Question of Andrzej Duda's retirement from politics. The president brought up the topic himself in his conversation with Donald Tusk at the U.N. General Assembly in New York. The conversation between the politicians was private, but the details are slowly making their way out to the public.

A call for forgiveness for the sins of a paedophile priests was heard on Sunday in the Opole Diocese. In a letter to the faithful, bishop Andrzej Czaja apologised for the deeds that left many children scarred for life. Also processions against paedophilia in the Church and gestures of solidarity with the victims were seen on the streets of numerous Polish cities.

Maybe not Dubai, but at least a second Bavaria, that's what Jaroslaw Kaczyński has told the residents of Jasionka, southeastern Poland. He hinted that's what their region will be like after local elections, as long as they vote for Law and Justice. Because, according to PM Morawiecki, it's the only true Polish party. It was a little bit worse for Law and Justice's city council candidates in Radomsko, who barged in a hospital intensive care unit. Their good intentions went horribly wrong.

An independent panel aimed at documenting cases of paedophilia in Poland's Catholic Church will be set up early next year to help victims speak up and claim damages, opposition parliamentarians said on Monday.

They chained themselves up to doghouses to fight for animal rights. For the 12th time, throughout Poland there was the "Zerwijmy łańcuchy" (Breaking the chains) event. The organisers of the awareness campaign is the psy.pl website. Singers, actors, journalists and passersby joined in. They hope that Poles will learn that keeping dogs on chains is inhumane and simply wrong.

European Council President Donald Tusk said on Saturday it was possible to agree a deal with Britain on leaving the European Union by the end of 2018. Speaking on the sidelines of a conference in Krakow, Poland, Tusk said: "We will try for it in October ... and I think there is a chance to have an accord by the end of the year."

A light aircraft made a crash-landing on the Vistula river in Toruń on Saturday. Thankfully no one was killed or injured. Investigators are trying to determine the reason for the crash.

The United States will be "very active" at December's U.N. climate discussions even though Donald Trump pulled out of the global accord, the incoming Polish chairman of the talks said.

The investigators are looking into the accident involving a young boy and a police car from President Duda's motorcade in Oświęcim. They called in an expert witness who will issue an opinion on the wounds of the victim. The spokesperson for the police in Oświęcim announced that although doctors claimed there were no serious injuries, the expert opinion will have to made regardless.

The national convention of Civic Coalition has been held in Bydgoszcz. Politicians from Civic Platform and Modern Party presented their programmes in the run-up to local elections. Leaders of Civic Platform spoke about Mateusz Morawiecki and the tape scandal. They also said they needed to defend local government's and self-governance from Law and Justice.

In only two weeks local elections will be held. In the run-up, we have another weekend of conventions. In Lublin, the prime minister promised another round of large-scale investments and the chairman of Law and Justice said the situation is clear: either politicians from the past or the "good change". In Bydgoszcz, the opposition reminded voters of the tape scandal in which new recordings of Mateusz Morawiecki have been uncovered.

Donald Tusk visited Kraków on Saturday. He said he hoped that on the 11th of November, to mark the centenary of independence, Poles will find a way to unite with one another. Earlier, he was at a conference dedicated to the role of the Catholic Church in European integration.

A priest in Western Poland has been sentenced for growing marijuana. Despite a full confession and penitence, he was found guilty. He will at least avoid penitentiary, as he received a suspended sentence. His bishop has relieved him from his duties as a priest and is currently waiting to learn his further fate in a priests' retirement home.

Lower house of Polish parliament has passed a law on employees capital plans. Russian minister of energy says oil prices will go up and Poland will be affected. Sunday trade ban makes Poles spend more money at petrol stations. Business news with Mateusz Walczak.

Accident involving presidential motorcade in Oświęcim. A police car hit a child on a crosswalk. The hit was "slight," President's spokesperson, Błażej Spychalski told TVN24.

While Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is able to avoid uncomfortable questions from local journalists, he found it a little bit more difficult in an interview he gave for CNN. In it, he told Richard Quest about Poland's position towards the European Union - that the country is very pro-European, but somewhat Brussels-skeptic.

The so-called tape scandal with secret recordings of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, before he became PM, continues. Mr Morawiecki can be heard offering help, sinecures for his friends and their children. Ahead of local elections, this could be difficult for the ruling party, but nevertheless, the party leader Jarosław Kaczyński has decided to close ranks and defend the PM he nominated. The opposition now is saying that the revelation of these new recordings could be due to a strife within the party.

Once again a European Court is questioning the independence of Polish judiciary. A court in Madrid has made inquiries on the rule of law in Poland, before it would extradite a Polish citizen. This is only the latest example of the European country having reservations regarding the guarantee of a fair trial in Poland. This is due the recent controversial changes to the judicial system.

Romania appears to be backsliding in its judicial reforms, the European Commission said on Wednesday, underlining its concerns that the country could be a potential domino after Hungary and Poland with their autocratic governments.

There was a terrifying accident at Warsaw Centrum Metro Station, as an escalator suddenly sped up causing a pile-up of people at the bottom. Fortunately the safety mechanism switched on and greater tragedy was averted. However, three people were taken to the hospital and others had minor injuries.