“The names of those who made our independence possible will go down in history. The dream of a free independent Poland was always of supreme importance to them,” said President Andrzej Duda on Saturday during the official celebrations of Poland’s Independence Day in Warsaw.

Poland's president and its ruling party have reached a compromise on judicial reform, a parliamentary deputy said on Friday, bringing them closer to resolving an issue that has kept them at odds for more than three months.

Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party said on Friday it planned legal changes to enhance democracy ahead of local elections next year but analysts said the measures aimed to boost the party's electoral prospects.

According to TVN’s “Fakty” news service, President Andrzej Duda has extended an invitation to Donald Tusk to join him in the celebration of Poland’s National Independence Day. The President of the European Council has accepted the invitation and will be visiting Warsaw on Saturday.

Poland wants to be sure that Christian traditions are not subject to "ideological censorship" in the European Union, Prime Minister Beata Szydlo said on Thursday, emphasising her party's opposition to Muslim immigration.

"The directions of Polish foreign policy are set by Law and Justice (PiS) chairman Jarosław Kaczyński. There is no other meaningful actor in this area,” said Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski, former PiS member and MEP appearing on “Fakty po Faktach”. “This causes a state of permanent uncertainty among his party colleagues, especially pending the reconstruction of the Government,” added Aleksander Smolar, President of the Batory Foundation.

“The entire European Union should guarantee a membership perspective to Eastern Partnership countries,” said Polish President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday following a meeting with his Georgian counterpart Giorgi Margvelashvili.

Poland plans to restrict Sunday shopping from next year, as the conservative government pushes ahead with what it sees as a return to Roman Catholic values.

“He was a level-headed, calm man. Always. He had never performed any impetuous gestures in his life, so the shock was all the greater. But the phone call from my brother was clear, so I had to reconcile myself to it,” said the brother of Piotr Szczęsny, who immolated himself in front of the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw in October. Family and friends recall that he worried about the situation in Poland, but he was never vehement. He had planned his act for a long time.

Bayern Munich must make sure they bring in top players every season to stay competitive and ease the pressure on an ageing squad, Poland captain Robert Lewandowski said on Tuesday.

Several hundred people walked in silence on Monday night in Warsaw in memory of a 54-year-old man who died late last month after setting himself on fire in protest against the ruling conservatives' policies.

Polish reforms of its judiciary pose a systemic threat to the rule of law in the country and Warsaw must change tack, the deputy head of the European Commission said on Monday.

Germany on Saturday sought to defuse a diplomatic row with Poland, saying a call by the German defence minister to support a "democratic resistance" in the neighbouring country had been taken out of context.

Poland plans to bar Ukrainians with "anti-Polish views", its foreign minister said on Thursday, emphasising the nationalist credentials of his ruling party that often talks of the "historic wrongs" inflicted on Poles by their neighbours.

According to the information gathered by tvn24.pl, the Public Prosecutor's Office has started an investigation into the circumstances attending the conclusion of the contract for Russian gas supply by the coalition government of the Civic Platform and the Polish People's Party (PO-PSL) in 2010. Investigators will check whether the agreement could have been unfavorable for Poland and whether corruption could have been involved.

The “Fair Courts” campaign will be launched abroad. The Polish National Foundation hired a US company to “make its message understandable not only in Poland, but also abroad,” said its vice president. We have obtained documents that show what message the Foundation intends to promote around the world and how much it will cost.

Poland's Prime Minister Beata Szydlo will announce a cabinet reshuffle in coming days, she said on Tuesday, declining to respond to talk that her own job might be at risk.

Polish scientists say their ongoing research into the potential use of earthworms' coelomic fluid to one day treat lung cancer is revealing promising results.

“The amendments introduced by Law and Justice do not alter the essential elements the President was concerned about,” presidential adviser and opposition activist under the Communist regime, Zofia Romaszewska, said on Friday. “Jarek [Kaczyński – ed.] believes one needs to shake it all up, to hold matters firmly in one's hand, and then everything will be great. In my opinion everything would be very bad this way,” she added.

- Poland hopes Turkey will eventually join the European Union, Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Tuesday, days ahead of an EU summit which will discuss the frayed relations between Brussels and Ankara.