Poland

The end of the grain harvest sees villages, parishes and entire regions celebrate with festivals featuring ever-more elaborate straw creations, an increasingly involving tradition

Internal Security Agency ABW received over 20.000 application in two months for 71 vacancies posted online; recruiting more specialists to combat "the nature of contemporary threats" the agency is looking for IT, analysts, linguists, cybersecurity experts

Residents in the southwest have been officially warned about a possible cougar roaming local forests, days after another exotic big cat was captured 300 kilometers away; now in the care of a zoo team, it could have escaped from an illegal breeding program

Iga Świątek has fallen to N.8 in the WTA Singles Rankings after her Wimbledon third-round defeat; defending 2.000 ranking points as the previous year's champion, this early exit caused her to drop and leave the top five for the first time in four years

Tons of dead fish carpeted the shores and shallow waters of the Pilchowice Reservoir drained for structural work; the shocking photos prompted environmentalists and anglers to call on authorities for a clarification

A bronze sword dating back to the European Bronze Age, around 900-700 BCE, or at least 2.700 years, has been found in a forest near Gdańsk; The weapon, well preserved beneath a green patina, was discovered by a local amateur detectorist

Surveillance tech produced by Polish companies is being exported to states with poor human rights records according to latest report by watchdog HRW on dual-purpose technologies; the ONG calls for EU to strengthen due diligence and transparency rules

Three bison have been hit by a train – which, in a sad irony, was called Żubr, the Polish word for bison; the incident occurred near the town of Witowo, close to Białowieża Forest, which is home to the country’s largest bison population

Polish cities have been among the fastest-growing urban economies in Europe over the past 25 years with GDP growing 4% per year and will likely remain among the strongest performers in the decade ahead, according to the new report by Oxford Economics

Nearly one million Ukrainian refugees are still living in Poland after being driven from their homes by the start of the war with Russia four years ago, UNHCR reported, describing the circumstance as an sign of 'extraordinary solidarity'

Polish free-ride skier Zuzanna Witych, 33, has made history winning gold at the first ever Freeride Championships held in Ordino Arcalís in the Andorran Pyrenees; an extreme form of skiing, it involves descending off-piste on wild mountain slopes

Łódź has been ranked the fourth most congested city in the world, with commuters using an average of 135 hours in rush-hour gridlock in 2025; fatalities fell by nearly 13% even as traffic volumes remained high and traffic conditions in many major Polish