The national system for counteracting financial crime was operating in an insufficient manner, the Supreme Chamber of Control assessed in a communiqué published on Wednesday. As it pointed out, Poland is among the top ten European countries with the highest risk of money laundering and terrorist financing.more

The Londynek.net editorial office is increasingly receiving reports of problems faced by our compatriots during passport control in Poland. This concerns people with dual citizenship, who are required to use only Polish documents when leaving the territory of the Republic of Poland.more

Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski, President-elect Karol Nawrocki and Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski found themselves on the podium in the trust survey conducted by IBRiS on behalf of Onet. Fourth place went to outgoing President Andrzej Duda, and fifth to Confederation politician Sławomir Mentzen.more

According to an IBRiS survey conducted for the Onet portal, 43.6 percent of respondents fear the outbreak of a world war in the coming months.more

In the survey, as many as 40% of Poles declare that they will spend this year's holiday exclusively in Poland. This is more than twice as many as a year earlier, despite the fact that average accommodation prices are rising.more

The extreme poverty rate in Poland in 2024 was 5.2%, which means a decrease of 1.4 percentage points year-on-year - the Central Statistical Office reported today.more

Europe is rebuilding air traffic very slowly after the pandemic. The Turks were the quickest to do so, having built a new airport in Istanbul for this purpose. Poland and Warsaw Chopin Airport are also doing very well, "Rzeczpospolita" reported, citing a report by Airports Council International.more

Norway will once again send F-35 aircraft to patrol Polish skies this year, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announced ahead of the second day of the NATO summit in The Hague. He had previously discussed the matter with Norwegian Defense Minister Tore Sandvik.more

There are at least 22 Polish-language channels with Russian disinformation on Telegram, followed by over 150,000 people, the BBC reported. Jakub Olchowski from UMCS emphasizes that there are many "truth seekers" in Poland, for whom Telegram is the main source of information.more

Poland’s culture ministry is preparing an emergency evacuation plan for the country’s most valuable artworks in the event of a Russian invasion, Culture Minister Hanna Wróblewska told the Financial Times.more

Poland is among the three cheapest EU countries in terms of household expenditure in 2024, according to Eurostat calculations.more

Social media, online video channels and influencers are increasingly becoming the main source of information about the world, according to a report by the Reuters Institute. In 2024, Poland, the US and Australia saw the largest increase in people getting news from the X platform.more

The Office of Competition and Consumer Protection is checking whether the method of verifying the dimensions of hand luggage and imposing fees for it at Ryanair and Wizz Air is in accordance with the law, the Office reported. It recalled that according to the CJEU, airlines should not charge an additional fee for "hand luggage of reasonable size and weight".more

52.7 per cent of respondents will not take part in the voluntary military training announced by the Ministry of Defence, while 41.2 per cent of respondents are willing to do so, reported yesterday's “Rzeczpospolita”, which cited an IBRiS poll on the matter.Poles are not thinking about military training. more

PKP Intercity hybrid trains will start operating from 2027, shortening travel times on partially electrified routes, said Janusz Malinowski, president of PKP Intercity. He added that this concerns 35 trains that are to enter service by 2029.more

The loyalty program for PKP Intercity passengers is to be ready in June next year - informed the president of PKP Intercity, Janusz Malinowski. He added that passengers will be able to receive tickets for points.more

There is an increase in the number of adopted children coming, among others, from Vietnam and South Africa. This is the result of foreigners settling in Poland, reports today's 'Rzeczpospolita'.more

According to the majority of respondents, a man should let women through the door and know how to drive a car, while a woman should be well-groomed but not have too many sexual partners, according to a CBOS survey.more

Although the share of cashless transactions in Poland is steadily increasing and currently already three quarters of payments at retail and service outlets are made without cash, reports of the ‘death of cash’ are greatly exaggerated, pointed out Agnieszka Wachnicka, vice-president of the Polish Bank Association.more

Krakow Airport handled nearly 1.157 million passengers in May, a 15 per cent increase on the same month last year, the airport's president, Łukasz Strutyński, announced on Monday.more

More than half of surveyed Poles declare that nothing would make them decide to have their first or subsequent child – according to a study conducted on the Ariadna research panel. Among the reasons they mention are poor housing conditions, lack of professional stability and a poor financial situation.more

Jagiellonian University was ranked 395th in The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR). It is followed by the University of Warsaw - in 427th position, and further down the list - 627th - is the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków. The top spot is dominated by Americans, with Harvard University in the lead.more

The State Electoral Commission today publicly announced the election of Karol Nawrocki as President of the Republic of Poland. According to the official results, the PiS-backed candidate received 50.89 per cent of the vote and the KO candidate Rafal Trzaskowski received 49.11 per cent of the vote. The turnout in Sunday's vote was 71.63 per cent.more

In 2025, we are witnessing interesting changes in the foreign language learning market in Poland. Data from tutoring platforms clearly show that although classical languages ​​still reign supreme, interest in less obvious directions is also growing.more

Dubai-based carrier flydubai wants to operate 38 weekly connections to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates from three Polish cities – Krakow, Warsaw and Poznan – during the peak of this summer season.more

In the second round of the presidential election, 94 per cent of Szymon Holownia's voters, 90 per cent who support Magdalena Biejat and 82 per cent of Adrian Zandberg's voters will vote for Rafał Trzaskowski, according to a CBOS poll. Karol Nawrocki will be supported by 58 per cent of Slawomir Mentzen's supporters and 86 per cent of those supporting Grzegorz Braun.more