The European Union and Poland will need to tackle tough topics such as migration and the rule of law, incoming EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday (July 25).

A conservative magazine in Poland distributed "LGBT-free zone" stickers with its weekly edition on Wednesday, amid a mounting backlash against gay rights in central Europe's largest nation ahead of a parliamentary election this year.

Police have detained 25 people in Bialystok, eastern Poland, after attacks on those taking part in the city's first equality march amid accusations that the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party benefits from fuelling anti-gay sentiment.

President Duda has signed the bill that will facilitate government help for Swiss franc mortgage borrowers who found themselves in a difficult financial situation due to objective circumstances. Polish female pensioners have up to 1000 zloty less than male. Business news with Mateusz Walczak.

Fifty-five-year-old resident of Majdan Królewski borough near Kolbuszowa (Subcarpathian voivodeship) has buried his dog alive. The animal survived and the man was detained by the police - Kolbuszowa police department informed.

Poland's main opposition parties have formed two coalition blocs to vie for left-leaning and centrist votes ahead of a national election later this year, in the hope of denting the popularity of the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party.

At the General Affairs Council (GAC) on Thursday, France and Germany called for another hearing to be organised after the summer holidays, regarding the rule of law in Poland. Poland's deputy foreign minister Konrad Szymański said that Warsaw is ready to provide any information needed, but it doesn't see the need for another hearing.

Slovak Lucia Duris Nicholsonova has been chosen the new head of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee of the European Parliament. In the vote, 38 MEPs were in favour of her candidacy, 14 were against and 3 abstained. In two previous ballots, MEPs have twice rejected Poland's former prime minister Beata Szydło from Law and Justice party (PiS).

The chairman of the National Health Fund (NFZ) Andrzej Jacyna has resigned from office. Earlier media reports were confirmed on Wednesday by the Health Minister Łukasz Szumowski.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has decided to appoint Mircea Geoana from Romania as the next Deputy Secretary General. He will replace Rose Gottemoeller from the United States, who took up her position in October 2016.

Poles have been crossing the border into the Czech Republic to buy medications, saying that shortages and higher prices are driving them to do so.

A very active internet hater was sentenced on Wednesday by a Wrocław court. For insulting foreigners for their ethnic identity, precisely 81 times, Jarosław F. will have to do community service for two years.

The spokesperson for the prosecutor's office revealed a new detail on Wednesday regarding the day when the 5-year-old Dawid went missing. The boy's mother spoke to him over the phone when the boy was in the car with his father.

The European Commission issued a reasoned opinion regarding the disciplinary measures implemented by Poland to control judges, and thereby took the ongoing infringement procedure against this central-European country to the next level. In later stages, the EU executive may refer the case to the Court of Justice of the EU.

Hundreds of love locks attached to the Tumski Bridge in Wroclaw, southern Poland were removed on Monday (July 15) as the bridge undergoes renovation works.

The European Union's executive on Tuesday agreed new measures to better police democracy across the bloc, tightening scrutiny of nationalist rulers in the east who stand accused of attacking judicial independence and media freedom.

Germany's Ursula von der Leyen secured European parliamentary approval on Tuesday to become the first female European Commission president after she won over socialists and liberals with her vision of a greener, fairer and rule-based Europe.

I think that in the case Beata Szydło it was a repulsive reflex to a person whose set of values is different than that of most current MEPs - the chairman of the Polish ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) Jarosław Kaczyński said, commenting on the second vote lost by Beata Szydło in the European Parliament. Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that he considered this as a violation of a long-standing consensus.

At the beginning of the election campaign political leaders are going head to head, while the opposition can't seem to find common ground. The newest survey for "Fakty" TVN and TVN24 gives a clear picture of how this is all affecting voters' opinions.

Polish cities are resorting to communist-era mobile soda fountains to convince residents to switch to drinking tap water.