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New act of law merging the functions of the Minister of Justice and the Director of Public Prosecutions was approved by the Lower Chamber of the Polish Parliament (Sejm) on Thursday evening. The act will now be handed over to the Senate. Justice is blind and a member of the
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Mathematics with the use of tablets, fly catching or English through Skype – Jolanta Okuniewska uses unconventional teaching methods and is highly appreciated for that. Recently, as the only teacher from Poland, she has been nominated for the Global Teacher Prize, called the educational Nobel Prize. Learning with Ms. Okuniewska is
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The chief of the Polish police force is planning to prepare and publish a map of the locations of sexual offences risks. Is the sex offender map a good idea? It will be possible to learn not only the name of the village or town where a previously convicted sexual
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A 54-year-old resident of the Wieluń district (Łódzkie voivodship) has been taken to hospital in a state of intoxication. The result of his examination has surprised even the police – breathalyser showed 8.6 per mille of alcohol in the man’s blood, 43 times the legal limit to
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The world’s smallest pacemaker was implanted on Thursday by doctors from a Poznań hospital. The new technology was applied for the first time in Poland. Hopefully the surgeons won’t lose such a tiny device According to PhD MD Przemysław Mitkowski of the I Clinic of Cardiology at the
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Jarosław Grzegorzek, amateur astronomer from Szczecin, discovered 4 supernovas from his little observatory. The latest one was discovered on the 9th of January 2016. Supernovas can be pretty! The place, where the supernovas’ discovery took place, is very inconspicuous and looks like a garden shed. However, don’t be misled
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One subject, but quite different photographic views of the world – an amateur photographer from the south of Poland and his daughter with Down syndrome together in a project, which teaches the father a fresh look at the world, and gives nearly 18-year-old Kaja a boost of confidence. Kaja
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Changes to rules concerning punishment for hate speech to encompass sexual orientation will not be established, even though during the previous government rule such changes had been initiated. It’s hard to be different in Poland The previous codex change concerned law harmonisation between people who discriminate homosexuals online and
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In a few weeks, a 95-year-old former medic will be tried before the German state court. He is accused of complicity in the killing of nearly four thousand people. He worked as a medic in the troops of the SS death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. SS troops at Auschwitz-
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Poland’s high school prom prices are the highest in Warsaw – sometimes they beat even carnival balls or wedding prices. But it’s not only in the capital where parents have to pay a lot for a restaurant, a photobox or a photographer with a drone. 1500zł for a high
Leisure & Travel
New kid on the (Polish) block, Netflix, is now available, and with a one-month trial it’s worth checking out, even if you don’t really plan to subscribe. But a warning – with no adverts, entirely on-demand, cancel any time, and the convenience of automatically remembering where you
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Poles like to celebrate a lot, so they have 13 public holidays and religious feasts, which are non-working days. Most public institutions, banks and shopping centres are closed on these days, and you will find most shopping centres full with people the day before. On public holidays, however, you