During a speech in Sopot, Donald Tusk announced yesterday that Roman Giertych would run for a seat in the SEJM as part of the Civic Coalition in the Świętokrzyskie province.

The lawyer has been a suspect in an investigation concerning the misappropriation of PLN 72 million to the detriment of a listed company Polnord. He had served as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Education in the governments of Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz and Jarosław Kaczyński from 5 May 2006 to 13 August 2007. Earlier, there were discussions on the possibility of Giertych’s candidacy for the Senate as part of the Senate pact, which was opposed by the Left.

Source – Polskie Radio

While schools are set to reopen in September, the Minister of Education and Science Przemysław Czarnek said on Polish Radio 1 that Polish schools are the safest in Europe.

In the Podcast, they discussed, about the role of children’s health in education, what a healthy lifestyle should look like, about healthy eating and the need for encouraging physical activity.

Source – Polskie Radio

On Sunday, in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, rail traffic was stopped twice after the illegal use of „radio-stop” signal.

„The first situation happened in the morning,” PKP PLK spokesman Karol Jakubowski told Polish Radio Bialystok. As he emphasized, there was no danger to people, the matter is being investigated by the relevant services. Krupa said briefly that the detainees are 24 and 29 years old, while the litigation is still going on.

Source – Polskie Radio

Downs syndrome will certainly be on the list of conditions qualifying for a permanent disability certificate– said Deputy Minister of Family and Social Policy Paweł Wdówik, who is the government plenipotentiary for people with disabilities.

Earlier on Sunday, Deputy Minister Wdówik posted an entry in which – he stated – as he declared at the SEJM commission, „the plenipotentiary’s office has started working on a list of rare conditions, with a homogeneous and permanent course, with no prospect of improvement, which will be the basis for issuing permanent rulings.” „The work is still ongoing and no list has been published yet,” he said in the post.

Source – Polskie Radio

More than 50 Russian soldiers and their commander were taken as prisoners by Ukrainian forces near the village of Robotyne in the Zaporizhia region in southern Ukraine, the Ukrainian news agency Unian reported.

„A week ago, we suffered serious losses, including many deaths. At the same time, they stopped delivering food to us and we were looking for it on our own, but it often happened that we simply did not have anything to eat,” said one of the Russians, quoted by Unian.

Source – Polskie Radio

The Polish national team defeated Germany for 3:0 (25:22, 25:20, 26:24) in the match 1/8 for the final of the European Women’s Volleyball Championship.

The White and Reds awaits the team of Turkey in the quarter-finals, which defeated Belgium for 3: 1 in the earlier match.

Source – Polskie Radio

Weather

There will be variable cloud and sunny intervals with a brief shower or two and the possibility of a strong evening thunderstorm. The daytime temperature will be 23 degrees centigrade (73 degrees Fahrenheit) and a cool 13 degrees centigrade (55°F) overnight. Tomorrow there will be light rain showers and a moderate breeze with temperatures of 19 degrees centigrade during the day and 14 degrees centigrade overnight.

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