Professor Witold Modzelewski and former finance minister Jan Vincent Rostowski will be the first to appear before the VAT fraud investigative committee, the head of the committee, Marcin Horała (Law and Justice) informed on Thursday.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki issued a letter on Thursday to participants in the Global Polonia Summit, which began on the same day in the village of Jasionka (southeastern Poland).

It is official now. Despite all the controversies, a presidential notification was published in 'Monitor Polski', an Official Gazette of Poland, regarding vacancies for judges in the Supreme Court and the Supreme Administrative Court

A charity campaign is being organised to help a 10-person family from Lower Silesia. They lost everything in a fire, their house and all their possesions. Their situation is especially dire as the school year begins in just one week. All help is priceless.

A number of "Baby Shoes Remember" events took part throughout Poland on Sunday. Participants hung baby shoes on the fences of churches in remembrance of clerical child abuse victims. The campaign originated in Ireland and was organised in Poland for the first time. However, not everyone agreed with the campaign. In Szczecin, a priest approached the protesters and the media. A heated exchange took place, culminating in the priest taking away the microphone from TVN24's Alicja Rucińska.

Poland's population is expected to decline by 4 mln by 2060, according to the latest article on demographic trends presented by researchers at the Centre of Migration Research (CMR) at the University of Warsaw.

The recent storrmy weather has been wreaking havoc throughout the country. Torrential rains in Brynica, southern Poland have destroyed numerous buildings and farm houses, leaving many to reconstruct what they spent a life-striving for. Locals have only just begun summing up the losses.

Social sentiment in August remained unchanged but the percentage of Poles declaring contentment with their living standards was the highest in history, the CBOS pollster reported on Wednesday.

The Minister of Justice to the rescue. When a candidate for the Supreme Court was opposed by a ruling party's MP, minister Ziobro was ready to help and clarified the opinions of his subordinate on some controversial matters. For the opposition, the minister's involvement in promoting his man into Poland's top court is a stark example of putting the judiciary under politicial control. The ruling party dismisses these accusations.

An amazing display by Polish athletes in Berlin. The Poles were unmatched during the World Para Athletics European Championships which ended on Sunday. In total, the Polish team won 61 medals and dominated the medal table. The United Kingdom came in second with 50 medals.

Poland national team's coach Jerzy Brzęczek has called up 27 players for the UEFA Nations League game against Italy and a friendly against Ireland (7 and 11 September). Two players from this year's World Cup squad. Kamil Grosicki and Michał Pazdan have been left out. Mateusz Klich, Arkadiusz Reca, Adam Dźwigała, Rafał Pietrzak and Damian Szymański will get a chance to win their place in the team.

A dangerous accident caused most likely by a second of distraction. A 24-year-old was driving his car and when he turned his attention to his 11-month-old child, he smashed head-on with another car. Thankfully, no one was injured. The accident occured in Western Pomerania. The police released footage of the accident to warn drivers of the consequences of not paying attention to the road.

Local mayoral elections in Warsaw. Civic Platform's Rafał Trzaskowski and Law and Justice's Patryk Jaki are the two main candidates to replace the outgoing incumbent Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz. Both of them have been finding ways to make contact with voters. Jaki served up coffee in his own cafe so he could tell people about the new metro lines he'd like to build. Trzaskowski opted to travel to one of Warsaw's suburbs where he plans to extend an existing line.

A nighttime car race took place on the streets of Wrocław. A man rammed into 8 vehicles that were parked near Pereca street. Some of cars were totalled while others have missing tires and mirrors. The driver of the BMW was drunk. He would not only have to deal with the law but also pay for he destroyed.

The presidia of the Polish Sejm (lower house) and Czech Chamber of Deputies agree that there should be no divisions within the EU, Sejm Speaker Marek Kuchciński stated on Wednesday following a meeting of the two presidia in Jurata, northern Poland.

"You're useless, you're weak, I'll take everything from you" - these strong words come from a hard-hitting campaign called '10 reasons'. Its aim is to shed light on a problem of alcoholism among women. It's estimared that up 600.000 women in Poland alone may suffer from this illness. Anna Dereszowska and Jacek Braciak have taken part in the campaign. The film they made is shocking. Its authors want to use to show just how awfully alcohol treats women.

The billboard battle continues. After the opposition presented billboards attacking Law and Justice, the ruling party issued their response, a billboard of their own. Both sides are going at it as the run-up for the local elections is getting more and more intense.

The battle with the fire took the whole night. A huge dump fire took place near the northeastern city of Białystok. At one point, 200 firefighters were taking part in the operation.

The president of the world-famous stud farm in Michałów, Maciej Grzechnik was fired. His dismissal came after the latest "Pride of Poland" horse auction which turned out worse than in the previous years. "I wasn't given any justification, no faults were pointed out," said Mr Grzechnik. The duties of acting president have been taken over by Monika Słowik.

Government introduces new pension scheme. Local governments boost their spending on infrastracture. One in five employees from Ukraine would move to Poland permanently, according to survey.

The government adopted a draft bill on Employee Capital Pension System (PPK), Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki informed on Tuesday.

The government can help people who want to rent a flat. Nearly 4 million Poles travelled in the first half of 2018. Currency exchange rates.

The National Council of the Judiciary, after three rounds of voting on Tuesday, selected 20 candidates for the Chamber of Extraordinary Supervision and Public Affairs of the Supreme Court.

Unveiling the monument in Warsaw's Powązki Military Cemetery on Tuesday, Polish President Andrzej Duda said it was a sign of Poles' "remembrance and gratitude to the people who stand guard over Polish skies."

The judiciary reforms are introduced in line with European law and Polish Constitution. I believe that the European Court of Justice will arrive at the same conclusion, if it decides to examine Polish Supreme Court's request for preliminary ruling, said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Tuesday.

Sizzling weather this summer will put pressure on almost 200 governments to reach a deal in Poland in December on the details of a global plan to limit climate change, the incoming president of the U.N. talks said.

The National Council of the Judiciary (KRS) selected on Tuesday, in two rounds of vote, 7 candidates to fill the seats in the Civic Chamber of the Supreme Court. The KRS will move on to examine the candidates for the Chamber of Extraordinary Supervision and Public Affairs.

The government is planning changes to the 500+ social programme. July was the best month for retailers since 2008. High support for Euro transition. Business news with Mateusz Walczak.

Polish President's aide Krzysztof Szczerski told PAP on Tuesday that Poland "has supported Germany's motion to join the Three Seas Initiative as a partner country."

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told a private TV broadcaster on Monday that in his opinion the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) "will either not issue a verdict or the ruling will be positive."