Angela Merkel expressed "deep shame" on Friday during her first visit as chancellor to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Holocaust memorial and vowed to fight rising racism and anti-Semitism in Germany and Europe.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki have paid their respects to the victims of the death-camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Then two heads of state laid wreaths at the Death Wall in the courtyard of Block 11, followed by Auschwitz museum director Piotr Cywiński placing a urn with a candle at the wall.

The opposition is demanding that the report from the verification process conducted by the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA) to be presented to the Sejm. Meanwhile, the Internal Security Agency (ABW) has launched its own verification process concerning the President of the Supreme Audit Office (NIK). Marian Banaś has explicitly stated that he will not step down. Now, yet another question arises - will he have a security clearance needed to fulfil his duty as president of the NIK?

It wasn't in the Presidential Palace, but in the Belvedere. Without journalists or cameras, President Andrzej Duda swore in three new judges to the Constitutional Tribunal - Krystyna Pawłowicz, Stanisław Piotrowicz and Jakub Stelina.

Chance for Poland to quit using coal. Even up 100 billion euros from the European funds can be allocated to energy transformation. Yet, the Deputy PM Jacek Sasin speaks about a bright future of coal in Poland. Prices of Christmas shopping this year to be higher by 7 percent compared to last year. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

Angela Merkel will make her first visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial on Friday after 14 years as German chancellor, bringing a 60 million euro donation to help conserve the site where the Nazis ran their largest death camp, the museum said.

Central European countries that flout the rule of law risk hurting innovation and growth by losing out in the race to attract foreign investors, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) chief economist said on Thursday.

In a secret mission spanning several months, more than a hundred tonnes of gold bars were transported from London back to Poland.

The Supreme Court on Thursday deemed in its ruling the newly created National Council of the Judiciary (KRS) "not impartial and independent". Furthermore, Poland's top court said that its Disciplinary Chamber is not a court under the EU and Polish law.

Polish officials have seized two tonnes of cocaine from Colombia worth around 2 billion zlotys ($510 million), Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday.

A group of armed men wearing balaclavas and military outfits stormed into an elementary school in Barczewo and made noise with firecrackers. Some children panicked, one even jumped out of the window. The students had no idea that this was a planned simulation of terrorist attack ordered by the headmaster, who was dismissed shortly after the terrifying drill. The mayor of Barczewo also notified the prosecutor's office.

Fifty years - that's how long we have to wait earnings in Poland to reach the EU average. The cost of money in Poland remains unchanged - the Monetary Policy Council has decided. According to unofficial reports, the governement abandons plans to build block C in Ostrołęka Power Station. Business news with Mateusz Walczak.

Chairman of Polish Judges' Association "Iustitia" Krystian Markiewicz has been accused of committing 55 disciplinary misconducts. Among them is inciting to disrespecting "of Poland's legal order" - informed the disciplinary spokesperson for common courts Piotr Schab. "If I were to stop defending the rule of law as a judge, then I'd rather cease to be a judge," Markiewicz said in response.

Eight people, including four children, died after a three-story building in the southern Polish ski resort of Szczyrk collapsed following a gas explosion, authorities said on Thursday.

Two trucks carrying Soviet T-72 tanks were pulled over in central Poland on Tuesday (December 3) for violating transportation laws.

The Marshal of the Senate Tomasz Grodzki has met with the President of the European Parliament David Sassoli in Brussels. "It was a very nice, constructive meeting," said the Italian politician. Marshal Grodzki declared his readiness for cooperation between the Senate and the EU Parliament.

"I was ready to submit resignation but I became a victim of brutal political game" - the President of the Supreme Audit Office (NIK) Marian Banaś said in a statement on Wednesday. He declared he was ready to asnwer any questions asked by investigators, and if need be, to give up his immunity. "I shall continue my mission with a sense of responsibility," he added.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that Turkey had dropped its block on a plan to bolster the defences of Baltic states and Poland against Russia.

More poles are buying private medical insurance. Expectations vs reality for IT students upon entering job market. Polish zloty is gaining strenght. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), organised by the OECD, tested the academic abilities of 15-year-olds. Science, math and reading comprehension are the subjects in which Polish middle schoolers found themselves ranked among the highest in Europe and the world.

No, he still hasn't resigned. Marian Banaś continues to hold firm in his role as President of the Supreme Audit Office. Law and Justice is also holding out that he will step down. The opposition is also holding tight saying there is no way they will submit to changin the regulations governing his dismissal. Finally, the Prosecutor's Office in Białystok is investigating the allegations against the man that everyone wants to step aside.

Five tigers which spent days trapped in a lorry on the Polish-Belarussian border in October arrived at a Spanish branch of the Animal Advocacy and Protection organization (AAP) on Monday (December 2).

Polish government is concerned with conduct of judges who question in their comments and actions the status of other judges, manipulating the ECJ ruling - reads a statement issued on Tuesday by the Polish government regarding the situation in the justice system.

Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Tuesday he had spoken to Turkey's President Tayyip Erdorgan about NATO military plans that Ankara is blocking for the Baltics and Poland, saying that he hoped for a solution. Polish head of state also urged French President Emmanuel Macron to put forward "concrete" NATO reform proposals.

The NATO alliance will respond to any attack on Poland or the Baltic countries, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview published on Tuesday.

It's the second act for Tom Hanks in his automotive relationship with Poland. This time the Hollywood actor joined in a charitable campaign to save a children psychiatric ward in Bielsko-Biała. Hanks purchased a Polish Syrena and restored it at his own expense. The car will be auctioned off in the spring and the proceeds will go to the hospital.

A sounder of wild boars invaded a pre-school playground in Poznań. Municipal police and gamekeepers were called in to deal with the unruly bunch. They decided to drive them back into the wild and no further incident was reported.

Polish industry is still in very poor condition. Belgium takes 1 and 2 euro cent coins out of circulation. Toll on A4 motorway to become cheaper. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

A Warsaw court is taking up a lawsuit filed against Stanisław Piotrowicz by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Małgorzata Gersdorf filed the suit due to this statement from 2018.

Will Marian Banaś resign? The embroiled President of the Supreme Audit Office is still holding firm, despite the ruling party wanting him to go, for Law and Justice Marian Banaś is becoming a liability. The prime minister announced that he has a plan B to change the laws governing the president of Poland's most important supervisory institution. The opposition, however, says they will refuse such attempts.