Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki greeted leaders of European Union (EU) member states that joined the bloc in the last 15 years as they arrived for a summit in Warsaw on Wednesday.

Polish director Paweł Pawlikowski, U.S. actress Elle Fanning, French graphic novelist Enki Bilal and the Oscar-nominated director of "The Favourite", Yorgos Lanthimos, will be among jury members at the Cannes Film Festival next month, organisers said on Monday.

It's not yet a profession but the faster it can become one, the sooner it will plug a gap in Poland's health system. Physician assistants help fill in medical forms, write out prescriptions and do many other things. With the paperwork out of their hands, doctors will be free to devote more time to their patients.

President Andrzej Duda has signed the bill into law for an extra payment for pensioners and those on disability in 2019. This means, that together with their payment for May, they can count on an additional 888 zlotys and 25 groszy after taxes.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel denied speculation on Tuesday that she would resign before the end of her term in 2021, quashing media reports suggesting she would announce her intentions at a conservative party meeting in June.

Boroughs are helpless and residents are frustrated and upset. Trash removal could soon be a luxury. Soon, another wave of waste removal price increases will take place. In some cases, fees will increase by 400 percent.

"The European Union is stuck in a vicious cycle of crises. The answer to these crises in Brussels has been to centralize power, forget about democracy, transparency and accountability, and disregard national sovereignty. It is an approach that is dangerously misguided," Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki wrote for "Politico", adding that the EU needs to reinvent itself.

Ukraine's central election commission on Tuesday published final results of the presidential poll confirming that a comedian with no political experience had won the country's presidential election by a landslide.

Polish satellites were shot into orbit from the NASA centre in the United States. The KRAKsat which was built by students from Cracow is to conduct innovative tests in space. The second satellite, Światowid, is the first Polish commercial satellite. Their creators spoke about the mission and impressions after the launch.

Months of work will be needed to restore clean oil supplies via the Druzhba pipeline from Russia to Europe, Belarus said on Tuesday, after Western oil consumers suspended imports of Urals crude due to contamination.

Despite rapid preparation for action, firefighters from Darzlubie, northern Poland were prevented from rapidly leaving to fight a forest fire. Why? Because someone had parked their van in front of the exit. Fortunately, help was on hand.

A cab driver from Wrocław faces life in prison for chasing a cyclist, knocking him off his bike and driving his car over him. The prosecutor's office has charged him with attempted murder.

Jakub K. has simultaneously been involved in hanging pictures of politicians on gallows and also providing legal advice to the organizers of a celebration of Adolf Hitler's birthday. Furthermore, he is an employee of a court in Katowice and has provided legal advice to the deputy minister of justice. Both the court and Mr Jaki (deputy minister) claim they will end all cooperation with Jakub K.

Teachers have suspended their strike and are returning to schools, after a 19-day unsuccessful struggle for salary increase. Monday was the first day back with their students. They still cannot be sure whether they will be paid for the days when they were protesting.

Thousands protested around the Czech Republic on Monday against a justice minister nominee they fear might meddle with a criminal case involving the prime minister.

Slovakia's Supreme Court rejected on Monday a motion to dissolve the far-right People's Party Our Slovakia which is expected to do well in next month's European Parliament elections, saying it did not find enough evidence it was a threat to the country's democratic system.

What's the best way for visas for Poles travelling to the USA to be lifted? Poles should apply en masse for visas. The US Ambassador to Poland is encouraging Poles to do so, as the more applications, the greater the chance that the number of rejections will be below than 3 percent. This is the magic barrier that's been hard to break up until now.

Around 1,000 people, many eating bananas to make their point, protested in front of Warsaw's National Museum on Monday over a decision last week to remove artworks deemed "indecent" by the museum's director.

Two years ago a storm devastated the forest in Rytel in northern Poland. At a nearby campsite, two girl scouts fell victim. Now, over a thousand people have come together in a large drive to plant trees in the area, to restore the beauty spot to its former glory.

In three years, the Polish Navy will have four new AW101 helicopters. Head of the Polish Ministry of Defence, Mariusz Błaszczak has signed an agreement worth 1.65 billion zlotys. The deal includes a logistics training and medical package.