Czech tests results are comparable to the Polish ones - Poland's Chief Inspectorate of Environment Protection announced on Tuesday (August 23) after presenting the results of tests conducted on water samples from Oder River. Apart from the Czechs, Poland has also asked labs in the Netherlands and United Kingdom to carry out separate tests on water samples from Oder.

A team of sappers secured and removed five WWII-era anti-tank mines from the north-eastern town of Kolno (Podlaskie Voivodeship). For the duration of their mission, local residents living within 600 metres from the site had been evacuated, and the voivodeship road running through the town had been closed to traffic.

European Union members Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Finland, which all share a border with Russia, may stop Russian tourists from entering their countries if the EU does not enact a union-wide ban, Lithuania's foreign minister said on Tuesday.

61% of respondents have a negative opinion on Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki's cabinet, according to a Kantar poll carried out for "Fakty" TVN and TVN24. 34% of those asked in the survey shared a positive opinion regarding the government. 5% remained undecided.

A fragment of a new textbook meant to be used in high-schools starting this fall has sparked huge controversy and received severe criticism from teachers, activists and parliamentary opposition. In the disputed chapter, the author of "History and the Present" wrote - among other things - that "increasingly refined methods of separating sex from love and fertility lead to treating the sphere of sex as entertainment, and the sphere of fertility as production of humans or, as one might say, breeding". "Who will love children produced this way?" - asks the author, Professor Wojciech Roszkowski. The publishing house which had printed the textbook said in a statement issued on Monday (August 22), it would remove the controversial passage despite "not accepting the aforementioned criticism and wrongful interpretation".

Olsztyn Police calls upon car owners who lost their license plates during Sunday's heavy rainstorm to come to the station to pick them up. The lost and now found plates also include those from outside of the Olsztyn area. In order to collect the plates, drivers will have to report with their vehicles' registration cards.

Poland will refund gene treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) in newborns and infants up to the age of 6 months. Zolgensma - dubbed the most expensive medicine in the world - is a chance for a normal life for babies affected by this rare genetic disease, which not so long ago was considered incurable. Each year approx 40-50 children with SMA are born in Poland.

Satellite images analysed by scientists from Germany point to a mass algal blooms in Oder River. The photos taken by the Sentinel 2 satellite show a gradual spread of algae concentrations between late July and mid-August.

Robert Lewandowski scored a brace as Barcelona cruised to a 4-1 victory at Real Sociedad on Sunday, their first win of the new LaLiga season.

More and more Poles are affected by the price spike. As many as 74% of respondents declare they have recently limited their spending due to high prices, according to the latest Kantar poll for "Fakty" TVN and TVN24. Only 25% of those asked said they haven't limited their spending in recent months. Furthermore, 75% expressed negative opinion regarding government action aimed at tackling the prices spike.

A large overgrowth of toxic algae linked to industrial pollution is the most likely culprit behind mass fish deaths in the river Oder, a German research institute said.

Humanitarian organisations are run by whole machines. In order for the actual support to work, a huge army of people is needed - Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) spokesperson Helena Krajewska told TVN24 on Friday. August 19 has been designated as World Humanitarian Day by the United Nations General Assembly.

According to the latest Kantar poll for "Fakty" TVN and TVN24, the ruling United Right coalition would win the upcoming parliamentary election with 29% of votes. 27% declared their support for Civic Coalition, and 13% would choose Poland 2050. In total, five parties would win seats in the Sejm.

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday (August 18) three MiG-31E warplanes equipped with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles have been relocated to its Kaliningrad region for a round-the-clock duty. Kaliningrad, a Russian Baltic coast exclave is located between NATO and European Union members Poland and Lithuania.

Inflation in Poland in July 2022 was at 14.2% year on year, according to the latest report by Eurostat. This is one of the highest increases in consumer prices in the European Union. The highest inflation was recorded in Estonia and Latvia, whereas the lowest in France and Malta.

"According to German scientists the ecological disaster in Oder River could have been caused by the so-called golden algae, which are found only in saline water," WWF Freshwater Conservation Specialist Dr Alicja Pawelec told TVN24 on Thursday (August 18). She added, however, it was impossible for this algae to exist in freshwaters and a question should then be asked how had it got there. "Not all test results have been made public, although the government boasts that they are carrying them out," the expert said.

For years scientists haven't been able to find any proof of human existence in Tatra Mountains in the Palaeolithic Period, also knows as Old Stone Age. Recently, however, a group of researchers from Poland and Slovakia have discovered traces of hunters which date back millennia, as well as remains of animals species which are nowhere to be found today in that part of Europe. The discovery has been made in Hučivá Cave (

Poland's seasonally unadjusted GDP increased in Q2 of 2022 by 5.3% year on year. However, in a quarter to quarter comparison the country's economy slowed down by 2.3% (in a seasonally adjusted take - government agency Statistics Poland informed on Wednesday (August 17) in a monthly flash estimate. To compare, in Q1 of this year Poland's GDP grew by 8.5% year on year and by 2.5% in relation to Q4 of 2021. According to Eurostat, seasonally adjusted GDP in Q2 of 2022 - both in the euro area and in the EU - increased by 0.6% compared with Q1.

No toxic substances have been detected in Oder water samples examined so far - Polish Climate Minister Anna Moskwa informed at a press conference on Tuesday evening. She added that three hypotheses were being taken into consideration as regards the cause of the recent mass fish die-off.

West Pomerianian branch of the National Revenue Administration (KAS) has found feathers of birds of prey protected under the Washington Convention. The parcel was sent in Serbia and its contents were supposed to reach the Polish city of Koszalin.

Polish Climate Minister Anna Moskwa announced Tuesday that water samples from polluted Oder River would be sent to the Netherlands and UK for additional testing. "Apart from being tested in Polish institutions, the samples were also sent to a laboratory in the Czech Republic. Today they will be delivered to the Netherlands and Great Britain," Moskwa said on Twitter.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces Of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhnyi congratulated Poland on its Armed Forces Day as they addressed their neighbours in Polish on Monday (August 15).

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Friday dismissed State Water Holding Polish Waters Przemysław Daca and Chief Inspector of Environmental Protection Michał Mistrzak over the huge pollution of Poland's second-largest river Oder. The head of Polish government said the waterway would take years to return to normal.

Inflation in July was 15.6% year on year - Poland's official statistics body informed on Friday (August 12). Statistics Poland also said that consumer prices in July had increased by 0.5% compared to June 2022.

An unidentified highly toxic substance in the Oder river, which runs through Poland and Germany, appears to be the cause of a mass die-off of fish in the waterway, officials from both countries said.

The Abrams Tank Training Academy was officially opened in Poznań on Wednesday (August 10). Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak, who was at the opening ceremony, said his office's task was to increase Poland's defence capabilities. "Equipping Polish Armed Forces with state-of-the-art tanks serves this very purpose, because Abrams tanks are the most modern tanks in the world," the minister added.