Poland's defense minister Mariusz Błaszczak on Thursday signed a Plan of Technical Modernisation of Polish Armed Forces for years 2021-2035. The plan assumes spending a total of 524 billion zlotys - in 2025 spending on modernisation are to equal 24 billion zlotys, and 50 billion in 2050.

Parliamentary elections in Poland are just round the corner. On Sunday, Poles will cast their votes to choose candidates they want to see in the Sejm and the Senate. According to Kantar poll for "Fakty" TVN and TVN24, the last one before elections, the ruling Law and Justice party would win with 40 percent of votes. Civic Coalition would take the second result with 26 percent. In total, all five nationwide committees would secure seats in the parliament, the survey suggests.

The World Bank is expecting the Polish economy to slow down in 2020. Over the last year, housing prices have gone sharply up. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

The European Union's executive on Thursday filed a case at the bloc's top court against Poland's ruling nationalists over new measures they have introduced for disciplining judges, which the EU says violates the principle of judicial independence.

Austrian writer Peter Handke won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday and the 2018 award went to Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, the Swedish Academy said on Thursday.

Frans Timmermans has spoken about Poland's future without coal, in the European Parliament. The Dutchman, who was tapped to lead new European green deals, said that Poland's withdrawal from coal would be painful, but inevitable. He also added that all countries heavily dependant on coal will receive support from the EU, as all states would benefit from such transition.

Besides the fight for seats in the Sejm and the Senate, there's also a fight for the highest voter turnout. Cities and some villages are competing with each other to get the best result. And some interesting promises have been made.

Representatives of the five nationwide parties debated health care, pollution, economy and the rule of law on Tuesday. Precise figures were provided and, as in all debates, there were some acute differences between the candidates. There were also excellent viewer ratings for the TVN24 debate.

Former Poland's defense and foreign minister, Radosław Sikorski, was elected as the new chair of the European Parliament's Delegation for relations with the United States of America (D-US). This one of the biggest and most important delegations of the European Parliament.

A coal mine in southern Poland has successfully tested a new water treatment process which desalinates wastewater and extracts minerals to protect the environment.

This documentary is about criminals making money on the ill and vulnerable. Who runs the prescription drugs mafia? What will the criminals resort to in order to protect their business? Is the state doing all it can to deal with this problem? "Superwizjer" TVN journalists expose the mechanisms behind an illegal business, that preys on desperate patients in need of medicines.

He was crossing the street on a crosswalk and got hit by a woman driving a fiat. "The man went down as if struck by a lightning," said Marcin Maludy from Lubusz Police.

On Wednesday before noon, Prof. Jan Szyszko passed away, scientist, politician, but first and foremost a good and gentle Man, nature aficionado, for whom I had great sympathy and respect - President Andrzej Duda informed on Twitter on Wednesday. Jan Szyszko was 75 years old.

For the first time in history, there are more people in Poland who can save money, than those who cannot. Clean future for Polish cities - Autosan produced an electric bus. Good news from Germany - industrial production increased in August.

A police chase through the streets of Jelenia Góra. A 41-year-man refused to stop while being pulled over, and more police units had to join the chase. It later turned out that the man had suspended license, and most likely, was under the influence of narcotics.

Parliamentary elections are already this Sunday, on October 13. This means that the candidates and their committees have only a few days left to convince voters to their programmes. TVN24 invited one politicians from each of the five nationwide committees to a debate hosted by Monika Olejnik and Grzegorz Kajdanowicz. Civic Coalition (KO) was represented by Izabela Leszczyna, Law and Justice (PiS) by Marcin Horała, Left by Adrian Zandberg (SLD), Confederation by Krzysztof Bosak and Polish People's Party (PSL) by Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. The debate was divided into four sections: health care, social policy and economy, climate and ecology, and rule of law.

From June 15 until the end of September, the Tatra Volunteer Search and Rescue (TOPR) teams were dispatched to 613 accidents. In the same period last year, the number of interventions was lower by nearly a half - 367. This season is among the most tragic - said TOPR rescuer, Andrzej Maciata.

Director and screenwriter Janusz Kondratiuk died on Monday after suffering from a serious disease - the chairman of the Polish Filmmakers Association, Jacek Bromski, confirmed on Tuesday.

Two sappers from Gliwice base died and four others were injured in an explosion in a forest nearby Kuźnia Raciborska (Silesian Voivodeship). Two of them are in critical condition.

It took 90 minutes for Poland's candidate for EU agriculture commissioner, Janusz Wojciechowski, to convince the MEPs that he was the right person for the job. It was his second attempt to win the hearts of the agriculture committee. He made it this time - permission was granted. During Tuesday's hearing, Wojciechowski was answering mainly in Polish. "Native tongue allows you to speak from the heart and gives you more confidence," Wojciechowski said after the hearing.

Housing prices in Poland are going up. Polish currency reserves are at record level. As of 2020, Poles will fly to the USA with no visas. Business news from Poland with Mateusz Walczak.

The campaign continues and party leaders and candidates are keeping up the pace. They are fighting to mobilise their electorate and win the hearts of the undecided.

A new "Five" for the first 100 days of their government. Law and Justice is making new promises, this time post-election ones - if they win election, that is. They are promising to pass laws on smaller social insurance payments, 13th and 14th pensions, and, for those above 40, preventive testing. In four days the electoral silence begins. Voting is set to take place this coming Sunday.

A hope for something better in Polish politics - that's what Donald Tusk said in Brussels about Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska. At the end of campaign the Civic Coalition's candidate for prime minister is getting support from the former PM and former head of the party. Meanwhile, back in Poland, former minister of defense Tomasz Siemoniak, is to be the new head coalition's parliamentary club. Sławomir Neumann stepped down after the publication of his private discussion with activist from Tczew.

President Trump made the announcement and the U.S. Ambassador is filling in the blanks. Georgette Mosbacher is convinced that visas will be lifted by the end of the year. The White House had earlier announced that Poland was nominated for the visa-free travel programme, and now it's just a matter of the administrative procedure coming to an end.

42 percent of respondents declared their support for Law and Justice in parliamentary elections, according to Kantar poll published by "Gazeta Wyborcza". Civic Coalition would secure 29 percent of votes, the Left - 13 percent, and Confederation - 5 percent. Polish People's Party-Polish Coalition would not make it to the parliament with 4 percent of votes.

The European Commission is working on preparing a complaint against Poland, to be filed in the European Court of Justice, regarding the new disciplinary system for Polish judges. By Frans Timmermans' initiative, the commissioners are to discuss the issue on a weekly meeting on Wednesday - a high-ranking EU diplomat told Polish Press Agency (PAP).

Regional Prosecutor's Office filed a request in court on Monday for an arrest for the man who had carried knives and tried to approach the participants of the Wrocław Equality March. He was charged with attempted assault on police officers. Furthermore, he was accused with terrorism offence.

Answers to additional questions provided by Poland's candidate for EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Janusz Wojciechowski, did not convince political groups in the EU parliament, who agreed on Monday to schedule another hearing - sources in the European Parliament say.

Mariusz Szczygieł has been awarded Nike Literary Award for his book "Nie ma" (which means "Not There" or "Is Not" in English). An existential reportage - that's how the head of the jury, Marek Zaleski, called Szczygieł's book in his laudatory speech at the Sunday's gala in the Warsaw University Library.