Police have detained 25 people in Bialystok, eastern Poland, after attacks on those taking part in the city's first equality march amid accusations that the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party benefits from fuelling anti-gay sentiment.

President Duda has signed the bill that will facilitate government help for Swiss franc mortgage borrowers who found themselves in a difficult financial situation due to objective circumstances. Polish female pensioners have up to 1000 zloty less than male. Business news with Mateusz Walczak.

Fifty-five-year-old resident of Majdan Królewski borough near Kolbuszowa (Subcarpathian voivodeship) has buried his dog alive. The animal survived and the man was detained by the police - Kolbuszowa police department informed.

Poland's main opposition parties have formed two coalition blocs to vie for left-leaning and centrist votes ahead of a national election later this year, in the hope of denting the popularity of the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party.

At the General Affairs Council (GAC) on Thursday, France and Germany called for another hearing to be organised after the summer holidays, regarding the rule of law in Poland. Poland's deputy foreign minister Konrad Szymański said that Warsaw is ready to provide any information needed, but it doesn't see the need for another hearing.

Slovak Lucia Duris Nicholsonova has been chosen the new head of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee of the European Parliament. In the vote, 38 MEPs were in favour of her candidacy, 14 were against and 3 abstained. In two previous ballots, MEPs have twice rejected Poland's former prime minister Beata Szydło from Law and Justice party (PiS).

The chairman of the National Health Fund (NFZ) Andrzej Jacyna has resigned from office. Earlier media reports were confirmed on Wednesday by the Health Minister Łukasz Szumowski.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has decided to appoint Mircea Geoana from Romania as the next Deputy Secretary General. He will replace Rose Gottemoeller from the United States, who took up her position in October 2016.

Poles have been crossing the border into the Czech Republic to buy medications, saying that shortages and higher prices are driving them to do so.

A very active internet hater was sentenced on Wednesday by a Wrocław court. For insulting foreigners for their ethnic identity, precisely 81 times, Jarosław F. will have to do community service for two years.

The spokesperson for the prosecutor's office revealed a new detail on Wednesday regarding the day when the 5-year-old Dawid went missing. The boy's mother spoke to him over the phone when the boy was in the car with his father.

The European Commission issued a reasoned opinion regarding the disciplinary measures implemented by Poland to control judges, and thereby took the ongoing infringement procedure against this central-European country to the next level. In later stages, the EU executive may refer the case to the Court of Justice of the EU.

Hundreds of love locks attached to the Tumski Bridge in Wroclaw, southern Poland were removed on Monday (July 15) as the bridge undergoes renovation works.

The European Union's executive on Tuesday agreed new measures to better police democracy across the bloc, tightening scrutiny of nationalist rulers in the east who stand accused of attacking judicial independence and media freedom.

Germany's Ursula von der Leyen secured European parliamentary approval on Tuesday to become the first female European Commission president after she won over socialists and liberals with her vision of a greener, fairer and rule-based Europe.

I think that in the case Beata Szydło it was a repulsive reflex to a person whose set of values is different than that of most current MEPs - the chairman of the Polish ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) Jarosław Kaczyński said, commenting on the second vote lost by Beata Szydło in the European Parliament. Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that he considered this as a violation of a long-standing consensus.

At the beginning of the election campaign political leaders are going head to head, while the opposition can't seem to find common ground. The newest survey for "Fakty" TVN and TVN24 gives a clear picture of how this is all affecting voters' opinions.

Polish cities are resorting to communist-era mobile soda fountains to convince residents to switch to drinking tap water.

Shots have been heard by witnesses in Bródno district in Warsaw on Friday. Also two fires broke out. A 43-year-old woman has been found dead.

The search for the missing boy continues. Dawid Żukowski was taken from home on Wednesday by his father who later that day committed suicide. An investigation into the man's death has been launched. Russian Embassy informed on Friday that the boy has Russian citizenship.

These medicines are already in Poland, they were delivered to wholesalers. People suffering from thyroid and lung diseases, as well as diabetics, should have no problems with buying the medicine they need in the coming days - the Minister of Health Łukasz Szumowski said on Thursday.

European Council President Donald Tusk said on Thursday that Russia's decision to ban flights to Georgia was "unjustified and disproportional."

Slovakia's new president called on the Visegrad group of eastern EU member states on Thursday (July 11) to protect the rule of law to avoid being seen as "weakening the European Union", signalling a possible rift within a bloc that often acts together.

Poland is one of the seven countries that will spend 2 percent of their GDP or more on defense; I've been saying for some time now that Poland is one of NATO's leaders - US Ambassador to Poland Georgette Mosbacher wrote on Twitter on Thursday.

The Eastern Partnership programme should be continued, or even taken to the higher level; it's our duty to support Eastern Partnership member-states' EU access aspirations - said Poland's foreign minister Jacek Czaputowicz at the conference in Batumi dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership.

Slovak police said they arrested dozens of people after a fight broke out in central Bratislava involving Polish, Dutch and Bulgarian football fans late on Wednesday.

Local governments had three years to prepare for this. I'm sure that a vast majority are happy to see more students in high schools - deputy education minister Marzena Machałek said in TVN24's "Fakty po Faktach". She referred to the ongoing high school recruitment process for a double age group. She stressed that "there were never any guarantees" that all applying students would get admitted to high or secondary technical schools, and not to vocational schools.

EU ambassadors decided on Wednesday that the issue of the rule of law Poland, under Article 7 procedure, will be discussed at the next session of the General Affairs Council - EU source told Polish Press Agency (PAP).

I would like to apologise to all those who feel offended by my comment for "Kurier Lubelski", a comment I didn't authorize; nevertheless, in the sense of responsibility, I decided step down as deputy minister of science and higher education - Andrzej Stanisławek wrote on Facebook.

The Institute of National Remembrance sent an indictment to the District Court in Katowice on Tuesday against the former member of the Motorized Reserves of the Citizens' Militia (ZOMO) special platoon, Roman S. The man has been charged with shooting at protesting miners from "Wujek" coal mine in Katowice in December 1981.