He is unquestionably the number one athlete in Poland. In fact, he is one the elite players in the world. This time, however, Robert Lewandowski is out of luck. He didn't make it to the final 30 and will not be taken into consideration for the prestigious Golden Ball award. Most likely, it's due to the horrible performance of Polish national team during the recent World Cup.

Frans Timmermans, the deputy head of the European Union executive, launched a bid to succeed his boss Jean-Claude Juncker next year, saying on Wednesday he would seek to lead the centre-left campaign for May's European Parliament elections.

There's an indictment for a man who supposedly killed his 20-year-old girlfriend and later hid her body in a rented apartment. While the murder was taking place, the woman's 2,5-year-old boy from a previous relationship was home. The man was quickly captured and he confessed to the murder.

Austria may follow the United States and Hungary in backing out of a United Nations agreement on migration, its government said on Wednesday, citing concern about its sovereignty and potential restrictions on its freedom to act.

Poland may face huge problems regarding legal cooperation with other EU member-states. The reason? The recent changes to the Polish judiciary. Many international organisations and institutions claim that the Polish government, through such reforms has damaged judicial indpendence. As a result, an increasing number of foreign courts are asking tough questions and that might paralise the extradition process of many dangerous criminals.

"Even if she wins the elections she may not be permitted by law to take office." Those are some very controversial words from a high-ranking member of the Polish government. According to the influential Law and Justice polticians, should the Mayor of Łódź be re-elected, she could not serve because she's recently been found guilty of making untrue statements in official documents. The thing is she represents opposition and according to her camp, the government is simply trying to manipulate and intimidate voters.

This year's Nike, a prestigious literary award went to Marcin Wicha for his volume of short stories entitled "The things I didn't throw out". The volume tells the story of life and passing of the author's mother.

Discussions are taking place in the Polish parliament about the problem of paedophile priests. The Church itself declared that it will publish the list of child molesters in its ranks. The minister of justice claims his government has already done enough to combat the issue. However, in the sex offenders register his administration drew up, there's not a single priest. In turns out that their crimes weren't brutal enough.

On Wednesday in the Presidential Palace, a ceremony of appointing of further judges of the Supreme Court is to take place, TVN24 has learned. Earlier, the president's spokesman, Błażej Spychalski informed that "it's possible that the President will appoint new judges on Wednesday".

Poland's interior minister is recommending Warsaw quits a U.N. migration pact before its final approval as it may encourage more illegal migrants, the ministry said on Tuesday.

Law and Justice chairman promises Bavaria in Subcarpathia. It's now quicker to find a job in Poland. Some 10,000 flats were built under the "Mieszkanie Plus" government programme.

After the latest accident involving a government vehicle, the prosecutor decided that no legal action will be taken. This time, a 9-year-old boy was hit by the president's motorcade, on a crosswalk in Oświęcim. The medical expert who examined the boy claims the child was "only lightly injured," so the prosecutor determined that the case can be thrown out, before it's even begun.

The opposition in Poland is uniting in its call for the Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to resign. That's the result of the so-called tape of truth, a recording of his conversation a few years ago, which contains a highly controversial and, according to the opposition, illegal statements. Law and Justice says this old news. However, the now ruling party had a different approach to such materials when it was in opposition and the other political side was on the tapes.

Politicians in Poland are able to remove judges from office and to interfere in the judicial process, claims a court in Rzeszów. That claim has been included in a response to a court in Spain which is supposed to make a decision regarding an extradition case to Poland. However before it reaches a conclusion it wanted to make sure that the Polish judiciary is independent. Now, it has been told it is not.

This year, the 18th edition of the Noble Package charity will go down according to plan, despite the departure of Father Stryczek and the scandalous atmosphere with his co-workers. The founder of the countrywide charity stepped downafter being accused of mobbing by employees. Now, the coordination of the work will be handled by the president of the "Spring" association Joanna Sadzik, who has faith that the idea of the Noble Package is still just as important to Poles, as it has always been.

Governments in ex-communist states will face growing budgetary pressure from Brussels if they fail to respect rules on judicial independence, the Slovak commissioner who is running to head the EU executive said on Monday.

Sunday was the last day of Warsaw Fantasy Fair. In the centre of Polish capital, people could meet fantasy authors and outfit themselves with specially prepared accessories from the universe of fantasy films, books, comics and games.

Warsaw Art Fair is the most important art event in the country. This year 16th edition, was held for the 10th time in the prestigious Kubicki Arcades in The Royal Castle in Warsaw. Over 50 selected Polish and foreign galleries and antique shops presented nearly 1,000 works of art including paintings, sculptures and antique objects. This is the only event where you can see both contemporary classics and younger generations of successful artists. Among the exhibitors there were galleries specialized in photography, design and graphic.

Cheering for cheerleaders. On Saturday in Łódź, at the University of Technology, FISU World University Cheerleading Championship was held. Competitors from 13 countries took part.

Polish economy grew by 4,8 percent in 2017 year-on-year. Poland and Germany are on the same unemployment rate. Oil prices will drain drivers' pockets. Business news of the week with Mateusz Walczak.