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CJEU grants expedited procedure in rule of law conditionality cases

The President of the Court of Justice of the European Union has decided to grant the expedited procedure in cases concerning conditionality for the protection of the EU budget in the event of rule of law violation in Hungary and Poland. The trial will take place on October 11-12 - the CJEU informed on Friday on Twitter.

EU asks Polish gov't to withdraw its query from Constitutional Court

The European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders wrote a letter addressed to Poland's Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro and Minister for European Affairs Konrad Szymański in which he asked them to withdraw Poland's motion filed at the EU Court of Justice regarding supremacy of Polish law over the European code.

CJEU issues ruling regarding loans denominated in foreign currency

The Court of Justice of the European Union said on Thursday that "a consumer who has taken out a loan denominated in a foreign currency and who does not know that a term in the loan agreement is unfair cannot be subject to any limitation period for the repayment of sums paid on the basis of that term".

Bartosz Bielenia shouts for Belarus in EU Parliament

Polish actor Bartosz Bielenia, who played the lead role in Jan Komasa's "Corpus Christi" - movie nominated for EU Parliament Lux Award, shouted three times in the plenary room to show solidarity with the Belarusian opposition movement. He also spoke about political prisoners of the Lukashenko regime.

Speaker Terlecki writes a letter to Tsikhanouskaya with no apologies

"Due to a lack of reliable knowledge you've wrongly served the Belarusian cause in Poland, and by parading with politician from a party which had lost six elections" - Deputy Speaker of the Sejm Ryszard Terlecki wrote in a letter to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. "I'd like to realise that, by accepting an invitation to a rally of anti-government organisation, you place yourself on one side of political front" - PiS politician said.

Yellow card shown just for setting foot on the pitch

Yellow card for blatant disregard of fundamental rules of football and sportsmanship was brandished during a third-tier league match in Poland's city of Elbląg. What's more interesting, a single yellow card was enough to send "the 12th player" off the pitch.

Terlecki says he won't apologise to Tsikhanouskaya for his harsh remark

Ryszard Terlecki said on Tuesday he would not apologise to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya for his tweet criticising the Belarusian oppositionist. The Deputy Speaker of the Sejm informed, however, he wrote a letter addressed to Tsikhanouskaya "explaining who she is dealing with" taking part in the Campus Polska project.

Nurses and midwives staged warning strike in Warsaw

Nurses and midwives from Masovian hospitals organised a warning strike in downtown Warsaw. They were met there by the Voivode of Masovian province and former health minister Konstanty Radziwiłł, who said that Poland's conservative government had raised wages in health care in "an absolutely unprecedented way". For his speech he received boos and jeers, and was called "a liar".

PM defends deputy speaker Terlecki over his criticism of Tsikhanouskaya

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has mentioned a few events from Deputy Sejm Speaker Ryszard Terlecki's life, and said that his colleague from the PiS party "knows perfectly well what fighting for freedom means". This way he commented on Terlecki's tweet criticising Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. PiS arch-rivals, Civic Coalition, demanded his resignation claiming his words stood against Poland's national interest.

Chief auditor: my family is harassed by prosecutor and anti-graft office

The President of the Supreme Audit Office Marian Banaś posted a tweet on Monday with his statement in which he requested publication of investigation materials gathered against him by the prosecutor's office and the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau. "My closest people, children, wife, daughter-in-law, even my grandchildren are being harassed" - he wrote.

Council of EU approves Just Transition Fund

European Union countries on Monday approved the bloc's flagship fund to wean them off fossil fuels and protect communities most affected, paving the way for members to start receiving the cash.

Gdańsk celebrates partially-free election of 4th June 1989

The city of Gdańsk celebrates the 32nd anniversary of Poland's partially-free election of June 4th, 1989, which sparked democratic transition and the fall of communism. For the third time a huge Polish flag, crafted by some 1,000 people was raised at the city's tallest mast, and a special picnic was organised next to the European Solidarity Centre.

EU bans Belarusian carriers from its airspace

Belarus carriers will be banned from flying over European Union territory or having access to its airports from Friday, the bloc said, as the country's exiled opposition leader called for more joint Western sanctions.