Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party said on Tuesday it was withdrawing a bill to raise social security contributions for high earners, throwing doubt over its plans to achieve a balanced budget in 2020.

Poland's prime minister set out plans on Tuesday to strengthen the state's role in the economy and deepen an overhaul of the justice system that has put Warsaw on a collision course with its European Union partners.

It's the Supreme Court that should be assessing independence of the new Disciplinary Chamber, in order to establish whether or not it should be settling disputes regarding Supreme Court Justices' retirement - the European Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday.

In 1984 in Communist Poland, Monika underwent the first liver transplant at the Children's Memorial Health Institute, which was groundbreaking at the time. On Tuesday, she met with Kuba who was the 1000th recipient of liver transplant in Poland.

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.

Prices at the pump are set to go up. Beginning January 2020, the fuel surcharge will increase, according the ministry of infrastructure.

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.

On Tuesday, a verdict of the Court of Justice of the European Union is expected. This concerns the rule of law in Poland and it's supposed to answer the question whether the new National Council of the Judiciary upholds judicial independence, independence from politicians, and ultimately the legality of its rulings.

This election is just a formality. Donald Tusk is the one and only candidate to head the European People's Party. The EPP's congress will be held in Zagreb on Wednesday. Tusk will have ten deputies and a great deal of power in the largest Christian party in Europe.

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.

Two tigers rescued last month from cramped cages in a truck stuck on the Poland-Belarus border got their first taste of freedom on Monday as they explored an outdoor enclosure in their new home at a zoo.

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.

The Regional Prosecutor's Office in Łódź will take over the case of a 21-year-old shot dead on Thursday by a police officer in Konin. The inquiry was initially launched by the prosecutor's office in Konin. The tragic incident has sparked violent protests in Konin. Seven people were arrested and three officers got injured.

Leaders of the Visegrad Four (V4) nations - the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia - met in Prague on Sunday (November 17) to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution.

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.

Five people died because of him and over 20 were injured. Today, in Poznań court, the trial of Tomasz J. began. The man is to have brutally murdered his wife and then caused a gas explosion in his tenement building. He is not pleading guilty.

There's a new recording from the accident at the crosswalk in Radlin near Wodzisław Śląski. This is where on Sunday a teenager was hit by two cars. She is currently in serious condition a Katowice hospital.

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.

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.

The District Prosecutor's Office in Konin (Greater Poland Voivodeship) on Friday launched an investigation into fatal shooting of a 21-year-old man by a police officer. The incident happened on Thursday in Konin.