City officials hailed a major milestone in plans for what would be only Poland’s second metro system.
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Built 140 years ago and still in use, Warsaw’s sewers connect the city to its brutal past
Filip Mazurczak
Built by British engineers, the sewers survived the destruction of WWII, when they were used by resistance fighters to move around Warsaw.
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Warsaw unveils plans to more than double size of metro
The expansion would ensure that over half of Varsovians will live within one kilometre of a metro station, up from 28% currently.
Poland’s abortion underground: with backstreet clinics no more, pills become new battleground
Anna Gmiterek-Zabłocka, TOK FM
Activists help women obtain abortion pills but conservatives want the law tightened.
Poland marks 80th anniversary of WWII Home Army resistance movement
With around 400,000 members at its peak, it is believed to have been the largest underground force in German-occupied Europe.
