An illegal cigarette factory has been closed down near Warsaw. Seven people have been detained, including six citizens of Ukraine. The suspects are between 28 and 58 years old. They have been brought to the prosecutors office and temporarily detained. Police have also secured 2,5 million cigarettes with forged trademarks of two popular brands, as well as 10 tonnes of tobacco. The value of the seized materials and machines is estimated at around 5,5 million zlotys. The cigarettes were to be smuggled into the United Kingdom.

The city of Wrocław wants to introduce a programme that would reduce air pollution. The authorities are considering, among other ideas, the solution implemented in Paris, namely allowing cars with license plates with odd numbers on one day, and with even on the other. One of other potential solution is the one Norwegians applied in Oslo with introducing toll booths that would charge a small fee for driving into the city centre. Each of the five scenarios included in the report published on the city hall's website evokes mixed emotions among the residents of Wrocław.

Austria, Israel, Slovenia, Macedonia and Latvia will be Poland's rivals in Group G of in the qualifications for Euro 2020. The draw was held in Dublin on Sunday and Poland was among the highest ranked teams in pot 1. The national teams of 55 UEFA members were drawn into 10 groups - five of five teams and five of six teams.

British broadcaster and environmentalist David Attenborough on Monday urged world leaders, meeting in Poland to agree ways to limit global warming, to get on and tackle "our greatest threat in thousands of years".

Delegates from nearly 200 nations on Sunday (December 2) began two weeks of talks to tackle deep political divisions at the most important United Nations meeting on global warming since the landmark 2015 Paris deal to shift away from fossil fuels.

Unless the court that has sent the request for a preliminary ruling to ECJ withdraws its motion, the European Court will continue to process it, the Court of Justice of the European Union explained in a letter sent to the Chairman of the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court of Poland.

The most important United Nations climate conference since the Paris Agreement of 2015 opens on Sunday in Katowice, Poland, one of the most polluted coal-mining regions in Europe.

Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush, who presided over the end of the Cold War and routed Saddam Hussein's Iraqi army but lost a chance for a second term after breaking a no-new-taxes pledge, died on Friday at the age of 94.

Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz on Saturday (December 1) called for the European Union to impose new sanctions on Moscow after Russia seized three Ukrainian naval ships and took their crew.

In the state run by Law and Justice, only the institutions filled with the ruling party's nominees receive proper funding, said Marcin Kierwiński, an MP from the opposition Civic Platform party. With these words he commented on the decision by a parliamentary committee to cut funding for the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights (RPO). Law and Justice's MP Jan Mosiński argued that the RPO's activities include "political projects" that shouldn't be financed.

The Polish and Danish gas grid operators have taken a final investment decision to build a gas pipeline linking Poland to Norwegian fields via Danish territory and the Baltic Sea, Poland’s state-owned Gaz-System said on Friday.

The European Union will extend its existing economic sanctions on Russia next month, a top official with the bloc said on Friday after Moscow's action against Ukraine's navy in the Sea of Azov.

At a ceremony attended by the Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and the Minister of Interior Affairs and Administration Joachim Brudziński, Polish police were issued two brand new S-70i Black Hawk helicopters. Never before was the police given new helicopters, the prime minister underscored.

Traditional Kraków nativity scenes listed by UNESCO. The Nativity Scene (szopka) tradition in Kraków is a social practice originating from Christmas celebration customs, centred around constructing cribs. Born in the nineteenth century, the tradition is indissolubly connected to the City of Kraków and based on skills and knowledge passed down for generations.

The U.S. State Department approved the sale of 20 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers to Poland to strengthen security in the region and modernise the country's military, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency said.

Polish government and trade unions want further changes to the Sunday trade ban. Poland took the shameful 26th place in terms of spending on health care system. Over half a million Poles with higher education live abroad.

"It's worth becoming the first major economy to fully decarbonise, to fully reach net zero emissions," European Commission climate chief Miguel Arias Canete said ahead of U.N. climate talks in Katowice. "It will require lots of effort, but it is doable," he added.

The chief of Podlasie region police, Daniel Kołnierowicz, during a radio interview, announced a competition for the best anonymous information" about opposition party MP Bożena Kamińska. Regarding her wealth, business trips and her past activities, he proposed on air in Radio 5.

With a year left until a parliamentary election, Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party is trying to broaden its appeal to voters outside its core conservative-nationalist constituency, amid signs that its support is waning.

A priest from the Stróżewo parish was agitating against the local mayor before the local elections, as he was running as a Civic Coalition's candidate. The priest was attacking the mayor during the masses, on the parish notice board and on Facebook. "He's no longer a Catholic and therefore he cannot be a councillor," he was telling the parishioners.

If you want to buy land in Poland, soon it will be easier. Credit boom in Poland marked by a record-breaking month. Polish PM wants to create a special fund expanding the government's strenght within state-owned companies.

Polish oil company PKN Orlen is to sponsor Williams following the Formula One team's signing of Robert Kubica as a driver for next season.

United Nations weather experts issued a stark warning about rising sea levels and an impending food crisis caused by global warming as they gave their initial 2018 climate statement days before a summit in Poland.

The former head of Poland's financial market regulator, KNF, has been charged with corruption and placed in custody for two months after a court granted a temporary detention order, his lawyer said on Thursday.

The letter written by U.S. Ambassador to Poland Georgette Mosbacher to the Polish government has been commented on by the U.S. administration.The spokeswoman for the State Drepartment has said Madam Ambassador Mosbacher is an excellent representative of the ideas and values of the United States, including the freedom of the press. In the letter which was leaked to the press on Tuesday, the American ambassador reminded the Polish government how important the freedom of the press is to the U.S. Congress and the spokeswoman for the State Department concurred. In the statement issued by the government spokeswoman, Joanna Kopcińska said, among others, that Poland and the United States remain in very good relations.

Good news on public finances. There's a 6,5 billion zlotys surplus the Polish budget. Still good conditions on the Polish labour market. Unemployment level remains at the level of 5,7 percent. Prices at gas stations are expected to drop. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

Less than 7 zlotys (less than 2 euro), that's how much they have to live on per day. This isn't literary fiction but a sad statistic about Polish poverty. The shocking report was published by the Noble Gift charity.

Another hearing of Poland in the rule of law case has been scheduled for 11 December in Brussels, Polish Press Agency (PAP) learned from EU sources. Polish diplomats welcome this decision with open arms as the European Commission will have to address the recently amended law on the Supreme Court.

After discovering some 160 kilograms of cocaine hidden in banana boxes from South America, police went on to search storage facilities to check for more illegal cargo. The search turned out to be successful as even more narcotics were found. A large portion of the illegal shipment was discovered by grocery store employees who were stocking the bananas on shelves.

Polish prosecutors have requested the temporary arrest of Marek Ch., the former head of the country's financial regulator, state news agency PAP reported on Wednesday.