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The Financial Stability Committee discussed situation at Noble Getin and Idea banks

The Financial Stability Committee held a meeting on Getin Noble Bank and Idea Bank. The atendees included the minister of finance, the president of the National Bank of Poland, the acting head of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority and the president of the management board of the Bank Guarantee Fund. They announced a communique stating that they had interviewed the representatives of both banks, who assured that they were currently settling their obligations towards their clients.

Banker Leszek Czarnecki testified to a prosecutor in KNF scandal case

Most of all, this is a corription scandal, said Leszek Czarnecki in front of the prosecutor's office on Monday. He later answered the investigator's questions on the scandal revolving around the financial supervision authority - the KNF. The businessman had recorded a conversation with the KNF's former head who is purported to have offered a corruption proposal. A favour for hiring a particular lawyer for 40 million zlotys. Czarnecki's attorney said the prosecutor was going to receive another recording.

Poland has sent its response to EU Commission regarding ECJ's ruling

Poland will exercise its right to present information about its interpretation of the ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union, regarding the Supreme Court, said deputy foreign minister Konrad Szymański. According to an EU source, on Monday evening, Poland sent its response to the European Commission, regarding the ECJ's order.

Police and city guard are urging to report people without shelter as winter approaches

We still have more than one month before winter officially begins. But the first night before zero is already behind us. That's why institutions and organisations that help the homeless are appealing to the public not to look the other way, if they notice someone without shelter that needs help. Such incidents should be reported to the city guard or the police because it could save a life.

Prosecutor to hear banker Leszek Czarnecki on Monday in financial oversight scandal case

The first hearing on the scandal around the now former chairman of the financial supervision authority will be held on Monday in Katowice. Leszek Czarnecki who made the accusations will testify. His lawyer claims that they have another unreleased recording and the opposition has cast out on whether the prosecutor's office can remain objective in this case. They are also demanding an investigative commission be set up, while the ruling party says there's no need.

Sunday trade ban in Poland to tighten with the beginning of 2019

According to the laws that came into effect on 1st of March this year, trade on Sundays in only allowed on first and last weekend of the month, with some exceptions. In December, the trade ban will only apply to one Sunday, on the 9th day of the month. It will be possible to shopping on all the other ones. But with the beginning of 2019, the weekend shopping is going to be more difficult.

Poland wins first team competition of the ski jumping season

Poland has won the first team competition of the season in ski jumping in Wisła. Piotr Żyła, Jakub Wolny, Dawid Kubacki and Kamil Stoch, for the fourth time in history stood on the highest spot on the podium. The deciding jump for the white-and-reds was 129 meters-long, which guaranteed that they would make up a few points lead by the Germans.

Audit in Suwałki police as officers are said to watch deputy minister's house

Will police officers continue to serve the deputy minister? It's enough they had to watch over his house 24 hours a day, but they also had dress up in suits, wear sunglasses and earpieces, pretending to be agents of State Protection Service. That's not all of the accusations of wrongdoing made by police officers from Suwałki mentioned in an anonymous letter. The police headquarters in this northeastern town is undergoing an audit.

Prosecutor to receive new secret tapes with former KNF chief on Monday

A new tape is to be released on Monday, allegedly proving corruption within the financial supervision authority - the KNF, according to Roman Giertych, the lawyer of the author of the secret recordings. The scandal shook Poland on Tuesday night when the "Gazeta Wyborcza" daily published a recording online, on which the chairman of the KNF offered to protect Getin Noble Bank from going bankrupt, suggesting the bank to hire a specific lawyer for 40 million zlotys. He was recorded by the head of this very bank - Leszek Czarnecki.

Theatre of life. Homeless on stage teach the youth about pitfalls of existence

For some of the participants it's a lesson of life. For others, it's a therapy. A moving an extremely valuable project is taking place in Sopot. The homeless are taking to the stage to warn children and their parents about the traps and challenges of modern lives. They're trying to help others learn from their own experiences to appreciate what's truly important in life.

Works on a bill on Polish banks is underway despite the KNF scandal

Despite tremendous controversies, the work on a bill regarding Polish banks continues. The issue has become toxic after it was revealed that the head of the financial supervision authority made a highly dubious offer to the owner of one of the banks. An investigation is already underway but due to the unearthed scandal and because of what is going in parliament, the opposition is all but accusing the government of trying to make it easier for the state to takeover private banks in Poland.

"Colonel House". A documentary about a true, yet forgotten hero of Polish independence

Edward Mandell House is a figure that both Europe and Poland owe so much. He was a much trusted advisor to American President Thomas Woodrow Wilson and a friend of the Polsih artist and Prime Minister Ignacy Jan Paderewski. Despite all that, he was almost completely forgotten. A documentary film "Colonel House", by the Polish section of Discovery Group, tells the story of this remarkable individual.

Solicitor mentioned amid the KNF scandal sits in a supervisory board of a bank

Marek Chrzanowski, now former head of the financial market watchdog, reportedly asked a bank owner to hire a specific lawyer for a huge fee in return for preferencial treatment by the regulator. That recommended lawyer is said to be Grzegorz Kowalczyk, an acquaintance of Mr Chrzanowski. What makes the story even more interesting is that Mr Kowalczyk is a member of the supervisory board of a bank owned by another business mogul in Poland.