Well they did it! Back-to-back World Championship titles for the Polish volleyball team. After beating the United States in the semifinals, the white-and-reds made very short work on the Brazilians, winning the final in the straight sets. The President has joined the hordes of those praising the players, saying that they may receive a national medal for their accomplishment.

The Polish Social Insurance Institute (ZUS) is withdrawing its appeal to the Supreme Court. Now the question is whether the Supreme Court will withdraw its questions to the European Court of Justice, for a preliminary ruling on reforms to the judicial system. That scenario is highly likely, acoording to the spokesman for the Supreme Court. While this is favourable for Law and Justice, the battle is not over, as the European Commission is suing Poland for an injunction in those reforms to the court.

Another Polish judge has sent a question to the European Court of Justice, regarding the judicial reforms. This time it was adjudicating panel from Gorzów Wielkopolski. Such questions were already sent multiple times from different places in the country, in order to slow down the reforms and align them with the EU law.

Everyone should fix their own judicial systems, said the prime minister at the Law and Justice convention in Poznań. He referred to the conflict between Poland and the European Union by using anecdotes from his travels throughout Greater Poland region.

Once again a Polish doctor was singled out for his brilliant work. Professor and doctor Piotr Szopiński, from the Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine in Warsaw was among the winners at the Gala for the "Ambasadorowie Kongresów Polskich" organisation. The prize has been given out since 1998 and promotes Poland as a destination for the organisation of international conferences and congresses. The event took place at Poznań's International Fairgrounds.

Feminine power. Here's the list of the wealthiest women in Poland by the "Wprost" weekly magazine. There are 50 of them with a combined net worth of almost 25 billion zlotys.

During the informal EU summit in Salzburg, Poland reaffirmed its stance on immigration that accepting immigrants can only be a result of free will and it is a question of security and the protection of borders. After his return, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told journalists that at the summit, they confirmed what was agreed upon in June in terms of migration.

For the love of animals, they marched through the streets of Poznań. A colourful procession for the rights and liberation of animals and although the animal parade was loud and full of colours, the goal was to bring awareness of a wider problem.

People pretending to be sick line up in queues, but the issue is more than serious. The Medical University of Silesia is looking for "patients" to teach students and paramedics to cope with real-life problems. That requires more than medical knowledge from textbooks.

A Law and Justice representative was speeding over a 100 km/h in a built-up area, but even so he didn't lose his license. Police in an unmarked car pulled over the roadway menace on the streets near the town of Łomża.

Ryanair passengers had to deal with another strike by the airlines' employees in six European countries. The zloty has gained strenght and is now the strongest in Europe. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

The leader of Wisła Kraków football hooligans has been arrested in Italy. Paweł M. a.k.a. Misiek had been wanted since May for being the leader of an organized crime gang dealing with narcotics, beatings and other attacks. He is in detention in Italy and now awaits the decision of the court for his extradition back to Poland.

They were legal, but unjustified. The court has ruled concerning police searches of the houses of activists from the Committee for the Defense of Democracy (KOD). The activists claim the police used heavy-handed tactics to scare them. This was after the wave of civil protesters who dressed monuments in T-shirts or banners with the word "Constitution" written on them. The police claim that they entered the homes because they were searching for evidence.

The drama in the judiciary continues to unfold at home as well. The Supreme Administrative Court is suspending the execution of further resolutions by the National Council of the Judiciary on appointing judges to chambers of the Supreme Court. In question are the Civic Chamber and the Chamber of Extraordinary Supervision and Public Affairs.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has decided that the request for preliminary ruling, sent by the Polish Supreme Court in early August, will be processed in an expedited procedure. The CJEU President stated in the substantiation that "a prompt reply by the CJEU may dispel serious concerns (...) especially those concerning independence of judges". The CJEU has scheduled to process a request by the Polish Supreme Court for preliminary ruling on 12th of February 2019.

A new movie featuring drunk, fornicating and child-abusing priests has outraged some conservative politicians in Poland and fueled debate about the Catholic Church’s influence in one of Europe’s most devout nations.

There may be as many as three million Ukrainians employed in Poland by the next year. Moody's rating agency claims that the good growth in Poland may change. Business news with Mateusz Walczak.

At the press conference following President Duda'a address to the United Nations, he gave assurances to representatives of the Pentagon, that Poland will construct the infrastructure needed for an American military base in Poland.

Little 12-year-old Dawid is a great hero. He saved his familt after a fire broke out in their home. The boy smashed a window with his arm and pulled his family out of the burning building.

Children's day in the Sejm, in September - more than three years late. The 24th session of the Sejm of Children and Youth has been held, for the first time ever in the fall. It was delayed due to the protest of disabled people and their guardians. Some of the young representatives are disappointed that they were not able to debate that issue.

President Andrzej Duda has given a speech during the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. During his address, the president of the need to respect international law and threats to world peace. He also spoke at lenght about the principle of the sovereign equality of nations.

In Poland, we have a tripartite division of power that has been destroyed by the laws, said Professor Małgorzata Gersdorf in an interview for CNN. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court added that authorities from the Ministry of Justice had become "a controlling power over the courts".

27.09 | Zero tolerance for paedophilia in the Church. The Episcopal Conference wants to prepare a report on sex crimes committed by priests. It should be ready by the end of November. Besides the raw data, there will be a list of what has been, and what will be done for the victims.

The corrective statement everyone was waiting for has been made. The prime minister has rectified what he had said about how the government of Civic Platform and Polish People's Party spending the same amount of money on local roads in 8 years as Law and Justice in just 12-18 months. The Court of Appeals in Warsaw, in a legally binding verdict, decided that Mateusz Morawiecki's statement was false.

For would-be Warsaw mayor Patryk Jaki, allowing Muslims into Poland poses a threat akin to the Nazi invasion of 1939. His opponent, Rafal Trzaskowski, agrees the country faces an existential threat, but says it comes from Jaki and his allies.

A Norwegian human rights foundation gave its annual prize on Thursday to Polish lawyer Adam Bodnar and the civil society group he heads for their work defending minority rights and judicial independence in Poland.

There will be money for "Fort Trump", announced PM Morawiecki while presenting the budget for next year. The estimated cost of a permanent U.S. military base is 2 billion dollars. Donald Trump's administration still hasn't confirmed whether a base will be built in Poland in the nearest future. The talks are still under way.

Poland will join the railway elite like Switzerland and the UK, who offer full tariff integration. Small-scale food production will able to operate more easily as of January 2019, due to new laws. Business news with Mateusz Walczak.

Central Bureau of Police Investigations' officers have detained 26 people in Warsaw and its environs, who are believed to be members of the Ożarów gang, known for its high-skill drug trade. It is estimated that its members distributed almost 270 kilograms of narcotics, worth almost 13 million zlotys. In total, 45 people are suspects and the police have not ruled out more arrests.

They imprisoned, raped and beat their victim for more than a week, torturing her in their apartment. The trial has begun for the three men suspected of this vicious crime. 26-year-old Monika escaped her tormentors but died as a result of her wounds. The despicable crime took place one year ago, and today the three men could face life in jail.