A 55-year-old man suffered electric shock while working at a construction site. The man's daughters later found out that an unknown man helped their father. They decided to find the stranger. They published a post in social media and they made it. They found the man, named Norbert, and thanked him for saving their father's life.

A six-year-old Afghan boy who ate poisonous mushrooms has died. Doctors from the Child Health Centre on Friday confirmed the child's brain death. On Tuesday the boy underwent a liver transplant, but his condition worsened. On Thursday, doctors confirmed the death of his 5-year-old brother.

Police from the Mokotów district in Warsaw have arrested a former Jesuit and his accomplice - a 42-year-old unemployed man. They have been accused of stealing antique works of art from a Jesuit College at Rakowiecka street, worth nearly 100,000 zlotys. According to a police spokesman, after leaving the Jesuits, the man married a 91-year-old woman, while his partner robbed the lady and secured a notarial access to her assets.

Remains of Polish citizens have been found among other victims in a mass grave in Odessa - said historian Ołeksandr Babicz, who takes part in archeological exploration in Odessa. The experts searching the site say that remains of 5,000-6,000 people are likely to found in the mass graves located there.

Poland and Latvia expressed concern on Thursday over Russia's looming military drills held jointly on Belarus' western border where the European Union accuses Minsk of pushing migrants over to put pressure on the bloc.

EU Parliament's foreign affairs committee discussed the situation in the member states at the bloc's border with Belarus. Permanent Representative of Poland to the European Union Andrzej Sadoś said there was no doubt that the migrant crisis was planned and systemically orchestrated by Belarusian authorities.

Beata K., vocalist and co-founder of Polish music group Bajm, was arrested on Wednesday by police in Warsaw's Mokotów district for driving under influence of alcohol. She heard charges on Thursday. "I sincerely regret what happened yesterday. I'm deeply ashamed," she wrote in a statement.

Hundreds of vinyl records, comic books and art albums on the shelves. Right next, cozy armchairs, gramophones with earphones, desks in the mezzanine and stylish posters on the walls. Freshly renovated seat of the Mazovia Institute of Culture at Elektoralna street in Warsaw opens Elektra - a word and music reading room.

Poland's president has imposed a state of emergency in parts of two regions bordering Belarus, his spokesman said on Thursday, an unprecedented move in the country's post-communist history that follows a sharp increase in migration.

It must have been a terrifying evening for a resident of Wrocław. On the wall in his flat, the man saw a giant spider from Theraphosidae family. He called Ekostraż association for help. The volunteers took care of the animal and are now looking for its owner.

The Ministry of Health informed on Wednesday about 366 new coronavirus cases and death of 13 COVID-related deaths. Since the start of the pandemic Poland has reported 2,889,036 infection cases and 75,358 deaths.

President Andrzej Duda in Wieluń, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki at Westerplatte - at 4.30 a.m. on Wednesday ceremonies commemorating the 82nd anniversary of the WWII outbreak began. In his speech, the president stressed the city was a symbol of war terror, cruelty and violation of principles. The prime minister, in turn, said that "82 years after that horrifying war follows a process of repressing from memory and consciousness of who was the actual perpetrator".

Róża Kozakowska has won silver in shot put at Tokyo Paralympic Games. This is her second medal at the tournament - last week she won gold in club throw. Earlier on Wedensday, table tennis duo playing in wheelchairs, Tomasz Jakimczuk and Rafał Czuper won bronze, while swimmer Oliwia Jabłońska also won a bronze medal in 400m freestyle.

Poland's GDP in the 2nd quarter of 2021 increased by 11.1% year on year in a highest jump since 1995, according to Central Statistical Office of Poland (GUS). Prices of consumer goods, on the other hand, increased by 5.4% compared to 2020.

Exactly 41 years ago the August Agreements were

A media centre for various Belarusian journalists, who cannot work in their own country due to political reasons, will be opened in Białystok. The city decided to let a council flat on preferential terms. The journalists will be able publish and send the news to the media and viewers beck home, as well as launch new media projects.

Poland's Constitutional Tribunal was set to rule on Tuesday on whether the country's constitution or European Union treaties take precedence but, due to motions submitted by the Ombudsman's plenipotentiary, the court's president Julia Przyłębska has postponed the session until September 22. A ruling could further strain Warsaw's already troubled relationship with the bloc.

The Polish government has asked the president to introduce a state of emergency in parts of two regions next to the border with Belarus, the prime minister said on Tuesday, as the country faces a spike in illegal border crossings.

Poland's coach Paulo Sousa on Monday announced that Kamil Piątkowski and Jakub Kamiński have been additionally called up for Septembers World Cup qualifiers. The Portuguese coach, who celebrated his 51st birthday on Monday, said he hoped that injured Piotr Zieliński would recover for the game against England. Later that day, Poland's FA spokesman Jakub Kwiatkowski said another two players, Bartosz Slisz and Damian Szymański would join the injury-ridden team.

Mayor of Podkowa Leśna Artur Tusiński has confirmed information about Afghan children who suffered from mushroom poisoning at the Centre for Foreigners in Dębak. The information was also confirmed by the Office for Foreigners spokesperson. "In relation to this unfortunate accident, employees will caution Afghan citizens against eating foods of unknown origin," said the spokesman.

Former senator Józef Pinior has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for providing false information in his asset declarations. His former assistant has been sentenced to 5 years behind bars on corruption charges. A district court in Wrocław decided not to grant conditional suspension of the sentence.

Poland's Marzena Zięba has won a bronze medal in powerlifting in +86kg category at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, following in the footsteps of Justyna Kozdryk won bronze in the 45kg category. Earlier on Monday, wheelchair athlete Rafał Czuper won silver in table tennis. Polish paralympians have already won 13 medals in Tokyo.

Polish soldiers were building a fence on the border with Belarus on Thursday, as the European Union's largest eastern member takes steps to curb illegal border crossings despite criticism that some migrants are being treated inhumanely.

The European Court of Human Rights asked the Polish and Latvian governments on Wednesday to intervene to help migrants camped on the Belarus border.

The platform structure, sheds and stairs leading to it have been renovated. Not only is the first step of the stairs one meter above the ground, but there is also no point in walking up the platform as trains ceased to stop at the station over a decade ago. Then what's the point of the renovation? "It's meant to preserve the history of railways in the urban space," said the spokesperson for PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe.

People who threatened a Łódź doctor Tomasz Karauda, who promotes the COVID-19 vaccination programme, may be facing even up to five years in prison. "I've been promised death, my family too, we've been likened to Nazis," said the doctor, who has now been placed under police protection.

A spokesperson for Polish Border Guard said on Friday that migrants camping out at the border with Belarus were on the Belarusian side. She added the Belarusian guards promised to offer them help if needed. Attorney representing the migrants, Mikołaj Pietrzak demanded a procedure of granting the migrants international protection be launched as soon as possible. The demand was also shouted out through a loudspeaker.

Poland will evacuate 300 Afghan citizens who worked with NATO - Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced on Friday. "We will first take them to Poland, and then to other NATO states," he explained. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg thanked Poland for taking part in the evacuation of the Afghan people from the country now controlled by the Taliban.

Maria Andrejczyk's big heart has been appreciated. Olympic silver winner in javelin auctioned off her medal for charity. The charitable cause was quickly achieved, while the company which won the auction said Andrejczyk would keep her trophy.

Dozens of migrants camp out at the Polish-Belarusian border in Usnarz Górny. One of the Afghans is said to have recorded a video he later sent to his cousin, in which he claims that the Polish police has stopped them in the town and taken them back to the border. The police denied the allegation. "I strenuously deny, no such thing had taken place," said Tomasz Krupa, spokesman for Podlasie police.