The slowest built ship in the history of the Polish Navy finally got a Polish flag. The ORP Ślązak was initially was supposed to be a Gawron-class multitasking corvette. After 18 years of construction and efforts to save money it will finally serve as a patrol unit.

The cost of waste collection and disposal in Poland will rise. Some of the local governments have already voted for it. Council members are reassuring people that this is necessary because of higher prices of the environmental fee handed down by the central government. They assure citizens they are not making money it.

She was hit by a priest before a courtroom. The activist, who came to Zgorzelec to support alleged sex abuse victims of another priest, was hit by a conservator from a diocese in Legnica. The case was brought to the prosecutors.

The Sejm's chancellery issued a statement on the verdict of the Olsztyn court. The common courts are not responsible for controlling the correctness of parliamentary proceedings, including the selection of people for positions filled by the Sejm - said government officials. Meanwhile, the judges are asking about the new KRS and are in trouble, just like those who are waiting for a verdict on their own case.

During Thursday's meeting between PiS chairman Jarosław Kaczyński, deputy chairman Mariusz Kamiński and the Supreme Audit Office head Marian Banaś, an expectation was expressed for the last one to step down from his office - PiS spokesperson Anita Czerwińska informed.

European Union lawmakers declared a "climate emergency" on Thursday in a symbolic vote that heightens pressure for action against global warming at an upcoming summit in Madrid on December 2.

Leaders of Law and Justice (PiS), Agreement, and United Poland - Jarosław Kaczyński, Jarosław Gowin and Zbigniew Ziobro respectively - on Thursday signed a new agreement as the United Right coalition - chief of PiS Executive Committee Krzysztof Sobolewski has informed.

A debate on the LGBT+ situation in Poland took place in the European Parliament. It was started by an EU Commissioner who presented the stance of the European Commission on recent events in Białystok. There, in July, an equality parade took place in which the participants were attacked by football hooligans and nationalists.

Jarosław Kaczyński has defended the future judge of the Constitutional Tribunal. In an interview for "Gazeta Polska Codziennie" the Law and Justice chairman said that indeed Stanisław Piotrowicz was in the Polish Workers' Party, however, he adds, he was amongst the prosecutors and judges that tried to lessen the repression. So he didn't actually do anything bad, in fact, he helped - so Kaczyński claims.

"It wasn't a political murder, my son is a sick person," said the mother of Stefan W. In the first televised interview since he killed the mayor of Gdańsk Paweł Adamowicz, she points out which state services she warned about her son and how. Now, the prosecutor is investigating the leads.

Marian Banaś explains himself in the Sejm. He came to a session of the State Audit Committee regarding his deputies, but he spoke about himself too. He read the story about the building in Cracow from a piece of paper, but he didn't seem to hear the questions he was asked - and there are many questions. Not only about the building but also about gangsters, his asset declarations and the report by the Central Bureau of Investigations.

Adam Pieczyński, Editor-in-Chief of TVN24 and "Fakty", Director of TVN News Department, and one of the most distinguished journalists and media managers, has decided to end his professional career and devote time to his family. Starting December 21 his duties will be taken over by Michał Samul who has been Adam's associate since the launching of TVN24.

Incoming EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday the rule of law must hold everywhere in the bloc, signalling no respite for nationalist governments in Poland and Hungary at odds with Brussels on upholding democratic standards.

U.S. President Donald Trump poses one of the biggest challenges for the European Union because he is "praying" for the breakup of the bloc, European Council President Donald Tusk said.

Ankara will resist efforts by its NATO allies to persuade it to back an alliance defence plan for the Baltics and Poland until its demands are met over a plan for Turkey's defence, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Wednesday.

A furniture factory in the Polish town of Turek was destroyed by fire on Wednesday requiring the evacuation of more than 100 workers and residents.

Another revolution in pension system is becoming reality. Minister Jadwiga Emilewicz admits the government has failed to deliver promises regarding housing programme. Cost of living in Poland is to sharply increasy next year. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

MIG-29 jet fighters will once again be put into use. According to the Air Force inspector, pilots will be able to board the machines. They have been waiting for this decision since March. Now, pilots and instructors must undergo special training to renew their privileges. This process will take at least half a year.

Police officers from the central bureau of investigations disbanded an international crime group that had benfitted from prostitution. The criminal had recruited Polish and Ukrainian women who were sent to France. In this way, up several hundred females could have been taken advantage of.

President, a candidate and the Constitutional Tribunal. Stanisław Piotrowicz is waiting to be sworn in, and Andrzej Duda is to accept him. The Polish president has expressed many times that he wants to free the judiciary from communist influence. So, why is a communist-era prosecutor to be a judge on a tribunal?