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Basic military training starts of 1,000 volunteers - minister

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Another 1,000 volunteers commenced basic military training on Monday across Poland, the defence minister has announced on Twitter.

US movie star Ben Stiller visits Ukrainian refugees at Polish border

Hollywood actor Ben Stiller, on Sunday, visited the Polish-Ukrainian border crossing in Medyka, where he met with Ukrainian refugee families fleeing the Russian invasion.

Candidates for new volunteer force start training

Mariusz Blaszczak, the Polish defence minister, inaugurated the first training session of a new volunteer force, comprised of people who have signed up for basic military service, set up in response to Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

Two-thirds of Poles engaged in helping Ukraine - poll

Around 66 percent of Poles have become involved in helping Ukraine since its invasion by Russia, a survey shows.

Hollywood actor Liev Schreiber joins humanitarian effort in Przemyśl

The star visited the border just before Easter where he cooked borscht for 1,500 people before crossing into Ukraine on foot.

Woman who played the ‘girl in the red coat’ in ‘Schindler’s List’ becomes real-life hero

Oliwia Dąbrowska, who shot to fame at the age of three after appearing in the 1993 Oscar-winning epic, wrote on Instagram that she is now leading a group of volunteers providing aid to refugees as they arrive in Korczowa.The woman who played the ‘girl in the red coat’ in Steven Spielberg’s film Schindler's List is now helping Ukrainian refugees on the Polish border.

Real-life Dr Dolittle spends pandemic with orphaned anteaters in Brazil

Animal lover Małgorzata Zdziechowska from Lublin decided to escape lockdown by volunteering to work at the Criadouro Onca Pintada animal sanctuary in Brazil, where she unexpectedly found herself taking on the role of surrogate mother.

Gdańsk named European Volunteering Capital

Poland's coastal city of Gdańsk has been named the European Volunteering Capital 2022, a title that gives credit to Gdańsk's volunteering activities but also obliges the city to promote volunteerism in Europe in 2022.

Nearly 100,000 volunteers in Poland

Nearly 100,000 Poles take part in volunteering activities, including around 90,000 committed to projects carried out by the Caritas Catholic charity and 3,000 young people involved in missionary volunteering.

Doctor known as ‘Mother of Lepers’ takes first step towards sainthood with beatification

Known for helping her patients without wearing gloves during treatment so as not to frighten and discourage them, Wanda Błeńska who died at the age of 103 cured thousands of Ugandans of leprosy.

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History | Life

Postcard showing side-burned sailor is named Gdańsk’s oldest – but experts baffled by series of ‘mysteries’

Sent on February 29th, 1888, the postcard depicts a side-burned sailor puffing on a pipe, as well as the iconic crane building standing on the city’s quayside. The postcard’s recipient was a company director called Berhard Lahs who lived in the Silesian town now known as Kamieniec Ząbkowicki.

The first report:

  • Support gap narrows between ruling coalition, main opposition bloc
  • Two-digit inflation expected till year's end, economic institute predicts
  • Poland's CPI hits 15.6 pct y/y in July - stats office
  • Most Poles cut shopping budgets
  • Poland accepts over 5.44 mln refugees since war in Ukraine started

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Four tonnes of Nazi gold found in buried 18th century palace canister, say WWII treasure hunters

Measuring between 1.3 to 1.5 metres long and 50cm in depth, the cylindrical metal canister was found in the conservatory of an 18th century palace used by Hitler’s SS as a brothel.

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