Polish firefighters will help to tackle wildfires in Greece. There are already 140 Polish firemen in Sweden. They are helping to battle fires in this Scandinavian country.

The death toll from a fire which ripped through a Greek coastal town stood at 80 on Wednesday, with dozens of people unaccounted for, as Greece reeled from the horror of victims being burnt alive.

Polish police sometimes punch and kick detainees, a European rights watchdog said on Wednesday, warning that in Poland, which has seen mass anti-government protests in recent years, people being arrested run an "appreciable risk of being ill-treated".

The upper chamber of Poland's parliament has approved an amendment smoothing the way for the ruling party to name the next chief of the Supreme Court, despite street protests and objections from opposition parties.

Several hundred people protested outside the Polish parliament on Tuesday against planned legal amendments aimed at making it easier for the ruling party to name the next Supreme Court head.

A woman who sprayed slogans on one the Law and Justice's offices in Warsaw may face a charge of promoting a totalitarian regime. She wrote "PZPR" in pink paint. The letters are an abbreviation of the Polish United Workers Party that ruled Poland in communist times. The woman admitted to have painted the letters, but says that her aim was to remind some Law and Justice members of their communist past.

Prices of electricity will go up in Poland and in the whole of Europe due to drought. Lowering of the retirement age results in lower pensions. Key contracts for the construction of A1 motorway have been signed.

Prosecutor's office in Szczytno (Warmińsko-Mazurskie voivodeship) is investigating the circumstances of Sunday's accident in amusement park, as a result of which a nine-year-old boy lost his life. According to initial findings, fastenings of the merry-go-round went loose; the machine had valid technical reviews and the staff members were sober.

Andrzej Bargiel reached the summit of K2 on Sunday and as the first-ever person skied all the way down. This is the fourth eight-thousander conquered this way in the career of the 30-year-old Polish mountaineer.

"I've got overpowered by emotions and carried away. I would like to apologise to anyone who felt offended by the mental leap that I've used," said the Speaker of the Senate Stanisław Karczewski on Tuesday.

Polish firefighters are in, Sveg, central Sweden, where they are helping to fight forest fires. They came by ferry from Świnoujście to Malmö. Along the way to Sveg, they were greeted by Swedish firefighters.

A wildfire killed at least 74 people and injured scores more as it swept through a small resort town near Athens and trapped families with children behind walls of smoke and flames as they tried to flee to the beach. During the evacution, a rescue boat drowned with 10 people on board. Two of the victims were Polish citizens.

The Senate Legislation Committee did not recommend on Tuesday for the upper house to approve the President's resolution to hold a national referendum regarding changes to the Constitution.

The Senate committee recommended to whole parliament on Monday to adopt in full the legislation amending laws on the Supreme Court, courts organization, the National Council of the Judiciary and the prosecution. Civic Platform senators demand the rejection of the legislation.

On Friday, there was a tragic accident on the road between Wschowa and Radomyśl in Greater Poland. At about 9:30 p.m. a Land Rover hit two teenage girls riding their bikes home. One of the girls died at the scene and the other was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition.

"Judges do not command an army; a judge will always fall against power; I will be the First Supreme Court President in exile," said Małgorzata Gersdorf on Friday in Germany.

Law and Justice representative, Marcin Horała has been named the head of the investigative committee reviewing VAT embezzlement. One of his tasks will be to look into how the issue was handled during the coalition of Civic Platform and Polish People's Party which ended in 2015, when Law and Justice took power. Civic Platform feels there are strong grounds to extend the period to include the current government's time in power. Voices and emotions were raised during the debate ahead of the vote.

Eight people have been admitted to the hospital in Wałcz, in the Zachodniopomorskie voivodeship. They are believed to have been poisoned by designer drugs and two of them are in serious condition. Some of the affected were brought by ambulance, while some of them came to the hospital themselves. The local police and prosuector are looking into the case.

According to legal experts and judges, the new law on the Supreme Court violates the constitution. In TVN24's "Fakty po Faktach", the Commissioner for Human Rights, Adam Bodnar talked about the negotiations between the European Commission and the Polish government regarding all the previous laws adopted by the Sejm.

Poland's new coach Jerzy Brzęczek said on Monday he will retain influential striker Robert Lewandowski as captain and bring in younger players gradually to the national team, heavily criticised for a poor showing at the recent World Cup.

Four protesters detained on Friday in front of the parliament face charges of breaching the inviolability of police officers. They could end up in prison for up to five years.

Ten questions in a two-day referendum and a lot of controversy. President Andrzej Duda wants to ask Poles about the Constitution. The Senate will soon decide whether or not to go ahead with the referendum.

The Polish parliament adopted rules on Friday to expedite the naming of a new Supreme Court chief under a judicial overhaul by the ruling party that critics say undercuts democracy.

Polish parliament approved on Friday members of the VAT fraud investigative committee. Law and Justice MP Marcin Horała will chair the committee.

The Commissioner for Human Rights, Adam Bodnar was silenced when he criticised the impartiality of the Constitutional Tribunal and judge Julia Przyłębska. During a session of the parliamentary Justice and Human Rights Committee, chairman Stanisław Piotrowicz lashed out and accused the commissioner of not defending citizens and acting with a political agenda. The session was quickly brought to a close and Bodnar was not allowed to respond.

In front of the Sejm there were protests. And at the entrance to the parliament, the Marshal's Guard as well as the Border Patrol were searching cars. Three former representatives of Modern Party were denied entrance and they won't be allowed in until the current Sejm's session is over. The order was issued by the Speaker of the Sejm, Marek Kuchciński. He is worried that someone may try to smuggle, in the trunks of their cars, members of the "Citizens of the Republic of Poland" organization.

President of the German Federal Court of Justice, Bettina Limperg said that the First President of the Polish Supreme Court, Małgorzata Gersdorf had been illegally removed from the office, German Press Agency (DPA) infromed on Friday.

On Thursday, the fire department recorded nearly 1.600 storm-related interventions, mainly in Lesser Poland, Mazovia, Łódzkie and Kujawsko-Pomorskie voivodeships, informed the spokesperson of State Fire Service, Paweł Frątczak. One scout campsite has been evacuated.

"On Friday I will submit in the Senate a draft resolution on holding a nationwide referendum on 10-11 November, regarding changes to the Constitution," President Andrzej Duda announced today.

Polish parliament passed a bill on Friday introducing changes to the voting system in the elections to the European Parliament. The changes include a provision that each constituency will have at least three candidates for MEPs assigned to it.