Polish government sent on Tuesday its response to the European Commission within the EU law infringement procedure regarding the new disciplinary measures for judges - an EU source told Polish Press Agency (PAP).

Ceremonies took place across Poland on Tuesday (September 17) to mark the 80th anniversary of the country's invasion by Soviet troops, who occupied Poland and divided it with Nazi Germany at the beginning of World War Two.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Tuesday that Poland and Lithuania consider the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project a threat to energy security in central and eastern Europe.

Crude oil prices have gone up sharply after attacks on Saudi oil facilities. The EU is looking to implement a digital. Mateusz Walczak has this and other business news.

He had been stopped by the police for traffic violations 36 times and his driver's license was suspended 12 years ago. Despite showing blatant disregard for the law, the prosecutor in the case tried to have his proceedings discontinued. The man in question is Arkadiusz Sz., a now former Law and Justice politician and and advisor to the Opole voivode. Finally, he may face the justice he deserves. After media reports, the National Public Prosecutor's Office will take over the case.

The opposition is demanding clarification from the Prosecutor General after a "Superwizjer" TVN report uncovering the so-called medicine mafia. The scheme takes advantage of low prices for prescription drugs in Poland, which are purchased from pharmacies and exported to markets where they fetch higher prices. Sometimes even 15 times more expensive.

He was aggressive so the staff of the hospital in Kutno tied him to the bed, which an hour later burst into flames. Today, the prosecutors know that cigarette flame had caused the fire. Who is responsible for the tragedy? This mystery may never be solved as the patient who shared the room with the 37-year-old that fateful night, has died.

An expert witness has said the medical rescuers had correctly performed the resuscitation of Gdańsk mayor Paweł Adamowicz after he got stabbed in January - a prosecutor's office in Gdańsk informed on Monday. Potential mistakes in the said resuscitation had been raised by another expert witness.

Those who think that the new European Commission under Ursula von der Leyen will take a different approach to the rule of law, will be surprised of disappointed - Vice President of the EU Commission, Frans Timmermans, said at the General Affairs Council session on Monday in Brussels.

The presidium of the National Council of the Judiciary (KRS) has ordered the ethics committee to carry out an internal investigation regarding anti-Semitic internet comments allegedly posted by judge Jarosław Dudzicz - the spokesman for the KRS, judge Maciej Mitera, said on Monday.

With deepest sadness, concern and outrage have we read press information about anti-Semitic comment by judge Jarosław Dudzicz. We trust that appropriate legal action will be taken - the Israeli Embassy in Poland wrote in a statement on Friday.

Two State Protection Service (SOP) cars have collided in late-August in Kraków. The SOP limousine, in which President Andrzej Duda was supposed to ride, was hit by another car from this agency - according to tvn24.pl portal. Asked if the head of state was in the car, the Ministry of the Interior and Administration replied that "the situation did not affect the safety of the protected persons".

"Corpus Christi" directed by Jan Komasa is Poland's candidate for Oscar in the category of Best International Feature Film - Polish Oscar Committee led by Ewa Puszczyńska announced on Friday in Warsaw.

Number 1 for Polish People's Party (PSL), 2 for Law and Justice (PiS), 3 for Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), 4 for Confederation and 5 for Civic Coalition (KO) - the National Electoral Commission (PKW) drew election list numbers on Friday, assigned to nationwide committees that will put forward their candidates in all 41 constituencies.

Huge shortage of employees in the construction sector. According to "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna", between 100 and 120 thousand of workers are needed immediately. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

After an anonymous internet comment about "vile and rotten Jews", judge Jarosław Dudzicz managed to appointed to the new National Council of the Judiciary. He is one of the faces of the so-called good change of the Law and Justice government's judicial reforms.

One the most important persons in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as the NASA, has told TVN24 BIS reporter Jan Niedziałek about the space institution's latest endeavours. Mr Stephen Jurczyk is responsible for a daring mission to send men to the moon again by 2024.

The European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) has decided to send a letter to Polish authorities regarding the situation of the rights of the LGBT community, and a separate document to the Council of Europe and the European Commission regarding pressuring of Polish judges - Polish Press Agency learned from two sources in the EP.

Hospital in Szczecinek (West Pomeranian voivodeship) has notified the prosecutor's office about the possibility of abuse of a 13-month-old girl. Doctors have found severe injuries on the child's body suggesting sexual abuse. The girl has been taken to one of the hospitals in Szczecin.

A bust of the first prime minister of the Third Polish Republic, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, was unveiled on Thursday in Warsaw. The ceremony marked the 30th anniversary of the formation of Mazowiecki's cabinet.