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Some people couldn't cast their votes. Ministry claims the system works fine

During the Sunday's local elections, there were numerous complaints from people who had registered online to be eligible to vote and yet they were sent away from the voting stations. According to the Minister of Digital Affairs Marek Zagórski, the computer system did just fine on Sunday and that the problem lies in the faulty organisation on part of the local voting stations.

EU commission: ECJ shared our view on Polish Supreme Court law

The European Commission's spokesman Margaritis Schinas said on Monday that by Friday's injunction issued against the implementation of the Polish Supreme Court law, the European Court of Justice shared the commission's view that the Polish law is incompatible with the EU law.

Forty years ago Archbishop of Kraków Karol Wojtyła became Pope John Paul II

Forty years ago, on the 16th of October, the Archbishop of Kraków Karol Wojtyła became Pope John Paul II. Born in Poland, John Paul II was the first non-Italian pope since the Dutch Pope Adrian VI, who served from 1522 to 1523. He was one of the most travelled world leaders in history, visiting 129 countries during his pontificate. John Paul II has been credited with being instrumental in bringing down Communism in Central and Eastern Europe.