The appeal of the First President of the Supreme Court Małgorzata Gersdorf has been ignored. Judge Tomasz Przesławski declares that the Disciplinary Chamber will continue to adjudicate. The European Union takes the floor in debate on Polish rule of law and says that it only sees changes for worse in Poland and Hungary.

The Nobel Prize ceremony was followed by a banquet with the Swedish Royal Family. Olga Tokarczuk, honoured for her literary work, took her place at the table next to King Carl XVI Gustaf and spoke to guests. In an exclusive interview for TVN24's Katarzyna Kolenda-Zaleska the Polish novelist shared her thoughts on many issues, including her standpoint on the Swedish King's hunting passion.

Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic have raised objections to the latest draft decision of a Thursday-Friday summit of EU leaders who aim to commit the bloc to climate neutrality by 2050, according to diplomats and documents.

A burst heating pipe disrupted traffic and caused clouds of steam to engulf a stretch over the Polish capital, Warsaw on Wednesday morning.

The European Union's new top justice official on Tuesday accused Poland and Hungary of backsliding further on democratic standards as the bloc's ministers met to encourage them to adhere to the rule of law.

Olga Tokarczuk gave a short speech at the traditional Nobel banquet at Stockholm City Hall on Tuesday (December 10) following a royal award ceremony at the Concert Hall. "Prizes treat their laureates as individuals by ascribing 100 percent of merit to them, when in fact, there are always lots of other people behind the success - those who support, help and inspire. So, my thanks go to all those who have taken care of me while I was writing - those who have done the reasearch, edited my texts, and who supported me when the going got tough," Polish novelist said. Swedish royalty and Nobel prize winners were among one thousand guests in attendance.

Konkret24, team of journalists working within tvn24.pl portal, won the Grand Press Digital award on Tuesday. The prize is handed out to media displaying innovative approach to using modern technologies in journalistic work. Among other winners, there was Bertold Kittel - journalist from "Superwizjer" TVN - for uncovering that Poland's chief auditor had been renting his tenement building to figures from criminal underworld, and Lech Dawidowicz from TVN24's "Czarno na Białym" for his report on the Pegasus system. The former won the prize in the Investigative Journalism category, whereas the latter in the Specialised Journalism.

Olga Tokarczuk, the laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018, delivered her Nobel Lecture in Literature on Saturday 7 December 2019 at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm. Below we have published the full essay by Olga Tokarczuk entitled "The Tender Narrator".

Poland's Nobel Prize in Literature laureate for 2018, Olga Tokarczuk, collected her award on Tuesday in Stockholm from the hands of the King of Sweden Carl XVI Gustaf.

President Andrzej Duda sent a congratulatory letter to Olga Tokarczuk on Tuesday. "I would like to express my delight that the Swedish Academy has honoured Your work, in which universal truths and Polish sensitivity complement each other so fine," President Duda wrote. Polish writer will officially receive the award at the Nobel Prize award ceremony which takes place in Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden.

A senior Polish official said Monday there could be no backtracking from a NATO decision to pursue a defence plan for Poland and the Baltics after Ankara suggested it might still block it until allies designate a Kurdish militia as terrorists.

Nobel Literature laureates Olga Tokarczuk and Peter Handke delivered their lectures in Stockholm on Saturday (December 7).

"My spontaneous reaction was to dedicate this award to the democratic movement in Poland and I asked people to vote for democracy and against totalitarian tendencies and this speech of mine was quite warmly received and I think it might have had some influence on the elections," Olga Tokarczuk said at a press conference at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on Friday, marking the start of the Nobel Week. During the following days, the laureates will give press conferences and hold their Nobel Lectures. The week culminates in the Nobel Prize award ceremony and banquet on 10 December and ends with visits to the Nobel Foundation. The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway.

Turkey will block final publication of a NATO defence plan for the Baltics and Poland until allies agree to designate the Syrian Kurdish YPG a terrorist group, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday.

Angela Merkel expressed "deep shame" on Friday during her first visit as chancellor to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Holocaust memorial and vowed to fight rising racism and anti-Semitism in Germany and Europe.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki have paid their respects to the victims of the death-camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Then two heads of state laid wreaths at the Death Wall in the courtyard of Block 11, followed by Auschwitz museum director Piotr Cywiński placing a urn with a candle at the wall.

The opposition is demanding that the report from the verification process conducted by the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA) to be presented to the Sejm. Meanwhile, the Internal Security Agency (ABW) has launched its own verification process concerning the President of the Supreme Audit Office (NIK). Marian Banaś has explicitly stated that he will not step down. Now, yet another question arises - will he have a security clearance needed to fulfil his duty as president of the NIK?

It wasn't in the Presidential Palace, but in the Belvedere. Without journalists or cameras, President Andrzej Duda swore in three new judges to the Constitutional Tribunal - Krystyna Pawłowicz, Stanisław Piotrowicz and Jakub Stelina.

Chance for Poland to quit using coal. Even up 100 billion euros from the European funds can be allocated to energy transformation. Yet, the Deputy PM Jacek Sasin speaks about a bright future of coal in Poland. Prices of Christmas shopping this year to be higher by 7 percent compared to last year. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

Angela Merkel will make her first visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial on Friday after 14 years as German chancellor, bringing a 60 million euro donation to help conserve the site where the Nazis ran their largest death camp, the museum said.