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Today’s news round up in Poland

Today’s news round up in Poland Kalbar/TFN

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Mini-homes ‘smaller than a prison cell’ reignite housing debate

Split on two levels, plans for the matchbox apartments measuring between 13 sq/m and 2.5 sq/m imagine a kitchenette and bathroom on ground level, and then a small space for a bed above.

Financial system faces risks from new loan guarantees, central bank warns

New legislation that introduces state housing loan guarantees poses a threat to the stability of Poland's financial system, the central bank has warned.

Now YOU can live like a king (for 6.7 million PLN): Fairy tale palace visited by Prussian Kings and US President up for sale

Described as “one of the most beautiful palaces in Lower Silesia”, the Bożków Palace is surrounded by three hectares of gardens with generous terracing and a garden lodge thought to date from the turn of the 16th and 17th century.

Four pct of Polish households rent apartments – report

The apartment rental sector in Poland is small and dominated by individual owners, with 4 percent of households privately renting among which just 1 percent use institutional leases, a CBRE report shows.

Generation rent is changing the real estate market in Poland

As the service economy draws jobs into city centres young people are increasingly willing to rent rather than buy.

South Korea more and more interested in Polish real estate market

The Polish real estate market is of growing interest to South Korean investors and investment funds, Arkadiusz Tarnowski from the Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH) in Seoul told PAP on Thursday.

Top 5 articles:

  • Over 100,000 slaughtered with axes, pitchforks, scythes and knives: The Wołyń massacre started 76 years ago today and lasted for two years
  • 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
History

Assassination of ‘Executioner of Warsaw’ was one of Poland’s greatest WWII offensives

Whilst it cannot be disputed that Warsaw paid a heavy price for the death of SS beast Franz Kutschera, it should also be remembered that public executions ceased two weeks after the action.

The first report:

  • Renewables covered 17 pct of Poland's electricity consumption in 2022
  • France to train Ukrainian soldiers in Poland
  • Most Poles use online banking
  • Poland's birth rate in decline shows study
  • Minister appeals to EC for help with SME gas prices

Exclusive

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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