The European Union's hawks have called for more sanctions on Russia after a fresh flare-up of tensions with Ukraine but the divided bloc is not going to act swiftly, if at all, diplomatic sources said.

Global greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 could be between 13 billion and 15 billion tonnes more than the level needed to keep global warming within 2 degrees Celsius this century, a United Nations report estimated on Tuesday (November 27).

The European Union's climate chief on Tuesday called on the bloc to aim for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the most ambitious path in a long-term strategy due to be announced on Wednesday.

Several senior European politicians on Tuesday raised the possibility of new sanctions against Russia to punish it for capturing three Ukrainian vessels at sea, an incident the West fears could ignite a wider conflict.

Protests were held in different Polish cities on Monday evening in support of Ukraine after Moscow opened fire on and seized three Ukrainian navy ships near Russian-annexed Crimea over the weekend.

Poland's president said on Tuesday Warsaw would join any international moves to step up sanctions on Russia, after Moscow opened fire on and seized three Ukrainian navy ships near Russian-annexed Crimea over the weekend.

Divisions within Europe and tension between the United States and China pose major challenges to the next round of United Nations talks on climate change.

Greenpeace activists climbed a 180-metre (590 feet) chimney at a power station in Belchatow, central Poland, on Tuesday (November 27) to protest Warsaw's coal policies ahead of U.N. climate talks this month.

Consumer agencies in the Netherlands, Poland and five other European Union countries asked privacy regulators on Tuesday to take action against Google for allegedly tracking the movements of millions of users in breach of the bloc's new privacy law.

Central Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested on Tuesday in Warsaw the former chief of Financial Supervision Authority, Marek Ch. He was transported to prosecutor's office in Katowice where he was charged with overstepping the authority of public officer for the benefit of other person.

NASA's InSight spacecraft, the first robotic lander designed to study the deep interior of a distant world, touched down safely on the surface of Mars on Monday with instruments to detect planetary seismic rumblings never measured anywhere but Earth.

Polish police have seized over 160 kilograms of drugs that were hidden in banana boxes in shops all over the country. The transport came to Poland from Equador. The investigators have launched an international inquiry in order to establish both the sender and the recepient of the illegal cargo.

Ukraine on Monday imposed martial law for 30 days in parts of the country most vulnerable to an attack from Russia after President Petro Poroshenko warned of the "extremely serious" threat of a land invasion.

It's been over a year now since the march in which such slogans and such banners appeared, and yet the prosecutor's investigation is still ongoing. According to the Commissioner for Human Rights, Adam Bodnar "the prosecutor's office is overseeing the case but without any apparent determination to close it".

The prosecutor's office issued a statement in which it admits that charging the TVN station's cameraman was premature. The man, together with his colleagues from "Superwizjer", went undercover and infiltrated a neo-nazi group. He has been photographed while making a nazi salute and in connection to this gesture, Polish State Security Service raided his home. TVN, a private media outlet, has issued a statement it claims that independent journalists are being persecuted by the state.

Polish minister of humanitarian aid, Beata Kempa and the chief of the U.S. Agency of International Development (USAID), Mark Green signed in Washington on Monday an agreement of cooperation in the field of humanitarian aid for the Middle East.

NATO head Jens Stoltenberg called on Russian on Monday to release Ukrainian navy ships and sailors, saying there was no justification for Moscow's actions.

Russia has breached international rules through its aggressive behaviour towards Ukrainian naval ships in the Azov Sea, Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.

Our friend and colleague from the News in English, Jan Niedziałek spoke to Goldman Sachs' Vice Chairman, Richard Gnodde on the subject of Brexit and how it will impact Poland.

Central Statistical Office has announced that over 2,5 million Poles live and work abroad. There is no wave of returns, which according to economists was supposed to take place, mainly because of Brexit. Most of Polish emigrants, some 793,000 live in the United Kingdom, about 703,000 in Germany, 120,000 in the Netherlands and 112,000 in Ireland.

Polish national football team have already completed packing their Noble Package that will be sent to a family in need. Other famous sportspeople and celebrities also take part in this charity. Not only they send their packages to those in difficult life situation, but also promote the action and encourage Poles to participate.

European Union leaders finally sealed a Brexit deal on Sunday, saying the package agreed with Prime Minister Theresa May was the best Britain will get in a warning to the British parliament not to reject it.

U.S.-owned private Polish broadcaster TVN said it was facing intimidation after members of Poland's internal security agency entered a TVN cameraman's house and called him to a hearing over accusations he propagated Nazi propaganda.

Electric cars are arousing more and more interest in Europe. Many countries are planning to ban the sale of cars with combustion engines in the upcoming years. In Poland, on the other hand, only about a 1000 electric cars are registered every year.

The ministry of labour is in support of changes to the trade ban on Sundays. The proposition will limit the loopholes allowing some shops to avoid the trade ban. The draft bill was submitted in the lower house of parliament by representatives of Law and Justice.

24.11 | Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has spoken on the phone with the head of the British government, Theresa May. The topic of their conversation was Sunday's EU summit in Brussels, at which most likely the so-called Brexit deal will be signed. Morawiecki said that "Poland was always supporting a wise compromise" in that regard. He also reassured British PM that her country can count on Polish government's support after Brexit is done.

If the presidential elections were held in the coming days and if Andrzej Duda and Donald Tusk would make it to the second round, 50 percent of those surveyed would vote for the former, according to the latest poll for "Fakty" TVN and TVN24. Donald Tusk, former Polish PM and current head of the European Council would secure 45 percent of votes.

A stoutly built mammal cousin the size of an elephant that munched on plants with its horny beak roamed the European landscape alongside dinosaurs during the Triassic Period about 205 million to 210 million years ago, scientists said on Thursday.

Polish government has announced that it wants to introduce nuclear energy by 2033. Prices of gasoline are expected to go down in the coming weeks. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

"What we're dealing with here is a mere implementation of the ECJ's ruling, with which we disagree, but we're complying with it," said the Deputy Justice Minister Marcin Warchoł during the debate in the Senate on Friday. Late in the evening, Polish upper house passed the amendment to the Supreme Court law without any changes. The new legislation reinstates the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative Court judges aged 65 or older, that were forced into retirement, in line with the previous amendment. The new law, which was passed by the parliament in order to comply with the ruling by the ECJ, will now await president's signature. It was supported by 57 senators against 26 those who were against. No one abstained from the vote.