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Poland begins to lose money from the EU, even PLN 47.5 billion will be lost if local government officials do not withdraw from anti-LGBT resolutions; The European Commission has suspended talks with five Polish voivodships on the disbursement of funds from the REACT-EU program, "Gazeta Wyborcza" reports today.more

In 2020, there were more families in extreme poverty than a year earlier, informed the Central Statistical Office in response to a query from Senator Krzysztof Brejza (KO) on this matter. The proportion of children and seniors living in poverty has also increased since 2016.more

Poles most often save on travel (42%), renovation of flats (37%), buying a car (34%) and health or treatment and purchase of real estate (28% each) - according to a survey conducted for the Chamber of Fund and Asset Managers (IZFiA).more

Analysis by Imperial College London adds to concerns about more households being pushed into fuel poverty.more

Submitting applications for 500 plus only electronically and payment of this benefit only in a non-cash form - incl. such changes are included in the amendment, which will be dealt with by the government today.more

The 2021 US Open will set a new record in prize money and total player compensation, with the $57.5 million on offer surpassing the previous high from 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.more

The spending limit on each use of a contactless card is to rise from £45 to £100 from 15 October, banks have revealed.more

A fifth of all gambling premises in the UK are now located in the poorest areas of the country, new research has found.more

In one of the Kiev clinics, newborns were sold for 70,000 dollars under the guise of surrogacy. 13 children ended up in one of the East Asian countries.more

Job vacancies have hit a record high as the UK's labour market continues to "rebound robustly", according to the latest official figures.more

Buying a home in a UK city will typically set a buyer back by more than eight times average earnings, analysis has revealed.more

Vodafone has become the second UK mobile company to reintroduce roaming charges for users travelling in Europe.more

As of today, you can buy two collector coins "Polish Olympic Team Tokyo 2020" - gold with a face value of 200 zlotys and silver with a face value of 10 zlotys - informed the National Bank of Poland.more

Spain's center-left government is considering raising the minimum wage despite the prevailing coronavirus crisis. At the same time, it is expanding the state administration and the number of jobs in the budgetary sphere to an unprecedented level.more

The Bank of England has radically raised its inflation forecast, warning that UK price rises could peak at 4% in the months ahead. more

A month before his abdication in 2014, the then King of Spain, Juan Carlos, asked his friend Corinna Larsen to marry him, the Madrid daily La Razon reported yesterday. The newspaper claims that Bourbon transferred 64.8 million euros to his would-be spouse.more

A statistical Pole spends about 25 percent of his budget on the maintenance and equipment of his home, indicated HRE Investments analysts, citing Eurostat data. The same is true in the Netherlands, Belgium, Slovakia, Finland, Switzerland, Denmark and Germany.more

The hike in gas and electricity costs will affect 15 million households in the UK.more

Gay and bisexual men earn on average hundreds of pounds less per year than their heterosexual counterparts, new research suggests.more

The world record holder in pole vault Armand Duplantis will receive a bonus of 6 euros for a possible Olympic gold medal. This is the price of the plush mascot that was received by Daniel Stahl for winning a competition in the discus throw, and only such bonuses are awarded to Swedish medalists by their Olympic committee (SOK).more

Money, free pool and beach tickets and tomato sauce can be obtained in Italy as a reward for immunization against Covid-19.more

YouTube pranksters have released a video in which they reveal that high-profile anti-vaxxer Piers Corbyn accepted a donation of £10,000 while being urged to stop campaigning against the AstraZeneca jab.more

It may be the only place in the UK where people shell out £6 for a pint without batting an eyelid.more

Google “unfairly and excessively” charges people for digital purchases in its Play Store, a new legal action brought against the tech giant in the UK claims. The action is seeking damages of up to £920 million on behalf of 19.5 million Android phone users in the UK.more

A Bavarian resident who won around € 33 million in the Lotto carried the coupon in her purse for almost six weeks before discovering her winnings. "The thought of having carelessly carried almost EUR 33 million in my wallet for several weeks still makes me dizzy," she said.more