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Wagging the Dogg: Polish run fintech giant gets backing from rapper Snoop Dogg in US push

Founded in 2005, Klarna now operates in 14 countries. Klarna Bank AB

Founded by the son of Polish migrants to Sweden Klarna has become a global giant in the fintech sector.

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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
Old black and white photos of Warsaw Uprising brought to life in incredible colour
One of Egypt’s oldest churches dating back to the 4th century found hidden behind ancient basilica wall
Britain’s new BREXIT passports to be made in Poland

Art & Culture

Wrocław architects beat off over 130 competitors from both home and abroad to win stunning new Stanisław Wyspiański museum design

The museum from Wrocław-based architects Heinle, Wischer und Partner Architekcia will also be a research centre on the poetic and theatrical work of the ‘most outstanding’ Polish artist of the early 20th century.

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Poland elected to UN Human Rights Council
Polish city of Gdansk wins Princess of Asturias Award
Poland against Finnish EU budget proposals - PM
Brexit deal in line with Polish interests - PM
Poland hosting Mountain Warrior 2019 combat games

Vanishing lives: Descendants of 17th century bearded radicals who fled to Poland from Russia to avoid religious persecution are now facing a new crisis as their numbers slowly dwindle out

It is easy to miss their presence - the three-barred crosses, the wooden banyas and the modest churches – unless you know what to look for. TFN travelled to the regions of Mazury and Suwalszczyzna in north-east Poland to track down the Old Believers, a minority which has almost disappeared, yet which still lingers among the hills, fields and virgin forests in the land of a thousand lakes.

Dan Session
Moniuszko gets multi-cultural makeover in culture-bending album

Why So Serious?
The heart of Africa: This week Sergiusz teams up with Nat Geo snapper Dominik Skurzak

Events

03/09 - 11/11 #StolenMemory exhibition of Nazi victims opens in Kraków
27/09 - 15/12 Interwar architecture exhibition showcases five themes in five cities
05/10 - 03/11 Remembering Rembrandt
11/10 - 20/10 Warsaw Film Festival kicks off
25/10 Polish Tech Day 2019

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