Pope Francis on Friday enacted sweeping new legislation to protect children from sexual abuse within the Vatican and other Holy See institutions in Rome, as well as by its diplomatic corps worldwide.

The prosecutor is refusing to open an investigation into the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau potentially not fulfilling its obligations. This concerns the failure to verify the estate declarations made by Jarosław Kaczyński. In February, the Civic Platform MPs had submitted a notification to the prosecutor on this matter. The oppostion maintains that there is a pact of silence regarding the Srebrna company.

The European Commission on Friday said a no-deal Brexit on April 12 was now "likely" after UK parliament rejected for the third time British Prime Minister Theresa May's divorce deal with the European Union.

Lawmakers rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal for a third time on Friday, sounding its probable death knell and leaving Britain's withdrawal from the European Union in turmoil on the very day it was supposed to leave the bloc.

Warsaw is ready for another Brexit delay if London fails to ratify the European Union withdrawal agreement on Friday, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said after talks with the bloc's chief negotiator Michel Barnier.

Tall ship, 'The Gift of the Youth' arrived in its home country Poland on Thursday (March 28), following a 10 month round the world journey to celebrate 100 years of Polish independence.

Civic Platform's leader Grzegorz Schetyna met on Thursday in Brussels with the President of the European Council Donald Tusk. According to Schetyna's international affairs adviser Marcin Bosacki, the main topic of the meeting was "the future of Poland and Europe".

Czech police have detained two people as suspected associates of an Iraqi citizen arrested in Austria on suspicion of carrying out attacks on the German railway, Austrian Interior Minister Herbert Kickl said on Thursday.

"Internet users can sleep soundly," says the director of the Chamber of Press Publishers. He added that the net will be able to be used as always. Marek Frąckowiak was satisfied with the passing of ACTA 2 by the European Parliament and said it would mainly affect large internet platforms. The new laws will help to protect content creators, however it could take up to two years to streamline Polish and EU laws.

Russia staged large-scale land, air and sea drills in the annexed Crimean peninsula on Wednesday (March 27).

In Kamień Śląski, EMTs are test driving their ambulances on the race tracks. Local authorities bought the new vehicles and are giving rescue workers to check them out under extreme conditions.

The United States was isolated at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday (March 27) over President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights as the other countries on the council opposed the move.

A three-year-old jumped out of a window in Czechowice-Dziedzice in Silesia and his mother is now facing five years in prison. The boy was saved by a six-year-old who caught him. The toddler's mother was drunk and her son is now in the care of relatives while the court takes up the case.

Nearly 79 percent of all schools and preschools in Poland declared their will to take part in the nationwide strike, the chairman of the Polish Teachers' Union (ZNP), Sławomir Broniarz announced on Thursday. According to the unions, the strike is set to begin on the 8th of April with no end date scheduled.

The Danish Energy Agency has requested an environmental assessment of a third route option for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Danish waters, a move that could delay the project to pump Russian gas to Europe.

Potential strike by Polish teachers. The debate between them and the government continues to be heated with each side sticking firmly to its demands. Meanwhile, the local governments are preparing for the day of the strike and trying to provide care for children.

European Union countries failing to apply the bloc's laws could face a slew of EU fines under a landmark case that could hasten existing sanctions proceedings that rarely end up in penalties, a legal opinion issued on Thursday showed.

British lawmakers failed to find a majority on a way forward to break the impasse over Britain's departure from the European Union on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, the government passed the "Pension+" programme. This is a one time yearly payout to pensioners in the amount of 888 zlotys after tax. Some economists, however, say that the budget cannot handle another social programme. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

A Lithuanian court found ex-Soviet military officials guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity on Wednesday for their roles in a 1991 crackdown again the Baltic state's pro-independence movement.