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The Republic of Dreams

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A new online project brings the Drohobycz of Polish-Jewish writer Bruno Schulz back to life through reimagined immersive soundscapes and narratives.

Let’s celebrate! Tychy studio honoured in world’s top design awards

Blank Studio are celebrating after two of their projects were awarded for their wayfinding systems by the prestigious Red Dot Design Awards.

Nearly 100,000 EU-co-financed projects completed in current perspective

The Polish funds and regional policy minister has said that nearly 100,000 investments, co-financed by the EU and worth PLN 550 billion (EUR 119.5 billion), have been completed during the current EU financial perspective.

Erasmus+ major eco sponsor in Poland

The EU's Erasmus+ educational programme has financed 521 environmental projects worth EUR 23.5 million in Poland in the past two years, according to a report by the Polish National Agency for the Erasmus Programme.

Teen scoops top award for groundbreaking AI programme that stops drivers dozing off at the wheel

Michał Paczyński from the town of Iłża near Radom beat off competition from hundreds of entries across the world to take first place at the International Impact Creators Competition in San Francisco organised by Intel.

‘Life-saving’ Olsztyn firm leading the way in global blockchain technology

The first of its kind project in the world saw Olsztyn-based firm SmartKey develop a system which gave emergency service vehicles access to gated communities and other restricted access areas.

Poland major beneficiary of EU's Juncker Plan

Poland has 58 approved projects under the European Fund for Strategic Investments, the finance minister said on Tuesday.

Cultural and historical heritage of Łódź to regain former splendour with stunning transformation of Karl Scheibler factory

Łódź mayor Hanna Zdanowska said that “at a time when the whole world is facing a pandemic, the market in Łódź continues to grow and projects such as [this] strengthen our city’s position on the economic map of Poland and Europe.”

Unsung and often unseen Łódź old town square to get stunning new facelift

Dating from the town’s earliest days, the Old Town Square boomed during the city’s rapid 19th century industrialization but fell into neglect after WWII. Looking increasingly decrepit as the years have passed, this once vital swathe of Łódź now stands on the edge of a bright, new dawn.

Whopping 35-billion-pixel Toruń photo is largest panorama in Poland and one of the largest in the world

Photography duo Jadwiga and Marek Czarnecki took over 1,700 individual photographs of the Toruń skyline before electronically stitching them together to create the incredible panoramat. Zooming in, even the smallest details can be observed, with highlights including the Sailor’s Gate, the soaring steeple of the Church of the Holy Spirit, the solid dimensions of St. John’s Cathedral and the city defensive walls running along the bottom.

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Netflix braces itself for national backlash from diehard fans over its remake of legendary film Znachor

In anticipation of reaction to its modern-day take on the 1982 classic about an outstanding surgeon who loses his memory following an attack, Netflix posted on social media: "Ladies and gentlemen, Your Honour, this is Leszek Lichota as Rafal Wilczur. Znachor is coming to Netflix in the second half of the year."

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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