I apologise to those who I have smeared. I regret it. I wish I could turn back time - reads a statement published by Gazeta Wyborcza, written by Emilia - a woman who took part in a smear campaign coordinated by the Ministry of Justice, aimed to discredit Polish judges. "Poland, the Poles, must find out the truth about the propapanda machine and destroying of people in Poland," she added.

Mariusz G., who was in the cell with Dawid Kostecki at the time of his death, has self-harmed - said Elżbieta Krakowska, the spokesperson for the Polish Prison Service. She explained that it wasn't a suicide attempt.

"There's a rule allowing the other side to be heard," said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. He added that Łukasz Piebiak "will have a chance to present the real circumstances surrounding all that was presented to the public opinion". He also said that he'd accept Pabiak's resignation as deputy justice minister. "I believe that ends this story," he added.

The first group of rescuers searching for two missing cavers have found equipment left behind by the pair - Tatra Volunteer Search and Rescue (TOPR) chief, Jan Krzysztof, said on Tuesday.

Deputy justice minister Łukasz Piebiak is said to have been behind organised hate campaign and discrediting of judges critical of the reforms of the Polish judiciary introduced by the ruling coalition - Onet.pl website wrote on Monday.

Poland's prime minister demanded explanations on Tuesday about accusations that a deputy minister sought to discredit judges critical of the government's judicial reforms by planting media rumours about their private lives. Deputy justice minister Łukasz Piebiak announced his resignation on Tuesday afternoon, stating that he didn't want 4 hard years of hard work over Polish judiciary reforms to be affected. He added that he intends to fight for his good name.

The Supreme Audit Office has issued its report on the situation that patients and doctors in Polish hospitals know all too well. The network of hospitals that was created two years ago neither improved the situation for patients, nor for hospital finances. In fact, hospital debt is growing even faster.

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Three people on bicycles - a 31-year-old mother with her two 8-year-old children - were fatally hit by a train on an unguarded crossing in Walentowo (Kuyavian-Pomeranian voivodeship). The police and the prosecutor's office are investigating the circumstances of the tragic accident.

Polish opposition parties have joined forces to try to win a majority in the upper house of parliament, the Senate, in parliamentary elections on October 13, as they struggle to oust the ruling nationalist Law and Justice party (PiS) from power.

Monday was the third day of intense search after two cavers who got trapped in the Wielka Śnieżna cave, the largest one in Poland. The cavers got stuck inside after a narrow tunnel flooded with water, blocking their exit. There's still no contact with the missing speleologists.

On Sunday evening (August 18), in Kraków, a car accident took place involving a car driven by former prime minister Beata Szydło. The other driver said that he had smashed into a car which entered the left lane directly from a road without right of way. The Lesser Poland Police have confirmed to TVN24 that the former PM was involved in the accident. Szydło accepted a ticket.

Poland must resist the "travelling theatre" of gay pride marches, the leader of its ruling conservative party said on Sunday (August 18), as the staunchly Roman Catholic country gears up for a parliamentary election on October 13.

Polish soldiers will be returning to the Middle East. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jacek Czaputowicz, announced this in New York, at a session of the UN Security Council.

The Polish operator Gaz-System has signed a contract with the American company Solar Turbines for three gas compressor stations. They will form a part of the Baltic Pipe project. At half a billion zlotys it's one of the largest Polish gas contracts.

Health care, social policy and education are the top three most important election campaign issues - according to Kantar poll conducted for "Fakty" TVN and TVN24. The respondents were asked to pick no more than three issues that in their opinion should be at the centre of the campaign before the fall's parliamentary election.

The prime minister's office on Wednesday published on its website the list of official flights of former PM Ewa Kopacz. The list contains 47 entries.

President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday appointed Mariusz Kamiński the new minister of interior affairs and administration. Kamiński will also remain in office as the coordinator of the secret services.

The prime minister's office published on Tuesday evening the list of official flights of former PM Beata Szydło. The Law and Justice MEP has filed a request herself for the list to be shown to the public.

When fire fighters arrived at the scene on Czerniakowska street, they saw a child standing on a windowsill on the 7th floor of a residential block - said Piotr Antonowicz from the Warsaw Fire Department. Luckily, the child went back inside the flat and is safe and sound.

Law and Justice (PiS) is still in the lead when it comes to voter support. According to a recent poll by Kantar for "Fakty" TVN and TVN24, 44 percent of Poles would vote for the list including candidates from PiS, United Poland and Agreement. Civic Coalition would secure 27 percent of votes.

Over a half of respondents in Poland think that the prosecutor's office should investigate the misuse of official flights by former Marshal of the Sejm, Marek Kuchciński - according to a phone survey conducted by Kantar for "Fakty" TVN and TVN24. The opposite opinion was expressed by 31 percent of those asked.

The Mayor of Poznań has received a letter with death threats. The author explicitly threatens to kill the mayor. "The collected evidence is enough to charge the person suspected of writing the letter," said the spokesperson of the District Prosecutor's Office in Poznań, Michał Smętkowski. The author has signed the letter. It is believed that he's a double murderer, serving a life sentence since the nineties.

The prosecutor's office referred to the Monday's publication of "Gazeta Wyborcza" suggesting that former boxer Dawid Kostecki could have been drugged before his death. According to those investigators, the marks on his neck were not caused by needles, but the prosecutor who was the first to inspect the body of the boxer was of a different opinion.

As Miejsce Odrzańskie village's volunteer fire brigade members stand for roll call, they are not only preparing to fight fires - they are also fighting gender stereotypes.

Austrian businessman Gerald Birgfellner, who accused Poland's powerful politician Jarosław Kaczyński of fraud, has given another testimony. This time to Austrian prosecutors in Vienna, although the questions have been sent in writing by the Polish prosecutor's office. Birgfellner answered around 100 questions.

I think that it's in the best interest of all Poles for the courts to be free from any ideology, as well as from any politicians - Deputy Prime Minister Jacek Sasin said on Monday. He was referring to Jarosław Kaczyński's words who said that Polish courts are totally under the influence of LGBT ideology. Sasin said that Kaczyński may have been referring to analysis of certain rulings, but he didn't provide any concrete examples.

Family members of the most prominent government officials won't be allowed on official flights, unless they are part of official delegation - the chief of the prime minister's office Michał Dworczyk said on Monday. He added that there will be separate regulations for the President and the First Lady.

An envoy of U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Friday that Chancellor Angela Merkel's unwillingness to boost defence spending might give the United States no choice but to move American troops stationed in Germany to Poland.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has told the secret service coordinator Mariusz Kamiński to take over the interior ministry after Elżbieta Witek, and asked President Andrzej Duda to officially appoint him as the new Minister of the Interior and Administration. Kamiński will remain the head of Polish secret services - the spokesperson for the government Piotr Müller informed on Friday.