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Polish police warn about neo-Nazis from Białystok

After the murder of the mayor of Gdańsk, minister of justice Zbigniew Ziobro is vowing to tackle hate speech. Białystok is a test of intentions and efficiency. It's full of swastikas and for years the neo-Nazis have terrorised the city. An investigation was opened during the time of Civic Platform's government and after the shift of power, it was abruptly slowed. The police speak frankly that today these neo-Nazis are being called patriots and are growing in power.

Man and woman charged for forcing women to work in an erotic chat room

They were supposed to work as hostesses, but they ended up in a job in a erotic chat room. After a 6-month-long investigation, the prosecutor's office pressed charges against the 35-year-old woman and a 28-year-old man, who recruited young women. The charges are serious, as they include human trafficking, for which they may face up to 3 years in prison.

Nationalists and anti-Semitic slogans at the gates of Auschwitz

Commemorations for the International Holocaust Remembrance Day which took place on Sunday. However, instead of focusing on the victims and survivors, we turn our attention to the nationalist and anti-Semitic slogans that were chanted. Out of all places, in front the gates of Auschwitz. Leading the demonstration was an individual well-known to the police and the prosecutor's office. On the anniversary of the camp's liberation, he shouted about "Jewish invaders", about Poland regaining its dignity and finally, "Poland for Poles". With a megaphone in hand, not confronted by anybody, he sowed hatered as he's done many times before. Is this really the image that Poland wants to project around the world, on a day when the eyes of the world were watching?

Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki interviewed by CNN's Richard Quest in Davos

In Davos, Mateusz Morawiecki defended the actions taken by the Polish government in an interview with CNN's Richard Quest. The head of Law and Justice government stood up especially for the judicial reforms introduced in recent years. According to Morawiecki, the reforms were not fully understood by Poland's Western-European friends.

"Deliberate and extreme cruelty". Chief veterinarian comments on shocking report on Polish meat industry

Poland’s Chief Veterinarian Officer issued a statement on Monday in regard to "Superwizjer" TVN’s report entitled "I’ll buy sick meat", aired on Saturday. In his statement, he underscored that "the revealed operations bore signs of an illegal conduct". "We may be talking about putting people’s health and lives at risk," said the spokesperson for the Chief of Police, Mariusz Ciarka.

Don't be indifferent. 63 homeless people died since November in Poland

The cold weather brings with it even more difficult times for the homeless. Sometimes, even deadly. That's why authorities remind citizens not to be indifferent to the plight of the homeless when it's freezing outside. You can even save a life by reporting such incidents to the city guard or the police. On Wednesday, one person died from exposure and since November, a total of 63 deaths were reported.

Central bank chief inspired the meeting? Behind the scenes of the KNF scandal

According to "Gazeta Wyborcza", Marek Chrzanowski, the former chief of Poland's financial regulator (KNF) told the investigators that it was the head of NBP Adam Glapiński who inspired the meeting between Chrzanowski and bank owner Leszek Czarnecki. The opposition is convinced that an investigative commission needs to be set up as soon as possible, in order to explore the details of the so-called KNF scandal.

Red flags and warnings ignored. Was it possible to avoid the tragedy?

Note from the prison service and in it, the words of Stefan W. "I would like for Jarosław Kaczyński to be a dictator" and "I don't want to be in Pomerania because it's a home of Civic Platform". The would be murdered said in a conversation that would be noted and one day before his release, sent to police. There were lots of red flags and warnings but did anyone pay attention?

The trial has begun. Krystian W. is accused of multiple rapes

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.

16 million zlotys in "mayor Adamowicz's last collection can"

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.