One miner was killed and eight injured at the Rydułtowy coal mine in Silesia, after a powerful tremor at 1,200 metres below the surface, just before midnight on Tuesday. Most of the injured were able to get out of the mine by themselves, one had to be carried out on a stretcher.

It's the beginning of the trial and there's a very long list of accusations. According to investigators, Krystian W. took advantage of teenage girls and committed 65 crimes, most of them rape and attempted rape. There are over 30 victims, several of them aren't even 15 years old. They're just children.

Sixteen million zlotys in one collection can! The result is just baffling. People came together on the internet to do one last collection for the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity, to honour the memory of the murdered Gdańsk mayor Paweł Adamowicz. The internet fundraiser will certainly go down in history and is a testimony of how well Poles are able to unite in difficult times.

AC Milan have signed Krzysztof Piatek from Genoa after the Polish striker scored 19 goals in 21 appearances following his move from Cracovia in July.

European Union foreign ministers will discuss in February imposing more sanctions against Russia over a stand-off with Ukraine in the Azov Sea, diplomats said.

Poland is set to exclude Huawei from its future 5G network in favour of European players following the arrest of an employee from the Chinese telecoms company on suspicion of spying, officials and industry sources say.

Mercedes Benz is upping investment in Poland and building yet another factory in Jawor, Lower Silesia. Polish government wants to institute a news social programme for mothers of four or more. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

"Let's fill the last canister to the brim for mayor Adamowicz, for the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity," said Patrycja Krzymińska of Facebook. She organised an internet fundraiser with the goal of just 1,000 zlotys, while people have donated millions and millions more.

"I don't have hate in my heart. I have pain and regret," said Magdalena Adamowicz, wife of the murdered mayor of Gdańsk. She explained the conditions that she placed on her husband for him to run for mayor in the last elections.

Aleksandra Dulkiewicz is now an official candidate for mayor of Gdańsk. She was the deputy to mayor Adamowicz and is currently the acting mayor. Earlier, she announced that she would run under the "Everything for Gdańsk" association. She announced this at the press conference at Ołowianka island.

"Liberal ideals were close to Paweł Adamowicz's heart. He was a humanist and supported the LGBT community. He turned Gdańsk into an open city and that's something we indentify with, he chose a path we would like to follow here in Prague", mayor of Prague Zdeněk Hřib said in conversation with TVN24, referring to plans of naming one of the streets in Prague after Paweł Adamowicz.

"Escape rooms" are on the radar of the General Building Inspectorate. 418 of "escape room" buildings were inspected and only 83 of them adhered to regulations. The inspections are taking place throughout the entire country. This is after the tragedy in Koszalin that left 5 teenagers dead, in the beginning of January. An "escape room" there caught fire while the girls were trapped inside.

Marek Chrzanowski, a former head of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority, will be released. The court refused the request by the prosecutor's office to extend his temporary detention for another month.

Poland may suffer due to a slowdown of the Chinese economy. Pensioners in Poland have more and more problems, as their debts in the last six years incresed five times. Innovation roundtable in Warsaw. Business news from Poland.

The EU cannot renegotiate the 'backstop' agreement in the Brexit deal with the U.K. government, European Commission First Vice President Frans Timmermans said at an event in Krakow, Poland on Wednesday.

Could we be facing a measles epidemic? How should we prepare? In Szczecin, already 30 cases have been reported. Due to the breakout one hospital there is no longer admitting patients. Although this hospital says the situation is under control, can patients there feel at ease?

The conductor of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity is thanking Poles for all the support. Jurek Owsiak has announced that he is coming back as president of the foundation. He made the announcement on the social media over the weekend and confirmed his return at a press conference on Monday. Millions of Poles took to the internet to show their support for Owsiak and they also donated money online, in the name of Mayor Adamowicz. This alone has amassed more than 3 million zlotys.

"Cold War" nominated in three Oscar categories. Paweł Pawlikowski’s film has been nominated for an Academy Award in Best Foreign Language Film category. In recent months, the movie received many prestigious, international awards and gained recognition among critics and the audience.

The mother of Stefan W. who murdered Paweł Adamowicz has words for the mayor's family. "I am very sorry for what my son has done and I ask for forgiveness, although I know I'm asking a lot," she said in an interview with "Gazeta Wyborcza". After the murder of the mayor of Gdańsk an inquiry has been launched, focused on the Gdańsk police department and the security agency that provided security of the charity event is supposed to lose its license.

Incident on Krakowskie Przedmieście Avenue in Warsaw. A man was driving a volkswagen wrong way on a one-way Focha street, hit a police officer and tried to escape. His drive ended on the gates of the Presidential Palace. "There are no indications that his actions were deliberate," Mariusz Mrozek from the Warsaw Police told TVN24.

Poland's conservative government approved on Tuesday plans to award pensions to stay-at-home mothers of four or more children in another move that could help its popularity ahead of an election.

The southern Polish village of Laliki in the Beskidy mountains had to call in heavy machinery on Monday to dig itself out of deep snow that fell during last week. Local officials described roads as looking like bobsleigh tracks and that because of the chilly air the snowy had hardened, resembling "frozen concrete". One resident said locals were waiting to be dug out or were trying to dig their way through the white stuff with shovels. The entrance to her house had been entirely blocked by snow, she said. Polish broadcaster TVN said access to the village and the surrounding area was only possible with a four-wheel drive vehicle.

The number of millionaires in Poland is growing rapidly and earnings in Poland are significantly higher if you work for a foreign company. Business news from Poland.

A beautiful gesture by the family of Mayor Paweł Adamowicz. His loved ones asked that instead of bringing flowers and candles, people donate money to the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity and the Father Dutkiewicz hospice which was very close to Mayor Adamowicz's heart.

The line was a few hundred metres long. It took many hours of waiting to able to pause at the casket of Mayor Paweł Adamowicz, for a few short seconds. But for hundreds of people not only hailing for Gdańsk, this was a very important and symbolic moment.

Poland's foreign minister said on Monday he had proposed limiting the Irish backstop to five years in order to unblock the Brexit deadlock but the idea was immediately knocked back by Ireland as being out of step with the EU's stance.

Murdered Gdansk mayor Pawel Adamowicz's funeral drew tens of thousands of people in the Polish Baltic coast city on Saturday amid outrage over his murder six days ago.

The organisers of an event to celebrate Adolf Hitler's birthday, which was uncovered by TVN's investigative journalist last year, will face trial. According to the prosecutor's office, this commemoration was not a one-time event.

Residents of Gdańsk may need help from psychologogists due to the tragic attack and murder of the city's mayor Paweł Adamowicz. Since the attack took place on stage in front of hundreds of spectators, the city says any resident who was unable to cope with the tragic events can count on psychological assistance. The deputy mayor also met with the mother of the perpetrator and says that this was also a tragedy for the family of Stefan W. That's why he wants them to be included in prayers because that's what mayor Adamowicz would have wanted.

Carrying flags and candles in cold streets, thousands of Poles walked on Friday beside the coffin of Gdansk's former mayor Pawel Adamowicz who was stabbed on stage at a charity event.