TVN24 News in English

TVN24 News in English

The Polish National Foundation to launch its “Fair Courts” campaign abroad

The “Fair Courts” campaign will be launched abroad. The Polish National Foundation hired a US company to “make its message understandable not only in Poland, but also abroad,” said its vice president. We have obtained documents that show what message the Foundation intends to promote around the world and how much it will cost.

Romaszewska: I am not sure if Jarosław Kaczyński is still a democrat

“The amendments introduced by Law and Justice do not alter the essential elements the President was concerned about,” presidential adviser and opposition activist under the Communist regime, Zofia Romaszewska, said on Friday. “Jarek [Kaczyński – ed.] believes one needs to shake it all up, to hold matters firmly in one's hand, and then everything will be great. In my opinion everything would be very bad this way,” she added.

Residents: Prime Minister did not attend the meeting. We feel humiliated

On Thursday, negotiations between resident doctors and the government ended in a fiasco. Representatives of the protesting residents had hoped for a meeting with the Prime Minister, but Beata Szydło did not come. “The hunger strike will be resumed,” they declared during a press conference.

Public support for PiS has risen

Poland's ruling nationalists have seen their public support rise to an all-time high in October, an opinion poll showed on Friday, benefiting from record-low unemployment and the popularity of their welfare-spending policies.

Hungarian Foreign Minister: We will always support Poland

The EU may only be strong when its member states are strong, Peter Szijjarto, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, said in ‘Fakty z Zagranicy’ on TVN24 BiS. In his view, EU institutions are applying ‘double standards’ with respect to certain countries, including Poland, and are wrong in their assessment of actions taken by the Budapest government.

Terlecki Announces 'Thorough' Changes to Electoral Regulations

The Law and Justice Party (PiS) intend to revise the electoral regulations. They want to do this already in autumn, to hold the next election under the new rules. This has been announced by the Head of the PiS Parliamentary Club and by Ryszard Terlecki, the Deputy Speaker of the Sejm.

"The Role of the Ombudsman Is to Protect Citizens"

“I think it is completely inadequate and disproportionate to call me a defender of ‘claim traders’. I do not want to use harsher words”, said Adam Bodnar at a press conference in the Office of the Ombudsman. The Ombudsman was referring to the statement of Patryk Jaki made by the Deputy Minister of Justice on Twitter on Tuesday.

Helicopters for the army. Still no sign and there won’t be any for a long time

It’s been a year since the Law and Justice government broke off the negotiations on purchasing Caracal helicopters. The first batch could have made it to the army already this year. It was announced that other machines would be purchased quickly but nothing has come out of it. “The realistic timing is the end of 2019 or even the year 2020”– says Michał Likowski, editor-in-chief of the “Raport-WTO” monthly.

He asked for a meeting with Kaczyński. He wanted to talk about "disrespect"

“I hope that Jarosław Kaczyński will find the time for me and we will be able to clarify my suspension as member of PiS,” MP Łukasz Rzepecki told journalists gathered in front of the headquarters of the Law and Justice party in Warsaw. Referring to the matter which led to his troubles, he stated that he “would never support cronyism and would never be in favour of MPs being able to hide behind their immunity.”

Poland lowers its retirement age

Poland lowers its retirement age on Sunday, a costly election promise by the ruling conservatives which goes against a European trend of gradually increasing the pension age as people live longer and stay more healthy.