As many as 77% of Poles see room for improvement in terms of the functionality of their house or apartment, according to a new VOX report. Especially our bathrooms, kitchens and living rooms need changes. However, we rarely or very rarely turn dreams into reality, which is mainly influenced by finances.more

Temperatures are plunging below freezing across the UK and the growing cost of living crisis is forcing many people to give up their heating. In this regard, the British government reminds you that you can get Cold Weather Payment, which was created precisely to help you get through the winter period.more

Former Brazilian national team great Ronaldo, the 1994 and 2002 world champion, admitted that for him the big favourite for the decisive part of the World Cup in Qatar remains France. As he added, the main candidate to be the best player of the tournament is Kylian Mbappe.more

Alcoholics will be given ketamine-assisted therapy as part of a £2.4 million phase three trial to see if it helps them stay off alcohol for longer. more

The Council of the EU (Member States) today adopted updated recommendations on travel to and easier free movement within the EU during the Covid-19 pandemic. Under the new recommendations, Member States should not restrict travel for public health reasons.more

The two-day rail strike, which began today, and the wave of frost and snow that is sweeping through the country, is making transport in the UK very difficult, and in some places even completely paralysed.more

US military authorities are correcting their earlier assessments of the likelihood of Ukrainian military operations over the winter; Washington's announcements in this regard are becoming increasingly optimistic, the US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) highlighted in a recent analysis.more

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has set up an account on Instagram. In his first post he wrote "I will take you to the world of FIFA .more

People are still waking, skating and posing for photos on top of frozen lakes even after three boys died from falling through the ice. more

If in doubt, one should first of all check the regulations and contact details of the e-shop, writes today's Rzeczpospolita.more

The UK today imposed sanctions on 12 senior Russian military officers responsible for attacks on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure and on an Iranian drone engine manufacturer, its director and two other Iranian officials.more

WBC champion British boxer Tyson Fury has surprised fans by announcing that his sparring partner ahead of his planned 2023 fight with Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk will be... former footballer Wayne Rooney, now coach of US MLS team D.C. United Washington.more

In a message issued yesterday at the end of the virtual G7 summit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the group's leaders announced that they would hold Russian dictator Vladimir Putin responsible for the invasion of Ukraine.more

Royal College of Nursing leader criticises ‘belligerence’ in meeting with Steve Barclay at which ministers refused to discuss pay.more

Argentine media claim that their national team's semi-final today against Croatia at the World Cup in Qatar could be an opportunity for Lionel Scaloni's charges to get a rematch of their 0:3 defeat at the previous World Cup played in Russia.more

Three people were seriously injured yesterday at a Lidl shop in the commune of Jeumont, in the north of France near the Belgian border, after an attack by an assailant armed with an axe and two knives. The perpetrator of the attack attempted to commit suicide, French television station BFM TV reported.more

The UK needs to look for new friends among countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, rather than just relying on traditional alliances with European and North American countries, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced yesterday.more

Mirosław Hermaszewski - the first and only Polish astronaut - has died. Born in 1941 in Volhynia, in June 1978 he flew into space aboard a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft.more

World number one ranked tennis player Iga Swiatek has been named WTA Player of the Year for the first time in her career, it was announced yesterday. Last season, the 21-year-old from Raszyn won two Grand Slam tournaments - the French Open and the US Open.more

Nine people are believed to have died in Saturday's explosion at a residential house on the British Crown dependency island of Jersey in the English Channel. Local police yesterday released the names of the seven victims.more

From tomorrow until Sunday (January 15, 2023), Belgian police officers will not issue traffic fines and parking fines, reports the daily "Het Nieuwsblad".more

Porsche is still seriously interested in entering Formula 1, although today it is still difficult to say when that might happen, admitted the head of sport at the German concern Thomas Laudenbach.more

GPs are inundated with demands for antibiotics at a time when pharmacists have warned supplies of some products for respiratory illnesses are at a 25-year low.more

As workers across the UK prepare for strike action over pay, it has emerged that 2022 has been the worst year for real wage growth in nearly half a century.more

In Berlin, more than two anti-Semitic incidents per day were recorded in the first half of 2022. The Berlin Center for Research and Information on Antisemitism (Rias) documented 450 antisemitic incidents from January to June.more