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UN ramps up volunteer operations in Poland

courtesy of Manuel Brakaj/UN Volunteers

In Poland we’re all used to NGOs and civic society organisations providing the bulk of help for Ukrainians fleeing war, but what happens when you add the United Nations to the mix?

Teaching an old dog new tricks

In this episode of The Debrief, we take a look at language apprehension in older students.

Rebuilding Skopje

In this episode, a tale of how back in the 1960s an intrepid team of Polish architects helped rebuild Skopje – the capital of what is now Northern Macedonia – after a devastating earthquake.

The Politics of Memory

In this week’s Debrief Rafał Rogulski and Anna Wachowiak from the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity talk about how a nation’s memory plays into a sense of identity.

The Tears of a Clown

In this episode of The Debrief, John Beauchamp speaks to Krzysztof Czyżewski from the Borderland Foundation based in Sejny, north-eastern Poland, about a poem he has written which is making the rounds online - a lament on the conflict in Ukraine...

Easter catch up with TFN’s own Monica Zielinski

In this edition of The Debrief, John Beauchamp speaks to new(ish!) recruit Monica Zielinski about how she’s shaking up TFN’s social platforms!

Wrocław’s Leopoldina reopens after painstaking renovation

In this episode, John Beauchamp speaks to Dr Łukasz Krzywka, a veteran of forty years at Wrocław University’s Institute of Art History, on the restoration of the Aula Leopoldyńska, known as the Leopoldina, a pearl of 18th century baroque art and architecture.

Saving Ukraine’s heritage

What is the remit of Poland’s National Heritage Institute at home and how can it help save Ukrainian cultural heritage from Russian missiles?

New look for Five Corner Square

This week, we’re in Warsaw and John Beauchamp has a chat with architect Michał Kempiński about the redesign of Five Corner Square, which is also going to have a sculptural surprise from the same artist who crafted the Warsaw Palm, Joanna Rajkowska.

Poland’s doors wide open – but for how long?

In this episode of The Debrief, we take a look at Poland’s gargantuan humanitarian efforts as more than 2 million Ukrainians take refuge in the country.

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Top 5 articles:

  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
  • Over 100,000 slaughtered with axes, pitchforks, scythes and knives: The Wołyń massacre started 76 years ago today and lasted for two years
  • 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
Life | Ukraine

Acting royalty wins internet hearts after adopting dog run over by Russian tank

Janusz Chabior and his actress wife  Agata Wątróbska took in the adorable pooch called Henio after finding him in a Polish shelter where he had been sent from Ukraine.

The first report:

  • Poland accepts nearly 3.66 mln refugees since war in Ukraine started
  • Banking lobby warns of high cost of mortgage payment freeze
  • Polish human trafficking gang jailed in UK
  • Ukraine offers EU chance for further growth says PM
  • Poland may join fight against global famine says president

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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