Juliette Bretan
The sights and sounds of a short-lived cultural explosion.
Juliette Bretan
First dog adoption app in Poland launched by high school students
The service matches animals needing adoption with prospective owners.
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Polish city publishes cookbook with recipes by immigrant residents
Juliette Bretan
“Food breaks barriers between people.”
Polish toymaker withdraws Nazi models following US criticism
The firm’s boss has also apologised.
Warsaw skyscraper becomes EU’s tallest building
Varso Tower is 310 metres tall, overtaking Frankfurt’s Commerzbank Tower and also The Shard in London.
Government wants half of music on radio to be Polish, prompting protest by broadcasters
Over 200 radio stations – almost 70% of those in Poland – have called on the government to abandon the idea.
Warsaw spends €350,000 a year feeding its free-roaming cats
Last year, Warsaw’s nearly 30,000 free-roaming cats received over 235 tonnes of food from the city.
Hundreds of police interventions as crowds flock to Poland’s winter capital after restrictions eased
An estimated 20,000 tourists descended on Zakopane.
Man wrongly imprisoned for 18 years wins Poland’s highest ever compensation payout
Tomasz Komenda served almost two decades for a rape and murder he did not commit.
Forgotten communist-era soul star’s first album released four decades after fleeing Poland for the US
Renata Lewandowska was all but forgotten after emigrating from Poland in the 1970s.
Staff call for release of German-Turkish “Kebab King” detained in Poland on organised crime charges
Around 600 employees have written to the prime minister and justice minister.
Polish government encourages sexual abstinence and fidelity to avoid HIV
The campaign has been criticised as outdated and incomplete by an education foundation.
Polish city opens new “green library”
Lublin has converted a former restaurant into a branch of its municipal library, designed as a functional but environmentally friendly space
Polish president and Catholic church intervene in dispute over Pole on life support in UK hospital
The man’s own family are divided over the issue.
