Poland’s justice minister said on Thursday he has ordered a probe amid reports that two young Poles who went to Mexico in search of work had their internal organs cut out.

Polish website Onet.pl reported that the two men had their kidneys and other organs removed after travelling to Mexico earlier this month. One of the men died and the other is in hospital. The foreign ministry in Warsaw said the condition of the man in hospital was improving. The ministry told reporters that a Polish consul was in „constant contact” with the families of the two men and with Mexican prosecutors investigating the case.

Source – Polskie Radio

Temperatures reach record high in Poland

Temperatures hit a record for February in some areas of Poland on Thursday amid an unseasonably warm spell. The mercury climbed to 22.1 degrees Celsius in the southern town of Maków Podhalański, the highest reading ever seen in the country in the second month of the year. Thursday also saw a local record for February set in Warsaw, where thermometers showed 18.1 degrees C. The warm weather comes hot on the heels of an unusually cold spell that saw double-digit sub-zero temperatures earlier this month. Some experts have said that the drastic change in temperatures over such a short period of time is a result of climate change.

Source – Polskie Radio

Poland’s Świątek into semi-finals at Adelaide International

Poland’s Iga Świątek has advanced to the semifinals of the Adelaide International tennis tournament in Australia, with a win over Danielle Collins of the United States. The 19-year-old Pole, ranked world No. 18 by the Women’s Tennis Association – WTA, won the first set 6-2 and was up 3-0 in the second when the American player retired due to injury during their quarter-final match on Thursday. The rising Polish tennis star will now face Switzerland’s Jil Teichmann for a place in the final at the post-Australian Open tournament in Adelaide. Świątek reached the fourth round of the women’s singles at this year’s Australian Open, where she lost to Romania’s Simona Halep.

Source – Polskie Radio

Road mending in Three Cities underway after winter damage

And finally, the repair of roads around the Three Cities and Pomerania is under way once again this year after the ravages of the winter weather were laid bare this week after the snow melted across Poland. Road workers say that due to lower than usual temperatures and heavy snowfall this season, there is more damage than in previous years. The estimated cost of repairs in Gdańsk alone amounts to around PLN 3 million. Residents of Gdańsk can report damage to roads by emailing kontakt@gdansk.gda.pl, in Gdynia, the email address is sekretariat@zdiz.gdynia.pl and in Sopot that email is sekretariat@zdiz.sopot.pl. This information will be available on the Radio Gdańsk website.

Source – trojmiasto.pl

Weather

After yesterday’s extraordinary mild weather, today will be a cloudy day with a fresh breeze and temperatures of 8 degrees centigrade – 46 degrees Fahrenheit, during the day, dropping to 2 degrees overnight. Saturday will be a sunny day with a moderate breeze and temperatures reaching 8 degrees again during the day and 1 degree overnight.

That was the Radio Gdańsk English news and weather.

Martin Caren/mw