Due to the fact that parliamentary elections took place on October 13, the first sessions of the Sejm of the IX term and the Senate of the X term will be held on November 12.

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) published a preliminary statement regarding Polish parliamentary elections held on Sunday, October 13. International observers monitoring the vote expressed their concerns regarding shortfalls in certain areas. "The campaign environment was highly polarized and became increasingly negative, while campaign messages containing nationalist and homophobic rhetoric gave rise to a sense of threat," OSCE wrote in a press release on its website on Tuesday.

Polish zloty slightly strenghtened and stock market indices lowered in reaction to the results of parliamentary election. Will Germany help Poland if it gets it gets hit by economic downturn? Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

Five committees have passed the minimum threshold of votes to enter the Sejm (lower house of parliament): Law and Justice, Civic Coalition, the Left, Polish People's Party and Confederation. German Minority will also participate in the seat distribution - the National Electoral Commission informed on Monday, announcing the final results of the parlimentary vote. The ruling Law and Justice party has lost the majority in the Senate (upper house) to the opposition parties united under the so-called Senate pact.

Poland's nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party looked to have narrowly won a second term in power, according to preliminary results from Sunday's parliamentary election, but fell short of the landslide victory it needs to overhaul the constitution.

The National Electoral Commission has announced the parliamentary election results from 99,49 percent of constituencies. Law and Justice won 43,76 percent of votes; Civic Coalition - 27,24 percent; the Left - 12,52 percent; Polish People's Party - 8,58 percent; Confederation - 6,79 percent.

Poland left it late before goals from substitutes Przemyslaw Frankowski and Arkadiusz Milik, both set up by Robert Lewandowski, gave them a 2-0 win over North Macedonia which guaranteed their place at Euro 2020 on Sunday.

Poland's ruling conservative Law and Justice party won the parliamentary election on Sunday with 43.6 percent of votes, according to exit poll published by IPSOS. Liberal Civic Coalition got the second result with 27.4 percent. The Left came third with 11.9 percent, Polish People's Party won 9.6 percent, whereas far-right parties coalition - Confederation - managed to secure 6.4 percent of votes. The turnout was 61.1 percent. Late poll published before 2 am on Monday shows slight changes in the result of two committees.

Poland's justice minister outlined plans for a further overhaul of the justice system in comments published on Friday, two days before an election the ruling nationalists are expected to win.

Six cars collided on the S8 expressway between Wyszków and Warsaw (Masovian Voivodeship) - Road Information Point informed.

The new National Council of the Judiciary (KRS) is not safeguarding independence and freedom of the courts. It's not a voice of judicial circles, it's a voice of politicians and a tool used to politicise courts - said judge Igor Tuleya, at a conference "7 sins against the state of law", during which changes made by the ruling PiS party were criticised. "It will take many years to fix what's been done," said judge Beata Morawiec.

"There’s 10 million Poles in the United States. In some way, shape or form they are tied back to the 38 million Poles that live in Poland. Our values, we have a history together, this go beyond your typical bilateral relationship. I can’t see any circumstances under which the United States of America would not stand shoulder to shoulder with Poland. Poland stood shoulder to shoulder with us, all over the world," said U.S. Ambassador to Poland Georgette Mosbacher in an exclusive interview for Michał Sznajder from TVN24 BIS. Watch the whole conversation that goes behind the scenes of the process of granting Poland access to the Visa Waiver Program, and Polish-American relations.

Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, who on Thursday (October 10) was named the 2018 Nobel Prize for Literature winner, said Poland's general election on Sunday (October 13) presented a chance for improving democracy in the country.

Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, who on Thursday (October 10) was named the 2018 winner of the Nobel literature prize, said that her win showed that despite her country's problems with democracy, Poles still had something to say.

Officers from Masovian Customs and Tax Control Office have found narcotics of estimated worth of 1.7 million zlotys at the Chopin Airport in Warsaw. The heroin weighing over 8.5 kilograms was hidden in suitcases - the Chamber of Fiscal Admistration (IAS) informed on Thursday.

Poland's defense minister Mariusz Błaszczak on Thursday signed a Plan of Technical Modernisation of Polish Armed Forces for years 2021-2035. The plan assumes spending a total of 524 billion zlotys - in 2025 spending on modernisation are to equal 24 billion zlotys, and 50 billion in 2050.

Parliamentary elections in Poland are just round the corner. On Sunday, Poles will cast their votes to choose candidates they want to see in the Sejm and the Senate. According to Kantar poll for "Fakty" TVN and TVN24, the last one before elections, the ruling Law and Justice party would win with 40 percent of votes. Civic Coalition would take the second result with 26 percent. In total, all five nationwide committees would secure seats in the parliament, the survey suggests.

The World Bank is expecting the Polish economy to slow down in 2020. Over the last year, housing prices have gone sharply up. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

The European Union's executive on Thursday filed a case at the bloc's top court against Poland's ruling nationalists over new measures they have introduced for disciplining judges, which the EU says violates the principle of judicial independence.

Austrian writer Peter Handke won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday and the 2018 award went to Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, the Swedish Academy said on Thursday.