"He's probably one of the favorites to win the Golden Ball, if they don't cancel it, of course." - Robert Lewandowski said these words to Karim Benzema for the Movistar+ channel. The trophy ceremony will be held in Paris on Monday.more

Environmental activists from the Just Stop Oil movement today doused tomato soup in one of Vincent van Gogh's masterpieces "Sunflowers" at the National Gallery in London, the group announced on Twitter.more

The waiting list for hospital treatment has hit a record high of seven million in England, latest figures show. But a BBC analysis shows the rise is being driven by the inability of hospitals to get back to full strength rather than lots more demand.more

Leaders at the European Union summit are to warn that any attack on critical infrastructure of member states (e.g. pipelines, underwater cables) will be met with response. They are also to call for cooperation in its protection in connection with the sabotage that led to leaks from the Nord Stream gas pipelines, media reports.more

UK Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng returned today from a business trip to a country where pressure is increasing on the government to break with economic policies causing turmoil in financial markets. Liz Truss fired Kwarteng, who was Britain's shortest-serving Chancellor of the Treasury since 1970, the BBC reported.more

Polish national player Grzegorz Krychowiak will train with Legia from mid-October to best prepare for the World Cup in Qatar, the Warsaw club announced. The experienced soccer player plays for Al-Shabab, but the Saudi Arabian premier league starts a long break.more

Thousands of people in the South East of Australia have been summoned to evacuate today due to flash floods caused by continuous heavy rain over two days. Two men have died in New South Wales, local authorities said.more

A jackpot-winning lottery ticket, worth £5m and bought in Birmingham, remains unclaimed. The winning numbers were selected for the 28 September draw and the winner has until 27 March to come forward.more

The Swiss government has proposed a bill under which people who break the ban on covering their faces in public places will be fined up to 1,000 Swiss francs (around EUR 1,005), Euronews reported.more

NatWest confirmed today that it is closing 43 branches across Britain in the latest move to transition its banking services online. Several banks in Scotland, including in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, are among the fresh wave of closures. Branches in Coventry, Cheltenham, Tonbridge in Kent, Balham in south London and Thame in Oxfordshire will also shut next year.more

Poland's women's national team remained in 32nd place, as in the August listing, in the International Federation of Football (FIFA) ranking released yesterday.more

They died immediately after mobilization - the BBC informs about the first five deaths confirmed by the authorities on the front of mobilized people who were sent to fight without military preparation.more

32 Polish universities are included in the latest world ranking of THE World University Rankings 2023. As assessed by prof. Grzegorz Królczyk from the Opole University of Technology, ninth place among Polish universities, is a special distinction for the University of Technology.more

"Take off your armor, show the scars!" is a new social campaign that addresses the issue of discrimination against mental health problems and calls on Polish men living in Scotland to seek support in coping with difficulties.more

Top seed Iga Swiatek defeated China's Qinwen Zheng 6:4, 4:6, 6:1 in the 2nd round (1/8 finals) of the WTA 500 tennis tournament on hard courts in San Diego.more

The number of illegal entries to the European Union increased between January and September this year. by 70 percent compared to the same period in 2021, reaching its highest level since 2016, Frontex reported.more

The NHS wants to introduce genetic screening tests that will allow blood tests to quickly identify thousands of potentially fatal diseases and thousands of diseases. As the media emphasize, it is the first such public project in the world.more

The director of the European Center for Medium-Term Forecasting, Carlo Buontempo, said that there will be a period of strong cooling towards the end of the year, but overall this year's winter will be mild and "warmer than usual".more

Spaniard Oscar Garcia has been dismissed from the position of coach of Reims players due to unsatisfactory results - informed the club of the French Premier League. His players take 15th place after ten rounds with the achievement of eight points.more

EasyJet has said it wants more “certainty” and “stability” in the UK, but expects demand for its lower-cost fares to hold up despite the cost of living crisis. Johan Lundgren, the airline’s chief executive, said consumers “would continue to protect their holidays where” they could even as their income was squeezed by surging food and energy bills. That meant they would “gravitate towards value”, more

The first gas supplies from France directly to Germany began today and are expected to reach 31 gigawatt hours (GW / h) per day, which is part of the European solidarity policy, French gas transmission networks GRTgaz said.more

40 percent among working people aged 18-24 and 44 percent. at the age of 24-34 declares that they often feel bored with current tasks in the workplace. These emotions mean that it is they who most often look for a new job - according to the Pracuj.pl survey and the JOBICON Job Festival.more

The UK’s energy regulator will advise households to reduce their gas and electricity use “where possible” after the government blocked a state-led information campaign amid fears over potential blackouts this winter.more

Buckingham Palace has announced that King Charles’s coronation will be held on Saturday, May 6, 2023. In a statement, the palace said: “Buckingham Palace is pleased to announce that the coronation of His Majesty The King will take place on Saturday, May 6, 2023.more

Iran's chief judge, Golam Hussein Mohseni Ejei, announced harsh sentences for the most active participants in anti-government protests that spilled in Iran in mid-September following the death of a young woman, Mahsa Amini, who died after being arrested by morality police.more