Fourteen thousand policemen didn't come to work yesterday, estimated the tvn24.pl website. Today, the number of officers on sick leave may be up to 30,000. There are stations where the only ones left behind are the management. Around 20 percent of all law enforcement employees are taking part in the protest. The minister of internal affairs hopes they all get better quickly and promises to hold talks with trade unions. For now, the chief of police is promising 1,000 zlotys for those who come to work on the 11th of November.

The stepping-down mayor of Wrocław, Rafał Dutkiewicz has banned on Tuesday a march scheduled for 11th of November (Independence Day), organised by nationalist circles, including controversial former priest Jacek Międlar, who said he will appeal against the decision.

If things go on as they are, we will be paying the most in Europe for electricity, economists and analysts warn. State-owned companies are building new coal power plants, but the specialists claim they won't be profitable and the coal mines won't be able to provide the right raw material. Right now, the companies are the most for electricity, however the price hikes may soon affect everyone.

Once again the movie "Cold War" by Paweł Pawlikowski is in the limelight. It was among the five films nominated for the British Independent Film Awards in the category of Best Foreign Independent Film. The other films in the category were "Kafarnaum" (dir. Nadine Labaki, USA, Liban), "The Rider" (dir. Chloé Zhao, USA), "Roma" (dir. Alfonso Cuarón, Mexico, USA) and "Shoplifters" (dir. Hirokazu Koreeda, Japan). The awards which are taking place for the 21st time are the most important awards, aside from the BAFTAs, in the British film industry.

Our triumph in the local elections was unquestionable; we have got another victory and a very decisive one, said Law and Justice’s chairman Jarosław Kaczyński on Tuesday. He added that it bids well before the next year’s parliamentary elections.

All voivodeships, counties and municipalities are to get Polish flags for the centennial of Poland's regaining its independence, which falls on 11th of November. The flags are on their way and some of them were packed personally by President Andrzej Duda and the First Lady.

Professor Małgorzata Gersdorf, being the First President of the Supreme Court has sent information to European Commission regarding actions taken by the Supreme Court to fully comply with so-called preventive measures ordered by the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ), the Supreme Court’s press team informed on Tuesday.

Polish budget is still in good shape. After September, the budget surplus is around 3,2 billion zlotys. The Sunday's trade ban seriously hits shopping malls. According to a survey carried out in 120 shopping malls around Poland, they have lost some 9 million customers compared to the same period last year.

Some changes to the car regulation are just around the corner. In Poland drivers have to make vehicle inspections on a regular basis, at the official inspection stations. Those who fail to make of pass such inspection, once stopped by the police, are likely to be fined on a good day. If the check-up is long overdue, the police will confiscate driver's registration. The government wants to amend the law to make it more effective.

From now on, drivers can tank up their cars with fuel not only from Russia, but also the United Arab Emirates. Polish zloty is losing strenght, while dollar and euro are going up. No more cheap sugar - the prices go up sharply. Business news with Mateusz Walczak.

Regional Court in Poznań has sentenced the perpetrators of a brutal murder near Sieraków (Greater Poland Voivodeship) for 25 years in prison. In February last year, Piotr D. and the brothers Meteusz D. and Tomasz D., all acting with extreme brutality, murdered Patryk R. The perpetrators of this horrifying crime claim that the victim was terrorizing the neighborhood and, on top of that, owed them money for breaking windows in their home. Furthermore, they said that the police had been notified on numerous occasions about the disturbing behaviour of Patryk R. Since, there was no reaction from the law enforcement, the three men lured their victim to a secluded place where they murdered him in an extremely brutal way. Soon after they buried the body in a forest and, in order to cover their tracks, planted moss and trees on the burial place.

The European Union's deputy chief executive Frans Timmermans will lead the centre-left campaign in May's EU parliamentary election, the party said on Monday, after fellow commissioner Maros Sefcovic stepped aside.

European Council President Donald Tusk urged his fellow Poles on Monday to "come to their senses" over Poland's place within the EU, saying it could otherwise end up following Britain's example and tumble out of the bloc.

On Monday, after 5 p.m. the hearing of former Polish prime minister and current European Council's chief Donald Tusk before the Amber Gold scandal investigative commission came to an end. It lasted seven hours.

The nine sailors who remain behind on the Pomerania Sky cargo ship after some its crew members were kidnapped are safe. This information comes from a spokesperson for the ship's owner. One week ago on the coast of Nigeria, pirates kidnapped eleven members of the ship's crew, including eight Poles. Negotiations with the pirates are currently underway.

"Measles breakout, caused by a virus brought from abroad, shows that vaccination is working, otherwise there would be more cases. There's no epidemic, situation is good, the Minister of Health Łukasz Szumowski said on Monday. During the weekend there were reports of 14 cases of measles in Masovian Voivodeship. According to data from Monday, the number increased up to 18 cases.

According to official results of the second round of local elections, mayor of Gdańsk Paweł Adamowicz, mayor of Kraków Jacek Majchrowski, mayor of Szczecin Piotr Krzystek, as well as mayor of Olsztyn Piotr Grzymowicz have all been re-elected for another term. The city of Kielce, however, has chosen a new mayor - Bogdan Wenta.

Paweł Adamowicz has won yet another term as mayor of Gdańsk, Jacek Majchrowski won again in Kraków, whereas Kielce will have a new mayor - Bogdan Wenta, according to exit polls from the second round of local elections in Poland.

"According to the initial data, on friday alone there were 79 accidents in which 96 people got injured and 11 lost their lives. It means that since the beginning of the "Znicz" operation, that is from Wednesday morning, there was a total of 266 accidents which took the lives of 32 people and left 314 injured," said Officer Dawid Marciniak from the General Police Headquarters in Warsaw. He added that from Wednesday morning to Friday midnight, 590 drunk drivers were apprehended.

After more than 40 years of dispute, Poland and Denmark finally agreed on the maritime border. According to the Ministry of foreign Affairs, Jacek Czaputowicz the agreement is based on a just solution that will strenghten relations between the countries.