This was a dialogue based on exchanging views, in which we all agreed that the fundamental values of the EU, such as the rule of law, are inviolable - the Senate Speaker Tomasz Grodzki said after Wednesday's meeting with representatives of the European Commission in Brussels.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday in Berlin that there was hope for de-escalation in the Middle East. He also stressed that Poland would like participate in defusing tension.

The Supreme Court has the authority to assess the independence of the National Council of the Judiciary (KRS) when examining appeals against resolutions passed by this Council regarding putting forward candidates for justices to the President - according to the resolution adopted on Wednesday by the Supreme Court's Extraordinary Control Chamber. Such assessment only applies to particular, individual resolutions.

No Polish troops stationed in Iraq were hurt in Iranian missile attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Poland's Defence Minister said on Wednesday.

A renowned press and television journalist Krzysztof Leski is dead - he has been murdered. The alleged perpetrator has most likely turned himself in and is now under arrest - tvn24.pl portal has learned.

Poland's Senate speaker will go to Brussels on Wednesday (January 8) to consult European Union officials over how to limit the damage from Warsaw's latest clash with its EU partners over reforms of the judiciary.

Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Tuesday he had declined an Israeli invitation to attend a Holocaust memorial event this month as organisers would not allow him to speak there, even though others including Russian President Vladimir Putin would.

The Regional Prosecutor's Office in Chojnice (Pomeranian Voivodeship) is investigating the tragic fire which broke out in the local hospice in early hours on Monday (January 6th). Four people, aged between 64 and 72, died as a result of the fire, 24 were injured.

Poland may set aside around 3 billion zlotys ($792 million) in its 2021 budget to compensate households for rising power prices in 2020, Minister of State Assets Jacek Sasin said on Tuesday.

The Warsaw District Court on Friday announced a verdict in a test case regarding Swiss Franc mortgage of Mr and Mrs Dziubak. The loan agreement has been nullified.

Due to recent developments in Iraq, Polish President Andrzej Duda has asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs for more detailed information on the matter. The President has been also seeking advice from experts on the Middle East - the National Security Bureau (BBN) informed on Friday. The Bureau stressed that the President hopes for de-escalation of the conflict.

The climate policy You have adopted works to the detriment of our country - members of the Youth Climate Strike wrote in a letter addressed to Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. In their view, the head of the cabinet has "completely ignored the scientific standpoint", by not pledging at the EU summit that Poland would reach climate neutrality by 2050.

The chairman of Poland's biggest opposition party - Civic Platform's (PO) Grzegorz Schetyna - announced on Friday that he wouldn't be running for re-election and recommended former Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak as his replacement. "I'm closing a stage after which PO is in much better condition than it was in 2015 and 2016," Schetyna said.

Four more outbreaks of bird flu have been reported across Poland, authorities said on Friday, bringing the total number of incidents in Europe's largest poultry producer to six this week.

The Marshal of the Polish Senate Tomasz Grodzki has sent a letter to the Venice Commission, in which he asks for an opinion regarding changes to Polish law on courts recently passed by the lower house - deputy chief of the Senate Information Centre (CIS) Anna Godzwon informed on Thursday.

Poland strongly condemns the attack and storming of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad which started on December 31, 2019 - Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote on its website.

The Regional Court in Turek (Greater Poland Voivodeship) on Thursday decided to place 19-year-old Maciej J. under arrest. The teenager has been accused of murdering his younger brother.

A passenger car with two 20-year-olds was hit by a train on Thursday on an unguarded crossing on a road between Borucin and Podgaje (Greater Poland Voivodeship). Unfortunately, both men died at the scene.

Stanisław Piotrowicz must issue an apology statement in television addressed to the First President of the Supreme Court (SN) Małgorzata Gersdorf, and to a judge of that court Krzysztof Rączka, for infringing on their personal interests with his comment on judges - the Warsaw District Court ruled on Thursday.

Bird flu has been detected in turkeys in eastern Poland, authorities said on Wednesday, and local media reported that the outbreak could require up to 40,000 birds to be slaughtered.

On the last day of 2019, there were 39 road accidents, in which 6 people died, 41 were injured, and 96 drunk drivers were detained - Commissioner Dawid Marciniak from General Police Headquarters informed on Wednesday.

On the last day of 2019 and the first 6 hours of 2020 there have been 1246 fires in Poland, which took the lives of 2 people and left 12 injured - the spokesman for the Polish State Fire Service (PSP) Senior Brigadier Paweł Frątczak said on Wednesday.

Robert Kubica has joined Alfa Romeo as their 2020 reserve driver, the role the Pole carried out 14 years ago when he made his Formula One debut with the Swiss-based team then known as BMW Sauber.

Starting on January 1st, the amended law on road transport, referred to as "lex Uber", became effective. The new legislation is to bring order to transport companies market and to do away with grey economy. Among the introduced changes, drivers won't be required to pass city topography tests, and will be allowed to replace taximeters with applications.

Autopsy of a 9-year-old boy, who according to unofficial information is said to have been murdered by his older brother, has been scheduled for Wednesday. The tragedy took place on Tuesday around 1pm in Turek (Greater Poland Voivodeship), after the brothers fought over a computer game.

Warsaw Inner City Police officers have detained the third man suspected of attacking activists from Food Not Bombs group while they were serving food to homeless people - the spokesman for the Capital Police Headquarters Senior Commissioner Sylwester Marczak said on Tuesday.

Poland is working on legislation that will ease the burden on consumers of the rising cost of electricity, Minister of State Assets Jacek Sasin said on Tuesday.

An Israeli who confessed to spitting on Poland's ambassador at a time of heightened tensions between the countries was convicted on Monday of assault, an offence that could carry up to two years in jail.

Russian Ambassador to Poland, Sergey Andreev, was urgently summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MSZ) on Friday, due to recent comments made by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin - Polish foreign ministry announced.

Firefighters intervened over 2.300 times over the Christamas period (24th, 25th and 26th of December) - the spokesman for the Polish State Fire Service (PSP) Senior Brigadier Paweł Frątczak informed on Friday. He added that in the said period there were 612 fires in which 8 people died and 35 got injured. One person died due to carbon monoxide poisoning.