A new edition of the online Tree of the Year plebiscite has been launched. Nominations can be submitted until November 30. The winner, chosen in June 2025, will be the Polish candidate for the title of European Tree of the Year - announced the organizers of the competition from the ecological Klub Gaja.more
Tripadvisor has revealed the top trending travel destinations in the UK and across the world for the season ahead - and a Scottish town has been named as the top spot in the countrymore
After a five-year restoration, Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral will open its doors on 8 December this year. For the first week, it will be open until 10 p.m. ‘It is our great desire to welcome everyone again’ in the cathedral, announced Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Paris.more
High domestic energy prices are likely to be "the new normal" with a slight rise predicted for January, according to consultancy Cornwall Insight.
A home using a typical amount of gas and electricity will pay £1,736 annually from the new year, according to the forecaster.more
New research has revealed which London boroughs are the cheapest to rent in. Trust for London, a funder of hundreds of organisations 'fighting for economic and social justice across the city', has crunched the numbers.more
Scotland, which will be the rival of Polish footballers in the Nations League match in Warsaw tonight, is the first foreign team to play at the PGE Narodowy for the third time. They have not lost at this venue yet.more
US President Joe Biden's administration has given the green light for Ukraine to use US weapons to hit targets deep inside Russia, Reuters reported yesterday, citing several sources familiar with the matter. Similar information was reported by other media, citing sources in the US administration.more
Emergency doctors have sounded the alarm over an approaching winter crisis that they say is already putting patients in overstretched A&E departments at risk.more
In many European countries, short-term rentals are seen as one of the main causes of the housing crisis. Local authorities, including in France, the UK and the Netherlands, have introduced restrictions, such as setting limits on the number of days a property can be rented to tourists.more
Companies are to be forced to make it “simple and straightforward” for consumers to cancel unwanted subscriptions or get their money back under new rules to stamp out the so-called subscription traps that are costing Britons £1.6bn a year.more
Polish tennis players defeated the Czechs 2:1 in the quarterfinals of the Billie Jean King Cup final tournament in Malaga. The Polish team's advancement was decided by the doubles victory of Iga Świątek and Katarzyna Kawa over Marie Bouzkova and Katerina Siniakova 6:2, 6:4.more
According to reports from the British "The Sun", newly elected US President Donald Trump is considering sending hundreds of thousands of migrants staying illegally in the US to Rwanda, where they would wait for their residence applications to be considered.more
As reported by the Polish Border Guard, two passengers started a row on board a plane flying from Edinburgh to Gdańsk on 15 November. Right after the plane landed at Lech Wałęsa Airport, officers from the Special Intervention Team of the local Border Guard had to intervene.more
In recent days, the presence of Russian naval vessels in waters under Portuguese jurisdiction has significantly increased, said the commander of the Portuguese Navy, Admiral Henrique Gouveia e Melo.more
Almost £1bn in funding will go to delivering London-style buses across England as part of a massive Budget boost, the government has promised.
The Department for Transport (DfT) has given more details on its plans for 2025 after announcing the funding last month.more
Italy lost after an interesting match with France 1:3 in Milan, and Israel won 1:0 against Belgium in Budapest. Group A2 in the highest division of the Nations League football was won by the "Tricolors".more
One of the world's largest FMCG players has packed a nearly 100-year-old factory in Poznań with modern technologies to produce even more pasta. It is sent to the Netherlands, among others - we read in today's "Puls Biznesu".more
A guitar described by Noel Gallagher as "the best in the world" has sold for more than £226,000.
Gallagher played the custom Silver Sparkle Gibson Les Paul Florentine guitar on the third Oasis album Be Here Now, released in August 1997.more
Madeira, the land of eternal spring, is a true paradise for nature lovers and hikers. This Portuguese island offers a range of trails and trekking routes. At the end of October, tourists who value active leisure had to pay a fee to walk the seven most popular trails. From January, the fee will apply to over 30 hiking trails.more
The annual EU Citizens' Assembly and the first EmpowerEU Awards, celebrating the achievements of the EU community in the UK, took place last Tuesday at the Trades Union Congress Hall in London.more
The New Zealand Parliament was suspended after Maori members staged a haka to disrupt the vote on a contentious bill to reinterpret an 184-year-old treaty between the British and Indigenous Maori. The controversial legislation is seen by many Maori and their supporters as undermining the rights of the country’s Indigenous people, who make up around 20% of the population of 5.3 million.more
The Netherlands beat Hungary 4-0 in Amsterdam and secured their place in the quarter-finals of the Nations League. The first place in this group (A3) will be taken by Germany, who crushed Bosnia and Herzegovina 7-0 at home.more
Zombie knives and machetes are still available to buy online, some for under £20, more than a month after they were banned in England and Wales.
BBC News was able to purchase four knives from online retailers with UK websites, two of which were shipped from overseas.more
In 2022, Poland spent 6.4% of GDP on healthcare, well below the EU average of 10.4% of GDP, according to Eurostat data published on Friday. On average, Poland spent €1,137 per capita, with only Romania and Bulgaria behind.more
