‘We have about two metres of snow on the hill, so we certainly won't have to worry about a lack of snow’. - assured Wojciech Gumny of the Tatra Ski Association when asked about the preparations of the Wielka Krokiew before Saturday's Polish Ski Jumping Championships. A week later, the World Cup is to be held in Zakopane.more

8 January saw the launch of LOT Polish Airlines' Grand Promotion. For the next few days, travel enthusiasts will be able to buy tickets at special prices for domestic, short-, medium- and long-haul flights.more

A new Superloop route across the River Thames is set to be launched within months. Superloop 4, an express Transport for London (TfL) bus service between Canary Wharf and Grove Park in Lewisham, will start running on April 7.more

In a decree issued, the mayor of the town of Belcastro in Calabria in southern Italy has banned residents from engaging in behaviour that could be hazardous to their health. He explained the ban by the lack of medical care in the town. He recommended everyone to rest as much as possible, not to travel and not to participate in sports.more

Rachel Reeves could be forced to make fresh cuts to public spending at her March “spring forecast” as a rise in government borrowing costs risks the chancellor breaking her own fiscal rules.more

Spaniard Julen Lopetegui has been sacked from his position as coach of English Premier League football team West Ham United, the club, whose goalkeeper is Lukasz Fabianski, has announced.more

Savile Row and nearby streets have been evacuated amid reports of an incident that required a “controlled explosion.” The iconic Mayfair street, known for its array of bespoke and high-end men’s tailoring stores, was cleared of pedestrians and shop staff on Wednesday as police explored a potential threat.more

Speaker of the Sejm Szymon Holownia announced today that the presidential election will be held on 18 May. If a second round is necessary, it will be held on 1 June. Formally, the elections will be called in a week's time, on 15 January, and only then will the election campaign begin.more

A prosthetic leg, an ironing board and a hamster are among the things passengers have left on a train operator’s services. Northern said these examples were among more than 32,690 incidents of lost property recorded since July 2022. more

Elon Musk acts as de facto ‘co-president of the USA’ and seeks to change the powers in allied European countries, without criticising China or Russia for doing so; Europe is in trouble, a columnist for the British daily ‘Financial Times’ assesses today.more

Maja Chwalińska and Kamil Majchrzak advanced to the third and deciding qualifying round of the Grand Slam tennis tournament Australian Open in Melbourne. Maks Kaśnikowski fell in the second round.more

Ketamine, the anaesthetic taken by Elon Musk to control his moods, could be reclassified as a class A drug by the Home Office after illegal use reached record levels.more

There is not the slightest chance of Canada becoming part of the United States, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wrote on social media yesterday, commenting on US President-elect Donald Trump's statements about annexing Canada.more

This week is expected to see the coldest nights of the year, with temperatures potentially reaching -16C on Thursday night. A yellow snow warning for Wednesday stretches from Kent to Cornwall and up to south London.more

Arsenal London's players at the Emirates Stadium lost 0:2 to Newcastle United in their first League Cup semi-final match in England. The replay will take place at St James' Park on 5 February.more

The Meta conglomerate, which owns Facebook among others, will get rid of fact-checkers and users will have a greater role in moderating services, just as they do on X, company owner Mark Zuckerberg announced yesterday in a recording on Meta's website.more

Food price inflation jumped to 3.7% last month, the highest level since March, helping fuel a bumper season for supermarkets.more

Companies in the transport and logistics and automotive industries are announcing increased hiring in the coming months, according to a report by ManpowerGroup. Four out of ten companies plan to make new hires in the first quarter of this year.more

Organisers of the Grand Slam tennis tournament French Open in Paris will introduce a ticket draw among fans to ensure a smoother and fairer distribution of tickets, the French federation has announced.more

The Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), comprising the militaries of 10 northern European countries, has strengthened protection of undersea cables in the Baltic Sea and monitoring of the Russian ‘shadow fleet’, among other things, using artificial intelligence, the UK and Swedish governments said.more

Alicante joins the ranks of Spanish cities that have decided to tackle the pressing issue of temporary holiday rentals. Councillors in this city have decided to ban the issuing of new licences for short-term rentals, which will be in force for the next two years.more

More than half of companies are planning to raise prices in the next three months as they face a "pressure cooker of rising costs and taxes", according to one of the UK's largest business groups. The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said its survey of nearly 5,000 firms suggested confidence had "slumped", falling to its lowest level for two years.more

Kamil Majchrzak won against Argentine Marco Trungelliti 3:6, 7:6 (7-4), 6:3 in the 1st qualifying round of the Grand Slam tennis tournament Australian Open in Melbourne. Maja Chwalińska also advanced, after winning against Czech Dominika Salkova 7:6 (7-3), 5:7, 7:6 (12-10).more

Citizens of 48 countries, including the US, Canada and Australia, who are travelling to the UK must obtain an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) before arriving in the country from tomorrow. The cost of this document is £10. From 2 April, this obligation will also apply to Polish citizens.more

A new map shows every killing MyLondon reported on in 2024. With official data on the number of people murdered in London in 2024 yet to be released, the map is by no means exhaustive, but it does give a sense of the geographic spread of violence around the capital over the last 12 months.more