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US Defence Secretary praises Poland as 'model NATO ally'
US Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth has lauded Poland as a "model NATO ally” in his first visit to Warsaw on Friday, where he met with President Andrzej Duda and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
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Chopin: Thousands of pages of his life and work available with a click
In partnership with the European Commission
Tens of thousands of scores and objects belonging to Frédéric Chopin, the most famous French-Polish composer in history, have been digitised at the Frédéric Chopin Institute in Warsaw, thanks to a European project that helps to raise awareness of the figure of the genius of Romanticism.
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Construction begins of record-breaking Virgin Mary statue in Poland
In the Polish village of Konotopa, near Toruń, the construction has begun of a Virgin Mary statue that will measure more than 55 meters in height, making it taller when finished than the Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio de Janeiro.
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How Poland’s historic coal mine region is turning towards jewellery
Upper Silesia, a region in southern Poland with long historic ties to the coal industry, is marked by the blood, sweat, and tears of miners. Now, designers are taking this “black gold” and transforming it into pieces of jewellery infused with the local ethos.
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Anti-extremism centre opens in house of Auschwitz commandant
The family home next to Auschwitz – immortalized on screen in last year’s Oscar-winning film ‘The Zone of Interest’ - is opening its doors to the public for the first time. This coincides with an alarming international survey examining Holocaust knowledge and awareness.