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The latest Eurostat figures show that Polish citizens rank second among EU countries in terms of hours worked per week. more

During the past summer holidays, in July and August, the Tatras were visited by 1 million 732 thousand tourists. However, the attendance record was not beaten, as 1 million 909.5 thousand people hiked in the Polish Tatras in the corresponding period of 2021, the Tatra National Park (TPN) concluded.more

Last year - which was the warmest on record in terms of measurements - 4,507 people died in England due to the heat, the highest number since such data has been collected, the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported yesterday.more

From attitudes to gay sex and single parenting to views on abortion and the role of women in the home, Britain has evolved into a dramatically more liberal-minded country over the past four decades, a leading study has found. more

Nearly half of Poles report a problem with the quality of their sleep. It is apparent that it is worse than during the pandemic. Over the past two years, there has been a rise in the number of people who are dissatisfied. The percentage of those who are undecided on the aforementioned issue has also increased. In contrast, the number of satisfied Poles has decreased. more

A disease which became prominent in Victorian times is making a comeback in Britain. Specialists have revealed as many as one million Brits in the UK might have gout.more

Poles want psychologists for children, changes in education and better pay for teachers, according to a survey conducted by IBRiS on behalf of 'Rzeczpospolita' and RMF FM.more

A clear majority of Britons agree household chores should be shared - but women generally do them, an annual survey of public views suggests.more

Low-income tenants will face higher energy bills as a result of the government’s decision to scrap plans to force private landlords to upgrade their properties to make them more energy efficient, experts have said.more

The number of 18-year-olds in the UK accepted into university has fallen for the first time in five years. Applications also fell, after demand rose in the pandemic, and about 85% of applicants were accepted in both years. more

British public support for the country having its own nuclear weapons has returned to levels not seen since the tensest moments of the Cold War, according to a poll published today.more

Thousands of people have died avoidably after the government stopped telling the food industry to cut how much salt it puts into its products, research has found.more

The number of deaths caused by alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking is increasing in Poland. This is blamed on an increase in the sale of 'monkeys' and the advertising of cigarette substitutes as 'safer for health', according to scientists who sit on the Public Health Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences.more

How Poland can more effectively support and integrate the Polish community, the role of the Polish community in Polish-British relations and the cultivation of Polishness abroad were debated by participants in the Polish Congress Poland the Great Project, which took place in London on Saturday.more

The number of working pensioners is increasing in Germany. More than 56,000 more seniors are now working than at the end of last year. Left-wing politicians point out that for many this is not a voluntary decision, but a necessity "to survive another month" - reported the RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (RND) website yesterday.more

The "snowflake" generation, or children and adolescents, who unlike their parents and grandparents have powerful access to knowledge, do not cope with this knowledge, which contributes to mental problems, experts estimate.more

Disapproval of physical punishment of children has strengthened over the past four years. Among respondents, whether they have children or not, the predominant belief is that physical punishment should not be used, according to a survey conducted by CBOS.more

If the parliamentary elections were held this Sunday, PiS would receive 33.3 per cent of the vote; KO would receive 26.4 per cent. The Left would come third with 11.1 per cent, followed by the Third Way, which can count on 10.2 per cent of the vote, according to the latest IBRiS poll for Onet.more

Already 93 per cent of companies in Poland use the hybrid working model, writes today's 'Puls Biznesu'. To optimise costs, they are increasingly willing to choose flexible offices, the newspaper adds.more

Payments made with cash rose for the first time in a decade last year as consumers struggled with rising prices. But the number is still dwarfed by debit card use which accounted for half of all payments, its highest ever level.more

63 percent of workers of pre-retirement age and 69 percent of those of protective age are not thinking about retirement and want to continue working, according to a report by OLX Jobs and Minds&Roses. Economic motivation prevails among respondents (49 percent), but slightly fewer (44 percent) indicate the need to get out of the house and be among people. "Work gives you energy and a desire to livemore

Xavier Espot Zamora is the fifth person in the country's government not to hide his sexual orientation. Previously coming out were Latvian President Edgars Rinkevičs, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić and Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel.more

The German Football Federation (DFB) has reported a decline in racist and discriminatory incidents in professional leagues in recent years. A different picture emerges from data from the Football Discrimination Reporting Point in North Rhine-Westphalia, which reported, among other things, an increase in the number of Nazi salutes observed and reported.more

The British Defense Ministry has been forced to cut training for Ukrainian soldiers at the Lydd Ranges training ground in Kent County in southeastern England by 30 percent due to complaints from local residents about noise nuisance, The Times reported yesterday.more

The number of Scots looking for work rose over the summer, according to the latest unemployment figures. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said up to 4.3% of the workforce was seeking employment from May to July, matching the rate of unemployment for the UK as a whole. more