Customs officials in the Philippines got quite a surprise when they opened gift-wrapped boxes of cookies and oatmeal from Poland. The boxes contained 757 tarantulas instead. Their value is estimated to be worth almost 6,000 US dollars.

An illegal moonshine operation in a forest was liquidated by authorities near Białystok. They confiscated the equipment to produce the alcohol and the finished product as well.

Polish judges face disciplinary charges for asking the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) for opinion, which is the fundamental right of every judge in the EU. It's unacceptable for any government to interfere with this right, said Frans Timmermans. The Vice President of the European Commission visited Warsaw on Sunday, where he met, among others, with the leader of Wiosna (Spring) party, Robert Biedroń.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called for the beginning of a new Europe on Friday as he laid out his party's programme for the upcoming European Parliamentary elections on May 23.

DNA tests have shown that American Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski was almost certainly intersex, a documentary to be broadcast on Monday will reveal.

Nationalist anti-immigration parties plan to join forces following next month's European Union parliamentary election, looking to create a new bloc to shake up the EU, officials from four groups said on Monday.

Teachers across Poland held a strike on Monday following failed talks over their demands for higher pay, putting pressure on the government before parliamentary elections later this year.

They came to the rescue but ended up getting attacked instead. Paramedics were called to assists an unconscious man who was laying on the sidewalk in Strzelce Opolskie. On the scene, it turned out that he was drunk and very aggressive.

Police in Gniezno had quite an extraordinary call of duty. They were brought in to save an injured owl but it took them around half an hour to catch her because she kept flying away. A man on roller-skates noticed the bird and after an unsuccessful attempt to save her on his own, he called the police.

This is proof of the strength of our friendship, say American soldiers about the Polish and American exercises in Drawsko Pomorskie. They're to check and perfect the U.S. Army's ability to regroup and relocate in crisis situation.

Eleven people were injured, including one seriously, after a head on collision between a city bus and a tram in Szczecin.

A year in prison - such a sentence was given to two teenagers who in January last year had left their drunk friend on the side of the road. Unfortunately, the 15-year-old did not survive the cold night.

It looks like Poland is still the most popular destination for Ukrainians working abroad. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

Representative Stefan Niesiołowski faces corruption charges. The former Civic Platform MP was questioned by the national prosecutor's office in Łódź. He could face up to ten years in prison, if convicted. Although he did not want to comment on the matter after being charged on Friday, earlier on he had claimed he was innocent of the accusations.

What rights do the parents have if they find their child's school or kindergarten closed on Monday morning? They could for example take their children home with them and apply to the local Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) for compensation.

The United States is considering expanding sales of Lockheed Martin Corp-made F-35 fighter jets to five new nations including Romania, Greece and Poland as European allies bulk up their defenses in the face of a strengthening Russia, a Pentagon official told Congress on Thursday.

Poland's biggest opposition front launched its campaign for next month's European Parliament election on Saturday by warning that the ruling eurosceptic PiS party could eventually lead the country out of the EU.

Marek Falenta has been detained, the interior minister Joachim Brudziński announced on Friday. He also extended his congratulations to the police officers that took part in finding and arrest of the businessman.

Friday's round of talks between Polish teachers' unions and the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party did not bring a breakthrough and it seems that now the nationwide strike is imminent.

The father was drunk so he gave the keys to his 15-year-old son and allowed him to drive. The underaged driver caused an accident which resulted in four people going to the hospital.

Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Friday (April 5) he would host a major rally of European nationalist and far-right parties to promote a shared political vision ahead of May's EU parliamentary elections.

Electricity prices are rising in Poland but they're only to affect businesses and local governments. Will the average Pole be affected by this? Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

While under the influence of amphetamines he got behind the wheel and ended up killing two teenage girls. Now he's been sentenced to ten years in jail, a lifetime ban from driving motor vehicles and 15,000 zlotys restitution to victims' families.

Opposition is asking what's going on with the investigation into the Srebna company. The national prosecutor took to the podium and asnwered. He claims that the proceeding are underway. Then the questions remains, why do the proceeding only involve the Austrian businessman who accused Jarosław Kaczyński of fraud?

The man suspected of attacking the former mayor of Siedlce has been questioned by investigators. The former mayor Wojciech Kudelski himself also spoke with the prosecutor while in the hospital. Kudelski positively identified the man as the one who on Monday morning stabbed him with a knife. The suspect is a 38-year-old who in the past received psychiatric treatment.

Another tragic accident took place near Warsaw in Pruszków. An ambulance with its sirens on struck a 9-year-old girl. Sadly, she died from her injuries on the scene.

The prosecutor's office has initiated an investigation into the tragic accident that took place in Puszczykowo in Greater Poland. Two people lost their lives, a doctor and a paramedic. Only the driver of the ambulance survived but he remains in a medically induced coma.

The act on electricity prices continues without a regulation. According to the Deputy Minister of Energy Grzegorz Tobiszowski, after discussions in Brussels, consultations with energy companies continue. However, that doesn't make a difference for some city governments. We're paying higher electricity prices, despite promises from the government.

The Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced the complete liquidation of the Open Retirement Funds (OFE). This is supposed to happen before the parliamentary elections in the fall. Morawiecki also said that it's about giving back and not taking away money from Poles. Currently the fund has over 160 billion zlotys.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday said allies are focused on ways to deter Russia after its breach of the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and "pattern of destabilizing behavior."