The country has been facing major flooding caused by storm Boris, with damage to infrastructure and homes, thousands of people displaced and at least five deaths; PM Tusk claims the situation has been exacerbated by beaver activity along the rivers

Magda Butrym is back in the news after becoming the first Polish designer to join retail giant H&M: in Warsaw crowds formed outside the downtown H&M flagship store as local fashionistas queued to be among the first to grab one of the coveted new pieces

A count ruled that Zakopane, a popular mountain resort, is unjustified in charging tourists a “climate fee” given how bad the air quality is in the area; Zakopane disagrees and says will change local laws to charge the fee which brings €1.2 million a year

Poland and Baltic states may be leaving the 1997 Ottawa treaty banning antipersonnel land mines, citing security reasons at the borders they share with Russia

The novel 'Blackbird Blackberry', by Georgian writer and a feminist activist Tamta Melashvili, was awarded best book of the year in Poland