It's been 77 years since the Great Synagogue was burned down in Białystok. The Germans occupying the town destroyed the temple and burned the Jews trapped inside. Today, Białystok remembers the victims of that tragedy.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday he was pleased that Poland had "fully rescinded" clauses in its Holocaust law that caused uproar in Israel and internationally. Polish and Israeli issued a joint declaration condemning both anti-Semistism and anti-Polonism.

The ruling Law and Justice has made a sudden U-turn on the law on the Institute of National Remembrance. Amendments to the law were quickly passed through on Wednesday. There will be no prison sentences for the use of phrases offensive to Poland. The prime minister has said that the law was necessary. But voices from the government, including the Marshal of the Senate, say that reality is hitting home. The opposition is not sparing in criticism. And it's pointing to half a year of spoiled relations with Israel, the USA and Ukraine. Now, Law and Justice aims to improve them.

Japan made six changes for Thursday's World Cup game, including leaving midfielder Takashi Inui on the bench, while already-eliminated Poland made five changes.

Polish Senate passed the amendment to the controversial Holocaust law on Wednesday. The legislation has been stripped of the provision that imposed jail sentences for suggestions of Poland's complicity in Nazi crimes. Earlier on, the lower house approved the changed law. During the Sejm session, Prime Minister Morawiecki said: "those who say that Poland may be responsible for the crimes of World War Two deserve jail terms. But we operate in an international context and we take that into account".

Storms, hailstones and whirlwinds. The cold front passing through Poland has brought violent weather along with it. In Płock, roofs were torn off and boats were tossed around in the air.

"Poland backtracks on controversial Holocaust law, scrapping threat of prison," wrote Israeli "Haaretz" in its online edition on Wednesday. The article was released after Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki put forward an amendment to the bill on the National Remembrance Institute.

Local elections are coming. But the ruling Law and Justice party already has the the European elections in its sights. They're planning a change in the electoral law with its representatives claiming that elections need to be fairer. The opposition on the other hand, is crying foul saying that the new law will serve the interests of the ruling party. Medium-sized and small parties will certainly suffer.

Another protest regarding the judiciary reform is taking place in Poland. The president of the Supreme Court, Stanisław Zabłocki, refused to submit a medical certificate about him still being able to rule. This obligation for all judges that turned 65 is one of the consequences of the reform. According to the new law, to avoid retirement, judges have to submit such a document and get permission to remain in the profession by the National Council of the Judiciary. Judge Zabłocki claims this new rule is unconstitutional, as the Polish Constitution states that judges are irremovable. He intends to stay in the Supreme Court, of which he informed the head of the National Council of the Judiciary.

It's the first time ever in the European Union. A member state was subjected to a hearing stemming from Article 7 of the EU Treaty. Warsaw is being accused of breaching the rule of law by policitzing the judiciary. However, the Polish government claims that, first of all, it has already implemented many suggestions made by Brussels, thus showing good will, and secondly, that it will not veer from this path, as those controversial reforms are needed.

Polish parliament passed an amendment to the bill on National Remembrance Institute that eliminates jail penalties for suggesting the nation was complicit in crimes against Jews. The vote was preceeded by prime minister Morawiecki's speech. "Those who say that Poland may be responsible for the crimes of World War Two deserve jail terms. But we operate in an international context and we take that into account," he said. Poland will continue to "fight for the truth" about the Holocaust, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday.

Representatives of the EU member states annouce that during the hearing at the Council of the European Union they will ask Polish government's authorities about the situation of the Supreme Court Judges after 3 July. Polish Minister for European Affairs, Konrad Szymański expects an independent and detailed analysis of facts.

European Union ministers made last-minute appeals to Poland on Tuesday to back away from its latest judicial reform, which they say puts its courts under political control in flagrant violation of one of the EU's founding principles.

A three-month-old boy in critical condition, covered in bruises, was admitted to a hospital in Żary, in Western Poland. His condition was caused by domestic abuse. The father of the child has been arrested.

Two heads of departments in the Internal Security Agency have been dismissed. This is most likely in connection with the death of a Vietnamese citizen who fell out of a window during an intervention by the agency.

Some European lawmakers urged the EU on Monday to consider stripping Hungary of its voting rights to punish it for weakening democracy and the rule of law, a move which prompted a swift rebuke from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

He came to discuss migration. Germany's Wolfgang Schauble, the President of the Bundestag met with Prime Minister Matuesz Morawiecki in Warsaw on Monday. Poland did not participate in Sunday's unofficial meeting on the topic in Brussels. The regular meeting of the EU countries will be held on Thursday. Migration, although declining, remains a challenge for the block's political stability.

Polish PM on joining the Eurozone, higher fertility rate and lower unemployment. Business news with Mateusz Walczak.

The dream is over. Poland has lost to Colombia 3:0. Hopes were high - the disappoinment is huge. Polish fans are devastated and in tears.

Seventeen people, most of them from Nigeria and Morocco and holding World Cup fan identity documents, have tried to enter Poland illegally from Russia since the soccer tournament began, border guards service said on Monday.