Niemiecki sąd: Polskie 500+ ma być odliczane od niemieckiego Kindergeld

Niemiecki Federalny Trybunał Finansowy (BFH) z Monachium zdecydował dziś, że oferowane są dzieciom wypłacanym polskim pracownikom w Niemczech mogą być pomniejszane i sumowane dostępne otrzymywane w Polsce.more

The French trade union CGT announced yesterday that there will be no interruption in the transport industry strike during the holiday season, unless the government of President Emmanuel Macron gives up the pension reform.more

Italian police are investigating after a painting believed to be a Gustav Klimt stolen almost 23 years ago was discovered hidden in a wall of the gallery where it had previously been on display.more

This year's Nobel laureates, including the Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk, took part in a traditional dinner yesterday evening in their honor by the Swedish royal family. The party took place at the Royal Castle in Stockholm.more

New Zealand has ordered 1,292 square feet of skin to treat patients injured in Monday's volcanic eruption on White Island, authorities said Wednesday.more

American weekly Time named young Swedish activist fighting climate change Greta Thunberg as the man of the year 2019, NBC TV station announced Wednesday.more

On Thursday, the Italian Supreme Court will consider the appeal of the defender of the attack on two Poles and rape in Rimini, Congolese Guerlin Butung from the sentence of 16 years in prison. "The reasons contained in the complaint are groundless," the victims' attorney Maurizio Ghinelli.more

Hybrid Air Vehicles, the company that built a modern passenger airship, emphasizes that in a few years this vehicle will revolutionize transport. Its luxury passenger Airlander 10 is expected to be available in 2023. Tickets can now be booked on OceanSky.more

Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi was among the signatories of a protocol inked on Tuesday granting financial incentives to shops in the capital that leave their lights on when they are closed. The aim is to boost security in the city by improving lighting at nighttime.more

Warsaw Chopin Airport and Budapest Airport are two EU airports that recorded the largest increase in passenger numbers in 2018, according to Eurostat data.more

The Empire State Building was been named by the ride-hail app service as the number one tourist attraction in the world that its users traveled to in 2019.more

Six people, including a police officer and three bystanders, were killed in a gun battle on Tuesday that filled the streets of Jersey City, New Jersey, with the sound of heavy gunfire for hours, authorities said.more

Of the total, six are in the list on an individual basis, for reasons of safety concerns of the airlines themselves, such as Avior Alirlines, from Venezuela, and the other 109 - certified in 15 countries - due to insufficient control by their national authorities.more

14 winners of this year's Nobel Prize, including Olga Tokarczuk - honored with the literary Nobel Prize for 2018, received Nobel diplomas and medals from the hands of Swedish King Charles XVI Gustav. The Nobel ceremony took place this afternoon at the Stockholm Philharmonic.more

The Democratic-controlled US House Judiciary Committee has unveiled charges against President Donald Trump, a key move in impeaching him.more

Roxette lead singer Marie Fredriksson has died at the age of 61 after battling cancer for 17 years.more

A hotel in Spain has just decked the halls with boughs of diamonds and donned their bougiest apparel with an 12 million euro Christmas tree.more

Six people were killed and two others were seriously injured in a shooting at Ostrava City Hospital in the north-east of the Czech Republic near the Polish border, according to Czech police. more

The daily La Razon, published in Madrid, warned of a possible terrorist attack on one of the many Christmas markets in Spain today. The newspaper refers to communications from one of the jihadist organizations.more

Come to Venice, the city is alive - mayor Luigi Brugnaro encourages tourists after the recent flood in response to the cancellation of hotel reservations. The city is visited by 20 million people every year.more

Rome's Christmas tree, known as Spelacchio, has been illuminated by the city's mayor Virginia Raggi yesterday. Sponsored for the second year running by US media-services provider Netflix, the 22-m high fir tree is decorated with 80,000 led lights and 1,000 red and gold baubles.more

Thai emergency services are looking for a Pole and a Thai resident accompanying him. The kayak, which steamed near the shore of the island of Phuket, was lifted into the open sea - reports the AP agency.more

A Polish woman, wanted by a Spanish court with a European Arrest Warrant, was detained in Katowice. Seven years ago, the woman left her Spanish partner, taking her four-year-old daughter with her. At present, everything indicates that the child's parents will amicably resolve the dispute.more

An earthquake hit north of Florence on Monday morning and led to trains across the country being cancelled or severely delayed, including those on the national high speed line. The tremor hit Italy's central Apennine mountains at 3.30 a.m. (0230 GMT) with a magnitude of 4.8, the U.S Geological Survey said. There are no reports of casualties, the fire brigade said.more

Drivers and maintenance staff on two Paris metro lines voted on Monday to extend their strike against the government's planned pension reforms until Friday, a Reuters witness said.more

A volcano has erupted in New Zealand, leaving one dead and several unaccounted for, police have said. more

Saudi Arabia will no longer require restaurants to have separate entrances segregated by sex, the government says.more

Piero Terracina, one of the last survivors of Italy's tiny Jewish community who were deported to Nazi death camps during World War II, has died. He was 91.more

Domestic brews, such as Budweiser, Coors Light and Miller Light, once dominated the US beverage market. Now drinkers think beer is stale, compared to the innovative new brands and creative concepts emerging from other places, so they are craving a variety of other boozy drinks, including canned wine.more

For the first time, Venice has been "abandoned" by tourists on a scale that has not been recorded there before, according to data from hotels. It is - as you can see - the result of the record flood that hit the city in November.more

The US economy increased in November 266,000 new jobs. The unemployment rate fell by 0.1% in November compared to October, to a record low of 3.5 percent. - informed the US Department of Labor.more

Tens of thousands of Hong Kong people today began a pro-democratic march authorized by the authorities. Even before it began, the police threatened to use tear gas and reported the detention of 11 people for having weapons, including a pistol.more

Climate change and nutrient pollution are driving the oxygen from our oceans, and threatening many species of fish. That's the conclusion of the biggest study of its kind, undertaken by conservation group IUCN.more

"Something is wrong with the world. This feeling, once reserved only for neurotic poets, nowadays becomes an epidemic of indeterminacy, seeping anxiety from everywhere," said Olga Tokarczuk in a Nobel lecture at the Stockholm headquarters of the Swedish Academy.more

Pope Francis said yesterday that populism and prejudices are returning to Europe, as well as the ideologies that led to World War II. During the meeting with the Jesuits in the Vatican, he expressed the opinion that they were detached from reality.more

Brussels-based travel organization European Best Destinations recently named The Most Beautiful Christmas Trees in Europe, with Vilnius tree declared as the leader from the continent's seventeen most attractive. More than 14 000 travelers from 82 countries voted to select a city in Europe where the most beautiful Christmas tree is expected to be found this year.more

One of the stores of the German trade network Edeka in Cottbus has introduced separate cash desks to serve Poles. This caused customer outrage and intervention of the Polish embassy in Berlin. The management of the network apologized, and Poles can already pay for purchases at any checkout.more

Hong Kong has been beset by political unrest and protests in 2019, but that hasn't stopped it from being named the most visited destination in the world this year.more