Poland's pro-EU opposition has a 10-point lead over the ruling nationalists ahead of European Parliament elections, a survey showed on Friday, a sharp turnaround that some analysts linked to a film about sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church.

Polish Sejm (lower house of parliament) on Thursday evening passed an amendment to the criminal code that would increase prison terms for paedophilia to up to 30 years.

Poland received over a trillion zlotys from the European Union in 15 years. The initial project of the Central Communication Port is ready. Polish government published a list of professions that will be in demand in the near future.

The Court of Justice of the European Union held its second hearing on Tuesday concerning the request by the Polish Supreme Court for a preliminary ruling. The questions related to, among others, the independence of the new National Council of the Judiciary (KRS), as well as the recent reforms to the Supreme Court. Government representatives, the Public Prosecutor General and judges from the KRS defended the implemented reforms.

We must stand firm and fight to absolve the Church from the crime and sin of paedophilia - said the Primate of Poland, Archbishop Wojciech Polak in an interview for TVN24's "Fakty po Faktach". He added that the Church is fully aware of the problem.

Archbishop Głódź has apologized for the words he used on the 12th of May when he asked about the Sekielski brothers documentary on Church paedophilia. He stated that he doesn't "watch just anything". In his retraction he stressed that he did not intend to hurt victims of sexual abuse.

Warsaw police detained two further people on Wednesday, a boy and a girl, in connection with last week's murder of a teenager in one of the schools in Warsaw's Wawer district.

The monument to the former custodian of the Licheń Sanctuary has been covered up. The decision was made by the current administrators of the sanctuary - the Congregation of Marian Fathers. The story of father who was accused of molesting a former altar boy is highlighted in the Sekielski brothers film entitled "Just don't tell anyone".

"Superwizjer" TVN journalists scooped prestigious European awards. Jakub Stachowiak and Patryk Szczepaniak received statuettes at the World Media Festival gala in Hamburg for their report "Black amber market" revealing smuggling and illegal amber trade. The international jury also credited tvn24.pl Szymon Jadczak for his acclaimed report for "Superwizjer" entitled: "Football and gangsters". Also mentioned was "Breast ironing" documentary by TVN Style.

A fire engine crashed into a house on Wednesday in the Polish town of Sokółka after a traffic collision.

Israeli prosecutors filed charges on Thursday against a man accused of spitting on Poland's ambassador, an incident that drew strong condemnation from Warsaw and underscored tensions between the countries over anti-Semitism and Holocaust history.

U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, in Washington on June 12 to talk about security and defense among other issues, the White House said on Wednesday.

TVN24 BIS interview with US Ambassador to Poland. Our very own Paweł Blajer sat down with Ambassador Georgette Mosbacher and asked her the pressing question regarding the visa waiver for Poles.

The so-called First Communion tax means that those receiving the Holy Sacraments may have to pay taxes on their presents. The rules of the game are clear: if the presents exceed the threshold established by the tax office or if they are not declared, it could be treated as normal income. Non-family members are limited to gifting for a period of 5 years.

Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski and US Ambassador Georgette Mosbacher unveiled on Wednesday a commemorative plaque in honor of former US President Thomas Woodrow Wilson. The plaque of America’s 28th president was unveiled on Wilson Square in Warsaw’s northern district of Żoliborz.

Poland's religious and political leaders should unequivocally condemn anti-Semitic behaviour following a number of troubling events in the country, the head of the World Jewish Congress wrote on Wednesday.

The European Union should allow Britain as much time as needed to reconsider Brexit, Poland's Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz told Reuters.

Deliveries of clean Russian oil via the northern route of the Druzhba pipeline to Poland and Germany are expected to start in the near future, Interfax news agency cited oil pipeline monopoly Transneft as saying.

Polish bishops will meet on May 22 to discuss steps to tackle paedophilia in Poland's powerful Catholic Church after a documentary that showed victims confronting priests who had sexually abused them shocked the devout nation.

Poland's ambassador to Israel was spat at while sitting in his car in Tel Aviv, Israeli police said, and the Polish government condemned the incident, which coincided with rising tensions between the two countries.

The Central Statistical Office informed that the average Pole earns 4950 zlotys. The 11th European Economic Congress started on Monday in Katowice. Global investors are afraid of trade war. Business news with Mateusz Walczak.

The interior minister Joachim Brudziński interrupted a youth football match by landing on the pitch in a police Black Hawk. He was to take part in the celebrations for Firefighters' Day in Choszczno.

Up to 2500 zlotys less. Teachers are reporting to the Lesser Poland Polish Teachers' Union that they received much smaller salaries at the beginning of May due to the teachers' strike.

By June, the multi-specialist voivodeship hospital in Gorzów has to get rid of 100 beds. This is 10 percent of total the spots for patients. New laws on minimal norms on employing nurses and midwives require the reduction of beds.

If it was up to them, today Poland would not be in the EU. 88 percent of those who voted were against joining the union, which was the national record in the referendum to join. Would residents of Godziszów vore in the same also today or would they change their minds? Has anything changed for the better in their region in the last 15 years?

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) have chosen a new president on Tuesday. Poland's Witold Bańka, a former middle distance runner will take over the reigns of the troubled body.

Following the arrest of a woman who hung posters showing the Black Madonna of Częstochowa with a rainbow-coloured halo, the interior minister has attempted to clarify the event. However, the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights is not convinced.

A tragic accident took place during the 5th Żuławy Rally. During the second lap of the 2-kilometre long track, one of the teams went off the road and rolled into a ditch. The driver and his pilot were killed on the spot. The police are now investigating whether the rally organizers took proper safety precautions for the event.

Activists from environmental group Greenpeace covered the headquarters of major Polish political parties with black banners bearing the slogan "Poland without coal 2030" in Warsaw on Tuesday.

Poland announced plans on Tuesday to tighten sentences for child sex abuse, just days after the country's politics were upended by a documentary on paedophilia in the Catholic Church, closely allied to the nationalist ruling Law and Justice party.