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Polish president describes Benedict XVI’s death as great loss

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Ruling party is against Germany’s EU veto abolition proposal, says official

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More opportunities to extend weekend with leave in 2023

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Poland to push Germany for WWII reparations, says minister

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Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, almost completely forgotten WWII hero

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Baltic state contracts for Piorun air defence system made in Poland

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“Never again starvation wages and rates,” PM comments on minimum wage hike

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Ukrainian officials delete tweet commemorating Bandera

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Ziobro claims Black Eyed Peas LGBT gesture related to EU pressure

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Dawid Kubacki is third in 4-Hills-Tournament in Garmisch-Partenkirchen

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Education minister condemns demands to remove religion from schools

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Ruling coalition would win the election if it were today

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President Duda pinpoints Poland’s security as top priority 

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ISW suggests Putin has no idea on the further course of the war

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President of Poland, Prime Minister pay tribute to the late Pope Benedict XVI

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