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Too young to retire. Jarosław Kaczyński says it's not yet his time to quit politics

Due to the overhaul of the judiciary and the forced retirement of judges once they reach the age of 65, a question has been posed to the Chairman of Law and Justice, Jarosław Kaczyński, if he himself isn't too old to be a politician and if perhaps he should retire. Law and Justice claims that their politicians are democratically elected, whereas judges are not. According to them, this makes a difference.

Polish Supreme Court asks CJEU for another two preliminary rulings

The Supreme Court (SN) has submitted another two requests for preliminary ruling to the Court of Justice of the European Union, regarding independence of the judiciary, Supreme Court press office's Krzystof Michałowski told Polish Press Agency (PAP) on Tuesday. SN also asked for an expedited procedure.

Poland's National Bank's head sees no rate rises through 2019

Poland’s central bank governor Adam Glapiński said on Wednesday interest rates should remain unchanged until at least the end of 2019, or possibly longer, as steady borrowing costs support strong growth in central Europe’s largest economy.

Inspection at Amazon: dalayed wages and extended working hours

Officials from the Chief Labour Inspectarate completed 13 inspections in a logistics centre for Amazon Fulfillment Poland. They discovered cases of dalayed payment of wages, docking wages and breaking laws on working hours, as well as failure to follow health and safety laws.

PKN Orlen set to secure full control of Unipetrol

Poland’s largest refiner PKN Orlen is set to secure full control of its Czech unit Unipetrol, ending years of minority shareholder disputes and removing one of Prague’s biggest stocks from the exchange.

President Duda annouced judge Gersdorf's position in Supreme Court vacant

It's been decided. According to President Andrzej Duda, the position of judge Małgorzata Gersdorf is up for grabs. This was confirmed by presidential minister Andrzej Dera, who admitted that in annoucement on vacancies within the Supreme Court, the position of the court's first president was also included. This is all taking place when the Court of Justice of the European Union is examining the issue of Supreme Court's judges being forced into retirement. The Polish Bar Council has appealed for new judges not to be appointed until the CJEU judgement is made.

There will be no plaque commemorating Kaczyński brothers in Gdańsk Shipyard

To commemorate the anniversary of the historic strike of August 1980 in the Gdańsk Shipyard, by the "Solidarność" trade union, a plaque was planned that would mention a much less known strike of 1988. Why this event? Perhaps because Law and Justice's power broker, Jarosław Kaczyński was present at the 1988 strike. It seems that the idea was a brainchild of an overenthusiastic supporter of Mr Kaczyński.

Court: names of supporters of candidates to KRS should be made public

People have a right to know who supported candidates to the National Judicial Council, the court proclaimed and overturned the decision of the Chancellery of the Sejm to make lists of judges-referees confidential. The opposition and some judicial circles had earlier warned that classified lists of judges paves the way to serious abuse. "Today's judiciary council is subject to complete transparency," reassured Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.