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How to become an astronaut

Young students in Poznan are training like astronauts. That's possible thanks to the cooperation with NASA. Soon they will also get an opportunity to get in touch with the real astronauts.

Flowers against potholes

Drivers hate potholes. Here’s a thought: maybe we shouldn’t react with anger but with flowers. That’s what happened in Kamien Pomorski and the Opolskie region.

To the rescue

The lower house of parliament (Sejm) has passed a new law on emergency medical services.

Bialowieza. The final verdict

This battle is over. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has issued it’s final verdict regarding the logging in the Bialowieza forest. It states that Poland broke European law. Environment minister Jan Szyszko has said that Poland will comply with the verdict and there will be no more logging in this ecologically important World Heritage site and home to the rare European bison.

Neo-Nazi leader's case back in court

The Internet is a public space and indecent content can't be freely published there - ruled the Polish Supreme Court in the case involving the leader of neo-Nazi group called "Duma i Nowoczesność" (Pride and Modernity). Last year lower court decided that it wouldn't prosecute him because his vulgar and aggressive comments concerning minorities had been published only online. Now it will have to review the case.

The image problem

Polish National Foundation has hired a PR company. Usually such a move would be considered normal. But not in this case. The foundation is responsible for promoting positive image of Poland overseas. So why does it need help with its own image? - asks the opposition.

"I was showing rage when I saw guards at an empty grave of my father"

I will cremate the body of my wife to make sure that the prosecutor Ziobro does not come up with an idea next year that another exhumation should be performed - said in "Kropka nad i" Paweł Deresz whose wife died in Smolensk crash. - If I wanted to release my rage in public I would totally negate my upbringing which does not allow me to make such a performance in public. But I was actually showing the rage when I saw guards at an empty grave of my father - added Izabella Sariusz-Skąpska. Her father Andrzej Sariusz-Skąpski also died in the crash.

Zybertowicz: Senate Speaker Karczewski is teasing the President over the constitutional referendum

"Since we are talking about a consultation referendum, perhaps it's going to contain a number of questions regarding other issues than the constitution itself", said the advisor to President Andrzej Duda, professor Andrzej Zybertowicz in "Fakty po Faktach". President Andrzej Duda has proposed that the consultation referendum should be held on 11 November 2018, to mark the 100th anniversary of the restoration of Poland's sovereignty. In the first part of the programme, the Deputy Speaker of the Sejm, Stanisław Tyszka and the former health minister Bartosz Arłukowicz commented on ECJ ruling regarding the Białowieża Forest.

"The issue of PiS is their greed"

"The issue of PiS is their greed", said Andrzej Halicki (PO) in "Fakty po Faktach". "It was pure hypocrisy. It was suppose to be humble, modest without any special bonuses, there was suppose to be a mission and it’s something Poles will not forget", the MP continued. "We declared clearly when it comes to the bonuses that it was a mistake" stated Paweł Liesiecki (PiS).

"We need to understand why people were so afraid to help the Jews"

"To me, there is no such notion that 'all Polish people' are responsible. What my research shows is that some groups of Poles, in particular areas of the country , acted in horrible ways," said the guest of "Kropka nad i", professor Jan Grabowski, co-author of the book "It Is Still Night. The Fate of the Jews in Selected Districts of Occupied Poland". (Original title: "Dalej jest noc. Losy Żydów w wybranych powiatach okupowanej Polski")

Komorowski: sooner or later the current government will shoot itself in the foot

"PiS gained support by politically exploiting the Smolensk crash. Today, they are struggling to disentangle from the Smolensk lie," said the former Polish President, Bronisław Komorowski in 'Fakty po Faktach'. "After the hearing, I left the prosecutor’s office with the conviction that, sooner or later, the current government will shoot itself in the foot," added the former president.

"We believe Poles and Hungarians have a common path"

Hungary's Viktor Orban, Europe's hard-liner on immigration, on Friday hailed his common eurosceptic path with Poland's right-wing government as he headed into an election which seems certain to hand him a third straight term in power.

Andrzej Papierz appointed MFA undersecretary of state

The Polish prime minister appointed Andrzej Papierz as the new undersecretary of state in the ministry of foreign affairs. He will replace Jan Dziedziczak who was released today, said the chief spokesperson of foreign affairs ministry, Artur Lompart.