"This isn't a fight between judges and other judges. This is a fight between the ministry of justice and certain judges," said the chief justice of the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, on Friday, Civic Platform MPs went to the ministry of justice as part of a representatives' audit.

All people who went missing after the thunderstorm have been located and reported safe. "There were 9 people on the list. We've managed to locate them. They're all safe," Roman Wieczorek from Zakopane police said on Friday.

Poland's ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, hit by two high profile resignations, lost 5 percentage points in an opinion poll published on Friday ahead of October's election.

Rescuers have found the body of one of the two missing spelunkers, who went missing on Saturday (August 17) in the Wielka Śnieżna cave in the Tatra Mountains - Tatra Volunteer Search and Rescue (TOPR) duty officer Krzysztof Długopolski informed on Thursday evening.

It's necessary to investigate all media reports regarding the smear campaign - said the spokesperson for the National Council of the Judiciary (KRS) Maciej Mitera, referring to the scandal revealed by Onet.pl website. He added that all KRS members whose names were mentioned in that context should immediately submit explanations in writing.

An operation to reach two cavers trapped in Poland's Tatra mountains was slowed on Thursday (August 22) by a rockfall.

The identification of the body found in the Kisajno lake on Thursday confirmed that it belonged to Piotr Woźniak-Starak. The movie producer fell out of a motorboat on Sunday (August 18).

Four people died and more than a 100 got injured in heavy thunderstorm that passed over Poland's Tatra Mountains on Thursday. A group of tourists nearby Giewont summit were struck by a lightning.

After the resignation of the deputy justice minister, Law and Justice claims that the case is closed, regarding the hate campaign waged against judges by the men in charge of reforms to judiciary. However, associations of judges and prosecutors are demanding that an independent investigative commission be established, since the minister of justice and public prosecutor general are the same person. They claim that this conflict of interest will not allow justice to be reached in this case.

A Polish woman who is suspected of leading a drug gang is wanted and an Interpol Red Notice has been issued. Magdalena Kralka has blond hair, green eyes and is 172 centimetres tall. The police are asking to help to find the woman.

Chances that the two missing cavers in Wielka Śnieżna cave are absolutely minimal, given the conditions that are down there, but we're fighting until the end, until we find them - Jan Krzysztof, the chief of the Tatra Volunteer Search and Rescue (TOPR) Jan Krzysztof.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that the United States was now in a position to deploy a new land-based cruise missile in Romania and Poland, a scenario he considered a threat that Moscow would need to respond to.

I apologise to those who I have smeared. I regret it. I wish I could turn back time - reads a statement published by Gazeta Wyborcza, written by Emilia - a woman who took part in a smear campaign coordinated by the Ministry of Justice, aimed to discredit Polish judges. "Poland, the Poles, must find out the truth about the propapanda machine and destroying of people in Poland," she added.

Mariusz G., who was in the cell with Dawid Kostecki at the time of his death, has self-harmed - said Elżbieta Krakowska, the spokesperson for the Polish Prison Service. She explained that it wasn't a suicide attempt.

"There's a rule allowing the other side to be heard," said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. He added that Łukasz Piebiak "will have a chance to present the real circumstances surrounding all that was presented to the public opinion". He also said that he'd accept Pabiak's resignation as deputy justice minister. "I believe that ends this story," he added.

The first group of rescuers searching for two missing cavers have found equipment left behind by the pair - Tatra Volunteer Search and Rescue (TOPR) chief, Jan Krzysztof, said on Tuesday.

Deputy justice minister Łukasz Piebiak is said to have been behind organised hate campaign and discrediting of judges critical of the reforms of the Polish judiciary introduced by the ruling coalition - Onet.pl website wrote on Monday.

Poland's prime minister demanded explanations on Tuesday about accusations that a deputy minister sought to discredit judges critical of the government's judicial reforms by planting media rumours about their private lives. Deputy justice minister Łukasz Piebiak announced his resignation on Tuesday afternoon, stating that he didn't want 4 hard years of hard work over Polish judiciary reforms to be affected. He added that he intends to fight for his good name.

The Supreme Audit Office has issued its report on the situation that patients and doctors in Polish hospitals know all too well. The network of hospitals that was created two years ago neither improved the situation for patients, nor for hospital finances. In fact, hospital debt is growing even faster.

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