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Patients and equipment moved to new hospital premises in Cracow

Patients are moving out of an old hospital in Cracow, and moving into a brand new, state-of-the-art hospital in Prokocim. The logistics of transporting 200 patients from one hospital to another seems to be a daunting task. To make sure everything goes smooth, patients will be transported in police-escorted motorcades.

American actor Richard Gere visits Polish parliament

Richard Gere paid a visit to the Polish capital on Monday. The actor was invited to parliament by a working group on matters concerning Tibet, because for years Gere has been actively involved in the support of human rights in that part of the world. Today, he walked the hallways of the Sejm with Civic Platform's Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska, Monika Wielichowska and others.

Elite and high-ranking police officers detained by prosecutor's office

Former head of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA) branch, who had broken the "Subcarpathian affair" case, was detained on Monday by the prosecutor's request - tvn24.pl and "Superwizjer" journalists have learned. Apart from him, the current chief of the Rzeszów branch of the Central Bureau of Police Investigations (CBŚP) and other two officers of this elite formation have been detained. All are to be charged in connection to the high-profile case of brothels in Rzeszów.

Business news. Poland will not extend the Yamal gas contract

The Yamal gas contract with Russia is set to expire in three years, and Poland says it will not extend the deal. Electricity prices in Poland will go up - to an average 8 percent more per household. The number of Polish emigrants is falling. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

Mayor of Warsaw says he's not going to run for president

Maturity is when you know that you can properly focus on only one task - the Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski said in TVN24's "Fakty po Faktach", explaining his decision not to run in the presidential election in 2020. "If I decided to run and succeeded, then my beloved city would have been run by a commissioner from PiS, and I couldn't let that to happen," he added.

Police detained man who wanted to blow up residential block in Płock

Explosive materials were found in a residential block on Kossobudzkiego street in Płock. Due to bomb disposal unit operation all residents were evacuated from the building, as well as everyone from a nearby school and preschool. Later on, the police informed that a 47-year-old resident of the flat had planned to blow up the whole building. The man was already charged.

President Andrzej Duda appoints Mateusz Morawiecki's new cabinet

President Andrzej Duda on Friday at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw appointed Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki's new cabinet. The latter will temporarily stand at the helm of the Ministry of Sport. The first session of the new government has been scheduled already on Friday. According to initial schedule of the Sejm, on Tuesday, November 19, the prime minister is to give a speech in the lower house, and a confidence vote over his cabinet is to follow.

Mariusz G. accused of murdering three women in Kołobrzeg

In June investigators found the spade and axe on which there was the DNA of the last of victim of Mariusz G., who is suspected of having killed three women. According to the prosecutor, the man may have been helped by two other people, including the woman who was to become his wife.

National Bank of Poland says energy prices to increase in coming years

After election promises comes post-election reality. In its newest estimates, the National Bank of Poland says that the price of energy will increase over the next few years. The average household could pay 8 percent more annually, and this would in turn mean that services and food would also become more expensive.

Lech Wałęsa returns to U.S. Congress 30 years after legendary speech

"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.