It took 90 minutes for Poland's candidate for EU agriculture commissioner, Janusz Wojciechowski, to convince the MEPs that he was the right person for the job. It was his second attempt to win the hearts of the agriculture committee. He made it this time - permission was granted. During Tuesday's hearing, Wojciechowski was answering mainly in Polish. "Native tongue allows you to speak from the heart and gives you more confidence," Wojciechowski said after the hearing.

Housing prices in Poland are going up. Polish currency reserves are at record level. As of 2020, Poles will fly to the USA with no visas. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

The campaign continues and party leaders and candidates are keeping up the pace. They are fighting to mobilise their electorate and win the hearts of the undecided.

A new "Five" for the first 100 days of their government. Law and Justice is making new promises, this time post-election ones - if they win election, that is. They are promising to pass laws on smaller social insurance payments, 13th and 14th pensions, and, for those above 40, preventive testing. In four days the electoral silence begins. Voting is set to take place this coming Sunday.

A hope for something better in Polish politics - that's what Donald Tusk said in Brussels about Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska. At the end of campaign the Civic Coalition's candidate for prime minister is getting support from the former PM and former head of the party. Meanwhile, back in Poland, former minister of defense Tomasz Siemoniak, is to be the new head coalition's parliamentary club. Sławomir Neumann stepped down after the publication of his private discussion with activist from Tczew.

President Trump made the announcement and the U.S. Ambassador is filling in the blanks. Georgette Mosbacher is convinced that visas will be lifted by the end of the year. The White House had earlier announced that Poland was nominated for the visa-free travel programme, and now it's just a matter of the administrative procedure coming to an end.

42 percent of respondents declared their support for Law and Justice in parliamentary elections, according to Kantar poll published by "Gazeta Wyborcza". Civic Coalition would secure 29 percent of votes, the Left - 13 percent, and Confederation - 5 percent. Polish People's Party-Polish Coalition would not make it to the parliament with 4 percent of votes.

The European Commission is working on preparing a complaint against Poland, to be filed in the European Court of Justice, regarding the new disciplinary system for Polish judges. By Frans Timmermans' initiative, the commissioners are to discuss the issue on a weekly meeting on Wednesday - a high-ranking EU diplomat told Polish Press Agency (PAP).

Regional Prosecutor's Office filed a request in court on Monday for an arrest for the man who had carried knives and tried to approach the participants of the Wrocław Equality March. He was charged with attempted assault on police officers. Furthermore, he was accused with terrorism offence.

Answers to additional questions provided by Poland's candidate for EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Janusz Wojciechowski, did not convince political groups in the EU parliament, who agreed on Monday to schedule another hearing - sources in the European Parliament say.

Mariusz Szczygieł has been awarded Nike Literary Award for his book "Nie ma" (which means "Not There" or "Is Not" in English). An existential reportage - that's how the head of the jury, Marek Zaleski, called Szczygieł's book in his laudatory speech at the Sunday's gala in the Warsaw University Library.

"It was high time to get it done, and now it's done. I'm very happy. I must say that Madam Ambassador in Warsaw, Georgette Mosbacher, was working very hard and she made it," said former U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Daniel Fried, asked about the news regarding Poland joining the Visa Waiver Program. Mr Fried was the guest of Michał Sznajder in TVN24 BIS. The American diplomat also said that he had welcomed the decision with joy and relief.

I hope that no-visa travel between Poland and the United States will soon become reality - President Andrzej Duda told journalists on Friday.

U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday he had officially allowed Polish entry into a U.S. visa waiver program.

The Warsaw District Court has sentenced Bogusław B., already convicted before for the Art-B affair, to 6 years in prison for fraud with the use of a pyramid scheme. The verdict is not yet legally binding.

There are huge arrears in the payments of subsidies and compensation for Polish farmers. The Minister of Agriculture, Jan Krzysztof Ardanowski, is pointing the finger at his subordinates, saying they can't handle the job. He repeats words spoken by the oppostion, but behind closed doors. A recording of his was revealed and now the opposition is asking why the minister officially takes a different stance, and why he won't tell the voters the truth.

The president of the Polish Judges' Association "Iustitia", Krystian Markiewicz, is sueing justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro and his former subordinates, as well as a group of judges who had cooperated with them in the recent internet hate scandal.

In Poland there is a shortage of almost 70.000 specialist doctors. This is an estimate from the Polish Chamber of Physicians and Dentists. Yet more hospital wards are being closed due to a lack of personnel.

The Williams Formula One team defended their decision to retire Robert Kubica's car from last Sunday's Russian Grand Prix after the Polish driver's sponsors demanded an explanation on Thursday.

The presidents of the Visegrad group of four central European countries and the president of Slovenia confirmed their support of further European Union enlargement in the Western Balkans on Thursday (October 3).

Man wielding an axe has stormed into the office of the mayor of Grudziądz, Maciej Glamowski - the spokeswoman for the mayor, Beata Adwent informed on Thursday. The 34-year-old man has threatened the secretary, but soon after left the building. He has been detained by the police.

Pope Francis has recognized a miracle attributed to the late Polish Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński, a revered icon of his country's resistance to communism in the post-war period, a step that moves him closer to sainthood.

A strong quake hit Bielszowice coal mine in Ruda Śląska on Thursday afternoon. One miner got seriously injured and died shortly after, 9 others sustained fractures and bruises.

The European Union's (EU) top court ruled on Thursday in favour of Polish consumers who took out mortgages in Swiss Francs, allowing them to ask Polish courts to convert the loans into the local currency in a blow for lenders.

Fifteen years in jail for a gruesome murder. The Regional Court in Słupsk has issued a verdict on a case from 21 years ago. Daniel M. killed his wife and his her body in the remnants of a medieval well. The verdict is not yet binding.

The situation in Polish hospitals is getting worse. In more than eight dozens of facilities, specialists wards were either suspended or closed, and lines to doctors are just getting longer. Specialists alarm that something must be done immediately.

For the fourth time in a row he became world champion. Paweł Fajdek won the gold medal at the World Athletic Championships in Doha. He was the only one to throw farther than 80 metres in the final in the hammer throw.

The national treasury will pay out compensation for smog. A fine of 35.000 zlotys is to go to charitable causes. The verdict is not binding and the defense has said it will appeal. The lawsuit against the state came from actor Jerzy Stuhr, journalist Mariusz Szczygieł and translator Tomasz Sadlik.

The larger particles irritate are airwaves, the smaller ones cause strokes and heart attacks. Plastic is not only in what we eat, but also in the air we breathe. Scientific research is clear, but the scale of air pollution by microplastics is still to be determined.

Divers from a fire service water rescue team were dispatching their equipment at the reservoir near Sieradz when they noticed strangely forming waves on the water. It turned out that there was a sunken car with a body behind the steering wheel.