Slovak lawmakers on Wednesday picked six candidates for vacant seats on the constitutional court in a step towards unblocking the country's top judicial body six weeks after most of its judges stepped down.

Polish farmers, joined by taxi drivers, protested in Warsaw from morning hours on Wednesday. Around 11.30, they started to march from the Zawiszy Square towards Dmowski Roundabout in the very centre of the city. Later on, they moved in front of the seat of the parliament and from there to the ministry of agriculture. Farmers wanted to enter the building in order to leave a note for the Minister of Agriculture Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski, but they weren't allowed inside. The protest ended around 5 pm. Unlike during the previous demonstration, the gathering took place without any major disturbances.

Twelve Western nations urged Romania on Wednesday to scrap two planned emergency decress altering judicial legislation, in a rare joint intervention that underlined U.S. and EU alarm over the threat to the rule of law in the former communist nation.

The results from the Polish labour market are some of the best in Europe. Most Poles are against the Sunday trade ban. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

An ambulance drove onto railroad tracks in Puszczykowo (Greater Poland Voivodeship) and was crushed by a train. Two people died at the scene, third is severely injured. The first information was sent to us through the Kontakt24 platform.

The city of Wałbrzych says "no" to plastic. Local authorities are banning single-use plastics in public institutions. This is the first initiative of its kind in Poland.

Despite adversity, they are successful and are now helping others. As part of the "Let's Move" campaign, people with disabilities who live fulfilling lives are showing young people from intergrative schools how to deal with limitations. One of them is Dawid Dobkowski, a 22-year-old from the Polish amp-football team.

The lifespans of Poles continue to shorten, according to the data released by the Central Statistical Office (GUS). The decrease in longevity that has continued for two years in a row has specialists worried. The leading causes of death in Poland are heart disease, cancer, injuries and poisonings.

The disciplinary chamber's role is to treat all citizen equally and not to apply separate measures to those who think of themselves as a special caste and regular citizens, said Poland's Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro in response to a new infringement procedure against Poland launched by the European Commission on Wednesday.

The European Union will not grant Britain another short delay to Brexit if UK lawmakers fail to ratify the stalled divorce agreement by April 12, the head of the bloc's executive European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, said on Wednesday.

The European Commission opened a new infringement procedure against Poland on Wednesday, saying a new disciplinary regime the right-wing government in Warsaw has introduced for judges dealt a blow to judicial independence.

How can we effectively eliminate the language of hate in Poland and the so-called haters? This is what Jerzy Owsiak and the Commissioner for Human Rights Adam Bodnar, as well as expers, discussed during a debate in the Warsaw's Polin Museum.

A 34-year-old woman who was caring for her children while being drunk could get five years in jail. She also attacked paramedics that came to her house. The incident took place in Łódź.

The price of fuel is once again increasing, while prices in general in Poland are accelerating. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

Negotiations between the teachers’ unions and the government are to be continued on Wednesday at 13:00. Deputy PM Beata Szydło has called upon the teachers to call off the strike for the time of examination period in schools. The head of the Polish Teachers’ Union Sławomir Broniarz has replied to the call and said that the unions won’t be suspending the protest.

European Union leaders should be patient with Britain over its struggle to find majority support for a deal to exit the EU, the chairman of EU leaders Donald Tusk said on Tuesday.

There is a national crisis in child's psychiatry. In Warsaw, as of the 1st of April, the only psychiatric emergency ward had been closed. Up until now, the hospital was also taking in patients under 15 years of age. The reason for the ward's closing was lack of space for patients, even in the corridors. Doctors decided that keeping the ward open was a threat to patients' safety.

A parish priest from Gdańsk has publicly burned books and other objects in a bonfire. He said that the objects, that included J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books, promote sorcery and occultism. He also referred to the whole event as a form of a "spiritual retreat".

Poland will require Uber to use licensed taxi drivers from next year, under a plan approved by the cabinet on Tuesday aimed at creating fair competition.

Poland's ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) may hold a government reshuffle in the run-up to European Union elections in May, the head of the prime minister's office said on Tuesday.