Europe Poland A new media law has been passed: it is seen by opponents as an attempt to silence a television channel critical of the government, which instead calls it necessary to stop hostile foreign powers taking control of its stations
Europe Poland LEGO block fans Zuzanna ‘Fanka Klocków’ and Michał ‘Artoozy Builds’ presented a set recreating a retro pharmacy with its proprietor, Ignacy Łukasiewicz, inventor of the kerosene lamp at Brick it Back, a LEGO blocks festival in Jasło
Europe Poland An unspecified number of young seal pups have been found dead in a number of Poland’s northwest beaches, discovered by walkers; local WWF said foul play hasn't been ruled out but the phenomenon was most likely caused by recent storms and strong winds
Europe Poland National election body is investigating potential vote counting irregularities following this month’s presidential runoff that gave a razor-thin victory to the conservative Law and Justice party for less than 400.000 votes in nearly 21 million votes cast
Europe Poland First round of presidential election ends with Centrist Trzaskowski narrowingly leading with 31,3% of the vote on Karol Nawrocki, backed by the populist right, gaining 29,5 %; runoff is scheduled for on 1 June 1