In the first round of presidential elections, 41 percent of respondents would vote for Andrzej Duda, whereas 28 percent for Donald Tusk. Should there be a second round, the sitting president would get reelected - according to a survey conducted over the phone by Kantar for "Fakty" TVN and TVN24.

Another countrywide strike has begun - this time by physiotherapists. If the government does not fulfill their demands for higher wages, the strike could last through May and after that hospitals could be short by up to 60,000 workers.

Tragic incident on the premises of one Warsaw's Wawer district schools. During an altercation, a teenager fatally stabbed his peer with "a sharp instrument". We have received the first information at Kontakt 24.

Agnieszka Kowalczyk and Tomasz Osmulski are the winners of the 6th annual "Wings for Life" race in Poznań, where almost 7,500 people took part in the run. About 120,000 people participated worldwide. The money raised from the race will go to spinal cord injury research.

Professor Karol Modzelewski was laid to rest at the Powązki Military Cemetery in Warsaw. The funeral was a secular service and among those who took part were Bronisław Komorowski, Aleksander Kwaśniewski, Bogdan Borusewicz, Władysław Frasyniuk and Adam Bodnar.

After being convicted for double murder and spending 19 years behind bars, Arkadiusz Kraska has been released from prison. His sentence was suspended by the Supreme Court on motion filed by the prosecutor's office. Now, the prosecution wants his acquittal.

Fifty three (53) people have been indicted for drug trafficking, theft and assaults. A gang of Silesian football hooligans, related to the Ruch Chorzów football club, who call themselves "Psycho Fans" will now stand trial.

The race to the European Parliament is a race for prestige, power and a huge amount of money. If one has any doubts, it's enough to take a look at the asset declarations of MEPS. Their savings run in the hundreds of thousands zlotys, while the record holders have millions. They also own several pieces of real estate.

President of the European Council Donald Tusk informed on Wednesday that he expected to start the nomination process of appointing new people to the EU's most powerful roles during a summit on May 28, two days after the bloc's European Parliament vote.

The European Union's 28 countries consume the Earth's resources faster than they can be renewed and none of them has sustainable consumption policies, a report released on Thursday said, as EU leaders met to discuss priorities for the next five years.

The United States law doesn't obligate Poland to do anything regarding the property lost by the Holocaust victims during WWII. The JUST act (Act 447) has nothing to do with blaming Poland for the atrocities committed by Nazi Germany, the United States Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism, Elen Carr said on Wednesday in Warsaw.

Fighting climate change, safeguarding the rule of law and finding a modern model for growth must be at the heart of the European Union, the bloc's leaders agreed in Thursday talks meant to show unity despite the damage from Brexit.

Over 360 accidents and 28 fatalities - this is the outcome of the May holiday weekend on Polish roads. The police provided official data from the period between Thursday (2 May) and Sunday (May 5).

The former prime minister and candidate for the European Parliament, Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz struck a woman on a bike last Saturday while driving his car. In addition, the car that he was driving did not have a valid technical inspection. The Regional Prosecutor's Office in Białystok has launched an investigation that is focused on clarifying the circumstances of the accident.

Poland's newly formed broad opposition alliance should be an example to others in Europe hoping to stem a tide of rightist populism ahead of European Parliament elections on May 26, centrist leader Grzegorz Schetyna said in an interview.

The matriculation exams for highy schools students continue. On Tuesday, seniors took their mandatory written exams in mathematics. It was also another busy day for uniformed services, as another round of false bomb threats were made. Some schools began the exams late and one had to call them off altogether.

Russia is to grant Polish officials access to the wreckage of a Polish plane that crashed in Russia in 2010, killing then Polish president Lech Kaczyński and 95 other people on board, Russia's Investigative Committee said on Wednesday.

Leaders of political parties are on the road, while the candidates in their districts, making appearances and shaking hands with voters. The campaigns before the European elections are in full swing.

Jarosław Kaczyński, the chairman of Law and Justice, has filed a 31-page-long lawsuit against "Gazeta Wyborcza" for publishing articles regarding the so-called Kaczyński tapes from the 29th and the 30th of January this year.

Hundreds of Polish gay rights activists staged a protest rally on Tuesday evening over the brief detention of a woman who posted images near a church of the Virgin Mary with her halo painted to resemble the rainbow flag of the LGBT community.

A small racing plane landed on the pier in the seaside city of Sopot. At its helm was one the best racing pilots in the world Łukasz Ciepiela. He didn't have an easy challenge as the width of the pier is only slightly greater than the wing span of the plane.

The Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin thinks that the Constitution needs a new chapter that would settle the relations between Poland and the European Union. In an interview with Konrad Piasecki, the politician was also asked about the words of President Andrzej Duda, who during the celebration of the Constitution Day said that he wanted Poland's presence in the European Union included in the Polish Constitution. Deputy minister Gowin also talked about the ideas behind the draft proposal, submitted by his own political group.

Leri Papidze moved to Poland in 1994 in search of new opportunities. The ceramic artist, who specialises in making 'kvevri', pots traditionally used for making wine, said the assimilation process was slow but now Poland feels like his second home, adding that his talent for meeting people helped him settle in.

Georgian and Polish presidents met in Warsaw on Tuesday (May 7) to discuss economic cooperation and future solutions to temporary economic migration.

There's less than three weeks to go until the European elections. The campaigns are entering their next stage. Candidates are fighting for votes in various ways. Here's the review of campaign events so far.

Polish-American relations are better than ever, wrote the United States Ambassador to Poland on Twitter. Georgette Mosbacher published her post exactly 100 hundred years after the first US Ambassador to Poland, Hugh Simons-Gibson came to Warsaw.

Demonstrators on Monday (May 6) gathered outside the Archbishop of Wrocław's residence in protest again the detention of a woman who posted images near a church in central Poland of the Virgin Mary with her halo painted to resemble the rainbow flag.

Hundreds of Polish high schools received false warnings of bombs on their premises on Tuesday for the second day running and final exams were disrupted, the Central Exam Commission said.

The leader of Germany's conservatives said she expected Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party would quit Europe's main centre-right group after he withdrew support for the bloc's candidate to head the European Commission.

Pipeline operator Ukrtransnafta said on Monday that clean Russian oil had started flowing from Belarus towards Ukraine and it was ready to resume oil exports to the European Union following a transit hiatus over contaminated crude.