TVN24 News in English

TVN24 News in English

Patients and equipment moved to new hospital premises in Cracow

Patients are moving out of an old hospital in Cracow, and moving into a brand new, state-of-the-art hospital in Prokocim. The logistics of transporting 200 patients from one hospital to another seems to be a daunting task. To make sure everything goes smooth, patients will be transported in police-escorted motorcades.

American actor Richard Gere visits Polish parliament

Richard Gere paid a visit to the Polish capital on Monday. The actor was invited to parliament by a working group on matters concerning Tibet, because for years Gere has been actively involved in the support of human rights in that part of the world. Today, he walked the hallways of the Sejm with Civic Platform's Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, Monika Wielichowska and others.

One of the most wanted Polish criminals detained on Mallorca

He was hiding in Bulgaria, Thailand, Malaysia and Great Britain, only to get caught in Spain. A man from Warsaw's district of Targówek, wanted since 2016 for a number of crimes, has been detained on Mallorca. He has over 20 years to serve behind bars.

Elite and high-ranking police officers detained by prosecutor's office

Former head of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA) branch, who had broken the "Subcarpathian affair" case, was detained on Monday by the prosecutor's request - tvn24.pl and "Superwizjer" journalists have learned. Apart from him, the current chief of the Rzeszów branch of the Central Bureau of Police Investigations (CBŚP) and other two officers of this elite formation have been detained. All are to be charged in connection to the high-profile case of brothels in Rzeszów.

Business news. Poland will not extend the Yamal gas contract

The Yamal gas contract with Russia is set to expire in three years, and Poland says it will not extend the deal. Electricity prices in Poland will go up - to an average 8 percent more per household. The number of Polish emigrants is falling. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

Mayor of Warsaw says he's not going to run for president

Maturity is when you know that you can properly focus on only one task - the Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski said in TVN24's "Fakty po Faktach", explaining his decision not to run in the presidential election in 2020. "If I decided to run and succeeded, then my beloved city would have been run by a commissioner from PiS, and I couldn't let that to happen," he added.

Police detained man who wanted to blow up residential block in Płock

Explosive materials were found in a residential block on Kossobudzkiego street in Płock. Due to bomb disposal unit operation all residents were evacuated from the building, as well as everyone from a nearby school and preschool. Later on, the police informed that a 47-year-old resident of the flat had planned to blow up the whole building. The man was already charged.