A llama is on the loose in Bieruń, Silesia. The animal ran away from a private breeder and was spotted many times over the last month on streets and fields near the city. Officials are assuring the public that the animal does not pose a threat. The owner has been fined 250 zlotys for allowing his llama to go on the lam.

Customs officials in the Philippines got quite a surprise when they opened gift-wrapped boxes of cookies and oatmeal from Poland. The boxes contained 757 tarantulas instead. Their value is estimated to be worth almost 6,000 US dollars.

An illegal moonshine operation in a forest was liquidated by authorities near Białystok. They confiscated the equipment to produce the alcohol and the finished product as well.

Polish judges face disciplinary charges for asking the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for opinion, which is the fundamental right of every judge in the EU. It's unacceptable for any government to interfere with this right, said Frans Timmermans. The Vice President of the European Commission visited Warsaw on Sunday, where he met, among others, with the leader of Wiosna (Spring) party, Robert Biedroń.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called for the beginning of a new Europe on Friday as he laid out his party's programme for the upcoming European Parliamentary elections on May 23.

DNA tests have shown that American Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski was almost certainly intersex, a documentary to be broadcast on Monday will reveal.

Nationalist anti-immigration parties plan to join forces following next month's European Union parliamentary election, looking to create a new bloc to shake up the EU, officials from four groups said on Monday.

Teachers across Poland held a strike on Monday following failed talks over their demands for higher pay, putting pressure on the government before parliamentary elections later this year.

They came to the rescue but ended up getting attacked instead. Paramedics were called to assists an unconscious man who was laying on the sidewalk in Strzelce Opolskie. On the scene, it turned out that he was drunk and very aggressive.

Police in Gniezno had quite an extraordinary call of duty. They were brought in to save an injured owl but it took them around half an hour to catch her because she kept flying away. A man on roller-skates noticed the bird and after an unsuccessful attempt to save her on his own, he called the police.

This is proof of the strength of our friendship, say American soldiers about the Polish and American exercises in Drawsko Pomorskie. They're to check and perfect the U.S. Army's ability to regroup and relocate in crisis situation.

Eleven people were injured, including one seriously, after a head on collision between a city bus and a tram in Szczecin.

A year in prison - such a sentence was given to two teenagers who in January last year had left their drunk friend on the side of the road. Unfortunately, the 15-year-old did not survive the cold night.

It looks like Poland is still the most popular destination for Ukrainians working abroad. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

Representative Stefan Niesiołowski faces corruption charges. The former Civic Platform MP was questioned by the national prosecutor's office in Łódź. He could face up to ten years in prison, if convicted. Although he did not want to comment on the matter after being charged on Friday, earlier on he had claimed he was innocent of the accusations.

What rights do the parents have if they find their child's school or kindergarten closed on Monday morning? They could for example take their children home with them and apply to the local Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) for compensation.

The United States is considering expanding sales of Lockheed Martin Corp-made F-35 fighter jets to five new nations including Romania, Greece and Poland as European allies bulk up their defenses in the face of a strengthening Russia, a Pentagon official told Congress on Thursday.

Poland's biggest opposition front launched its campaign for next month's European Parliament election on Saturday by warning that the ruling eurosceptic PiS party could eventually lead the country out of the EU.

Marek Falenta has been detained, the interior minister Joachim Brudziński announced on Friday. He also extended his congratulations to the police officers that took part in finding and arrest of the businessman.

Friday's round of talks between Polish teachers' unions and the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party did not bring a breakthrough and it seems that now the nationwide strike is imminent.