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The government has announced the liquidation of the National Health Fund and an increase in spending on national health care. Crucially it’s a move from insurance-only to universal, including foreign residents. Liquidation of the National Health Fund and a return to financing it from the country’s budget,
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It’s the fifth year in a row that is marked with a loss in Poland’s population. And all that with the generation of the baby-boom 1979-1984 deciding to procreate now. Difficult times ahead for the elderly people Analysts try to point out reasons for this situation
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A recent study shows that most Poles are glad that the World Youth Day is organised in Poland this year. They seem to be aware that such an enormous gathering of Christians can be held at ISIS’s gunpoint but they trust in the security measures undertaken in the country
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Last section of the A4 autostrada (motorway), connecting Rzeszów and Jarosław, was opened on Wednesday. A4 now leads from Polish border with Germany eastwards to the border with Ukraine. Polish autostrada – looks good! The construction was finished by the consortium of Polish Budimex and Austrian Strabag, after the agreement with
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He was on his way to London but his plans were thwarted by a cautious lady who informed the jet’s crew about a suspicious dark-skinned young man. He was immediately taken off the airport, as it is required by the current regulations. The 26-year-old Armenian got
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High school graduates have been waiting in a queue to apply for physical therapy studies in Poznan since Saturday. Why? According to new enrolment regulations, people who submit their documents in person have priority over people sending their papers via post. Graduating from a prestigious uni is a dream of
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Everything started on Monday: heavy rains and terrible storms accompanied by extremely strong wind have been rolling by the whole country. Firefighters have been working almost round the clock for the whole past week. Streets and parks have been deserted these days The wind was breaking trees and blowing off
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Pokemon GO is a location-based augmented reality mobile game released in July 2016 for iOS and Android devices that went viral surprisingly quickly. People are searching for Pokemon everywhere – literally everywhere: in parks, rivers and hotels; in bathrooms, public toilets and in dustbins; on the streets, on animals and
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Six-year-old Laura experienced a terrible accident last month. A pitchfork plunged into her little head, which caused serious damage. To save the girl, the doctors had to remove a fragment of her skull. Laura’s chances of surviving it were estimated at just 1% but against all odds
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Polish President Andrzej Duda is going to meet Barack Obama in private. The meeting is scheduled on Friday at the PGE Narodowy Stadium and is going to last less than an hour, but they are going to discuss the most important issues concerning both Poland and the United States. PGE
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The report Europe’s Dark Cloud: How coal-burning countries are making their neighbours sick prepared among others by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Wide Fund (WWF) presents a list of power plants in Europe that emit the highest amounts of substances affecting people’s health and
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To be a blood donor you have to be healthy and eat wisely. This time, however, it’s not people who donate blood – it’s dogs and cats. The main idea is: if people can help other people that way, then animals can help other animals. It’s that simple!