Since June, all financial institutions have been obliged to check the status of a PESEL number before granting a loan or signing a contract.

Since June, all financial institutions have been obliged to check the status of a PESEL number before granting a loan or signing a contract.
The government, however, is likely to ignore the ruling.
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A judge warns that the new rules could “roll out of the red carpet for corruption”.
Environmental permission was withdrawn last year, but construction continued anyway.
Poland’s oldest university is now also rated as its best.
The losing candidate and his party had previously indicated that they accepted the result.
The commissioner for human rights’s office hailed the rulings as unprecedented.
Support correlates with age and political views.
Trzaskowski’s party had also launched a website to help citizen’s lodge complaints.
Poland’s biggest state-owned refiner has received the EU’s go-ahead to acquire a smaller rival.
Polish president Andrzej Duda was re-elected for another five-year term on Sunday.
Die Welt’s Warsaw correspondent has “received thousands of threatening messages” as a result.
With results reported from 99.97% of districts, Duda has an unassailable lead.
Given the narrow margin, nothing will be confirmed until official results are released.