Two 13-year-old female patients of the Voivodeship Psychiatric Hospital in Gdańsk were sexually abused. A 37-year-old man, also a patient of the hospital was detained and charged. In early June, in the same facility, a 26-year-old patient raped a 15-year-old girl.

The seemingly unlikely idea of Tusk switching from the European Council to the Commission has been mentioned by some EU diplomats - "Politico" wrote on Tuesday.

Five people drowned in Poland Monday - the Government Centre for Security (RCB) informed in its daily report published on Tuesday.

Law and Justice (PiS) party platform conference will take place between 5-7 July in Katowice; on the agenda there are discussions that will sum up government's performance so far, as well as over 50 expert debates - Polish Press Agency (PAP) unofficially learned from sources close to the party.

All that was said by far in the rulings passed by the Court of Justice of the European Union, including today's ruling, is enough to restore full order in our country - an ECJ judge Marek Safjan told TVN24. He added that he hopes that Poland will act accordingly to the rulings which indicate the need to adjust Polish law to the requirements of the EU law. "Otherwise, our membership in the European Union wouldn't make sense," he underscored.

It's crucial for Europe as a continent to once more become the leader in the fields of advanced technology and industry - said Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki during the opening of the European Forum for Science, Research and Innovation in Dresden, Germany.

Rainbow-coloured flags on the seat of US Embassy in Warsaw. This is an element marking the LGBT Pride Month declared by US President Donald Trump which in turn is a part of the global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality.

A 68-year-old woman who was taking her driver's license exam hit the examiner at a training yard of the Voivodeship Training Centre for Drivers in Rybnik, Silesian Voivodeship. The 35-year-old instructor died. The CCTV and dash-cam footage was secured. The prosecutor's office and the police are determining the circumstances surrounding the accident.

Parents accused of murdering their 9-month-old daughter were arrested for 3 months pending trial - the District Court in Suwałki informed on Monday. The prosecutor charged them with abuse of an infant and murder.

Provisions of the Polish law that would lower the retirement age of Poland's Supreme Court judges were against the EU law - the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Monday. EU's top court explained that the regulations violated the principle of judges' independence.

Fire service intervened over 50 times in Lublin on Friday after a heavy storm went over the city. Some lower-located streets, parking lots, as well as a number of basements were flooded.

Adam K., the 39-year-old father of 2-month-old girl from Darłowo who is fighting for her life in a hospital in Koszalin, has been charged with causing grevious bodily harm that may lead to the child's death. He will be facing up to 15 years in prison.

European Union leaders will meet again on June 30 to seek agreement on who should inherit the bloc's top jobs - including the head of its central bank - after failing to get a deal at the second attempt in talks dragging into the small hours on Friday (June 21).

European Union leaders will meet again on June 30 to seek agreement on who should inherit the bloc's top jobs - including the head of its central bank - after failing to get a deal in talks dragging into the small hours on Friday.

A Wrocław court sentenced four police officers on Friday for 2 and 2.5 years in prison. The officers were accused of ovestepping authority and torturing Igor Stachowiak, who had died at a precinct in Wrocław in May 2016.

Flooding, hailstones and strong wind - that's what residents in many regions of Poland had to experience after a cold front passed across the country. In Pomerania, the firefighters intervened over 100 times. In Malbork, after heavy storm and hailstone downpour, many garages and basements were flooded. In Gdynia, a sidewalk and 100 metres of road collapsed at Janka Wiśniewskiego street.

High up in Poland's picturesque Tatra Mountains Janina Rzepka is fighting gender stereotypes with the help of her wooly supporters.

Poland's ruling party will have the task of "repolonising" the country's media if it wins elections scheduled for October or November, a deputy prime minister said.

A push to agree for the European Union to go carbon neutral by 2050 failed to get unanimous support at an EU leaders summit on Thursday, with the goal being moved to a footnote in the final summit statement. Amid opposition from Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic among others, the ambitious goal was dropped from the main body of the text, EU diplomats said. The footnote, however, reads: "For a large majority of member states, climate neutrality must be achieved by 2050."

Two-month-old girl has been taken to children intensive care ward at the Voivodeship Hospital in Koszalin. The child was most likely beaten. The prosecutor's office supervises an inquiry; two people were arrested.

President Andrzej Duda awarded on Wednesday in Warsaw the first Virtus et Fraternitas (Virtue and Brotherhood) medals honouring 20th-century rescuers of Poles from death and oppression. Among the 14 laureates there are Poles and Jews from the Bernese Group, as well as Ukrainians, Kazakh and Hungarian.

During a heavy storm on Wednesday, two tourists got stuck in the Kulczyńskiego Couloir in the Tatra Mountains. The Tatra Volunteer Search and Rescue (TOPR) set out to help them - TOPR duty officer Krzysztof Długopolski said on Wednesday.

The highest fire alert has been issued for the forests in the western regions of Poland. State forestry authority cautions to be very extra careful and vigilant, as well as to report any signs of fire or irresponsible behaviour - the spokesman for the State Forests Krzysztof Trębski said on Wednesday.

Poland's crisis over the rule of law also poses a growing threat to human rights in the European Union's biggest ex-communist member, the country's ombudsman for human rights said.

European Council President Donald Tusk put pressure on EU leaders on Wednesday to swiftly agree on who should hold the bloc's top jobs but a tug-of-war between Germany and France was likely to prevent a deal at a summit on Thursday.

School board in Łódź will look into the training for teachers that was carried out by former anti-terror officers in a school in Pabianice. Last Thursday (13 June) the school was raided by armed men who imitated a terrorist attack. "We will investigate where the idea for such training originated," said Łódź school superintendent.

A teenage neo-Nazi who called for Britain's Prince Harry a race traitor months after his marriage to U.S. actress Meghan Markle and suggested he should be shot was jailed for more than four years on Tuesday, the BBC reported.

Driven by the safety of those planning to attend the music festival in Kostrzyn nad Odrą, I have ordered the minister of infrastructure to prepare trains that would carry people there - Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced on Tuesday.

I'm an advocate of a broad coalition for the parliamentary elections, consistent in its programme and even stronger than in the European elections - the leader of Civic Platform (PO) Grzegorz Schetyna said on Tuesday in Kruszyna near Włocławek, He informed that in the end of June he is set to meet with the chairman of the Polish People's Party (PSL).

The man suspected of murdering the 10-year-old Kristina from Mrowiny (Lower Silesian voivodeship) has been also charged with abetment in the offence of murder. "He was encouraging another person to take part in the crime," the investigators say. They add that, according to evidence gathered so far, the murder was planned and prepared for some time. On Tuesday afternoon, on the request of the prosecutor's office, the court decided to place the 22-year-old under arrest.