The fines will be a "minimum" punishment, and it will continue to seek civil damages for compensation for the costs incurred in more serious cases.more

Greenland's ice has melted 17 times faster than average this year as a wave of warm air hit Iceland, according to climate research network World Weather Attribution (WWA). Another study said May 2025 would be the world's second-warmest on record.more

Freedom of movement around Europe remains the greatest benefit of EU membership, in the opinion of Poles, next to EU funds. However, concerns about the future of the Schengen area, established 40 years ago, are growing in Brussels. Nomen omen, difficulties can already be felt today when driving through... Schengen.more

This trend is particularly visible in China and India, but there are also signs that in the West, the birth of a son is no longer considered a more desirable event than the birth of a daughter, the Times reported.more

In a congressional hearing on Thursday, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was asked if the US needs to be prepared "to take Greenland and Panama by force". Hegseth avoided directly answering the question but suggested the US has plans for "any contingency".more

The Indian airline Air India confirmed that 241 people died in the crash of a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner in Ahmedabad on Thursday. There were 242 people on board, and one passenger survived the crash.more

The Israeli Air Force attacked Iran this morning. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that these were preemptive strikes, and their purpose was to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon that would threaten Israel's existence. The airspace over Israel, Iran, Iraq and Jordan was closed.more

Liczba ludności Belgii wzrosła w 2024 r. do 11,8 mln – podał belgijski urząd statystyczny Statbel. Oznacza to roczny przyrost o niemal 62 tys. osób, czyli 0,52 proc., jednak wzrost ten w całości wynika z dodatniego salda migracji.more

The Italian island of Capri is the most crowded place in the country, more so than Venice or Florence; around 50,000 people arrive there every day, the daily newspaper "Corriere della Sera" reported. The newspaper pointed out that the island's authorities are fighting so-called over-tourism.more

Stalowa Wola, alongside France's Bourges and Germany's Unterluess, was named in the most recent issue of the British weekly “Economist” as one of three cities in Europe to benefit from the development of armaments production.more

Prime Minister Donald Tusk has found himself in political purgatory, the British daily “Telegraph” assessed yesterday, commenting on the Sejm's vote of confidence in his government. According to the BBC, the vote was part of the political theatre of the head of the Polish government.more

The Catalan government and Spanish airport operator AENA have approved a €3.2 billion expansion of El Prat Airport, Barcelona's main airport, a move opposed by environmentalists and opponents of mass tourism.more

Among the fatal shooting victims in Graz is a teenager with Polish citizenship, the Austrian dailies "Kronen Zeitung" and "Die Presse" reported today. The rest of those killed by the attacker were Austrians.more

About 50 thousand people were left without electricity yesterday due to a failure on the island of La Palma, part of the Canary Islands archipelago. After a few hours, the operator reported that the power supply had been restored.more

Russia wants to occupy half of Ukrainian territory by the end of 2026, “Newsweek” wrote on Tuesday. Moscow plans to occupy the entire area lying east of the Dnieper and most of the Mykolaiv and Odesa regions.more

Hundreds of millions of people around the world cannot have as many children as they would like. Among the top reasons are the high financial outlay involved in raising a child and the lack of a suitable partner, according to a study by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the BBC reported yesterday.more

Ten people were killed today in an attack at a school in Graz in the south-east of Austria, the Austrian Interior Ministry said. Media reports said that at least 30 people were injured and several are in critical condition and fighting for their lives. Police have stated that the bomber committed suicide.more

Not so long ago, Norway could enjoy relative peace and quiet when it came to tourist traffic. It was mainly seasoned travellers who chose to explore its beauty. However, Norway has been experiencing a tourist boom for several seasons now. Following the example of other countries, Norway has also decided to tax visitors in order to curb over-tourism.more

The crew of the Ax-4 mission with Pole Slawosz Uznański-Wiśniewski is practising the launch procedure at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, reported Dr Aleksandra Bukała of the Polish Space Agency. The astronauts are several dozen hours away from launch.more

Russian troops attacked Ukraine on Sunday night into Monday with 499 drones and missiles; anti-aircraft defences shot down a total of 479 enemy air attack means, the Ukrainian Air Force said. In view of the situation, Polish and allied aircraft activity in Polish airspace began in the morning.more

With record crowds of foreign visitors in Spain, new protests against mass tourism, symbolised by water guns, are expected. The next ones are scheduled for 15 June, including in Barcelona, San Sebastian and the Balearic Islands.more

A survey conducted by the independent Levada Centre shows that Poland has become the most disliked country in Russia after Ukraine. In May, as many as 70 per cent of respondents showed an aversive attitude, while 16 per cent showed a positive attitude.more

A team of German and Portuguese police officers yesterday completed the search for traces of Madeleine (Maddie) McCann, who disappeared in 2007 when she was three years old while on holiday in the Algarve, in southern Portugal.more

Hundreds of artificial intelligence-generated fake sermons by Pope Leo XIV have made their way onto the internet; they have been viewed by millions of people, Ansa news agency reported. The platforms on which such fabricated recordings appeared have already removed many of them, it added.more

Pizzerias Zielona Górka from Pabianice and Warsaw's Ciao a Tutti were among the 50 best pizzerias on the Old Continent. In the annual ‘50 Top Pizza Europe’ ranking, the Polish locations took 18th and 28th place respectively. And the title of the best pizzeria was awarded to Napoli on the Road from London. The list does not include restaurants operating in Italy.more