A leading European human rights official has said new Polish plans to reform the judiciary are aimed at muzzling judges and has urged the country's Senate to reject them.

Director of the Information and Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that a resolution adopted by Polish parliament regarding WWII comments by Russian officials gives the impression much like when science was called heresy in the times of the Inquisition. The Sejm (Polish lower house) on Thursday adopted a resolution condemning "provocative and untrue comments made by high Russian representatives trying to shift the responsibility for WWII outbreak onto Poland".

Poland recorded 55 outbreaks of African swine fever in wild boar near the German border last month, the world animal health body said on Thursday, in a sign the deadly virus is spreading near one of the European Union's biggest pork exporters.

We've been promised that the Venice Commission would issue an opinion on planned court reforms in an urgent mode, it should reach Poland on Wednesday or Thursday next week - Senate Speaker Tomasz Grodzki said after a meeting with the representatives of the Commission.

Poland's state prosecutor has indicted the former head of the country's financial regulator on corruption charges, in one of the most prominent cases of alleged corruption in the European Union member state in recent years.

Next week in Strasbourg, the European Parliament will hold a debate followed by a vote over a resolution regarding the rule of law in Poland and Hungary, in the context of Article 7 procedure launched against these countries - an EU source told Polish Press Agency (PAP) on Thursday.

Aquafilling was supposed to be a cutting-edge and fully safe method of breast augmentation. It's been available on the Polish market for a few years now. Thousands of women have decided to use this method. Some of them ended up in hospitals with severe health problems. "Superwizjer" TVN journalist Michał Fuja spoke with them, doctors, as well as managed to find people responsible for production and marketing of this dangerous product.

Europe's top judge issued a veiled warning to Poland on Thursday over its overhaul of the judiciary, saying there is no place in the European Union for countries that do not have independent courts.

This was a dialogue based on exchanging views, in which we all agreed that the fundamental values of the EU, such as the rule of law, are inviolable - the Senate Speaker Tomasz Grodzki said after Wednesday's meeting with representatives of the European Commission in Brussels.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday in Berlin that there was hope for de-escalation in the Middle East. He also stressed that Poland would like participate in defusing tension.

The Supreme Court has the authority to assess the independence of the National Council of the Judiciary (KRS) when examining appeals against resolutions passed by this Council regarding putting forward candidates for justices to the President - according to the resolution adopted on Wednesday by the Supreme Court's Extraordinary Control Chamber. Such assessment only applies to particular, individual resolutions.

No Polish troops stationed in Iraq were hurt in Iranian missile attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Poland's Defence Minister said on Wednesday.

A renowned press and television journalist Krzysztof Leski is dead - he has been murdered. The alleged perpetrator has most likely turned himself in and is now under arrest - tvn24.pl portal has learned.

Poland's Senate speaker will go to Brussels on Wednesday (January 8) to consult European Union officials over how to limit the damage from Warsaw's latest clash with its EU partners over reforms of the judiciary.

Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Tuesday he had declined an Israeli invitation to attend a Holocaust memorial event this month as organisers would not allow him to speak there, even though others including Russian President Vladimir Putin would.

The Regional Prosecutor's Office in Chojnice (Pomeranian Voivodeship) is investigating the tragic fire which broke out in the local hospice in early hours on Monday (January 6th). Four people, aged between 64 and 72, died as a result of the fire, 24 were injured.

Poland may set aside around 3 billion zlotys ($792 million) in its 2021 budget to compensate households for rising power prices in 2020, Minister of State Assets Jacek Sasin said on Tuesday.

The Warsaw District Court on Friday announced a verdict in a test case regarding Swiss Franc mortgage of Mr and Mrs Dziubak. The loan agreement has been nullified.

Due to recent developments in Iraq, Polish President Andrzej Duda has asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs for more detailed information on the matter. The President has been also seeking advice from experts on the Middle East - the National Security Bureau (BBN) informed on Friday. The Bureau stressed that the President hopes for de-escalation of the conflict.

The climate policy You have adopted works to the detriment of our country - members of the Youth Climate Strike wrote in a letter addressed to Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. In their view, the head of the cabinet has "completely ignored the scientific standpoint", by not pledging at the EU summit that Poland would reach climate neutrality by 2050.