Poland is on a global charm offensive. Last year deputy prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki visited London to lure post-Brexit banks to Warsaw; this year it’s expanding its soft power arsenal through the acquisition of a…
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Is donating 100 sculptures to Oslo a wonderful gift or just a way of imposing bad taste on the public? Wealthy Norwegian Christian Ringnes, 53, is causing controversy in the city with his plans to create a €30m park filled…