Poland belongs in the European Union but should be careful not to be "infected by social diseases" that dominate the bloc, ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said on Sunday.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Friday that the signing of the 1980 August Agreements was a victory for unity and the fighting spirit.
The new U.S. Ambassador to Poland has arrived to Warsaw. For now, she's practicing her Polish. During her first lesson, Georgette Mosbacher learned greetings and, as she promised in a comment under the following film, it wasn't her last lesson.
The rail freight service between Chengdu City of southwest China's Sichuan Province and Poland's Łódź, which has been operating for six years, has become a popular logistics route for the trade between the two regions, contributing significantly to the Belt and Road Initiative.
Officials from the Chief Labour Inspectarate completed 13 inspections in a logistics centre for Amazon Fulfillment Poland. They discovered cases of dalayed payment of wages, docking wages and breaking laws on working hours, as well as failure to follow health and safety laws.
A new government social benefit called 300+ has met with a big response and, perhaps, is needed as more and more Poles are in debt. Poland is becoming increasingly popular with tourists. Business news with Mateusz Walczak.
A lady has given birth at a train station in central Warsaw. Police, security guards and the father served as midwives. Mother nad baby were then taken care of by paramedics and brought to a hospital. Polish State Railways (PKP) is preparing a railway goodie-bag for the little one.
Poland’s largest refiner PKN Orlen is set to secure full control of its Czech unit Unipetrol, ending years of minority shareholder disputes and removing one of Prague’s biggest stocks from the exchange.
The European Union's chief executive said on Friday the bloc was set to end the practice of switching between summer and winter time after a survey found most EU citizens against the practice.
They wanted to meet the prime minister but they were kept out. They also had their names taken down by the police. One of the farmers who protested in Sandomierz, on August 19 has already received a fine. Proceedings are under way against a further four farmers.
Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki wrote on Twitter on Friday that the anti-communist protests in August 1980 were a time when Poles stood together and were kind to one another, and it should never be forgotten.
It's been decided. According to President Andrzej Duda, the position of judge Małgorzata Gersdorf is up for grabs. This was confirmed by presidential minister Andrzej Dera, who admitted that in annoucement on vacancies within the Supreme Court, the position of the court's first president was also included. This is all taking place when the Court of Justice of the European Union is examining the issue of Supreme Court's judges being forced into retirement. The Polish Bar Council has appealed for new judges not to be appointed until the CJEU judgement is made.
The current minister of defense is auditing his predecessor. There's been much talk on irregularities during his term in the post. However, the opposition claims that the ruling camp may attempt to cover up the results of the investigation. Representatives of the government remain tight-lipped.
Polish gas company PGNiG expects to spend more than 7.5 billion zlotys ($2 billion) on its distribution network by 2022, its chief executive said, after shareholders recently voted in favour of investment over dividends.
A regional court in Warsaw has acquitted Władysław Frasyniuk on Thursday. An opposition activist from the Communist era was accused of misinforming a police officer "about his own identity", in June 2017.
To commemorate the anniversary of the historic strike of August 1980 in the Gdańsk Shipyard, by the "Solidarność" trade union, a plaque was planned that would mention a much less known strike of 1988. Why this event? Perhaps because Law and Justice's power broker, Jarosław Kaczyński was present at the 1988 strike. It seems that the idea was a brainchild of an overenthusiastic supporter of Mr Kaczyński.
People have a right to know who supported candidates to the National Judicial Council, the court proclaimed and overturned the decision of the Chancellery of the Sejm to make lists of judges-referees confidential. The opposition and some judicial circles had earlier warned that classified lists of judges paves the way to serious abuse. "Today's judiciary council is subject to complete transparency," reassured Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
Smog is going to kill thousands of Poles. Recent estimates by the government make a grim reading and add to the controversy over Poland's coal industry and heating-coal regulations. Mateusz Walczak has this and more business stories.
Public transport for free. More and more cities are deciding to go down this path. Small towns offer a free ride for everyone, while big cities offer it to selected groups of residents, such as children or students.
President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will welcome President Andrzej Duda and First Lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda of Poland for their first official visit to the White House on September 18, 2018, the White House wrote in a statement on Tuesday.