A previous sale – also for a record price – collapsed amid doubts over the legality of the work’s ownership.
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Poland ups ammunition production to one million a day at state-owned arms factory
“Such investments are part of a broader strategy to repolonise the defence industry and become independent from foreign supplies,” says the PM’s office.
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Ukraine should allow exhumation of WWII victims “out of gratitude for Poland’s help”, says Polish FM
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Polish opposition raises millions in donations after electoral commission strips it of funding
PiS, the opposition party, says around 40,000 people have donated so far.
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Poland holds state funeral for 700 WWII victims executed by Germany in “Valley of Death”
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