Tuesday is the ninth day of teachers' strike and it's also the time fro extremely important exams. For the first time in almost 20 years, 8th-graders also have to take the test to enter high school.

Distraught Parisians and stunned tourists gazed in disbelief on Monday as a monstrous inferno tore through Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral, one of the world's best-loved monuments.

One hundred and sixty two billion zlotys will be privatized. Money collected in the so-called Open Retirement Funds (OFE) are to go to individuals. Either to private retirement accounts (IKE) or to Social Insurance Institution (ZUS), depending on person’s preference. The prime minister presented arguments for the changes.

A major fire broke out at the medieval Notre-Dame Cathedral in central Paris on Monday afternoon, leading firefighters to clear the area around one of the city's most visited landmarks.

The number of measles cases worldwide nearly quadrupled in the first quarter of 2019 to 112,163 against the same period last year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday, citing provisional data.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Monday that he hopes that the round table talks on Polish education system will mark a new opening. The talks are scheduled to take place shortly after Easter and are to include teachers, parents and all the other interested parties. Morawiecki also asked the striking teachers to do their best to allow students take their final exams.

The police are looking for a man who on Sunday morning, in Racibórz (Silesian Voivodeship), in one of local bars, stabbed a 23-year-old resident of the town several time with a knife during an altercation - officer Mirosław Szymański from Racibórz police informed.

Sixty-four African migrants rescued by the German ship Alan Kurdi and stranded at sea for almost two weeks were transferred to Malta on Saturday to be redistributed in four European Union countries.

Poles are still considered a cheap source of labour force, but the country has become less and less attractive for investors. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko campaigned in front of his supporters on Sunday but his opponent Volodymyr Zelenskiy was nowhere to be seen.

Slovenian Polona Hercog overcame determined rookie Iga Świątek 6-3 3-6 6-3 to win the Lugano Open on Sunday for her first title in seven years.

A Warsaw court has repealled the fine that Gerald Birgfellner received from the prosecutor's office for failing to appear for an interview. Prosecutors claim that the court does not have the authority to make such decisions. The Austrian businessman is embroiled in a real estate scandal with Jarosław Kaczyński, whom Birgfellner has accused of committing a fraud.

We can not always rely on the barriers at rail crossings. In Krzesiny, western Poland, the automatic mechanism did not work quickly enough and the barrier came down only when the train was already passing.

A man charged with the murder of Slovak investigative journalist Jan Kuciak has confessed to shooting him, Slovak independent public television RTVS said on Thursday, quoting police sources.

As Finns head to the polls on Sunday welfare, immigration and the climate are the main issues on the agenda, with a poll released on Thursday putting the Social Democrats in the lead.

Tax season usually gives everybody a headache, but thanks to the new e-system for personal income declarations many could breathe a sigh of relief this year. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

Police in London opened fire outside the Ukrainian embassy on Saturday after a man rammed his vehicle into the ambassador's empty parked car at least twice before being arrested, officials said.

Those who have never seen with their own two eyes can only imagine what the entrance area of the Children's Health Centre in Warsaw must have looked like. It hasn't been renovated in 40 years since the hospital opened. An area reminiscent of communist times finally got a makeover, thanks to Antoś and TVN viewers like you.

It was supposed to be a legal business selling coal. Instead it was illegally disposing of hazardous waste. Two men are now in police custody who, according to investigators, were mixed up in the illegal conduct. Hazardous substances were dumped in the soil and covered up on a property leased from the city in Zabrze, southern Poland. So far, four people have been detained in the case.

According to Stanisław Karczewski, the Marshal of the Senate, teachers shouldn't work for money but for ideals, especially when children are involved. Teachers and many politicians alike are outraged by Karczewski's statement.