The well-preserved weapon dates to around 900-700 BCE.
Ben Koschalka
Eleventh-century sword found in Polish river
Experts have dated the item to around the time when the Piasts, Poland’s first ruling dynasty, were present in the same region.
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Limit on cash payments in Poland from 2024 despite criticism
A delay to the new law led the United Poland party to declare “good news for everybody who loves freedom”.
Polish museum asks visitors to stop having sex on its premises
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The current cohort of pupils entering secondary schools is around 50% larger than normal.
Polish central bank to notify prosecutors of opposition leaders’ “unlawful threats” against governor
Central bank chief Adam Glapiński says that opposition leader Donald Tusk and one of his deputies have threatened to remove him by force.
Polish ruling party suspends politician after “elite” golf course tweet
The head of a provincial PiS caucus boasted of playing golf on the “best course in Poland” and declared herself part of the “elite”.
Warsaw ghetto archaeologists find children’s shoes and books
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Poland seeking to build coalition against EU ban on petrol and diesel cars
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Poland breaks world record for biggest lump of amber
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Poland protests removal of flags at cemeteries in Russia of murdered Polish officers
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Woman convicted of offending religious feelings by throwing eggs at church in Polish abortion protest
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