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Amazing Tribute to Soldier Bear!

Amazing Tribute to Soldier Bear! TFN

Hear British Entrepreneur in Poland, Richard Lucas talk about the story of Wojtek the Soldier Bear and how he got involved in creating an amazing tribute to this amazing bear in Kraków’s Jordana Park.

German uniform found in ‘good condition’ under floorboards during house renovation

The jacket belonging to a Wehrmacht Lance Corporal was discovered wrapped in an oiled cloth in the town of Lubań, in the southeast of the country.

German parliament says “Ja” to Polish war memorial

The Berlin memorial will be the first in the city dedicated to a single nation and will pay tribute to the Poles killed during WWII.

Ex-soldier who went on the run with his pet PUMA hands himself (and the big cat) in

Anti-terror cops launched a man hunt for Afghan war veteran Kamil S. after he fled into forests with his pet puma Nubia when zoo officials tried taking the animal away from him.

Polish soldier injured in Iraq rocket attack

A Polish soldier was wounded on Wednesday in a rocket attack in Iraq but his life is not threatened and other Polish soldiers are safe, Poland's Armed Forces Operational Command and the Ministry of National Defence tweeted late on Wednesday.

Extraordinary tale of the one-eyed, one-handed war hero who fell in love with Poland and didn’t leave for TWENTY years

Friends with both Józef Piłsudski and Prince Karol Radziwiłł, Lt. General Adrian Carton de Wiart initially went to Poland for three weeks. Described as ‘unkillable’, during the Polish-Soviet war of 1920 he fought off attacking Red Army cavalry armed with nothing more than a pistol before quitting the army and leading a quiet life in a small village.

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Race on to save Warsaw’s oldest hairdressing salon

Opened in 1933, the family-run Modik Warszawa has long had deep roots in the capital’s social history having served generations of Varsovians. But now, despite surviving WWII, Stalinism and Martial Law, Warsaw’s oldest hairdressing salon is now facing closure.

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  • Poland's KGHM ranked world's largest silver producing company in 2020
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  • Justice of peace courts may need changes to constitution - president
  • Poland's C/A surplus at EUR 1.6 billion after February - central bank

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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.

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