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'Metals of the future': copper and silver flow beneath Poland's surface

'Metals of the future': copper and silver flow beneath Poland's surface

Thousands of metres beneath the ground, amid suffocating heat, lies one of the keys to Poland's rumbling mining sector -- and the world economy. Whitish ore, rich in copper and silver, is extracted from the country's depths and exported around the world to fuel technological and energy

Polish president vetoes 40-bn-euro EU defence funding plan

Polish president vetoes 40-bn-euro EU defence funding plan

Poland's ferocious dispute over EU defence loans reached a fever pitch on Thursday as nationalist president Karol Nawrocki vetoed a multi-billion-euro plan that parliament had already approved. Lawmakers in Poland, the largest country on NATO's eastern flank, last month backed the Security Action For

Women rule the roost atop the Gdansk shipyard cranes

Women rule the roost atop the Gdansk shipyard cranes

For the past 30 years, Halina Krauze has sat atop a 15-metre (49-foot) crane surveying the Gdansk shipyard, the birthplace of the Solidarnosc trade union. For eight hours, the 65-year-old displaces tonnes of steel that will become ship hulls and wind turbine components. She is one