Poland's ruling party, eurosceptic Law and Justice (PiS) have secured most votes in the European elections, according to late poll conducted by IPSOS for TVN24. Jarosław Kaczyński's party secured 43,1 percent of votes, whereas the liberal European Coalition came right behind with 38,4 percent.

The Government Centre for Security (RCB) has sent out text messages with warnings to the residents of four counties located at the Vistula river, as the flood wave is expected to pass through Lubelskie and Masovian voivodeships. Earlier on, similar alerts were sent out to residents of Świętokrzyskie, Lesser Poland and Subcarpathian voivodeships.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak said on Friday that Russia would reverse transfer around one million tonnes of oil from Belarus, following a contamination incident in the Russian Druzhba pipeline.

On Friday in Warsaw, at the age of 62 died the chairman of the All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions (OPZZ) - Jan Guz. He headed the organisation since 2004.

Many years ago, a young woman died after the car she was travelling in flipped over on this road. The driver of that car has placed a commemorative cross and every now and then is lighting votive candles to mark the tragedy. On Thursday, a 38-year-old driver lost his life in the exact same place.

Poland has submitted a complaint to the European Union's top court against copyright rules adopted by the bloc in April to protect Europe's creative industries, which Warsaw says may result in preventive censorship.

Teenage patient of University Hospital in Wrocław has stabbed a nurse three times with a knife in shoulder blade area. On Friday, Krystian B. was charged with attempted murder for which he will may face up to 25 years in prison.

The water levels on rivers in many regions are still very high. Forecasters from the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management issued red and orange flood alerts. The Government Centre for Security cautions to stay away from rivers and surrounding areas.

Protesters, many of them in wheelchairs, gathered in Warsaw on Thursday calling for an increase in benefits and changes to the benefit system for caregivers.

78 percent of respondents said that the Polish Church should pay out damages to the victims of paedophile priests, according to the phone survey conducted by Kantar for "Fakty" TVN and TVN24. 15 percent of those asked expessed the opposite opinion.

Dogs in the Polish town of Wadowice Dolne were evacuated by boat on Wednesday after a nearby river burst its banks, flooding the shelter they were in.

81 percent of respondents said that "bishops should face consequences" for paedophilia scandal within the Polish Church, according to a phone survey by Kantar for "Fakty" TVN and TVN24. The pollster also asked if a special commission, independent from the Church, should be set up to investigate the sex abuse scandal.

16-year-old Kuba who was murdered in one of the schools in Warsaw's Wawer district two weeks ago had been abducted and beaten a month prior to the tragedy in school, according to the information gathered by tvnwarszawa.pl portal. The prosecutor's office informed that a 29-year-old man has been charged in connection to the beating. He has been taken under police supervision.

Law and Justice (PiS) - 36 percent, European Coalition - 34 percent, according to the latest phone survey by Kantar for "Fakty" TVN and TVN24. Robert Biedroń's Wiosna (Spring) party would get the third result with 8 percent. The elections to the European Parliament will take place on Sunday, May 26.

Poland and the United States are close to a deal on an increased U.S. military presence in the central European state, including more personnel and infrastructure, ahead of a visit by President Andrzej Duda to Washington in June, officials told Reuters.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) informed on Thursday that it will hand down the ruling regarding the complaint the European Commission filed against Poland over the changes made to Polish Supreme Court. The reform resulted in some of the justices being forced to retire, including the head of Poland's top court, Chief Justice Małgorzata Gersdorf.

Poland's episcopate will begin a systematic response to deal with the problem of child sex abuse in the church, a senior clergy member announced on Wednesday.

Heavy rain and storms caused flooding in southern Poland on Wednesday (May 22) a day after a tornado tore through the eastern village of Stasin.

Polish lawmakers have approved a package of criminal justice reforms condemned as too tough by legal experts who also accused the conservative ruling party of rushing through important legislative changes in violation of democratic principles.

Homosexual victims of Nazi concentration camps were honoured for the first time in Poland on Friday (May 17), with a floral wreath at the Majdanek camp in the eastern city of Lublin.

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.