Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe has denied claims Ireland’s corporate tax regime is giving it “a free ride” as he reiterated opposition to any new attempt to usher in an EU-wide digital tax.

Five teenage girls have been killed and one man hurt in a fire that broke out at an Escape Room game location in northern Poland, officials have said.

An "intentional" attack could be the reason an apartment building collapsed in western Poland, leaving five people dead and 21 injured, a prosecutors' spokeswoman has said.

Polish politicians have overwhelmingly approved two bills that would give the ruling party greater power over the judiciary despite blunt warnings from elsewhere in Europe that the legislation contravenes democratic norms.

JPMorgan Chase, one of the world's largest banks, is opening a new global corporate centre in Warsaw, Poland, and will hire more than 3,000 people in the next three years.

As Poland braces for a credit review by Moody’s Investors Service, the only question for economists is how bad the news is going to be.

AIB is expected to sell its €2.8 billion 70.47% stake in Warsaw-based Bank Zachodni WBK in the fourth quarter or the first quarter of next year, chief executive of the Polish bank, Mateusz Morawiecki, said at a news conference in Warsaw.

Bank Zachodni, the Polish unit of AIB aims to open “at least” 10 new branches this year, fewer than originally planned.

BANK ZACHODNI WBK, the Polish lender controlled by AIB, said the change of brand it is considering may cost between 200m and 400m zloty (€56m-€112m).