-- TOXINS REACHED MIASTECZKO WILANÓW - Stołeczna: “Air pollution levels were exceeded by up to ten times after the fire at the waste sorting plant in Siekierki. A cloud of toxic smoke drifted towards Stegny, Sadyba, and Miasteczko Wilanów. (...) – These meters only recorded dust concentration. Yet, during the fire, enormous amounts of very harmful gaseous substances were released into the environment, which we cannot detect with this equipment – emphasizes Dr. Turecki. Fires at landfill sites emit large quantities of aromatic hydrocarbons, such as carcinogenic benzene and its derivatives: toluene, ethylbenzene, styrene, and xylenes, as well as polycyclic hydrocarbons like benzo(a)pyrene (BaP)”. http://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,23484043,pozary-na-wysypiskach-toksyny-polecialy-na-stegny-i-do-miasteczka.html

-- NOWY ŚWIAT PUSTOSTANÓW (NEW WORLD OF VACANCIES) - Gazeta Stołeczna's front page about the alarming shop windows in the former heart of the capital.

-- WAŁĘSA'S GRANDSON ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING SWEDES! - trójmiejska GW: “On Friday, police arrested three men who attacked two Swedes in Gdańsk. Unofficially – one of them is Bartłomiej W., grandson of former president Lech Wałęsa”. http://trojmiasto.wyborcza.pl/trojmiasto/7,35612,23485003,nieoficjalne-wnuk-bylego-prezydenta-zatrzymany-jest-podejrzany.html

-- WASSERMANN WILL NOT PURSUE THE ERECTION OF A SMOLENSK MONUMENT IN CRACOW - as stated to TOK FM: “She declared that she will not strive for the erection of the Smolensk monument in Krakow. - Since I entered parliament, I have not been involved in this matter. I promised during my campaign that I am not going into politics for my personal affairs – said Wassermann”.

-- WASSERMANN SPEAKS ABOUT TRAFFIC CORRECTIONS IN KRACOW: “- Bans and restrictions have been issued, which, admittedly, aim to organize traffic in certain districts, but this cannot be done at the expense of residents. People complain that they have nowhere to park, and entrepreneurs that they will lose customers – says Wassermann. - I have the impression that residents were forgotten when developing the new traffic organization. Parents write about the lack of parking spaces when dropping off children at schools or kindergartens – she adds”. http://krakow.wyborcza.pl/krakow/7,44425,23481687,wybory-2018-malgorzata-wassermann-mieszkancy-krakowa-musza.html

-- DEPUTY OMBUDSMAN SYLWIA SPUREK ON THE CONCLUSIONS FROM THE PROTEST OF THE DISABLED REGARDING THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFECTIVENESS IN SOCIAL POLICY: - writes in GW: “The current government has shown exceptional effectiveness and sensitivity in the sphere of social policy, introducing the 'Family 500+' program, which restores dignity and independence to many. Protesters and public opinion supporting them expect similar, if not greater, determination for people with disabilities”.

-- SPUREK WRITES THAT MONEY SHOULD BE INVESTED IN THE DISABLED INSTEAD OF THE CPK: “Therefore, I have the right to critically assess and appeal for a rethinking of spending on infrastructure, stadiums, highways, metro lines, country promotion, or shooting ranges. Poland's infrastructure is at a European level, while social policy is an affront to the international commitments of a member state of the Union. Instead of PLN 35 billion for the Central Communication Port, it is worth investing in restoring dignity to people with disabilities”. http://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,23482940,koniec-dyskusji-czas-na-prace-siedem-wnioskow-z-40-dni-protestu.html

-- MICHAŁ KARNOWSKI ON HOW GW PUSHES THE OPPOSITION TOWARDS EXTREMES: “Such a great detachment from reality explains why they opted for Kijowski, despite the obvious dangers involved, why Komorowski lost, who once won thanks to Tusk, and then completely allowed himself to be led by Michnik, why they are now pushing the opposition so strongly towards extremes (abortion, calls to disobey orders, protests of the disabled, Ubywatele RP, etc.), which only harms this opposition. They think they are right again, they want to believe again, they lie again, they create reality again. The political conclusion from this is: the more "Wyborcza" in the opposition, the greater the chance for another term of the good change. The media conclusion is: it is worth noting how politicized and aware of this opposition the editorial office is, which shouts every day about journalism, objectivity, standards. Unrepeatable, exemplary, hypocrites par excellence”. https://wpolityce.pl/media/396889-to-zaskakujace-jak-otwarcie-szef-wyborczej-przyznaje-sie-do-kompromitacji-intelektualnej-i-politycznej

-- PIOTR SKWIECIŃSKI ON THE SENTIMENT OF EU ELITES TOWARDS RUSSIA: “One way or another, it must be stated that the conviction promoted by some, that the world is unambiguous, at least in terms of relations with Russia, and that Western elites – as a whole – have adopted a consistently anti-Kremlin stance, is simply largely untrue”. https://wpolityce.pl/swiat/396887-juncker-chce-zblizenia-z-rosja-czyli-swiat-jest-skomplikowany

-- MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI ON THE PRICE THE CHURCH PAYS FOR ITS UNION WITH POWER - in RZ: “The current government does not consist of saints. Excessive connection with the Church, in the case of unethical behavior by politicians of the ruling party, also casts a shadow on the Church. Incidentally, it may lose those faithful who do not align with this government. And yet, it is supposed to be a universal Church”. http://www.rp.pl/Plus-Minus/305309933-Michal-Szuldrzynski-Gdy-logika-polityczna-wygrywa-z-logika-wiary.html

-- WATER ON THE BRAIN - ALEKSANDER KWAŚNIEWSKI ON HOW TWITTER HAS CHANGED POLITICS - tells Piotr Witwicki in RZ: “It's the same in many other countries. And it's not a change for the better at all. Space for political programs? None. Hour-long programs where gray heads comment on what's happening? None. All this has changed. Unfortunately, Facebook and Twitter force politicians to speak in slogans, and they only occasionally hit the mark, because it's rare, like a brilliant poem. For the most part, these slogans turn a person's brain to mush”.

-- KWAŚNIEWSKI ON THE 92-YEAR-OLD PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA AND THE FEAR THAT KACZYŃSKI WILL READ THIS - tells Witwicki: “The architect of Malaysia's power in the 80s and 90s was Prime Minister Mohamad Mahathir, a doctor by profession. Then he left, the opposition came, there were various stories full of mutual accusations. In the last elections, Mahathir won again. He will be prime minister at the age of 92. So nothing is lost. It's encouraging. Actually, I don't know. I'm afraid now that if you write this, and Jarosław Kaczyński reads it, he will believe in such a perspective”.

-- THE OPPOSITION IS NO BETTER - KWAŚNIEWSKI CONTINUES: “Polish political formations suffer from focusing on current issues and Polocentrism. PiS is the record holder, but the opposition is no better. The focus on daily affairs is amplified by the dictatorship of polls. The media go along with it: someone says something, and others have to react to it too”.

-- ONLY THE SLD DID NOT ABUSE POWER - says Kwaśniewski in RZ: “The SLD formation is the only one that, while in power, did not abuse its authority. I say this with great pride. Platforma Obywatelska has a big stain on its honor, and that is the mafia-like elimination of Cimoszewicz from the presidential elections in 2005. With that whole witch hunt. It was a violation of democracy. We have no such sins. The SLD in 2001-2005 was mostly about scandals. They were provoked by people and their greed, mistakes, or stupidity. They were never political decisions made at the highest levels”. http://www.rp.pl/Plus-Minus/305309945-Aleksander-Kwasniewski-Robienie-polityki-przez-Twittera-to-szalenstwo.html&template=restricted

-- MORAWIECKI WILL SUPPORT IRENEUSZ ZYSKA IN WAŁBRZYCH - lokalna GW: “Ireneusz Zyska from Świebodzicz will be the right-wing candidate for mayor of Wałbrzych, the second largest city in Lower Silesia. His candidacy was officially presented this week. Prime Minister Morawiecki himself is to support him in the campaign”. http://wroclaw.wyborcza.pl/wroclaw/7,35771,23483552,prawica-ma-chrapke-na-walbrzych.html

-- GW ON KURSKI'S PROBLEM WITH THE OPOLE FESTIVAL AND THE COINCIDENCE OF DEBUTS WITH A MATCH - as written by Mariusz Lodziński in opolska GW: “and the audience in the amphitheater and in front of televisions will watch the match Poland – Chile. – This is a scandalous move by President Kurski – comments someone associated with the television environment. – Fan songs and the match commentary have nothing in common with the tradition or the format of the festival. However, it will undoubtedly attract viewers to their televisions, and TVP will then present it all as high festival viewership. In passing, the "Debuts" were drowned out. The real festival audience will have to wait through these chants and the match to see the debuting young artists at midnight. How many people will last? – we hear the question. There is also no shortage of opinions that the TVP president will kill two birds with one stone. Because it was painful for TVP, dominated by the "good change," that the band 'Girls on fire' qualified for the debuts. The vocalists will sing a song that has become the anthem of the "Women's Strike." In this situation, however, few people will see them”. http://opole.wyborcza.pl/opole/7,35086,23480129,opole-2018-czy-prezes-kurski-nie-lubi-festiwalu-w-co-gra-tvp.html

-- IN THE TEXT BY AGATA KONDZIŃSKA AND IWONA SZPALA IN GW, A PIS POLITICIAN DRAWS ON A NAPKIN: “A PiS politician reaches for a napkin from a cafe table, draws a circle. He will explain what will happen to the party when Jarosław Kaczyński can no longer lead it: a struggle will begin, which is already abundant today. – The biggest slice is for Joachim Brudziński; Jarosław Kaczyński appointed him, made him the first deputy chairman – he taps the napkin with his pen”.

-- KONDZIŃSKA AND SZPALA ON JK'S HOSPITAL VISITS - A DOZEN PEOPLE: “Paparazzi document a series of political visits: Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Deputy Prime Ministers Piotr Gliński, Beata Szydło, and Jarosław Gowin, Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro, Marshal of the Sejm Marek Kuchciński, of course Brudziński, and the head of the Ministry of National Defence Mariusz Błaszczak. Anna Bielecka, a gray eminence and friend of Kaczyński, also received an invitation. The guests of her salon have influence on state policy, they are behind the appointments of, among others, the President of the Constitutional Tribunal Julia Przyłębska. She went to the hospital with the book 'The Great Problem of Small Things' by Thomas J. Sargent, a Nobel laureate in economics in 2011. Those photographed by paparazzi belong to the dozen or so people who can call Kaczyński's mobile phone”.

-- SZYDŁO WITHOUT POSITION - CONTINUES GW: “Nowogrodzka [PiS headquarters] follows these visits and analyzes who stayed longer in the hospital room. Because it has political significance. 'Fakt' wrote that former Prime Minister Szydło talked with Kaczyński for several hours. Our source from PiS corrects this: – She was mostly in the waiting room. When she arrived, the president had actually gone for rehabilitation, deliberately. Do you know what that means? That she has no position”.

-- KONDZIŃSKA AND SZPALA ON THE ATTEMPT TO REFORM POCZTA POLSKA (POLISH POST): “There was also the story with Poczta Polska. The Prime Minister decided that progressive thinking was needed there, that it couldn't just be about parcels and serving public institutions – says someone associated with PiS. He claims that Morawiecki wanted to replace the company's president, but Nowogrodzka blocked it. – In the company, they were told to wait. A message came that when Jarosław returns, we'll talk about what's next – our interlocutor reports”. http://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,23483820,akwarium-pis-delfiny-grube-ryby-plotki-i-plankton-co-sie.html

-- JANUSZ PIECHOCIŃSKI TELLS MICHAŁ GOSTKIEWICZ WHAT HE IS CURRENTLY DOING - FRAGMENT: “And what have you filled this server with? - Even more so with the economy. I am using my knowledge. In relations with the world, in China, in Japan, in Indonesia, in Vietnam, in conversations with Arab sheikhs. - Can you impress an Arab sheikh by knowing that strawberries in Bronisze will be cheaper this year? - No! (laughter) But you can impress them with chickens. - Chickens? - A sheikh comes who wants to buy chicken meat for kebabs. And I quote off the top of my head which poultry slaughterhouses and processing plants in Poland have halal meat and which do not”.

http://weekend.gazeta.pl/weekend/1,152121,23396282,janusz-piechocinski-w-2015-dalismy-sie-wszyscy-uwiesc-ze-polska.html

-- Onet's 22nd birthday.

-- BIRTHDAYS: Sławomir Jastrzębowski, Tomasz Żółciak, SUNDAY: Jolanta Kwaśniewska, Katarzyna Włodkowska, Jolanta Danielak.