"If Donald Tusk wants to return to Polish politics, it means he knows how to do it" - former leader of Civic Platform Grzegorz Schetyna said on Tuesday. In his opinion, former prime minister's presence and involvement are needed. "We need a new opening in cooperation between democratic opposition circles" - Schetyna said. "We need to leave the recent months behind" - he added.

The Supreme Audit Office has compiled a report, seen by tvn24.pl, in which it asks the Health Ministry to implement procedures that would prevent reckless spending of public money. The auditors issued such recommendation in relation to "detected irregularities" in Poland's purchase of ventilators.

"At least 4,350 email accounts belonging to Polish citizens have been targeted by the (hacker) attack" - the spokesman for the special services minister-coordinator Stanisław Żaryn said on Tuesday. He added that the services have information linking the attackers to Russian special services.

"Most likely a new quarantine restriction will be introduced for those returning from the United Kingdom" - Health Ministry spokesman Wojciech Andrusiewicz said on Tuesday. He did not exclude introducing further restrictions for people arriving from the UK.

After losing their opener to Slovakia 2-1, Poland got their campaign back on track with a 1-1 draw against Spain, but they must beat Sweden to have any chance of reaching the knockout stage. It's all or nothing for Poland on Wednesday and it's not going to be easy. Not only in terms of purely football-related issues.

The Sejm Administration and Internal Affairs Committee rejected a motion to express vote of no confidence to prime minister's chancellery chief Michał Dworczyk. The motion filed by Civic Coalition pertained to last year's planned presidential election that had not happened in the end, and in relation to which the Supreme Audit Office has notified the prosecutor. The minister did not show up at the session, but was represented by the Standing Committee of the Council of Ministers Łukasz Schreiber.

The number of drownings in June is rising fast and authorities call upon the people to remain cautious by the water. Fifteen people died during the last weekend alone.

Slovakia's Prime Minister Eduard Heger has declared his country is ready to provide any help Poland could need after the fire in the village of Nowa Biała in southern Poland. The offer of support met with a reply from Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. "We can always count on our friendship with Slovakia" - he said in a tweet. Located in the region of Spisz, Nowa Biała was historically a Slovak village. Members of Slovak minority in Poland live there today.

Prosecutors from Świdnica in southwestern Poland have ended their inquiry into coffins discovered in the centre of the city. It's certain that a middle-aged man and woman were buried inside. They had died in the second half of the 19th century. There were no skulls in the coffins.

Top Polish government officials have been hit by a far-reaching cyber attack conducted from Russian territory, Poland's de facto leader Jarosław Kaczyński said on Friday in his first official statement on an email hacking incident this month.

Majority of senators voted against Lidia Staroń's bid to become a new Commissioner for Human Rights. The upper house decision to reject the candidate backed by the ruling Law and Justice party means that the parliament will have make yet another attempt. So far, Polish lawmakers tried to appoint commissioner Adam Bodnar's successor six times.

Spain showed a real lack of cutting edge in their opening 0-0 draw with Sweden but there is little chance of them veering from their usual strategy when they face Poland in their second Euro 2020 match on Saturday.

"The system is getting back to normal, but at the same time we should be preparing for a potential fourth wave of the pandemic" - Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said on Thursday. He reassured that the current "moment of relief" was being used for training in the scope of using ventilators and working at COVID wards.

Polish government pressure on lawyers is incompatible with EU law, an adviser to the European Union's top court said on Thursday in an opinion that follows earlier condemnation of Warsaw by the court for interfering in the judiciary.

"Poland remains one of the main targets of disinformation campaign launched against NATO members by Russia. This is a necessary backdrop for assessing the recent cybersecurity issues in Poland" - spokesman for special services minister-coordinator Stanisław Żaryn said on Thursday.

A former prisoner of the Auschwitz death camp set up in Poland by Nazi Germany cannot sue a German publisher in Polish courts over use of the phrase "Polish extermination camp", the European Union's top court ruled on Thursday.

Inflation in Poland in May 2021 went up by 4.6 percent year on year and was the second-highest in the EU, right after Hungary (5.3%). According to figures published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, only Greece saw consumer prices drop (-1.2%).

Slovakia midfielder Lukas Haraslin's multilingual skills helped his team to frustrate Poland's attacking tactics during their opening Euro 2020 Group E win on Monday.

All services which launch disinformation campaigns hope for such mixing of facts with the truth - the government spokesman Piotr Mueller said on Wednesday. Asked about the alleged plans to use army to quell last year's protests, he replied: "There was no such proposal, this information is false".

"Sending army would be a PR loss and suggest that the government sees protesters as a threat" - minister Michał Dworczyk is said to have written on the 27th of October 2020 in an email to, among others, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. During that time a wave of protests against the Constitutional Tribunal's ruling on abortion swept through Poland. It's unclear who came up with the idea to send the army. The opposition demands answers, the prime minister and his office remain silent.

Poland's lower house of parliament has approved Lidia Staroń as candidate for Commissioner for Human Rights. The minimum threshold to be approved was 228 votes. The candidate backed by the ruling Law and Justice party received 231 votes in favour, while the opposition-backed candidate Professor Marcin Wiącek - 222. In order to become Poland's ombudsman, Lidia Staroń now needs to be approved by the upper house, the Senate.

The Czech Republic asked the European Union's top court to impose a fine of 5 million euros per day on Poland for not halting as ordered mining operations of the Turow lignite mine located on the border between the two countries.

Central Wrocław. A man stands on a traffic island separating lanes and all of a sudden enters a crosswalk straight in front of an incoming tram. The vehicle hits the pedestrian who bumps off, somersaults, stands up and walks away. The video has been sent to us via Kontakt24 platform.

"There's no point in hiding behind mistakes, we played a bad game. We can only apologise to everyone. For long minutes there was complete silence in the dressing room" - spokesman for Poland's football national team Jakub Kwiatkowski said on Tuesday. On Monday, Poland's top players lost to Slovakia 1:2, significantly slimming their chances of qualifying to Euro 2020 knock-out stage.

Milan Skriniar's second-half goal earned Slovakia a 2-1 win over 10-man Poland in their opening Euro 2020 Group E match on Monday. For the Polish side this was the worst possible scenario as they will play their two remaining games against Spain and Sweden.

The Czech government has sent Warsaw a draft proposal on ending a dispute over an open-pit coal mine in Poland near the Czech border and plans to start negotiating on the matter this week, the Czech environment minister said on Monday.

Ahead of the NATO summit in Brussels, President Andrzej Duda spoke with U.S. President Joe Biden and both leaders had a photo of them crossing elbows taken. Presidential minister Krzysztof Szczerski informed about the details of the discussion.

"This is an agreement which assumes that we will support a handful of bills important for Kukiz'15, and our colleagues will back the Polish Deal" - Law and Justice party chairman Jarosław Kaczyński said on Monday, announcing programme alliance with Paweł Kukiz. Both politicians presented details of the deal at a joint press conference. Kaczyński added that Kukiz "has plenty of interesting ideas which could improve the quality of Polish democracy and Polish public sphere".

Poland will be hoping to improve on their poor record in opening matches at major tournaments when they take on minnows Slovakia in St Petersburg on Monday (June 14), with a win crucial for both sides ahead of their matches against group favourites Spain.