Regional News from Poland

Warsaw’s Royal Baths are to receive a PLN 34 mln facelift thanks to EU money, enabling elevations on the Island Palace to be repaired. Additionally, work will be done on the roofs, to the amphitheatre and the asphalt pathways will be replaced with classier gravel ones.

A farmer from the village of Widow ended up battling police after he tried to block the passage of machinery into his field to erect an electricity pylon. When the investor arrived on Tuesday morning, workers found the entrance to the field blocked by the farmer in his blue Mercedes. Eventually they were forced to call in police ...

Four-year-old Artur from Lobzenica escaped death this Monday morning when he jumped from his bedroom window only to be caught by a passer-by. “He put one leg on the window ledge, then the other. Then he jumped. He landed right in my arms,” related Patrycja Piszczek. Thanks to her quick reactions, Artur escaped with just a fe ...

A group of Arka Gdynia fans were involved in an assault of a team of seven-year-old kids representing Lechia Gdansk in a tournament in Reda last Sunday. As the toddlers headed for the changing rooms a group of men wearing Arka colours attacked them. Parents who stood in their way were assaulted and one of them severely beaten in ...

Two people were found dead at a hotel in Lopuszno, near Kielce, this Wednesday afternoon, following a double shooting. Police arrived at the scene to find the bodies of the 32-year-old manageress of the hotel and her 34-year-old husband in one of the service areas of the Markiz hotel.

A group of 18 Lodz bookmakers operated in conjunction with a gang dealing in illegal ethyl alcohol, issuing fake winings tickets in order to launder the income from the operation. The charge files on the case were sent to Lodz Regional Court this week, meaning the trial will shortly go ahead.

Swidnica police are facing investigation by prosecutors after officers called to an incident mistook a woman for a shop dummy. The incident occurred last November when police received a call from an eye-witness who saw a woman fall from a window in a tenement in the city’s square.

Bozena T. was remanded in custody for three months by Krakow Regional Court for the murder of her 34-year-old daughter and 14-year-old granddaughter. The woman has admitted the crimes and also shown police the murder weapon.

Police from Swiecie were less than amused by a prank call received last Saturday claiming that a man was drifting down the Wisla on pack ice. The hoax led to a massive search operation estimated to have cost in the region of PLN 100,000 before it was called off as officers realised they were wasting their time.

The Regional Court in Brzeg will have to retry the case of Daniel K., who stands accused of causing death by careless driving. A judge in Opole Regional Court this Tuesday sided with prosecutors in their appeal that there were too many uncertainties surrounding the original acquittal.

Michal B. is facing up to 10 years in prison for the theft of two packet soups and some washing up liquid. Michal B. of Kolsko clearly felt hungry on the evening of 6th January, and so he purportedly cut a window pane out of a family house in Konotop, in the district of Nowy Sol. He squirmed in and helped himself to two packs of ...

Six children were left orphaned this Monday, after a family row led to the father killing his wife before turning the gun on himself. The tragedy took place late on Monday evening in Poloski near Terespol.

Elblag police have noticed a sudden upsurge in attempts to con old people with bogus tales of grandchildren in need, with as many as fifteen attempts reported in the last week. There is a new twist to the trick this time, though - the hoaxers claim they are in London and ask for a bank transfer.

Border Guards in Korczowa discovered a blanket heavily contaminated with Thorium, a radioactive substance, with laboratory tests revealing the blanket waas 42 times over the limit. The blanket was being used by the passengers of the car, a Ukrainian and a Romanian, to keep warm.

A policeman trying to carry out a routine inspection was involved in a hit and run incident in Chojno this Tuesday. He noticed the vehicle failing to stop at a STOP sign and stepped out into the road. The car slowed briefly, before accelerating and hitting the officer before speeding away.

Investigators looking into the case of the mystery Cieszyn boy, whose remains were found by a lake back in March 2010 [see NPE 12/63], have received expert information regarding his DNA. It is hoped that at some point the information may help in his identification and solving the mystery of his death.