Insider Monkey has created a ranking of countries that are the most desirable places to live, taking into account criteria such as quality of life, level of safety and satisfaction of residents. The list may surprise you, because the United States is in the last 30th place, and Poland is not there at all.more

Hundreds of survivors of crime are unaware that their perpetrators will be freed on Tuesday despite requests that this would not happen, the victims’ commissioner has claimed.more

The government’s plan to tackle the hospital backlog in England will fail without a fundamental reform in how services work, health leaders say. Labour aims to increase the number of appointments and operations done each week by 40,000, to help hit the 18-week waiting time target.more

Poland, next to France, is our most important neighbour, but Germans' knowledge of this country is still marked by prejudice and resentment, the German daily "Die Welt" said yesterday.more

Birmingham City Council owns an artwork collection valued at almost half a billion pounds, a BBC investigation has discovered. But none will be sold off to help tackle the financial challenges at the council which declared it was effectively bankrupt last year.more

Polish athletes won 23 medals in the Summer Paralympic Games that ended in Paris on Sunday. The Polish representatives were welcomed yesterday at the Fryderyk Chopin Airport in Warsaw.more

US health officials have confirmed a human case of bird flu in a patient that had no immediately known animal exposure. The patient, in the state of Missouri, was treated in hospital and has since recovered, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.more

The British Foreign Office announced yesterday the launch of three strategic reviews of the country's foreign policy aimed at strengthening Britain's global influence.more

Wanted by the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) for drug offences, the 38-year-old Pole was detained at the Łódź airport. He was wanted by the French justice system. He was taken into custody.more

The Princess of Wales has spoken of her relief at completing her course of chemotherapy, in a highly personal video released by Kensington Palace. Catherine revealed in March that she was undergoing cancer treatment and has been out of sight of the public for much of this year.more

Descendants of engineer Gustave Eiffel are opposed to keeping the Olympic rings on the tower he designed until at least 2028, which was the idea of ​​the mayor of Paris. They have proposed that the city "symbolically hand them over" to Los Angeles by the end of 2024.more

The boss of Aldi UK says shoppers are treating themselves to more expensive products as cost of living pressures start to ease. Customers are said to be "trading up" to premium own-label products including Wagyu steak, premium cheese, ready meals, and brioche buns.more

The French team, who on Friday lost 3-1 at home to Italy in poor style, confidently defeated the Belgians 2-0 in Lyon in the second round of the Nations League. In the second match of Group A2, the Italians won 2-1 against Israel in Budapest and are leading the table with full points.more

A police officer who has not yet completed basic training and is under 26 years old can earn over PLN 6,000, and after training, his salary may increase to PLN 6,900 - according to information provided by the Police Headquarters.more

The beautiful town of Kolobrzeg is one of Poland's best kept secrets.more

Students in Greek schools are not allowed to use mobile phones during lessons or breaks, Greek Education Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis has announced. Recording someone in a private situation could result in expulsion from school.more

Employees have lost out on holiday pay worth £2bn, according to new trade union research, writes "The Guardian".more

Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka, Jessica Pegula - this is how the top three of the world ranking of tennis players looks like after the Grand Slam tournament US Open, in which the Pole was eliminated in the quarterfinals. Hubert Hurkacz, in turn, dropped from seventh to eighth place, and the Italian Jannik Sinner strengthened his position at the top after his triumph in the Grand Slam US Open.more

Donald Trump is enjoying a slight lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in a new nationwide poll from Siena College commissioned by The New York Times. Harris has a similarly small lead over Trump in polls of key rust belt states.more

Health charities call for taxes on salty products and bans on junk food sponsorship of sport to help cut deaths from heart disease, writes "The Guardian".more

On September 8, the student competition of the 36th International Olympiad in Informatics ended in Alexandria. The representative of Poland, Adam Gąsienica-Samek from the XIV Stanisław Staszic High School in Warsaw, won second place in the world and a gold medal. In the unofficial medal classification of countries, Poland took 3rd place ex-aequo with Japan.more

The Body Shop has been rescued from administration, in a deal that appears to secure the immediate future for 1,300 shop and office workers. A consortium led by the British cosmetics tycoon Mike Jatania has acquired the ethical beauty brand's 113 UK stores which remain trading, for an undisclosed sum.more

In the second round of the Nations League, Polish footballers lost 0:1 away to Croatia, with the only goal scored from a free kick by Luka Modric, who turns 39 today. In the second match of group A1, Portugal won 2:1 against Scotland in Lisbon, with a goal by 39-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo in the 88th minute.more

The vast majority of Germans (71%) believe that their country is no longer able to cope with the large number of refugees from crisis areas. Only 27% of respondents remain optimistic about this, according to a Politbarometer survey for broadcaster ZDF.more

Health Equity North shows that women in the north live shorter lives, work more hours for less pay, are more likely to be an unpaid carer and to live in poverty than women in other regions of England. more