On Thursday, negotiations between resident doctors and the government ended in a fiasco. Representatives of the protesting residents had hoped for a meeting with the Prime Minister, but Beata Szydło did not come. “The hunger strike will be resumed,” they declared during a press conference.

Poland's ruling nationalists have seen their public support rise to an all-time high in October, an opinion poll showed on Friday, benefiting from record-low unemployment and the popularity of their welfare-spending policies.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Thursday he had a message for Polish people in Britain: You are welcome to stay in Britain after Brexit.

The EU may only be strong when its member states are strong, Peter Szijjarto, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, said in ‘Fakty z Zagranicy’ on TVN24 BiS. In his view, EU institutions are applying ‘double standards’ with respect to certain countries, including Poland, and are wrong in their assessment of actions taken by the Budapest government.

Poland sealed their first World Cup spot since the 2006 tournament after an early onslaught and a late flourish, including a goal from the excellent Robert Lewandowski, gave them a 4-2 home win over Montenegro on Sunday.

Poland's ruling PiS party and President Andrzej Duda say they are closer to a compromise on overhauling the judiciary, an issue that has divided the once close political allies and worried the European Union.

"It was a mistake, the measures were disproportionate to the situation, the attack was unjustified,” said President Andrzej Duda, referring to the measures taken by the Spanish authorities against participants in the referendum in Catalonia. “Legal measures should have been used, not force,” he added.

The Law and Justice Party (PiS) intend to revise the electoral regulations. They want to do this already in autumn, to hold the next election under the new rules. This has been announced by the Head of the PiS Parliamentary Club and by Ryszard Terlecki, the Deputy Speaker of the Sejm.

“I think it is completely inadequate and disproportionate to call me a defender of ‘claim traders’. I do not want to use harsher words”, said Adam Bodnar at a press conference in the Office of the Ombudsman. The Ombudsman was referring to the statement of Patryk Jaki made by the Deputy Minister of Justice on Twitter on Tuesday.

A former German actress and model has told Swiss authorities that film director Roman Polanski raped her at his mountain chalet in 1972 when she was 15 years old, local prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Several thousand Poles dressed in black marched through city streets in Poland on Tuesday in defence of women's rights, on the first anniversary of mass protests against a planned near-total ban on abortion.

It’s been a year since the Law and Justice government broke off the negotiations on purchasing Caracal helicopters. The first batch could have made it to the army already this year. It was announced that other machines would be purchased quickly but nothing has come out of it. “The realistic timing is the end of 2019 or even the year 2020”– says Michał Likowski, editor-in-chief of the “Raport-WTO” monthly.

“I hope that Jarosław Kaczyński will find the time for me and we will be able to clarify my suspension as member of PiS,” MP Łukasz Rzepecki told journalists gathered in front of the headquarters of the Law and Justice party in Warsaw. Referring to the matter which led to his troubles, he stated that he “would never support cronyism and would never be in favour of MPs being able to hide behind their immunity.”

Poland lowers its retirement age on Sunday, a costly election promise by the ruling conservatives which goes against a European trend of gradually increasing the pension age as people live longer and stay more healthy.

"Real unification of Europe within the European Union structure is still ahead of us" - President Duda thinks. The President expressed his doubts whether the shadow of the "cold war division" has passed and whether the awareness and sensitivity of the European nations are no longer clouded by it. The President also spoke about the transatlantic ties and the Polish eastern policy.

The alliance is committed to the collective security of all its members - reiterated Ben Hodges, the Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe. - The Russian Federation can see the strength of the alliance, they see the strength of Polish army. We need to demonstrate that we can move faster than them to make sure they don't make the miscalculation of thinking that they could attack - he emphasized.

Poland has every right to enact judicial reform, but reforms should be in line with Poland’s constitution and the highest standards of international law. It should also respect judicial independence and the separation of powers - State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert stated in a Sept. 28 press briefing.

“No court should ever be dragged into any political game,” stressed First President of the Supreme Court, Prof. Małgorzata Gersdorf during the 100th anniversary of the Supreme Court celebrations held on Thursday at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. President Duda’s letter was also read out during the ceremony.

The President conducts his own policy and in many or in most situations it is in harmony with what the government is doing, because there is a convergence, most of all about the programs,” Krzysztof Łapiński, spokesman for President Andrzej Duda, sais in “Jeden na jeden”.

Sometimes one must suffer in order to save what can be saved: your vocation, independence and integrity,” said Cardinal Kazimierz Nycz in a homily delivered during Mass at the Archcathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Warsaw celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Supreme Court.