Women attempting to block the right-wing march on Independence Day last year were beaten up by masked men. On of the women was scarred for life, however the prosecutor has thrown out the case and also added the suspects have not been questioned because they have not been identified.

Poznań local officials have restated their offer to welcome refugee families to their city. This is, providing the families are given a "green light", as far as safety is concerned. But the Ministry of Defense is firm in its position that it will not take in refugees.

United States Secretary of the Army, Mark Esper said on Wednesday in an interview for AFP that Poland is not yet ready for "Fort Trump", that is a permanent U.S. military base on its soil. The proposed territory isn't vast enough, he argued.

Media revelations suggesting that the Vice Chairman of the European Commission, Frans Timmermans and Chairman, Jean-Claude Juncker are at odds regarding action taken against Poland, are untrue, the spokesperson for the Commission, Mina Andreeva wrote in a statement Wednesday evening.

Polish President Andrzej Duda asked Trump for a permanent U.S. base during a White House meeting, offering to name it "Fort Trump," and explaining it would be a bulwark against what he considers a threat from Russia. President Donald Trump said the United States is considering a request from Poland for a permanent U.S. military presence in the fellow NATO country, acknowledging that he shares Poland's concerns about possible Russian aggression.

A majority of Europeans support taking in refugees although many disapprove of how the European Union has handled a record influx of migrants that peaked three years ago, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center.

Bulgaria will support Hungary in its standoff with the European Union, a Bulgarian deputy prime minister said on Wednesday, adding that the countries of eastern Europe had to stand together in their dealings with Brussels.

Despite unofficial declarations, the European Commision did not make a decision on Wednesday, regarding directing a complaint against to Poland to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), concerning the Supreme Court law.

The EU's worry over Poland's campaign to subject judges to political control has only deepened in the three months since the first hearing in an unprecedented probe into Warsaw's rule of law, the EU official leading the investigation said.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States is considering a request from Poland for a permanent U.S. military presence in the fellow NATO country, acknowledging that he shares Poland's concerns about possible Russian aggression.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States is considering a request for a permanent military presence in Poland as well as a visa waiver program for the country.

European Commission's concerns regarding the rule of law in Poland are growing, said the Vice President of the EC, Frans Timmermans at a press conference after Poland's EU treaty Article 7 procedure hearing. He added that in regard to the issue of the Supreme Court, the commission will take all available measures.

Poles are more frequently choosing to treat themselves in the private health care sector, while a huge increase in the cost of building materials means higher prices for homes and flats in the future. Business news with Mateusz Walczak.

European commission Vice President, Frans Timmermans said behind closed doors during Poland's hearing at a European General Affairs Council that the situation in Polish judicial system has worsened, according to Polish Press Agency's (PAP) sources. Polish European affairs minister, Konrad Szymański, on the other hand, underscored that organisation of judicial systems is an exlusive competence of member-states.

Local residents in Suwałki did a double take as two different ceremonies took place to mark the same event. This time it was to mark the anniversary of Soviet aggression against Poland.

A British private equity firm has written to the Polish prime minister complaining about the energy minister’s refusal to back a project to open a coking coal mine, a move it said would create 2,000 jobs.

The monument of King Sigismund III Vasa in Warsaw had been wrapped in a T-shirt with the word "Constitution" on it. Activists from the Committee for the Defense of Democracy hung the shirt on the statue on Sunday during a demonstration in Warsaw. Several hundred people gathered for the protest. They carrieed the Polish and EU flags, and bore slogans like "Constittution" and "Free Courts".

17.09 | President Andrzej Duda has gone to Washington D.C. for a one-on-one meeting with President Donald Trump. The Polish delegation will also meet with the Vice President and the Secretary of State.

Poland's right-wing government has the chance to explain itself to its European Union peers on Tuesday for the second time in three months amid concern over changes to the judiciary that the EU fears could undermine its courts' independence.

Once again surveyed Poles expressed their support of the membership in the EU. A decided majority is for it, which makes the anti-European rhetoric of Polish officials, even more surprising. The prime minister has spoken of ramblings from abroad not being scary, and the president called it an imaginary community, from which there wasn't much benefit for Poland. These are only the most recent comments which have the opposition speaking of Law and Justice's plan to remove Poland from the EU.