The trade tax may be coming back to large retailers and automation has 20 percent of Poles concerned about their jobs. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

This method could be a breakthrough in diagnosing cancer. Scientists from the Łódź University of Technology have come up with a method to diagnose cancer almost in real time, as well as its stage of advancement. All this, without having to take a tissue sample.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's government could resume media campaigns against European Union bodies, he suggested on Sunday, as his nationalist Fidesz party gears up for European Parliament elections due on May 26.

"Shame that we may consider all those hours that we spent today as somewhat wasted, as we’re nowhere near of finding a solution. The government side did not propose any new ideas," said the chairman of the Polish Teachers’ Union, Sławomir Broniarz. "We will resume the talks regarding Polish education system on Monday. We’ve asked the unions to coordinate their demands," said the deputy PM Beata Szydło after the meeting with unions’ representatives.

Hundreds of thousands of people opposed to Britain's withdrawal from the European Union marched through central London on Saturday (March 23) to demand a new referendum as the deepening Brexit crisis risked sinking Prime Minister Theresa May's premiership.

Poland's budget deficit will widen in the coming quarters, finance minister Teresa Czerwińska was quoted as saying by state news agency PAP on Monday. The minister also dubbed media revelations regarding her resignation as "highly exaggerated".

Hungary's President Janos Ader and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda met in the southern Polish city of Kielce on Saturday to celebrate a day of friendship between their countries. Joined by their wives Anita Herczegh and Agata Kornhauser-Duda, the two presidents unveiled a monument of Hungarian composer Bela Bartok and attended a handball match between Polish and Hungarian teams. On Friday Duda awarded Ader the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's oldest and highest award of the Republic of Poland, according to Poland's state news agency PAP. Polish-Hungarian Friendship Day was first established by their respective parliaments in 2007.

Poland made it two wins out of two at the start of their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign after second-half goals by Robert Lewandowski and Kamil Glik gave them a 2-0 home win over Latvia in Group G on Sunday.

Ukraine's ghost town of Prypyat, just 5 km from the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, was full of people in protective gear on Thursday in a mass clean up of rubbish from the site.

Two homeless con artists in Łódź have at least 500,000 zlotys online, from over 700 people. The men supposedly sold electronic equipment in an online store and eventually stopped delivering the goods. The prosecutor's office filed charges against both men.

Hungary's President Janos Ader and his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda met in the southern Polish city of Kielce on Friday on the eve of a day marking the long friendship between their two countries.

A parish priest's debts are under the scrutiny of the curia. A clergyman from Koskowice in Lower Silesia allegedly frequently borrowed money from his parishoners. The sums in question are said to be enormous.

Footage from a police camera just like in the movies. An Audi was speeding on the streets of Bydgoszcz with no intent of stopping. When the police finally caught up with the car, officers apprehended the driver at gunpoint. It turned out that there were seven other people in the car, including one in the trunk. To top it all off, the driver was under the influence of alcohol.

An albino pengiun made its debut appearance at a Polish Zoo on Friday - the only bird of its kind in captivity, said staff.

A patient died in an emergency room in a Sosnowiec hospital but the story of how it happened is the most terrifying. According to his family, 39-year-old Krzysztof waited nine hours to die because, all the while, nobody helped him. Despite many warning signs that the situation was rapidly deteriorating. The hospital management is expressing their apologies and the prosecutor is on the case.

According to the last statements given by Gerald Birgfellner to investigators, 50,000 zlotys was given to a priest that was a council member of the Lech Kaczyński Foundation Institute. Apparently, Birgfellner gave the money to Jarosław Kaczyński who then paid the priest to get his approval for the plans to build the twin towers in Warsaw.

Poland's Finance Minister Teresa Czerwinska has not submitted her resignation, a spokesman for the ministry said on Friday, after a newspaper reported that she was considering stepping down over plans by the ruling party to increase spending.

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Thursday the European Union should cut funding and impose sanctions on members which pass laws that contravene core EU principles such having an independent judiciary and freedom of the press.

Poland forward Krzysztof Piątek continued his prolific season by scoring 10 minutes after coming off the bench to secure a 1-0 win away to Austria in their opening Euro 2020 qualifier.

A game of cards in the interest of education. A doctor studying in a medical university has come up with a way to learn about the dangers of the anti-vaxxer movement by playing this tricky game.

Around 1,000 people rallied outside the Hungarian Academy of Science (HAS) on Thursday to protest against government moves to overhaul the institution, which scientists say is the latest threat to academic independence.

Anti-corruption campaigner Zuzana Caputova was projected to win 60.5 percent of the vote in Slovakia's presidential election run-off on March 30 in her first run for political office, an opinion poll showed on Thursday.

The Kremlin on Thursday complained that flights by U.S. nuclear-capable B-52 strategic bombers across the Baltic Sea near Russia's borders were creating tensions in the region, but Washington said they were needed to deter potential adversaries.

Stefan W., the man who killed the Mayor of Gdańsk Paweł Adamowicz shall be subjected to a four-week forensic-psychiatric observation, the District Court in Gdańsk ruled on Thursday.

"Paraguay's Passports" - a historical movie about the Bernese Group has been shown in Washington D.C. It depicts Polish diplomats who, during the World War II, made illegitimate use of legitimate Latin American passports, in order to save thousands of Jews from almost certain death.

A hair-raising event during the lowering of a drawbridge in Gdańsk. The captain of a tourist boat ignored a red light and put over a hundred of his passengers in danger. The operator of the bridge is also being criticised as he could have stopped the bridge from lowering but failed to do so.

It was a robbery in broad daylight. Literally. Two armed men entered a bank in Katowice and in no time at all were out with the money and making their getaway. The police are examinig security footage and calling for anyone with crucial information to contact authorities.

An intoxicated pedestrian crossed the street on a red light and was struck by a car. The drunk man survived and escaped punishment but the driver of the vehicle was not so fortunate. He was found liable for the accident, as it was determined that he was speeding at the time.

On Wednesday, after 9 p.m. a meeting between President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki came to an end. They spoke about the demands put forward by Polish teachers, which include an increase in wages. The meeting in the Presidential Palace lasted about two hours.

The European Union could grant Britain's request for a short Brexit delay if parliament votes next week in favour of a stalled departure deal, European Council President Donald Tusk said on Wednesday.