- Oct 4
Twenty-year-old driver dies after Audi strikes tree in Skidziń near Oświęcim
A 20-year-old resident of Brzeszcze died early on 4 October 2026 after his Audi veered off Oświęcimska Street in Skidziń and struck a tree, prompting a full road closure and a forensic investigation.
- Oct 3
Poland launches tender to widen 2.3-kilometer section of DK44 in Oświęcim
Poland's roads agency opened bids to design a dual carriageway for a 2.3-kilometer segment of national road 44 in Oświęcim, targeting construction in 2032–2034.
- Aug 25
Polish MEP Grzegorz Braun charged with Holocaust denial over Auschwitz statements
Prosecutors from the Institute of National Remembrance charged Member of the European Parliament Grzegorz Braun on Tuesday with publicly denying Nazi genocide crimes at Auschwitz-Birkenau.
- Jun 14
86 years after first transport to Auschwitz, survivors and officials honor victims at Death Wall ceremony
On the 86th anniversary of the first mass deportation to Auschwitz, survivors, state officials, and youth gathered at the Death Wall to honor the 728 Poles and Polish Jews who arrived on June 14, 1940, and the more than one million murdered at the camp.
