Representatives of the ruling Law and Justice party are unofficially wondering why Adam Andruszkiewicz was appointed deputy minister of digital affairs. The opposition is pointing to his lack of qualifications to the role. But when speaking officially, representatives are saying that the new minister knows a lot about social media and they're hoping that he'll make Law and Justice more attractive for young voters. The American Jewish Committee has also waded on the appointment and issued a statement expressing their concern referring to the deputy minister's controversial past as the leader of a far-right, nationalist organisation.

Tourists got stranded in a high-mountain shelter in the Tatra Mountains and had to be evacuated by helicopter. This happened at the Valley of Five Lakes but really the entire Tatra Mountain range got buried in snow. Experts are saying we have a winter like we haven't seen in years. While beautiful, it's also dangerous. A 4th-degree avalanche warning is still in effect.

School officials in Poland on Saturday appealed to the media to be sensitive in their reporting after the death of five teenage girls in an "escape room" fire.

Unemployment is so low in Poland that there are even vacancies on the Antarctic. The Polish Antarctic Station is looking for candidates for another expedition to the land of ice and snow. This exceptional job is not only for scientists. A couple who spent a year in the Antarctic told us their story, what it was like to live among penguins and seals.

In the Tatra Mountains, a 4th-degree avalanche warning is in effect. In the north a huge storm continues to batter the coast. And inland storm surges are raising water levels in rivers. Winter is paralysing many parts of Poland and authorities are calling for extra caution.

The Warsaw Museum of Evolution has approximately 8 million artefacts in its storerooms, but they don't have enough space to display even a small fraction of them. That's why it's hard for Poles to take advantage of their scientific discoveries when they don't have enough room or funding.

Travelling from Łódź to Warsaw will be more comfortable as the A2 highway is to be expanded. Automobile production in Poland has dropped for another year in a row. Record low unemployment in Poland. Businesses looking for employees are hoping for Poles to return home from abroad. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

Eurasian elks, closely related to the American moose are causing trouble on roads in Cedry Wielkie near Gdańsk. Five people have been injured in automobile collisions with the large animals. Authorities are calling for drivers to use extra caution in the area.

A large section of toll-road linking Warsaw to the German border has just become more expensive for truck drivers. Cars, motorcycles and oversize loads will see no change.

Five 15-year-old girls died in a fire that broke out on Friday in an escape room in Koszalin, northern Poland. They were having a birthday party. One person has with severe burn wounds was taken to hospital.

New standards for staffing nurses creates huge headache for hospital directors. According to the new standards, more new nurses will be needed on a per-bed basis. So hospital directors are faced with the dilemma either to recruit more nurses or reduce the number of beds in hospitals.

Severe weather that moved in on Wednesday. In the north, rough seas on the Baltic caused storm surges. There were also high winds and rain. In the south. heavy snow, avalanche warnings and low visibility dominated the last few days. In other parts of Poland, the wind downed trees and power lines.

If you wish to become world-famous, you better think twice. Up to 1997, a quaint little Austrian town at the foot of Salzburg Alps was quietly casting its reflection on the crystal-clear, unruffled surface of the lake that it’s located at. Twenty years ago, a decision was made to place it on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Today, the residents of Hallstatt would rather turn back the time.

Law and Justice's (PiS) spokeswoman Beata Mazurek confirmed that on the 9th of January in Warsaw, the party's leader Jarosław Kaczyński will meet with the Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Matteo Salvini. She added that the talks will be held on the "matters of interest for both sides".

It bit into the land and devoured a beach on Hel. It moves concrete blocks like small pawns. It recedes for a moment and attacks again. After a short while, an uprooted tree lands on whatever was left of the beach. The Baltic has no mercy for the shore.

Polish Football Association's (PZPN) License Committee has suspended Wisła Kraków from further participation in Polish top division, informed the PZPN on its official website.

The European Commission expects Poland to submit its new law cutting tax on electricity for European Union scrutiny to see if it complies with EU laws prohibiting illegal state aid to companies, a Commission spokeswoman said on Thursday.

A former chief of the All-Polish Youth has become the new digital affairs deputy minister. He's 28 and his former colleagues from Kukiz'15 movement call his appointment a moral and intellectual downfall. Opposition calls him a anti-European nationalist; the nationalists, in turn, make it shorter - "a sycophant".

The Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy's actions are aimed at strenghtening families and to protect them. The draft amendment to the bill on family violence prevention has been published too soon in the Public Information Bulletin, the ministry said on Wednesday.

Thirteen people got injured and bruised after two trams collided at Kercelak roundabout (crossing of Okopowa Street and "Solidarności" Avenue in Warsaw. The injured have been taken to hospitals, informed officer Małgorzata Wersocka from the Warsaw Police.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told the "Financial Times" that this year's elections to the European Parliament will spark deep changes in Brussels. He also criticised European Commission's actions taken in regard to Polish judiciary reforms.

By far, 480 apartments have been handed over to tenants within the framework of the "Home+" housing programme introduced by the state. Another batch of 364 flats will be ready in the first quarter of 2019. New flats will be moved into by residents in Gdynia, Wałbrzych and Kępice.

Starting January 1, 2019, the stricter regulations regarding trade on Sunday come into effect - trade ban will be lifted only on the last Sunday of each month.

The District Prosecutor's Office in Jelenia Góra has extended, until 30 June 2019, an investigation of the death of Magdalena Żuk in Egypt. The 27-year-old woman died in Egypt in April 2017 as a result of injuries sustained due to a fall from the first or second floor of a hospital.

During the New Year's Eve night the Polish fire service was deployed 1664 times, of which 828 interventions were fire-related and which took the lives of 5 people; unfortunately this New Year's Eve was extremely tragic, said the the spokesman for the Polish State Fire Service Senior Brigadier Paweł Frątczak.

Pope Francis, in his first message of the new year on Tuesday, bemoaned a lack of unity across the world, and warned against a soulless hunt for profit that benefits only a few.

Power plant in Ostrołęka will be the last coal-powered source in Poland, however, our economy requires creating of new energy sources, the Minister of energy, Krzysztof Tchórzewski told the Polish Press Agency (PAP).

The capital has set an example and now subsequent cities are following in its footsteps and are calling off fireworks shows on New Year's Eve. All to protect our four-legged friends for whom the night of fireworks is a night full of fear. Instead of firecrackers, there will be fire or laser light shows.

Appeals to the public and warnings aren't helping. In the mountains, tourists continue to venture into the high country ill-prepared for the conditions. This is not only irresponsible but very dangerous as well, say mountain search and rescue workers, who year in and year out have their hands full of work due to lack of foresight.

Patients with spinal muscular atrophies will have a chance to be treated. A very expensive remedy up until now, will be placed on the list of refundable medicines. Furthermore, beginning with January, a therapy will be funded by the state.