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Woman, husband, and lover sentenced to 25 and 20 years for meat-tenderizer murder of grandfather in Gdańsk
A Gdańsk court sentenced a 25-year-old woman to 25 years, her lover to 25 years, and her husband to 20 years on Friday for the February 2025 murder of her grandfather, beaten to death with a meat tenderizer as he walked to church.
- Jul 9
Polish fuel prices fall again: diesel drops 5 gr, LPG down 9 gr, with cheapest fill-ups in Warmia-Masuria and Świętokrzyskie
Polish motorists are paying less at the pump this week, as diesel fell 5 groszy to 6.93 zł per litre, petrol edged down to 6.78 zł, and LPG dropped 9 groszy to 3.20 zł, according to the latest e-petrol.pl market commentary.
- Jul 8
KGHM and Pomerania sign letter of intent for Poland's first polyhalite mine, a 10 billion złoty project
KGHM Polska Miedź and the Pomeranian Voivodeship have signed a letter of intent for the 'Puck' project, aiming to build an underground polyhalite mine near the Bay of Puck. The deposit holds over 303 million tonnes of the mineral, used in low-chloride fertilisers.
- Jul 5
Red flags at 140 Baltic beaches amid high waves and rip currents
On Sunday, 5 July 2026, approximately 140 bathing sites along Poland's Baltic coast were closed to swimmers, with red flags warning of high waves and strong rip currents.
- Jul 3
Storm Bernadette slams Polish coast with 120 km/h winds, forcing evacuations and pier closure
Deep low-pressure system Bernadette is lashing northern Poland with hurricane-force winds, forcing evacuations and closing the Gdańsk pier.
- Jul 1
Polish prosecutors indict 'Wielki Bu' on organised crime and drug charges; photos with President Nawrocki resurface
An indictment for Patryk M., known as ‘Wielki Bu’, was filed in Gdańsk on 30 June 2026, charging him with participating in an international drug-trafficking group, trading cocaine and amphetamine, and stealing an Audi Q7. The case draws attention to his past meetings and photographs with President Karol Nawrocki.
- Jun 29
Appeals court upgrades sentence to life for husband who killed wife with hammer and staged train collision
A Polish appellate court on Monday sentenced Tomasz K. to life in prison, finding he murdered his 31-year-old wife with 11 hammer blows and then placed her body in a car on a railway crossing to simulate a fatal collision.
- Jun 28
Latvian intelligence warns Russia may stage provocations on NATO's eastern flank to test alliance cohesion
Polish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski says recent Putin remarks are preparation for a false-flag operation, as Latvian intelligence and a senior NATO politician warn of possible Russian hybrid attacks on Poland or the Baltic states.
- Jun 27
Poland strips Zelensky of top award after UPA unit name, Kyiv warns relations could worsen
Polish President Karol Nawrocki revoked Volodymyr Zelensky's Order of the White Eagle on 19 June, triggering a cascade of medal returns and warnings from Kyiv that bilateral ties could deteriorate further.
- Jun 27
Poland opens final 40 km of S6 Kashubian Route, Gdańsk–Szczecin drive shorter by up to two hours
Poland's General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) opened the final 40 km section of the S6 expressway between Słupsk and Leśnice on Friday, completing the Kashubian Route and cutting the Gdańsk–Szczecin drive by up to two hours.
- Jun 25
Six in ten Poles oppose Ukraine's EU membership as Gdańsk recovery conference opens
A new IBRiS poll for Radio Zet finds 59.7% of Poles oppose Ukraine joining the EU, with only 35.3% in favour, as the Ukraine Recovery Conference begins in Gdańsk under strained bilateral relations.
- Jun 24
E5 leaders back Ukraine support and NATO's European pillar ahead of Ankara summit
Leaders of Europe's five biggest defence spenders agreed five joint messages in Berlin on Wednesday, aiming to project transatlantic unity on Ukraine and Iran before the NATO summit in Ankara early next month.
- Jun 23
University of Warsaw and Jagiellonian University tie for first in Poland's 2026 Perspektywy ranking
The 27th edition of Poland's most comprehensive higher education ranking sees the University of Warsaw and Jagiellonian University share the top spot, while vocational schools see a new leader in Koszalin.
- Jun 23
Poland-Ukraine diplomatic rift deepens as Zelenskyy skips Gdańsk reconstruction summit
The Ukrainian president will not attend this week's Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk after a bitter row with Poland over a military unit named after nationalist fighters from World War II.
- Jun 22
Zelenskyy accuses Nawrocki of playing politics after Poland revokes top order over UPA unit name
Ukrainian president says the revocation is 'solely an electoral process' and compares the Polish leader to Viktor Orbán, as Kyiv officials renounce their own Polish awards en masse.
- Jun 19
Zelensky meets Tusk in Brussels amid UPA row, says Ukraine wants to end war before winter
On the sidelines of the EU summit in Brussels, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk for the first time since a dispute over the historical 'Heroes of UPA' naming threatened bilateral ties. Zelensky also told EU leaders that Ukraine wants to end the war with Russia before winter.
- Jun 15
IMGW issues first-degree thunderstorm and wind warnings across 11 Polish voivodeships, with flood alerts in the north
More than half of Poland's voivodeships face yellow weather alerts this weekend as the national forecaster predicts severe thunderstorms, up to 45 mm of rain, 75 km/h gusts, and rapid river rises on the Baltic coast.
- Jun 15
Polish daily horoscopes for the week of 15 June: Fire signs get an energy boost, while earth signs seek stability
Multiple Polish outlets have published their daily and weekly horoscopes for the period around 15 June, pointing to a burst of energy for Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius, financial promise for Cancer, and emotional crossroads for Pisces.
- Jun 14
Zelenskiy to attend Gdańsk reconstruction conference as Warsaw weighs revoking his highest honour over UPA naming row
Ukrainian deputy Mykyta Poturajew says President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will attend the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 in Gdańsk, even as Poland’s president considers stripping him of the Order of the White Eagle over a Ukrainian special forces unit named after UPA fighters.
- Jun 12
Poland inducts first F-35 fighters as godmother pick and media deal stir political row
Poland officially received its first F-35A 'Husarz' fighters at Łask air base on June 12. President Nawrocki credited the former government with the 2020 purchase, while the choice of the defence minister's wife as godmother and the use of a private broadcaster for the state ceremony drew sharp criticism.
