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Ethics committee reprimands far-right MP over offensive tweets

In the tweets Korwin-Mikke wrote: "When finally, you gang of idiots, will you understand that 'sanctions against Russia' are hitting us?!?" Radek Pietruszka/PAP

Janusz Korwin-Mikke, an MP from the far-right Confederation party, has been officially reprimanded for calling people who favoured sanctions on Russia traitors, idiots and morons.

PM vows stiff punishment for River Odra pollution

Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland's prime minister, said on Monday that the government will look for ways to tighten laws against the illegal dumping of waste into rivers while promising harsh punishments for those found guilty.

Russia should be banned from all sports associations says prime minister

Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday that Russia should be excluded from sporting organisations as part of its punishment for invading Ukraine.

Vatican punishes Polish bishop for covering up child abuse

The Holy See has banned a Polish bishop from participating in public religious ceremonies after finding him guilty of negligence in incidents of child sex abuse involving priests from his diocese.

The children who were flogged to within an inch of their lives for refusing to pray in German

TFN’s Stuart Dowell travelled to the small town of Września near Poznań where 120 years ago today children boycotted religious classes in protest against Germanization. The students were flogged and their parents were sentenced to prison. Known as the Strike of the Children of Września, the incident has gone down in history as a patriotic struggle to retain the right to use the Polish language.

Perpetrators of martial law crimes should be punished - minister

The Polish justice minister has called for the punishment of military officers, and prosecutors and judges, responsible for crimes committed during martial law in Poland.

Ruling party leader promises tough action on paedophilia

The chairman of Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, Jarosław Kaczyński, announced during a regional party convention in Szczecin (northern Poland) on Sunday, ruthless punishment for paedophilia and a raising of the threshold age for child abuse.

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  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
  • 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
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Long-forgotten piece of Polish art history resurfaces after 149 years

The sketch in oil was painted by Jan Matejko in around 1874 as a preliminary study for his iconic work Prussian Homage and offers a fascinating insight into the artist's creative process.

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  • Opposition MEP to appeal court's verdict in case vs. ruling party leader
  • Ambassador's statement on Ukraine war only a warning says gov't spokesman
  • Retail sales down in February - stats office

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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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