The third edition of the "Joy & Devotion" Festival of Polish Sacred Music began last evening at St Martin-in-the-Fields Church in Trafalgar Square in London. "I'm starting to feel confident that this festival has already gained popularity in London," said its artistic director Paweł Łukaszewski.more

Saxons are already visiting the 1st Saxon Christmas Market. However, increasingly earlier fairs arouse reluctance among Christian churches - notes the "Bild" daily. "I don't think it would be good to celebrate Christmas at the beginning of November," said Pastor Stefan Schwarzenberg from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Grossroehrsdorf.more

Planica wants to organize the first simultaneous women's and men's ski flying world championships in 2028 - it was announced during the annual meeting of journalists dealing with skiing in Bad Mitterndorf Forum Nordicum, Austria.more

Fuel thefts from petrol stations in the UK have risen sharply, which may be due to the rising cost of living, but also to organised criminal activity, it was reported yesterday.more

Poland is building the largest army in Europe - said the Dutch daily "NRC" in its latest issue. The newspaper noted that Poland spends more money on its armed forces than any other European country.more

Tens of thousands of women in England could benefit from a drug that helps prevent breast cancer. more

Manchester City and RB Leipzig, playing in Group G, are already certain to play in the 1/8 finals of the Champions League. In the matches of the 4th round, the English champion defeated Young Boys Bern at home 3-0, and RB Leipzig won away against Red Star Belgrade 2-1.more

Today is International Cappuccino Day. It is celebrated primarily by Italians, but also by lovers of coffee with frothed milk in many countries, including the USA. In Italy, we are reminded that tradition dictates that cappuccino should only be drunk in the morning. According to one version, the history of this drink is associated with the Relief of Vienna.more

Post Office customers will soon be able to send parcels over the counter using DPD and Evri delivery services. more

Anyone who causes a traffic accident will have to undergo a drug test, the Belgian government announced yesterday. Until now, only a breathalyser test was mandatory. A drug test was only carried out if there were injuries in the accident.more

Two newcomers - Tomas Chory and Vasil Kusej - are among the 23 players called up by coach Jaroslav Silhavy to the Czech national team for November's European Championship qualifying matches against Poland and Moldova. Tomas Pekhart of Legia Warsaw is on the reserve list.more

A study has revealed that as of this year, the average life expectancy in the UK is 81 years old. Residents in Kensington and Chelsea have an average life expectancy of 86.02 years which is the highest in England. more

The gap between women's and men's average earnings is so large that from 11.25am on Monday (6.11) until the end of the year, women in France will de facto 'work for free' - estimated the editors of 'Les Glorieuses'.more

For the third year in a row, the international website DiscoverCars has recognized Krakow as the best place to visit in winter. The capital of Małopolska overtook, among others, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris and Prague.more

Drop in retail sales also because of consumer worries over high energy bills and mortgages, surveys suggest.more

Iga Swiatek returned to the lead in the world tennis ranking after her triumph at the WTA Finals in Cancun, Mexico, after eight weeks. The Pole overtook Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka and will finish as the leader for the second consecutive year. Magdalena Fręch moved up to 63rd place, the highest in her career.more

Justice-related bills, the elimination of cigarette smoking and the annual granting of oil and gas licenses are the main legislative plans of the British government, presented during King Charles III's king’s speech.more

A 78-year-old British army veteran, who was selling symbolic poppies pinned into his Memorial Day clothing at an Edinburgh train station, was punched and kicked several times on Saturday by pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupying the station, the Daily Mail reported today.more

A tsunami alert system was tested in three Portuguese cities yesterday as seismologists issued increasing warnings of a possible strong earthquake in the country.more

A Paris Saint-Germain fan was attacked with a knife and seriously injured in clashes with AC Milan supporters last night in Milan, Italian police reported. Today the two teams will face each other at San Siro Stadium in the Champions League.more

More than 16 million U.K. residents, or 30 percent of the country's adult population, have defaulted on bills or repaid some kind of debt this year, with 2 million of them experiencing such a situation for the first time, according to a study released yesterday.more

The Italian government has granted the country's citizenship to a seriously ill 8-month-old girl from the UK so that she can be treated at a Vatican hospital that has expressed willingness to accept her. Earlier, a British court upheld a decision by doctors allowing the infant to be disconnected from life support.more

London's Metropolitan Police yesterday asked organizers of weekly demonstrations in solidarity with Palestinians to reschedule the one scheduled for this Saturday so as not to conflict with Memorial Day celebrations, when tributes are paid to fallen soldiers.more

Serbian Novak Djokovic, who won the final of the tournament in Paris at the weekend, strengthened his first place in the world tennis rankings. Hubert Hurkacz maintained 11th place.more

Hundreds of European tourists returning from vacations in Spain have been infected with cryptosporidiosis, a protozoan parasitic intestinal disease that can manifest as severe diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and fever. Due to the risk of dehydration, the disease is dangerous for young children, the elderly and the immunocompromised.more