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Poland to charge Germany over waste removal

Poland plans to sue Germany in the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) over Berlin's reluctance to remove 35,000 tonnes of waste illegally deposited in Poland, a government official said on Thursday.

Using their loaf! Kraków startup wows with its revolutionary use of stale bread

Set up two years ago by Bartłomiej Rak and Katarzyna Młynarczyk, REBREAD is a company on a mission to “save as much unused bread as possible” and transform it from “waste to a raw material that can be reused, saving resources, energy and the environment.”

Today’s news round up in Poland

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Today’s news round up in Poland

Start your day with a summary of today’s top stories from Poland’s leading news sites.

Almost five mln tonnes of food wasted in Poland annually says minister

Sixty percent of the five million tonnes of wasted food in Poland annually is directly attributable to consumers, the country’s agriculture minister indicated on Tuesday.

Baltic sea a ‘ticking bomb’ climate conference warns as eco experts urge action to remove tons of hazardous waste from seabed

Though the exact figure remains unknown, it is thought that anything between 40,000 tons to 100,000 tons of potential pollutants could lie at the bottom of the Baltic, including mines, barrels of chemical waste, and bombs.

Łódź fashion firm making a splash with new tights made from old fishing nets and marine waste

Named among this year’s “must-have” items at the 2021 Łódź Design Festival, according to the judges, the tights stood-out not just because of their eco aspects, but also on account of their aesthetics.

Poland launches local investment funding programme

As of Friday, local governments can apply to the state development bank BGK for financing under the government's New Deal economic recovery plan, BGK has said.

Poland with one of the lowest levels of wasted Covid-19 vaccine doses

Poland has one of the lowest rates of wasted vaccines in the world, a senior government official has claimed.

Waste not, want not: the book showing Poles the path to a life of less waste

Author Agnieszka Bukowska speaks to TFN about her groundbreaking book, Less Waste Polska.

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Top 5 articles:

  • 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
  • It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
  • Beaten, starved and tortured: The horrifying story of Hitler’s concentration camp for children
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Warsaw-designed luxury home named one of the world’s most beautiful in architectural ‘Oscars’ award

Nestled in green meadows and surrounded by lush forests, the house which features a distinctive curved silhouette reminiscent of a sea dune has been named ‘Best Single Family Residence’ in the latest edition of the European Property Awards.

The first report:

  • EC, Poland to jointly help Ukraine look for children deported to Russia
  • Poland urges EU to sanction Belarus
  • Poland, Germany agree not to reinstate checks on common border
  • Poland may impose further sanctions on Belarus over jailed activist
  • No Polish soldiers injured Kosovo clashes

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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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