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Officially there are 761,000 registered inhabitants of Krakow. But the true number is much higher – which is creating a headache for city officials and residents alike

The distinctive blue kiosks selling Krakow’s classic pretzels (obwarzanki) will soon be swept into the crumb-heap of history

On Saturday afternoon, protesters lined up along Szewska Street in the city centre to protest the Turkish-backed invasion of the Kurdish city of Afrin in Syria

“Fury”: This was the theme of mass demonstrations yesterday in Krakow and throughout Poland against a renewed effort by the government to place greater restrictions on abortion

If you noticed Krakow trams festively decked out with blue and white flags – that’s the flag of Krakow, by the way – it’s because today is the Feast of St. Joseph, the city’s patron.

The demonstration was concurrent with a series of similar ones worldwide which were part of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

The City of Krakow has begun hosting Syrian poet and art critic Kholoud Charaf as a part of the International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN)

Read about the new law limiting Sunday trade in Poland, plus our calendar of shop closures for the rest of the year (and a bonus comic!)

The two-month search for 34-year-old Piotr Kijanka has come to a tragic end after a body found floating in the Vistula River yesterday has been identified as his