Kraków
capital city of Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland
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- 14h ago
Police detain 14-year-old in Jabłonka who threatened three female classmates
Police in Małopolska detained a 14-year-old boy who had threatened three female classmates with death and said he would act on it at school. A separate case in Bartoszyce sent a boy just under 14 to a juvenile shelter.
- 20h ago
Tarnów police stop cycling MP without lights, smell alcohol, no breath test
Police in Tarnów stopped a cyclist riding without lights on Elektryczna Street at about 21:00 on Monday, 12 October, and noticed a smell of alcohol. He showed his parliamentary ID and invoked immunity, so no breath test was carried out.
- yesterday
Andrzej Nowak joins Order of the White Eagle chapter as Nawrocki hands out appointments
President Karol Nawrocki handed appointment papers to Kraków historian Andrzej Nowak and two renewed members on Tuesday, 13 October 2026. The chapter then elected its chancellor and secretary at its inaugural session.
- 2d ago
Pogoń owner Alex Haditaghi threatens Legia with a three-year away-sector ban
Legia's away sector stayed shut for the 2:0 win over Wisła Kraków on Sunday, 11 October. Pogoń Szczecin's owner responded on X that his club's away sector would be closed to Legia fans for three years if Pogoń supporters are barred when they visit in December.
- 2d ago
GKS Katowice beat Wieczysta Kraków 2:1 in postponed Ekstraklasa match
Ilja Szkurin, Duje Dujmović and Bartosz Nowak scored in the postponed 3rd-round match at Nowa Bukowa, moving GKS Katowice level with Pogonia Szczecin in fourth place.
- 2d ago
Wisła Kraków asks PZPN referees' college to review 12 decisions from its 2:0 loss at Legia
Wisła Kraków has filed a 15-page request with the PZPN Referees' College over a list of contested decisions from the 2:0 defeat at Legia Warszawa on 11 October 2026. The club asks for an assessment of 12 situations, including a disallowed penalty appeal and a throw-in that led to Legia's opening goal.
- 3d ago
PKP Intercity to run 600 trains a day from 13 December under new timetable
From 13 December PKP Intercity will run 600 trains a day, rising to 622 in the summer period, with Warsaw and the Tricity served every half hour, minister Dariusz Klimczak announced on Monday, 12 October 2026.
- 3d ago
Vatican reverses Kraków archbishop's 2023 removal of priest Krzysztof Wilk, reinstated from 18 October
Fr. Dr Krzysztof Wilk, removed in December 2023 by then-archbishop Marek Jędraszewski, will return as parish priest of Kraków-Nowy Prokocim from 18 October 2026. The Kraków curia announced the decision at Sunday Mass on 11 October 2026.
- 4d ago
Łukasz Gibała wins Kraków mayoral runoff with 62.12% against KO's Piątkowska
The former PO member won the early runoff on Sunday, 11 October, with turnout at 44.27%. The vote followed the May recall of Aleksander Miszalski, and Donald Tusk said the result must be respected.
- 6d ago
PZPN fines Legia 250,000 zł per home match over closed away sector
The PZPN licensing committee ordered Legia Warszawa to pay 250,000 zł for each home match played without visiting fans, with the Wisła Kraków game on Sunday 11 October the first affected.
- 6d ago
Court orders Sikorski to correct claim that Gibała is a liar before Kraków runoff
A Kraków regional court ruled on Friday that Radosław Sikorski must stop repeating that a court had called mayoral candidate Łukasz Gibała a liar or mythomaniac. The correction must stay visible until voting ends on Sunday.
- 6d ago
Higher price caps for no-deposit mortgage flats lift eligible supply in Warsaw and Łódź
New, higher price-per-square-metre limits for flats bought under the 'Mieszkanie bez wkładu własnego' programme took effect in October. Warsaw's cap rose from 16.2 to 17.5 thousand zł, but the number of eligible flats grew unevenly across cities.
- 6d ago
Roma national chaplain Stanisław Opocki dies after head-on truck collision in Poland
Stanisław Opocki, 73, died in hospital in Kraków after his car hit a truck head-on in Jurków on Wednesday, 7 October. The Conference of the Polish Episcopate announced his death on Thursday.
- Oct 7
Krakow expressway ring will close by December 2026 in phased junction rollout
Poland's national road authority will open key sections of the S7 and S52 expressways in phases between October and December 2026, making Krakow the second Polish city after Lodz with a fully completed orbital bypass.
- Oct 7
Wisła Kraków striker Angel Rodado declares openness to Polish national team call-up
Spanish forward Angel Rodado says he is willing to represent Poland if called upon, while continuing his scoring run with newly promoted Wisła Kraków.
- Oct 7
Ryanair bases 16 aircraft in Krakow and adds four routes for winter 2026
Ryanair will base 16 aircraft in Krakow and launch flights to Budapest, Dubrovnik, Rabat and Venice starting 25 October 2026, raising its local network to 67 routes under a $1.6 billion fleet commitment.
- Oct 7
Miszalski accuses Gibała of lying as Kraków mayoral runoff nears
Aleksander Miszalski, recalled in a May referendum, broke four months of silence on Friday with a post calling rival Łukasz Gibała a liar. The runoff for Kraków mayor is on Sunday, 11 October.
- Oct 6
Poland launches 500 million PLN Vinci Space Tech Fund to finance space ventures
State development bank BGK has established the 500 million PLN Vinci Space Tech Fund to invest between 10 million and 100 million PLN in up to 20 Polish space sector companies.
- Oct 6
Fire at Kraków's Rydygier hospital prompts evacuation of 38 patients and leaves 10 hospitalised
A fire on the tenth floor of Ludwik Rydygier Specialist Hospital in Kraków led to the evacuation of 38 patients and left 10 people hospitalised for smoke inhalation on Tuesday morning.
- Oct 5
Warsaw police refute Legia claims on away fan sector closure ahead of Wisła match
Warsaw police and municipal authorities stated they never ordered Legia Warsaw to shut its visitor stand, challenging the club's explanation for barring away fans until 2027.
