daily

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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.

The Debrief
Wrapping up 2020
Webber's World
An unusual choice? Maybe. A good one? Absolutely! Why Łódź is top travel destination for 2021

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