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Vodka rocks: the national spirit still rules the roost at weddings

Bottoms up. Vodka is present at around 97 percent of weddings in Poland. Tomasz Waszczuk

On average a 163 bottles are ordered to help celebrate a marriage, making it by far the most popular wedding drink.

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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
Beaten, starved and tortured: The horrifying story of Hitler’s concentration camp for children
It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy

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‘Tarantino-style western’ about Kościuszko Uprising wins coveted Golden Lion award for best film at Gdynia film festival

VIDEO: Dubbed a ‘Tarantino-esque Western in 18th century Poland’, the film’s compelling blend of grotesque violence and black humour is set against the tumultuous backdrop of Poland in 1794, when Tadeusz Kościuszko, the eponymous 'Kos', returns to Poland to with a freed slave to rally support among the peasantry for his insurrection against the Russians.

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Polish farmers cannot pay for Russia's war says PM
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EC approves Orlen takeover of Turmol fuel station chain in Austria
Polish authorities have 'lost control' of relations with Ukraine says Tusk
Poland's EU cohesion funds stalled until conditions met says commissioner

Warsaw’s secret war against Moscow’s spies: Poland’s intelligence services have gone into overdrive to combat Putin’s covert assault

The arrest last week of a ‘dangerous’ spy network in Poland is the latest in the country’s secret war against Russian intelligence since Putin’s troops attacked Ukraine.

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