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Business news. Bill on ZUS criticised by SME spokesman

According to draft bill, small business owners won't be granted permanent reduction in social insurance contributions, but only a temporary relief for no longer than 3 years. Berlin authorities will be attempting to freeze rental prices in reaction to the dissatisfaction of the city's residents, 85 percent of which rent flats.

Civic Platform wants to report NIK president to the prosecutor's office

Update on the President of the Supreme Audit Office Marian Banaś. The opposition is pointing out that after one month after "Superwizjer" report was aired, state institutions have still not clarified the accusations levied by the investigative journalists. Mr Banaś heads the most important supervisory institution in Poland.

Beatification of Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński on June 7, 2020 in Warsaw

Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński will be beatified on June 7, 2020 at the Piłsudski Square in Warsaw. The ceremony will be conducted by a Vatican envoy, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, His Eminence Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu - the Archbishop of Warsaw Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz informed on Monday.

Andrzej Duda vs opposition candidates. Poll for "Fakty" TVN and TVN24

Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska would be the most demanding opponent for Andrzej Duda in the second round of presidential election - according to a telephone survey conducted by Kantar for "Fakty" TVN and TVN24. The sitting president would secure the best result in confrontation against Robert Biedroń.

Who will run? New strategies for the 2020 presidential election

Now that the parliamentary elections are over, members of the opposition are thinking of new strategies to claim or reclaim the presidency. Donald Tusk said that the only way to stop the ruling party is to have a strong presidential veto. Members of the different opposition parties are scrambling to find a winning face for next year's election, whereas the ruling Law and Justice are sticking with their incumbent President Andrzej Duda.

Nobel Prize laureate Olga Tokarczuk in an exclusive interview for TVN24

"I was never afraid or backing out from commenting on things, to speak what I think, but I wouldn't like to change my role. Because writing is something incredibly introverted and lonely, essentially. And I wouldn't like this energy that I have, for instance for my unfinished book, to somehow disperse in the outer world," said Olga Tokarczuk, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature, in an interview for Katarzyna Kolenda-Zaleska. Asked how, in her view, literature could change the world, Olga Tokarczuk replied: "by provoking, by asking questions, and sometimes by being uncomfortable".