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Polish FM denies complicity in cash-for-visas affair

Rau said Polish prosecutors were looking into irregularities concerning the issuance of about 200 documents, which he compared to the 2 million visas Poland had issued over the last 30 months, of which more than 1.5 million were granted to Ukrainians and Belarusians. Marian Zubrzycki/PAP

Zbigniew Rau, Poland's foreign minister, has said he does not feel complicit in a cash-for-visas affair gripping the government, saying it is not a scandal and that he is not considering resigning over the matter.

Duda says he may meet with Zelensky over grain imports in New York

Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, has said he will likely meet with Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in New York in a few days over Poland's Ukrainian grain ban.

Iga Swiatek knocked out of US Open

Poland's Iga Swiatek has been eliminated from the US Open in the last 16, putting an end to her 75-week run as the world's number-one women's player.

Run, Tomek, run! Gliwice man to emulate Forrest Gump by running 6,500km across America

Tomek Sobania is gearing up for an adventure that will take approximately half a year by running from Boston to Los Angeles, the equivalent of 150 marathons in 165 days.

Kraków man completes challenge to walk all of city’s 3,000 streets

Taking him precisely three years, 10 months and 16 days, Kamil Bąbel covered 2,800 kilometers, ending on a road aptly named ‘Last Street’ (Ul. Ostatnia).

Hollywood duo surprise Muranów locals after being spotted filming in Warsaw

Succession megastar Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg from The Social Network stunned locals after being snapped filming scenes of a forthcoming Holocaust film in the Muranów district.

Artistic Brotherhood's 1939 paintings for New York World Fair return to Poland after 83 years

TFN’s Blanka Konopka takes a look at the Brotherhood of artists behind the stunning collection who were inspired by medieval guilds and included leading names such as Tadeusz Pruszkowski, Antoni Michalak, Bolesław Cybis, Jan Zamoyski and Jan Gotard.

Rare 17th century ‘Battle of Khotyn’ gold coin set to fetch eye-watering 1 million USD at auction

The coin, thought to have been minted to commemorate the Polish victory at the Battle of Khotyn in 1621, features the armoured bust of King Sigismund III without his crown, wearing a shoulder plate with a lion’s head on the front, whilst the reverse features the coat of arms of the Republic of Poland.

‘Dreams do come true’ says opera’s breakdancing cool kid after being chosen for prestigious Metropolitan Opera house, NYC.

VIDEO: Counter-tenor sensation Jakub Józef Orliński will take on the role of Orpheus’s alter-ego in Matthew Aucoin’s opera Eurydice.

Polish, Russian foreign ministers meet for first time in two years

The Polish and Russian foreign ministers met on the side-lines of a UN general assembly in New York on Thursday for their first meeting in two years.

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