Poland's football national team lost away to Moldova despite securing a two-goal lead before the break. A series of individual mistakes sparked the ambitious hosts who managed to score three goals in the second half. Poland's star skipper Robert Lewandowski did not hide his disappointment after the game, despite becoming the author of the 1500th goal in the over century-long history of Poland's national team.

TVN24 journalist and filmmaker Ewa Ewart has won the Prince Rainier III Special Prize on Tuesday (June 20) at the Monte Carlo Television Festival. Her documentary "Until the Last Drop" addresses the growing freshwater crisis, which is a universal challenge we are facing. The film was co-produced by TVN24.

Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party is opposing the currently negotiated EU migration deal. PiS politicians claim the agreement will include a "mandatory relocation" mechanism. Party chairman Jarosław Kaczyński said the Polish people should decide whether or not to adopt the migration deal in a referendum. Meanwhile, the legislative proposal, as it still being ironed out, does not force member states to accept a set number of migrants. There are a few options, including a leeway for countries such as Poland which may allow a given member state not to participate in the solidarity mechanism at all, TVN24 correspondent in Brussels Maciej Sokołowski explained.

The Kraków restaurant Bottiglieria 1881 has become the first establishment in Poland to receive two Michelin stars. Two stars are awarded to places offering exquisite cuisine and "worth a detour". Warsaw restaurant Nuta and Poznań's Muga have received their first stars in this year's edition.

The average monthly gross wage and salary in the national economy in Poland in 2022 was 6,346.15 zlotys, Poland's Central Statistical Office (Statistics Poland) said on Monday (June 19). According to preliminary data, it increased nominally by 11.7% compared to 2021. The stats office also said the average employment in this sector in 2022 had increased by 1.4% compared to the previous year.

The man detained by the police in relation to the death of a 27-year-old Polish woman at the Greek island of Kos has been contadicting himself during questioning, according to Proto Thema - a local news portal that has been following the case. The man is a Bangladeshi national. His attorney said on Monday his client was not informed at the time that the woman's body had been found, adding the Bangladeshi was charged with abduction. The Ethnos portal, quoting a police source, said the woman had been strangled.

Euro 2024 hosts Germany stumbled to a 1-0 loss against Poland in their international friendly on Friday to continue their disappointing run less than a year before they host the continental tournament. Arsenal center back Jakub Kiwior scored the only goal of the game with a skillful first-half header. Tens of thousands of fans gathered at the National Stadium in Warsaw chanted Jakub Błaszczykowski's name as the former skipper ended his brilliant international career.

The founder of the Global Empowerment Mission foundation Michael Capponi said in an interview for TVN24 BiS that the dam explosion in Ukraine's Nova Kakhovka "was an incredibly horrific situation". His organization in partnership with the Howard G. Buffett Foundation were helping the locals on site immediately after the structure had been blown up by the Russians. "There were entire neighbourhoods that were completely under water, people on the roofs," Capponi added.

"We've had enough of this dirt spewed out everyday by their institutions, by their media," Civic Platform leader Donald Tusk said on Friday (June 16) at an opposition rally in Poznań. "But just like I said in Warsaw (on June 4), I want to say it here again even louder thanks to your voices: no one will intimidate us, no one will ever silence us again, no one can stop this force, this wave now," Tusk added.

The Polish parliament passed a watered down version of a law on undue Russian influence on Friday, backpedaling on a bill the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party approved last month.

"This investment today is one of the biggest U.S. investments in the history of the Polish-American special friendship. It has a value of over 4 billion dollars," said U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski, commenting on just announced Intel's investment in Poland's semiconductors industry. He added that more American businesses were looking towards Poland.

A majority of European Union countries back a proposal which would allow Poland to prolong its support scheme for coal-fired power plants, the country's Climate Minister Anna Moskwa told Reuters on Thursday (June 15). The minister also said Poland has done all it can to mitigate the risk of repeat of a mass fish die-off in the Oder river, dismissing what she described as "crazy green" calls for more radical action.

The core inflation in Poland in May 2023, net of food and energy prices, was at 11.5% year on year. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the same period stood at 13% y/y.

PiS chairman Jarosław Kaczyński was asked Thursday about his comment from the day before regarding the situation of women in Poland, in which he had spoken about "distorted reality" among other things. He replied by saying he did not regret those words because they were "100% true". Reporters also asked the ruling party leader if he was considering to return to the government.

A European Union deal on how to share out the responsibility for looking after migrants and refugees should be put to a referendum in Poland, the ruling PiS party leader Jarosław Kaczyński said during a parliamentary debate on Thursday (June 15). The lower house of parliament, the Sejm, has adopted a resolution which stresses Warsaw's opposition to the EU agreement.

After a journey of almost 20 hours, a lioness, a lion, and three cubs from Ukraine were given refuge at the Poznan Zoo in Poland on Tuesday (June 13).

Abortion rights supporters marched through several cities in Poland on Wednesday after the death of a pregnant woman whose family believe she could have survived if she had been offered a termination.

The legendary British heavy metal band Iron Maiden played a football match at Hutnik Kraków's stadium. After a goalless draw, the band's founder and bassist Steve Harris received the local club's jersey with his name on the back.

Passengers taking the highway to Hel will no longer be able to travel on bus 666 after the local public transport operator changed the number of a service travelling to the popular Polish seaside resort following criticism from religious groups.

The prosecutor's office discontinued the investigation into Andrzej Izdebski, the owner of a small arms dealing company, who had been supposed to deliver ventilators ordered by the Polish government during the COVID-19 pandemic. The consecutive expert opinions confirmed that the body found last summer in Tirana belonged to Izdebski.

European Parliament debated a controversial Polish law on undue Russian influence on Wednesday (June 14), after the European Commission opened an infringement procedure against Poland last week over it. European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders said "the new law violates the principle of democracy, as well as the principles of legality and the non-retroactivity of sanctions". Poland has 21 days to reply to the letter of formal notice.

Poland on Tuesday hit back at Ukrainian criticism of subsidies it is giving to farmers, labelling a deputy minister's accusation that the aid was not in line with World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules as "unjustified".

TOK FM radio's broadcasting licence is due to expire on November 3, and yet Poland's National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) still has not issued its decision to extend the licence by another decade. The International Press Institute and five other organizations uniting media outlets issued a statement in which they called on KRRiT "to take an impartial decision as soon as possible regarding the renewal of the broadcasting licence of TOK FM".

Poland's President Andrzej Duda said on Monday (June 12) he hoped NATO's summit in July would deliver "a clear signal" for Ukraine's path to eventual membership of the alliance. The Polish leader met with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Weimar Triangle summit in Paris.

Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said on Monday during his visit to Warsaw that his government ruled nothing out when it came to supporting Ukraine to win a "decisive victory" on the battlefield against Russia's invasion. "We jointly support the aspirations of Ukraine and Moldova to begin accession negotiations to the European Union before the end of this year," Poland's Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau said at joint a press conference with Billstrom.

Poland's Embassy in Italy said it has received news about the death Silvio Berlusconi with great sadness and offered condolences to his family and Italian institutions. The former prime minister and media mogul died on Monday (June 12) at Milan's San Raffaele hospital at the age of 86.

Poland will appeal against European Union rules to end the sale of fossil fuel cars across the bloc from 2035 to the top EU court within days, the country's climate minister Anna Moskwa said on Monday.

A Polish hospital should have told a woman who later died that terminating her pregnancy could save her life, an ombudsman said on Monday, amid anger over a case that has thrust the country's strict abortion laws back into the spotlight.

Poland's Iga Świątek could be forgiven for a feeling of deja vu on Sunday (June 11) as she posed for pictures with the French Open women's singles trophy near the Eiffel Tower for the third time in the last four years. Świątek continued her dominance on Parisian clay by defeating unseeded Czech Karolina Muchova 6-2 5-7 6-4 in a thrilling final to capture her fourth Grand Slam title on Saturday (June 10).