Almost 5 million tonnes of food are wasted in Poland each year.

Almost 5 million tonnes of food are wasted in Poland each year.
Time Out magazine ranked Kraków’s tree ahead of the famous one at the Rockefeller Center in New York.
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Agata Pyka and Richard Greenhill
From talking animals to Macauley Culkin, here are seven of Poland’s most interesting Christmas traditions.
The legislation would also introduce an additional trading Sunday in December.
They hope that the “crunchy, tasty and healthy” product can encourage carp consumption all year round rather than just at Christmas.
Poles traditionally celebrate Christmas on the evening of 24 December, but it is not a day off work.
“We want parliamentary to be an open place for citizens and for people to feel that it is their place.”
Poland has received more refugees from Ukraine than any other country.
Alicja Ptak
“People are now buying individual branches rather than whole Christmas trees.”
CCTV footage of the spruced-up villain has been released in the hope of finding him.
An animal shelter in Poland has suspended the adoption of puppies before Christmas as part of a campaign to highlight that dogs should not be treated as gifts. "Please do not adopt or buy animals as a present," wrote volunteers at the shelter in the city of Białystok....
“This is what Jesus teaches. He too was a refugee,” said the archbishop of Gniezno.
Sales of premium glass baubles have boomed in particular.
Natalia Parzygnat
While traditional staples remain, new variations are emerging to cater to changing tastes and diets.