The main celebrations took place in Warsaw, but smaller cities also celebrated. On motorbikes, on kayaks, jogging of walking on the streets of their liitle fatherlands. This is how people from all around Poland celebrated the 100th anniversary of regaining independence.

President Emmanuel Macron led tributes to the millions of soldiers killed during World War One on Sunday, holding an emotional ceremony in Paris attended by dozens of world leaders to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice.

On the 100th anniversary of regaining independence, in all of Poland at noon, the Dąbrowski's Mazurka - Poland's national anthem was sang. This is also how the celebrations on Warsaw's Piłsudski Square began. The President has officially inaugurated the reconstruction of the Saski Palace that was destroyed during the Second World War. "Under the white-and-red flag, there's room for every one of us, independent of their views because in everyone, I believe this strongly, there's love for their fatherland. May the free, independent and sovereign Poland live!" said President Andrzej Duda on Sunday.

Poland's eurosceptic leaders marked a century of national independence on Sunday as more than 200,000 people marched through the capital in a parade involving far-right groups and neo-fascist activists from Italy.

Warsaw's Copernicus Centre also decided to mark the centennial of Poland's independence. It carried out experiments in its laboratories, including those inspired by double Nobel Prize winning scientist Marie Skłodowska-Curie. There was also a time capsule inside which wishes for Poland were put. These wishes have been collected by TVN24 over the last year. The capsule is to be buried on the grounds of the Copernicus Centre and disinterred for the bicentennial of Poland's independence.

Monday will be officially a day off from work, but not for everyone. Three days before the 12th of November questions are being raised about who will have to work on that day. The legislation granting the free day, to allow people to recuperate after the Independence Day, was passed extremely late.

Ahead of the 100th anniversary of Poland's regaining its independence, Poles are sending their wishes to their country. They've sent them to our Kontakt24 service and the legendary Polish actor Jerzy Stuhr has read them out.

President Duda has nominated officially promoted nine officers to the rank of general. The Commander in Chief also signed an act into law changing the administration and command of the Polish Army. This will mean that the Chief of the General Staff will once again be the highest military commander. Furthermore, the Territorial Defense Force will answer to the Minister of Defense until it becomes fully operational.

"History is unfolding in front of our very eyes," these were the words of warning expressed by Donald Tusk, the former Polish prime minister and the sitting President of the European Council. During the Freedom Games in Łódź, he spoke of Józef Piłsudski calling him a leader of Poland who defended his country from the Bolsheviks. Furthermore, he said that today's Bolsheviks should also be taken on and no one has any illusions about who he was referring to.

The main events related to the anniversary will take place on Sunday, but many Poles celebrated already on Saturday. Marches, flags, patriotic songs could have been observed all around the country. Some forms of celebrating were quite unorthodox.

The smog is back. This morning the air quality in Poland was the worst in Europe and since the heating season is just getting started the situation will only deteriorate. It's not just a question of discomfort as such polluted air is literally killing people.

On Sunday, 11th of November a grand, community march will be organised, that will commemorate the 100th anniversary of Poland regaining its independence, government representatives agreed with the Independence March Association members on Friday evening.

Galactic Empire and the Rebel Alliance have once again joined forces. This time to put a smile on the faces of children battling serious illnesses. For these children the hospital is like their second home. The kids were able to meet a Stormtrooper and an evil Sith Lord Darth Sidious, as well as the cute garbage-scavenging Jawas from the planet Tatooine.

Warsaw city hall has filed a complaint against Thursday's order by the District Court overturning the mayor's decision to call off the Independence March organised by far-right activists.

There will be a man from Słupsk (northern Poland) on Capitol Hill. Polish-born Tom Malinowski has won a seat in the American congressin New Jersey's 7th district, unseating his Republican rival Leonard Lance. Our reporter, Marcin Wrona cought up with him to ask a few questions.

The Polish Amputee Football national team has returned to Poland from the World Cup in Mexico. In the last match, Poles beat Spain 1:0 and came in 7th place. Earlier, in the quarterfinal they fought a dramatic battle with England. They lost in a series of penalty shots, despite leading 3:1 just two minutes before the end of the match and being one foot in the semifinals. Their team motto for the World Cup in Mexico was actually "One foot in the finals".

He was an iconic Polish cyclist in the sixties and seventies and he won the Olympic silver medal twice. Now, Ryszard Szurkowski needs help. In June, during a veteran race in Germany's Cologne he had an accident. He has now undergone two back operations and a complicated facial reconstruction, but all of his limbs are still paralysed. That's why his loved ones are raising money for a treatment and rehabilitation. The ministry of sport and tourism has joined the support.

Nine people were evacuated after a building exploded in Leszno in Lower Silesia. The incident took place in the early hours of the morning when, most likely, an electric boiler have exploded. The interior of the building is completely destroyed.

The lower house of Polish parliament voted to reject the citizens' draft bill that assumes abolishing compulsory vaccinations. 354 MPs were for rejecting the bill, 10 were against, 16 abstained.

In 2017, Poland has seen a further drop in the number of anti-Semitic incidents. There 73 of such cases recorded, whereas in 2016, there were 101, and in 20156 - 167, according to a report by the the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights published on Friday.