Central Warsaw came to a standstill on Thursday (August 1) to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the 1944 Warsaw uprising.

Blaring sirens and tolling church bells. Exactly at 5 pm, at the "W" Hour, Warsaw stood still. Residents of the city stopped to remember and pay homage to the heroes of the Warsaw Uprising. Busy streets of the Polish capital froze for a short moment, including cars, buses and trams.

Inflation in Poland is on the rise and the Eurozone GDP numbers for the second quarter are in. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will travel to Poland and Denmark from August 31 to September 3, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday.

Possibility of a "no-deal" Brexit caused the pound to fall sharply. US President Donald Trump expects FED to cut substantially interest rates. Business news with Mateusz Walczak.

On Friday, August 9, the Sejm will debate the motion to remove Marek Kuchciński from the position of the lower house speaker - according to a draft schedule of the session.

So far only the ruling Law and Justice and opposition Civic Coalition have presented their top candidates for the upcoming fall parliamentary elections. Leaders of both formations Jarosław Kaczyński and Grzegorz Schetyna will face each other in Warsaw. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will fight for votes against Borys Budka in Katowice, whereas the Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro will face former interior affairs minister Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz in Kielce. Below is the complete list of "number ones" duels in each constituency.

Tens of thousands of Twitter users have expressed support for gay rights in Poland as part of the #jestemLGBT campaign, aimed at fighting discrimination and homophobia in a country where the ruling party is strongly socially conservative.

A court verdict called for the publication of names of people supporting candidates to the new National Council of the Judiciary. However, the Chancellery of the Sejm has failed to do so. The head of the Personal Data Protection Office claims it's impossible, as it may contradict Polish and European privacy laws.

The police detained a 28-year-old resident of Wrocław on Tuesday, who is suspected of brutal attack on a university lecturer and journalist, Przemysław Witkowski. The victim was severely beaten on Thursday, near the Trzebnicki Bridge in Wrocław.

Civic Platform leader Grzegorz Schetyna will be the top candidate of the Civic Coalition in Warsaw in the parliamentary elections that are to take place in October. Former interior minister Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz will top the list in Kielce, former deputy foreign minister in Law and Justice cabinet, Paweł Kowal - in Kraków, leader of the Polish Initiative Barbara Nowacka in Gdynia, and former minister of justice Borys Budka - in Katowice.

I have asked the defense minister, PM's office, and I will also talk to the president about setting up rules regarding official flights. We would like the families of the officials to be able to use government planes in informal situations, after paying normal cruise fees - Law and Justice (PiS) chairman Jarosław Kaczyński told Polish Press Agency (PAP) on Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump will pay a visit to Poland between August 31 and September 2 - the chief of the Polish President's Chancellery Krzysztof Szczerski informed on Tuesday. On September 1, the American President will attend the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the World War Two. Donald Trump confirmed his visit on Tuesday evening.

Heavy storms passed over Warsaw on Monday. Targówek and Praga Północ districts suffered the most. Earlier in the day, the storm broke many trees in Żoliborz. "In total, the fire service intervened over 170 times," said the spokesperson for Warsaw Fire Department Captain Wojciech Kapczyński.

The Marshal of the Sejm (the speaker of the lower house) Marek Kuchciński donated 5.000 zlotys to the Alarm Clock Clinic (Klinika Budzik) and 10.000 to Caritas Polska, for the 23 flights he took in government plane - Sejm Information Centre's (CIS) chief Andrzej Grzegrzółka told Polish Press Agency (PAP).

The cableway to Kasprowy Wierch broke down on Sunday and some 200 people got stuck up the summit in the evening. Polish Cableways (PKL) launched maintenance runs which brought the unlucky tourists down to Kuźnice.

A court in Piotrków Trybunalski decided on Monday that there will be no arrest for the famous journalist Kamil Durczok, for causing a road accident when driving under the influence of alcohol.

Since the beginning of June 179 people drowned in Poland - the Government Centre for Security (RCB) informed on Monday.

Over 1.000 people gathered in Warsaw on Saturday in support of LGBT rights a week after the first pride march in the city of Białystok was marred by violence.

Hot weather throughout June and low rainfall have caused water levels in Poland's Vistula river to drop to the lowest levels in four years, the country's Meteorological Institute and Water Service said on Friday (July 26).

Polish state-run gas firm PGNiG on Friday received the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) deliver from American energy firm Cheniere, under a long-term contract signed in 2018. Polish authorities say that the LNG from the USA is a next stage in the process of building Polish energy independence.

The District Prosecutor's Office in Piotrków Trybunalski has discontinued the investigation into public propagating of fascism during Orle Gniazdo (Eagle's Nest) festival - fact-checking service Konkret24 learned. The event was caught on video two years ago by Superwizjer TVN journalists.

A university lecturer and OKO.press portal associate was brutally beaten near the Trzebnicki bridge in Wrocław. The police are trying to determine the circumstances of the incident and to apprehend the attacker.

Gazeta Polska weekly, Polish conservative magazine, has to withdraw the "LGBT-free zone" stickers from circulation - said the District Court in Warsaw. The injunctive order is connected to the lawsuit filed in the court, regarding infringement of personal interests.

The European Commission said on Thursday it had sent a letter to Poland warning of legal action for failing to comply with a 2018 air quality decision, notably in transport and the replacement of what it said were outdated solid fuel boilers used for heating households.

ArcelorMittal Poland said on Thursday it had decided to postpone the temporary shutdown of its blast furnace and steel plant in Kraków after protests by workers.

The police are looking for a man who attacked and kicked a teenager in the head during the Equality March in Białystok. According to tvn24.pl portal, the attacked boy has a broken collarbone.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday after the meeting with the new President of the EU Commission Ursula von der Leyen that Krzysztof Szczerski is Poland's candidate for EU Commissioner. Asked about which portfolio would Szczerski take over, Morawiecki replied that it was too early to comment.

The European Union and Poland will need to tackle tough topics such as migration and the rule of law, incoming EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday (July 25).

A conservative magazine in Poland distributed "LGBT-free zone" stickers with its weekly edition on Wednesday, amid a mounting backlash against gay rights in central Europe's largest nation ahead of a parliamentary election this year.