The Royal Mint, one of Europe's oldest mints, which belongs to Her Majesty's Treasury, has announced the release of a 50p coin from the collection commemorating the 25th anniversary of the debut of the novel "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". The coin is dedicated to the headmaster of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.more
The International Automobile Federation (FIA) wants to ban Formula 1 drivers from making political, religious and ideological comments during races, interviews, podium decorations, anthems and other activities on the racetrack.more
Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss, in her first public speech since resigning, yesterday called for an "economic NATO" to counter China. She also said that the "golden era" announced by London a few years ago in relations with China was a mistake.more
Hurricane Otto, moving through Denmark and southern Sweden, forced the closure of the Öresund bridge between Copenhagen and Malmö yesterday. Ferries do not run on the Baltic Sea, and trains have not left their routes.more
Dozens of Princess Diana's very personal letters were sold at auction in Cornwall on Thursday for a sum of around €160,000. The letters were written to two of the Duchess's closest friends, who kept them for more than 25 years.more
The U.S. Army said yesterday that it had successfully recovered the remains of a Chinese spy balloon that was shot down by an American F-22 Raptor fighter off the coast of South Carolina on February 4. The last fragments of the object were sent for analysis in the laboratory.more
Iga Swiatek won with the Russian tennis player Weronika Kudermietowa 6:0, 6:1 and advanced to the final of the WTA tournament in Doha. The rival of the Polish defending the title in Qatar today will be American Jessica Pegula, seeded with number two.more
A crackdown on unregulated buy now, pay later (BNPL) schemes is set to protect around 10 million Britons from borrowing what they cannot afford to pay back, ministers said.more
Dawid Kopik from Gole near Leszno will begin his studies at Yale University, which belongs to the prestigious Ivy League of eight private universities on the East Coast. For years, it has been ranked among some of the best colleges in America, as well as in the world.more
There are no blockbusters in Europe's top leagues this weekend, but there will be plenty of excitement. The leading teams in Spain and Germany will face uncomfortable rivals. Robert Lewandowski's Barcelona will play against Cadiz, while in the Bundesliga Bayern Munich will play against Borussia Moenchengladbach.more
The majority (55 per cent) of adult Poles declare that they intend to travel for at least two days for leisure or tourism purposes this year, according to a CBOS survey published yesterday. Compared to the plans declared in January last year, this is a decrease of 1 percentage point for 2022.more
The UK Home Office gave notice yesterday that it will not appeal against a court ruling which ruled that it is unlawful to require EU nationals who have been given "pre-settled status" in the UK to have to apply for settled status again later.more
It's just under three months until King Charles's coronation and – following weeks of rancour and negative headlines – the monarchy seems to have settled back into its normal routine.
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A Polish musician was forced to take an eight-hour coach journey, as opposed to a one-hour flight, after the airline demanded he store his €5 million Stradivarius violin in the hold.
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Selector Fernando Santos and his staff have already chosen accommodation for themselves in Warsaw for the duration of their work with the Polish national team, it remains to sign the documents. There is still no decision on the location of the match against Albania, but there is a chance that it will be at the PGE Narodowe in Warsaw.more
Chory na raka prostaty mieszkaniec amerykańskiego stanu Karolina Północna niespodziewanie zmienił akcent w swoim języku angielskim na irlandzki - informuje dzisiaj BBC, powołując się na "British Medical Journal". 50-latek, który nie miał w Irlandii bliskiej rodziny, mówił z zaskakującym akcentem aż do śmierci.more
A meeting between Polish President Andrzej Duda and UK King Charles III took place at Buckingham Palace this afternoon. One of the main topics of conversation was humanitarian aid issues.more
Elon Musk warned on Wednesday at the World Government Summit in Dubai that artificial intelligence is "one of the biggest threats" to civilisation.more
Frenchman Zinedine Zidane, world and European football champion and one of the best ever midfielders for the 'Tricolours', will be the official ambassador of Renault's Formula 1 team Alpine this year, it was announced at the official presentation in London of the new A532 car.more
A former British Embassy security officer in Berlin who spied for Russia was today sentenced to 13 years and two months in prison by a London court.more
A record win of €371 million fell yesterday in the Italian numbers game Superenalotto. However, this amount will not be awarded to one person, but to 90 players who chose the system game. Each will therefore receive around €4 million.more
