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The Bank of England has chosen four animals to be the main feature of the next series of banknotes: the puffin, the barn owl, the buff-tailed bumblebee and the hedgehog. The first new denominations will appear within a few years.
Researchers from the University of Warsaw and Warsaw University of Technology have shown that charging cells with an NMC622 cathode to high voltages causes irreversible structural changes. Their work concerned the cathode material, not whole phones.
Paweł Pawlikowski's "Ojczyzna" is Poland's entry for the Oscars. The film's star, Sandra Hüller, spoke to WP Film about trust on set and the work of cinematographer Łukasz Żal.
PLL LOT is introducing its winter timetable and suspending some routes, including Warsaw–Bologna and three connections from Kraków. A spokesman points to high fuel prices and competition.
ZUS has announced that from 1 January 2027 the second benefit in the widow's pension will rise from 15% to 25%. The increase will be applied automatically, but the cap on the total amount remains.
Council tax is usually paid by the person living in the property, including tenants. There are exceptions, including HMOs and properties occupied only by people under 18 or by asylum seekers, where the bill falls to the landlord.
The installation of new scanners at Warsaw Chopin Airport is speeding up. According to fly4free.pl, the liquids limit could disappear across the whole airport at the end of November 2026, rather than only in December.