A small step for the opposition, but a big one for democracy. In the new parliament, the Sejm will be in the hands of Law and Justice, while the Senate will be run by the opposition. Both sides have said that it is the end of the total opposition, and total power.

"We need to do everything we can for the United States to restore its leadership position in the world or we might be faced with a real world disaster," said Poland's former president Lech Wałęsa in the U.S. Congress on Wednesday. He visited Washington 30 years after his legendary "We the People" address from 15 November 1989. "Unless the United States don't want to lead the world anymore, then let them hand the business over to Poland, we will know to handle it," Wałęsa added.

On Friday, a procedure of directing the sewage outflow to the repaired sewage tank which is connected to the Czajka sewage treatment plant - the Polish Waters informed on Wednesday. During the operation, sewage will be released into the Vistula.

Polish agents arrested two people accused of planning attacks against Muslims inspired by Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik and suspected white supremacist Brenton Tarrant in New Zealand, the security service said on Wednesday.

President Andrzej Duda, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and chairman of Law and Justice (PiS) Jarosław Kaczyński met on Wednesday evening. It was a consultative meeting regarding the new government.

The hospital in Ostrów Wielkopolski received new equipment from the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity. The modern CAT scan and X-ray machines cost 4 million zlotys and were bought the money collected during the last grand finale of the charity.

In November, the huge blast furnaces in Cracow will be gradually switched off. The problems of ArcelorMittal in Poland could spell trouble for 1.200 of its employees.

The U.S. Ambassador to Poland wished everyone a fantastic trip to the United States. The first Poles set off on their voyage as part of the Visa Waver Program.

The central Independence Day festivities took place in Warsaw, but other Polish cities were also in a celebratory mood. It was serious but also fun, and always in red-and-white colours.

Tomasz Grodzki (Civic Coalition) was chosen on Tuesday to be the Marshal of the Senate of the 10th term. 51 senators voted in favour of candidacy. His rival from PiS, Stanisław Karczewski, received 48 votes. One senator abstained.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to leave the two remaining electoral protests by the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party without further course - the Supreme Court's press office informed. PiS filed six protests in total, all pertaining to the Senate election. The last two protests examined by the top court were filed with regard to constituencies number 95 and 96 - Ostrów Wielkopolski and Kalisz respectively.

The lower house of Polish parliament, the Sejm, inaugurated its 9th term on Tuesday. The first session was opened by the Senior Marshal Antoni Macierewicz. Elżbieta Witek will keep her position of the Sejm's Marshal. A few hours later, the upper house, the Senate, held its first session of the new 10th term.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has pressed Netflix, the U.S. streaming and production company, to make changes to a documentary that includes a map showing Nazi death camps inside the borders of modern Poland.

A group of Polish far-right supporters scuffled with police in Wrocław late on Monday (November 11) after a march marking Poland's Independence Day was ended by city authorities due to racist remarks. Fourteen people were arrested, 5 were injured, including 3 police officers.

Vaccines are in short supply. The HPV vaccine is completely out of stock in Poland. For measles and chickenpox, there is a limited supply. The ministry of health that all required vaccinations are available, for the rest, we will just have to wait.

Tens of thousands of Poles took part in a far-right march in the capital Warsaw on Monday to mark Polish independence, an annual event that has become a focus of friction between nationalists and liberals.

Law and Justice leader Jarosław Kaczyński together with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced at a press conference on Friday the composition of the new cabinet. "We want to continue what we've been doing so far," Morawiecki said.

Deputy Marshal of the Sejm, Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, on Friday confirmed her will to run for president in 2020 election. She added that she understood and accepted Donald Tusk's decision not to run for presidency.

Tomasz Grodzki from Civic Coalition (KO) has been put forward as candidate for the Marshal of the Senate - Civic Platform (PO) leader Grzegorz Schetyna informed on Friday after talks with the leaders of Polish People's Party (PSL) and Democratic Left Alliance (SLD). "It's a great honour on the one hand, and a huge responsibility on the other," Grodzki said.

New traffic regulations are now in effect. The police now have more leeway when conducting stops, and drivers - new obligations. If drivers break the rules they could be fined up to 500 zlotys.

They had backpacks loaded with heavy equipment, and several kilometres to conquer - all in less than 48 hours. Cadets from the Wrocław Military University of Land Forces competed against the teams from all over the world, in the Cumbrian Mountains in Wales, taking second place.

They worked together in a conspiracy. Six police officers in Gliwice have been accused of corruption. They took bribes from drivers breaking the rules, and if they didn't have cash, they would even go with the offenders to the cash machine.

There was a gas explosion in the kitchen of a newly built hotel in Białka Tatrzańska. Three people have been injured with second- and third-degree burns. 26 people in total had to be evacuated. Investigators are now looking into the cause.

These letters are the last chance for President Andrzej Duda to change his decision to appoint Antoni Macierewicz as Senior Marshal of the Sejm. MPs from Civic Platform and Democratic Left Alliance are reminding the president of the compromising decisions, behaviour and statements of the former defense minister.

The Bagatela Theatre is having its own Me Too moment. The total is now 15 women who are accusing the theatre director of assault and of sexual harassment. The director, at the request of the mayor of Cracow, has gone on leave, and now the prosecutor's office is looking into the matter.

World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) President-elect Witold Bańka pledged on Thursday to be tough on Russia if the country is proven to have manipulated the doping data of its athletes.

The prosecutor has rejected a request by the attorney of Stefan W., accused of murdering the mayor of Gdańsk Paweł Adamowicz, to transfer his client to a hospital ward - the spokesperson for the District Prosecutor's Office in Gdańsk, Grażyna Wawryniuk, confirmed on Thursday.

"A newborn girl, most likely born today, has been found in a plastic bag at community gardens," the police informed tvnwarszawa.pl portal. In the late afternoon, a 36-year-old woman was detained in connection to the case.

The interior minister has shared the Internal Security Agency's (ABW) concerns that the presence of a Swedish citizen, Anton T., who is a member of a neo-Nazi movement, was a threat to security, and has decided to immediately expel him from Poland - the spokesman for the secret services minister-coordinator Stanisław Żaryn informed on Thursday.

Polish Tourism and Sports Minister Witold Bańka was officially appointed as the next president of the World Anti-Doping Agency on Thursday, succeeding outgoing Craig Reedie on January 1.