Hospital in Szczecinek (West Pomeranian voivodeship) has notified the prosecutor's office about the possibility of abuse of a 13-month-old girl. Doctors have found severe injuries on the child's body suggesting sexual abuse. The girl has been taken to one of the hospitals in Szczecin.

A bust of the first prime minister of the Third Polish Republic, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, was unveiled on Thursday in Warsaw. The ceremony marked the 30th anniversary of the formation of Mazowiecki's cabinet.

Polish astronomists have discovered a planet many lights years away. Now, that it has been announced, the only thing to do is to name it. Not only the planet, but its closest star as well. The first propositions are in, among them: "Piast" and "Lech".

A 25-year-old man riding an electric scooter was fatally hit by a car on Thursday on Legnicka street in Wrocław. The police and the prosecutor's office are investigating the circumstances of the accident.

As the Human Rights Commissioner I wouldn't like get involved in the election campaign, nor in the pre-election games; I'm a civil servant who carries out his constitutional duties - said Poland's Human Rights Commissioner Adam Bodnar on Wednesday in the Sejm.

Greenpeace is protesting again. Activists climbed port cranes and blocked the unloading of a coal shipment in Gdańsk.

Jarosław Kaczyński is replying to critics. The chairman of Law and Justice announced plans to increase the minimum wage in Poland up to 4.000 zlotys by the year 2023. Some believe that this could put a strain on small businesses and lead to bankruptcies. Mr Kaczyński, however, said that he has spoken with the president of the National Bank of Poland and has been assured that there will be no negative effects on the economy.

Poland's Minister of Justice, Zbigniew Ziobro, survived a vote of no confidence in the lower house of the Polish parliament. The evening vote was preceeded by a debate involving top politicians of the ruling party and the opposition. The vote over minister Ziobro came after the smear campaign scandal had been revealed, allegedly involving employees of the ministry of justice, including former deputy minister Łukasz Piebiak.

According to final statistics, 87.5 percent of students have passed their matriculation exams this year. The numbers have been published by the Central Examination Board (CKE). The data includes the results from the usual May session, additional June session, and make-up exams sesssion from August.

The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it had approved a proposed sale of 32 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jets worth 6.5 billion dollars to Poland.

The fate of a 99-year-old woman from Bielsko-Biała whose life-savings were stolen has moved many people. After her story was spread by the media, help from all over the country has been coming. "Lots of payments have been made" - said Ewelina Kliś from Serce dla Maluszka Foundation. The woman will receive support in material form, in order not to attract thieves.

A 26-year-old man suspected of killing a young woman in Gorzów Wielkopolski has been shot dead by the German police near Berlin, according to the spokesperson of the Lubusz police, Marcin Maludy, who quoted unofficial information by the German police.

The police and the prosecutor's office have determined the identity of people having direct connection with the attack on Israeli students - the Warsaw Police informed on Wednesday. One of them is of Palestinian origin and resides in one of the Benelux countries. Two Dutch citizens of Armenian origin have been detained.

Poland's parliament will be suspended at the close of business on Wednesday until after an election on October 13, its speaker said, prompting opposition lawmakers to accuse the right-wing government of secretly plotting to push through extra bills.

The General Court of the European Union has sided with Poland in its dispute over gas imports to the EU. What's the business view on the Greenpeace protest in Gdańsk? Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

Fallen trees, flooded roads, damaged cars and dangerous weather. The last few days had been stormy, but it's not over yet, as official weather warnings have been released.

There's a new European Commission. Ursula von der Leyen has presented her team, and in it one Pole, Janusz Wojciechowski. The former Law and Justice MEP is a candidate for the position for the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development. For Poland, two other candidacies could prove important as well, namely those dealing with the rule of law.

A passenger car with three teenagers fell into the river in Świnoujście (West Pomeranian voivodeship). One of them managed to swim out onto the shore. Two other died, despite resuscitation attempts.

The next head of the European Union executive, Ursula von der Leyen, presented on Tuesday (September 10) her new Commission which she called "gender-balanced" and "geopolitical". Von der Leyen's "college" of commissioners will take office on November 1, assuming they secure approval from the European Parliament - not a given after it only narrowly backed her in July.

Former chairwoman of the Wisła Kraków football club Marzena S. was detained on Tuesday by the Central Bureau of Police Investigations. Apart from her, the bureau also detained Anna M.-Z., the wife of gangster Tadeusz C. who had controlled the club until last year, and the former chairman and vice chairman of the club Robert S. The arrests were confirmed by the spokeswoman for the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Poznań. According to tvn24.pl portal, the case pertains to syphoning off of at least hundreds of thousands zlotys from Wisła Kraków.

Armed Polish border guards boarded a Greenpeace ship blocking a delivery of coal in the port of Gdansk late on Monday and detained two activists, officials said on Tuesday.

Starting from 2020, the minimum wage in Poland will amount to 2.600 zlotys, and we've declared 3.000 zlotys from January 2021 - Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki informed on Tuesday.

Emilia worked with high officials from the ministry of justice, the new KRS (National Council of the Judiciary), new Supreme Court justices, and was highly praised by the former deputy justice minister Łukasz Piebiak for spreading hate against the justice minister's critics in the internet - "Gazeta Wyborcza" wrote on Monday. In a conversation with the daily newspaper, the internet hater named "Emi" or "Emilia" has given names of judges who, in her opinion, were members of "Kasta" group responsible for the smear campaign.

A 25-year-old resident of Lower Silesia attempted to overtake on a dangerous bend in the rain. The effect? His car skidded into a ditch where it somersaulted, while the driver was catapulted off the car onto the other side of the road. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

"The government is prepared to maintain the alternative pipeline on the Vistula for two months," the chief of the Prime Minister's Chancellery Michał Dworczyk said on Monday. He also declared that all waste from the left-bank Warsaw would flow through the pipeline still this week. At the moment it's about 60 percent.

The European Commission respects the principle of presumption of innocence - the Commission's spokesperson Mina Andreeva said on Monday, asked about the European Anti-Fraud Office's inquiry into Polish and French candidates for Commissioners, Janusz Wojciechowski and Sylvie Goulard.

The police investigate the circumstances of the attack on students from Israel that took place on Saturday in Warsaw. Four people are said to have been injured. "We're investigating it as a crime against nationality," the spokesperson for the Warsaw Police informed.

Poland's ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party will offer pensioners regular annual cash bonuses and will almost double the minimum wage for workers, its leader Jarosław Kaczyński said ahead of parliamentary elections next month.

I want politics to become art of communication, and not of everlasting war. Poland is a great matter, the Republic of Poland is a great deal - Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska said at a programme convention of the Civic Coalition. The Civic Platform leader, Grzegorz Schetyna, convinced that their programme "is full of concrete proposals that would make the lives of Poles better". The coalition also presented its motto for the campaign: "Tomorrow can be better".

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