There are fewer pharmacies open to the public and industrial output in Poland is starting to slip. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

The European Union reached a provisional deal on Wednesday on new rules governing import gas pipelines, casting doubt over the operating structure of Russia's planned Nord Stream 2.

It was the second day of questioning for Gerald Birgfellner at the prosecutor's office. He has accused the Law and Justice chairman of fraud and is demanding payment for his services to build twin towers in Warsaw. On Wednesday, "Gazeta Wyborcza" published a copy of power of attorney for the Austrian businessman, given to him by the Srebrna company.

Poland summoned Israel's ambassador on Friday and threatened to scupper a Jerusalem diplomatic summit after reported comments in which Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to accuse the Polish nation of complicity in the Nazi Holocaust.

A big day for Polish space exploration. The Polish Tractor Mole on the InSight lander on Mars is set to be deployed. The device is among elements that will conduct tests below the surface of the Red Planet. It was built in Poland by Poles at the Astronika company.

Female cancer patients in Katowice are able to take part in workshops to learn how to apply makeup and choose the right wig. After chemotherapy amny people lose their hair, eyebrows and eyelashes included. Learning how to apply makeup helps these brave women to feel better about themselves and maybe, at least for a moment, forget their cares.

U.S. Vice President Pence and his wife, Karen, visited former Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz on Friday alongside Poland's President Andrzej Duda.

They illegally produced fake passports. Polish diplomats and Jewish organisations, together, saved thousands of Jews during the Second World War. Documents from the Chaim Eiss archive were presented at a ceremony with the participation of the Polish president. They will now reside at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence joined Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in laying wreaths at Warsaw's Ghetto Heroes Monument on Thursday.

Foreigners employed in Poland have saved 13 billion zlotys for their retirement. Polish companies are sinking into financial troubles as their overdue payments are growing. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday the U.S. thinks more sanctions and pressure on Iran are needed.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence accused European powers on Thursday of undermining Washington's crack down on Iran by trying to break U.S. sanctions against Tehran, in remarks that were likely to further strain transatlantic relations.

The European Union's top diplomat Federica Mogherini said on Thursday the U.S. and EU share common views on several issues despite some tension with Washington over its decision to pull out of a nuclear deal with Iran.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Thursday for a new era of cooperation on the Middle East and said no country could afford to stay on the sidelines in tackling regional challenges such as Iran, Syria, Yemen and Israeli-Palestinian peace.

Kazimierz Kujda has resigned from his function as president of the National Environmental Protection Fund. This comes after it was revealed that he cooperated with the communist-era secret police. Only time will tell if his successor will have to be vetted because it seems that Kujda avoided the procedure after changes in the vetting laws.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday called a U.S-backed Middle East conference with foreign ministers from leading Arab countries a "historical turning point" in tackling the threat from Iran.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said resolving Middle East challenges was not possible without "pushing back against Iran.

The two-day conference on the Middle East, co-organized by the United States and Poland, kicked off on Wednesday afternoon in Warsaw.

Both pro-Palestinian and pro-Iran demonstrators took to the streets outside Warsaw's Royal Castle, where the Middle East security conference was being held, protesting Netanyahu's presence at the talks and the United States' reinstatement of sanctions against Tehran.

A U.S.-sponsored Middle East conference aimed at building a coalition against what Washington sees as the threat posed by Iran also produced signs of a warming of ties between Israel and some Arab countries on Wednesday.