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Two dead, three injured in Gdańsk allotment fire; gas cylinder explosion suspected
A late-night fire at a garden plot on ul. Meteorytowa in Gdańsk left two people dead and three others hospitalized. Firefighters found two charred bodies in the basement after extinguishing the blaze; a gas cylinder explosion is suspected.
- yesterday
Warsaw falls silent for the 82nd anniversary of the 1944 Uprising as sirens mark the 'W' Hour
At exactly 17:00 on 1 August 2026, sirens wailed across Warsaw and the city came to a standstill for one minute, marking 82 years since the outbreak of the Warsaw Uprising against German occupation.
- Jul 25
Gdańsk's 766th St. Dominic's Fair opens with 715 stalls and nearly 300 events over three weeks
The 766th St. Dominic's Fair, one of Europe's oldest and largest open-air events, opens in Gdańsk on 25 July 2026 with over 700 stalls, nearly 300 cultural events, and 17 world cuisines.
- Jul 25
CAS rejects Lechia Gdańsk late appeal, condemning club to I liga after five-point deduction; Paolo Urfer sarcastically congratulates PZPN chiefs
The Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne refused to hear Lechia Gdańsk's challenge to a five-point deduction that ended the club's top-flight status. President Paolo Urfer apologised to fans and directed sarcastic congratulations at three PZPN officials, while the club faces a domestic and FIFA transfer ban.
- Jul 21
Jet ski crashes into Gdańsk breakwater, three stranded on star blocks rescued by municipal guard and SAR
A water scooter struck a breakwater near the mouth of the Wisła Śmiała river on Sunday, leaving three people stranded on concrete star blocks as waves pounded around them. Municipal guards and SAR crews evacuated all without serious injuries, while a nearby vessel rescued a driver from a second sunken scooter.
- Jul 21
Poland braces for severe thunderstorms: 14 voivodeships under level-1 warnings; strong winds, hail and up to 40 mm of rain expected
IMGW has issued level-1 warnings for thunderstorms across 14 of Poland's 16 voivodeships on Thursday, 23 July, with heavy rainfall, hail and wind gusts up to 65 km/h. RCB sent a text alert to Podkarpacie residents, urging them to avoid open spaces.
- Jul 11
Woman, husband, and lover sentenced to 25 and 20 years for meat-tenderizer murder of grandfather in Gdańsk
A Gdańsk court sentenced a 25-year-old woman to 25 years, her lover to 25 years, and her husband to 20 years on Friday for the February 2025 murder of her grandfather, beaten to death with a meat tenderizer as he walked to church.
- Jul 9
Polish fuel prices fall again: diesel drops 5 gr, LPG down 9 gr, with cheapest fill-ups in Warmia-Masuria and Świętokrzyskie
Polish motorists are paying less at the pump this week, as diesel fell 5 groszy to 6.93 zł per litre, petrol edged down to 6.78 zł, and LPG dropped 9 groszy to 3.20 zł, according to the latest e-petrol.pl market commentary.
- Jul 8
KGHM and Pomerania sign letter of intent for Poland's first polyhalite mine, a 10 billion złoty project
KGHM Polska Miedź and the Pomeranian Voivodeship have signed a letter of intent for the 'Puck' project, aiming to build an underground polyhalite mine near the Bay of Puck. The deposit holds over 303 million tonnes of the mineral, used in low-chloride fertilisers.
- Jul 5
Red flags at 140 Baltic beaches amid high waves and rip currents
On Sunday, 5 July 2026, approximately 140 bathing sites along Poland's Baltic coast were closed to swimmers, with red flags warning of high waves and strong rip currents.
- Jul 3
Storm Bernadette slams Polish coast with 120 km/h winds, forcing evacuations and pier closure
Deep low-pressure system Bernadette is lashing northern Poland with hurricane-force winds, forcing evacuations and closing the Gdańsk pier.
- Jul 1
Polish prosecutors indict 'Wielki Bu' on organised crime and drug charges; photos with President Nawrocki resurface
An indictment for Patryk M., known as ‘Wielki Bu’, was filed in Gdańsk on 30 June 2026, charging him with participating in an international drug-trafficking group, trading cocaine and amphetamine, and stealing an Audi Q7. The case draws attention to his past meetings and photographs with President Karol Nawrocki.
- Jun 29
Appeals court upgrades sentence to life for husband who killed wife with hammer and staged train collision
A Polish appellate court on Monday sentenced Tomasz K. to life in prison, finding he murdered his 31-year-old wife with 11 hammer blows and then placed her body in a car on a railway crossing to simulate a fatal collision.
- Jun 28
Latvian intelligence warns Russia may stage provocations on NATO's eastern flank to test alliance cohesion
Polish foreign minister Radosław Sikorski says recent Putin remarks are preparation for a false-flag operation, as Latvian intelligence and a senior NATO politician warn of possible Russian hybrid attacks on Poland or the Baltic states.
- Jun 27
Poland strips Zelensky of top award after UPA unit name, Kyiv warns relations could worsen
Polish President Karol Nawrocki revoked Volodymyr Zelensky's Order of the White Eagle on 19 June, triggering a cascade of medal returns and warnings from Kyiv that bilateral ties could deteriorate further.
- Jun 27
Poland opens final 40 km of S6 Kashubian Route, Gdańsk–Szczecin drive shorter by up to two hours
Poland's General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) opened the final 40 km section of the S6 expressway between Słupsk and Leśnice on Friday, completing the Kashubian Route and cutting the Gdańsk–Szczecin drive by up to two hours.
- Jun 25
Six in ten Poles oppose Ukraine's EU membership as Gdańsk recovery conference opens
A new IBRiS poll for Radio Zet finds 59.7% of Poles oppose Ukraine joining the EU, with only 35.3% in favour, as the Ukraine Recovery Conference begins in Gdańsk under strained bilateral relations.
- Jun 24
E5 leaders back Ukraine support and NATO's European pillar ahead of Ankara summit
Leaders of Europe's five biggest defence spenders agreed five joint messages in Berlin on Wednesday, aiming to project transatlantic unity on Ukraine and Iran before the NATO summit in Ankara early next month.
- Jun 23
University of Warsaw and Jagiellonian University tie for first in Poland's 2026 Perspektywy ranking
The 27th edition of Poland's most comprehensive higher education ranking sees the University of Warsaw and Jagiellonian University share the top spot, while vocational schools see a new leader in Koszalin.
- Jun 23
Poland-Ukraine diplomatic rift deepens as Zelenskyy skips Gdańsk reconstruction summit
The Ukrainian president will not attend this week's Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk after a bitter row with Poland over a military unit named after nationalist fighters from World War II.
