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Poland pays high price for supporting Belarusians - dep FM

"Alexander Lukashenko has made the Polish minority a scapegoat," Przydacz stated, adding that the Polish authorities had "taken immediate steps aimed at releasing the arrested people and halting a wave of repressions against Poles living in Belarus." Paweł Supernak/PAP

A Polish deputy foreign minister has stated that Poland has been paying a high price for supporting Belarusians and that the Belarusian president has declared Poland an enemy.

Poland demands immediate release of detained activist in Belarus

The Polish prime minister has said that Poland demands the immediate release of Roman Protasevich as well as other illegally detained Polish and Belarusian activists.

Polish ambassador to Italy complains about press article

Italian daily La Repubblica presented a one-sided negative image of Poland in an article it published about LGBT rights in the country, among other issues, according to the Polish ambassador in Rome.

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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

History | Life

Appeal launched to find Jewish woman who disappeared after her husband was executed for saving woman sold as a sex slave for bottle of vodka

Lidia Przerwa was last seen in 1947 when her husband was executed by firing squad over the deaths of three Soviet soldiers who had been transporting a woman they’d bought off her own husband.

The first report:

Poland leading destination for Shared Services Centres - report
Polish travel agencies setting holiday booking records
Poland faces disinformation campaign says gov' spokesperson
May core inflation rate at 4.0 pct - central bank
More support for nuclear power - survey

Forgotten composer who played for Polish king and co-founded Edinburgh Festival rediscovered after distant relative finds online ad for his rare piano

Josie Dixon had little idea that her great-great-great-great grandfather Felix Yaniewicz was one of the 19th century’s most notable composers until a chance conversation about a Stradivarius violin led her on a path of discovery.

The Debrief
Katowice revival

Webber's World
The new King of cool, superlatives don’t do Katowice justice

Events

21/05 - 22/08 Matejko to be first EVER Polish artist exhibited at London’s National Gallery
21/05 - 22/08 Matejko becomes first EVER Polish artist exhibited at London’s National Gallery
19/06 - 20/06 Polish D-Day Story to be told in two-day event in UK

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