Robert Lewandowski has been awarded by President Andrzej Duda with the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. The captain of Poland's national team received the distinction for outstanding sport achievements and promoting his country in the world.

Adam Zagajewski, one of the most renowned Polish poets, prose writer, essayist and translator died on Sunday at the age of 75.

Limited services in shopping hall, closed hotels, swimming pools, theatres and cinemas - all this and many more other restrictions will be in place from Saturday on across Poland. The official ordinance was published on Friday in the Journal of Laws.

Now, he's is resting after a wild journey, but only a few days ago, he lived in a shelter. Lovely white cat from the photo had left his home and ended up 300 kilometres away in the city of Poznań. It remains a mystery how he had managed to travel that far. His despaired owners were on the brink of losing hope to see their pet ever again. They were lucky as the cat was only moments from being adopted.

Anna Jagiellonka Bridge - soon this could be the new name of the recently opened southern bridge in Warsaw. Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski has put forward the proposal, but the city councillors have said the decision would be made at a later stage. They have decided, however, about naming boardwalks and alleys in central Warsaw after famous Polish women.

In a world put to a hold due to the pandemic there are still places open for tourists. More and more Poles choose to travel to those countries and ignore the fact adhering to coronavirus restrictions there are rather low. The most glaring example is Tanzania, along with its tropical island of Zanzibar. Since April, 2020, the country has not been reporting about the infection rates, and its president John Magufuli likened COVID-19 to flu and reassured the disease could be tackled by prayer. John Magufuli died on Tuesday, March 16. Officially - due to heart complications. Many speculate, however, that coronavirus might have been the real cause of death.

Poland's total number of COVID-19 cases surpassed 2 million on Friday, according to health ministry data, as Poland grapples with a third wave of the pandemic.

The EU's drug watchdog said on Thursday it is still convinced the benefits of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine outweigh the risks following an investigation into reports of blood clots that prompted more than a dozen nations to suspend its use.

Polish cellist Anna Wójtowicz-Pawluśkiewicz died on Wednesday in Kraków at the age of 73. She was the "Lovely cellist" from the famous song by Polish folk band Skaldowie. She also played the cello in the original lineup of Marek Grechuta's Anawa band.

On March 18, 1921, a peace treaty between Poland, Russia and Ukraine was signed in Riga. The treaty ended the Polish-Soviet War, of which Poland, although weak and bruised, came out victorious and proud. This pride was also manifested through the March Constitution adopted the day before the treaty.

Tomasz Komenda, a man who had been wrongly sentenced and spent 18 years in prison, decided not to appeal against the compensation verdict. The State Treasury is to pay Mr Komenda nearly 13 million zlotys. "I just want to have peace and forget about what happened as soon as possible" - Tomasz Komenda told tvn24.pl.

Poland's Health Ministry said on Thursday 27,278 new coronavirus infection cases were confirmed - the highest daily number this year and the second-highest since the start of the pandemic.

"I also thought it would be a piece of cake for me, but after 10 days of staying home sick I've ended up here" - singer Andrzej Piaseczny said in a video he recorded in a hospital on Wednesday. The artists has been undergoing oxygen therapy.

A World Health Organization (WHO) vaccine safety panel said on Wednesday that it considers that the benefits of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine outweigh its risks and recommends that vaccinations continue.

Poland announced on Wednesday it was introducing nationwide restrictions as new daily coronavirus cases reached their highest level this year.

SLD and Wiosna politicians have received proper approval from the court and are set to merge the two parties into a New Left formation.

"It's not a really serious problem, but this bad atmosphere and dark PR recently surrounding the AstraZeneca company has been already taking its toll" - the chief of prime minister's office Michał Dworczyk told TVN24 on Wednesday. He added that vaccination centres across Poland have been alarming that dozens of percent of people do not report for vaccination. On Wednesday, the country reported the highest number of infections this year.

Company redeveloping the so-called Five Corners Square in downtown Warsaw have uncovered fragments of an old paved road. The city's road administration (ZDM) said archeologists would be examining the finding. It's very likely that many more such discoveries will come to light.

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic urged the Polish government to respect European human rights standards, especially freedom of expression, media freedom and pluralism, as well as the right to respect for privacy.

The Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) has recently asked for help in identifying a young woman shown in a vintage photograph. Internet users have came to the rescue. It turns out that the woman in the picture is Maria Barr, Polish wife of British pilot Philip Rex Barr, who was the leader of the No. 107 RAF Squadron. After he went missing over Holland, Maria accepted on behalf a posthumous decoration awarded by King George VI. It was exactly during this ceremony when the photo was taken.

Poland's Health Ministry informed on Tuesday about 14,396 new coronavirus infection cases and the death of 372 COVID-19 patients. Since the start of the pandemic, Poland has reported 1,931,921 infections and 47,578 deaths.

Poland's health minister said on Monday that the benefits of using AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine outweigh the risks, after a number of countries suspended use of the shot due to concerns about side-effects.

The Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) has published a vintage photo showing a young woman wearing a Polish military uniform. "We would like to learn the story of an unidentified girl photographed over 70 years ago in one of English streets" - the institute wrote in a Facebook post. "We want to find out if she continued her emigration, or maybe she returned to her war-ravaged homeland" - the IPN said.

Poland must adopt clear and effective procedures for women to access lawful abortion, says Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.

A nature lover from Poland's northeastern region of Podlasie has recorded a herd of 25 bisons roaming fields in Narewka municipality.

"There are no signs showing the formations of blood clots in people vaccinated with AstraZeneca shots were caused by the vaccine" - the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Friday. Earlier on, Health Ministry spokesman Wojciech Andrusiewicz also said that the vaccine was safe to use.

Reports from Myanmar have been coming in about a Polish journalist Robert Bociaga being beaten and arrested by Myanmar's military. Poland's foreign ministry told TVN24 that efforts have been made to contact the detained man as soon as possible and to learn as much as possible about his conditions.

AstraZeneca will reduce the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses delivered to Poland by 550,000 in March, the prime minister's top aide Michał Dworczyk said on Friday. He also informed that an amendment would be submitted next week allowing not only doctors, but also medical staff to qualify patients for vaccination.