The provincial public library in Łódź has enriched its collections with several hundred new issued books with large and legible fonts. The offer was prepared for the visually impaired and the elderly.

In Kalisz, the Polish record was broken in the largest number of people dressed as angels in one place. On Sunday, during the 8th Eve on Kalisz market, 585 angels gathered near the town hall.

A great march took place in the streets of Hong Kong today. Thousands of people dressed in black marched, chanting slogans regarding the defense of human rights, defense of democracy, and autonomy of the metropolis, among others. The demonstrators set off from Victoria Park towards the financial street of the Central district.

Yesterday, the Catholic Church celebrates the Immaculate Conception of Holy Mary. Because of the second Sunday of Advent, the Polish Church for the 20th time celebrates the Day of Prayer and Material Assistance to the Church in the East. The main purpose of the celebration is to support the Church in the countries of Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia, which once belonged to the Soviet Union.

Yesterday, Szymon Hołownia officially announced his candidacy in the Polish presidential elections. Despite the fact that he’s not taken seriously by many people, politicians are wondering how many votes can he take from other candidates.

As Magdalena Kierzkowska, a spokesman of the Maritime Office in Gdynia, has informed PAP the general contractor, the Polish-Belgian consortium of NDI and Besix which is currently conducting organizational and preparatory works in this area. For several weeks the land is being has cleaned of ferromagnetic objects, such as unexploded bombs and shells. So far, about 3,000 of elements have been found, including remnants of military operations during World War II ammo boxes and shells among them. This work will last about two weeks - she explained. "By the end of January 2020, however, removal of the carp and cleaning of the construction site is being planned. Installation of piezometers to monitor changes in the level of the water surface and its salinity has also begun" the spokesman adds.

Australia has been hit with the biggest wave of fires recorded in decades. Sydney is engulfed in smoke carried by the wind, while its inhabitants resort to wearing masks. Local authorities declared the highest level of fire hazard and recommend immediate evacuation.

Following a tragic gas explosion which claimed the lives of 8 people, the authorities of the city of Szczyrk issued a town-wide mourning period. Many houses displayed flags with a black ribbon of grievance and all state flags in the Silesian voivodeship are being flown at half mast.

The debate between Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska and Jacek Jaśkowiak, candidates in the presidential elections of the Civic Platform’s primaries, was to show the better face of Grzegorz Schetyna's party, its pluralism and freshness of their political programme. That ended up only being the goal because, according to most commentators, instead it showed all the pretense of primaries and the weaknesses of both claimants.