A former Polish deputy justice minister was detained by the Internal Security Agency on Monday, his lawyer said, after he lost parliamentary immunity as part of a probe into the misuse of public money for purposes including political campaigning.

Poland will spend 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) on defence in 2025, the foreign minister told Bloomberg Television in an interview broadcast on Friday evening.

Poland's lower house rejected a bill on Friday that sought to scrap penalties for people who help someone to get an abortion, highlighting deep divisions in the ruling coalition over easing one of Europe's most restrictive abortion laws.

Poland needs to prepare its soldiers for all-out conflict, its armed forces chief of staff said on Wednesday, as the country boosts the number of troops on its border with Russia and Belarus.

Poles in Warsaw welcomed the results of the European Parliament elections on Monday (June 10) but some expressed concern about a surge in the far right. European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen began trying to piece together a coalition that would counterbalance the bloc's conservative shift, spurring French President Emmanuel Macron to call a snap national vote.

Pro-European centrist parties performed well overall in central and eastern Europe during the European Parliament elections on Sunday, bucking the trend elsewhere on the continent where the far-right surged.

According to exit poll results from Ipsos, the Civic Coalition received the most votes in the European election with 38.2%. Law and Justice garnered 33.9% of the votes, Confederation 11.9%, Third Way 8.2%, and The Left 6.6%. Voter turnout was 39.7%. This marks the first victory in 10 years for Donald Tusk's party.

After two cars collided on Puławska Street in Warsaw, one of them plowed into a group of pedestrians. Some of them have been injured.

Iga Świątek produced a ruthless performance to crush 12th seed Jasmine Paolini on Saturday (June 8) and win a third straight French Open crown and fifth Grand Slam title of her career.

In a protest note to Belarus regarding the death of a Polish soldier at the border, Poland has sent a clear message: either Minsk is protecting the perpetrator, or it is not - the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paweł Wroński, said on Friday (June 7). "Everything else is some incomprehensible propaganda twist," he added. Warsaw demanded that Minsk find and hand over the person who stabbed the soldier to the Polish authorities. In its response, Belarus blamed Poland for the current state of relations between the two countries.

Due to increasing aggression at the Polish-Belarusian border, police officers serving there have been ordered to carry handguns, police spokeswoman Katarzyna Nowak told the Polish Press Agency (PAP). The increased police presence is a respons eto the heightened number of migrant attacks on officers and soldiers serving in the border zone.

Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar, who also serves as justice minister, has submitted a request to the Sejm, the lower chamber of parliament, for it to strip opposition MP Michał Dworczyk of immunity. Bodnar wants to charge Dworczyk with obstructing the prosecution's investigation into the so-called email scandal.

Few things have been as certain as a Rafa Nadal triumph at the French Open over the last two decades but Iga Świątek has emerged as a sure shot among women and is eyeing a fourth title in five years when she meets Jasmine Paolini in Saturday's final.

The measures taken by the Miliatry Police against soldiers at the border were drastic and evoked a chilling effect, President Andrzej Duda said on Friday (June 7). The case of the conduct and causes of the Military Police actions must be clarified in detail, he added.

Police officers from Radom have released dramatic footage in which they save the life of a newborn baby who suddenly stopped breathing.

Daniel Obajtek, former CEO of state-controlled oil giant PKN Orlen, once again failed to appear for questioning before the parliamentary investigative commission on the so-called visa-for-cash scandal. He was summoned for Friday noon. Obajtek said on social media that he would not participate Civic Coalition's "circus".

The possibility of using force and weapons in a threatening situation must be something obvious to a Polish soldier or officer when defending the border, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Friday (June 7) after a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, and Minister of Justice Adam Bodnar. Tusk added that, at the request of the justice minister, he decided to dismiss prosecutor Tomasz Janeczek, Deputy Prosecutor General for Military Affairs.

When someone puts a knife on a spear and strikes a Polish state officer with it at the state border, they are not any kind of refugee, but a plain criminal," said Poland's Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski. "We demand that the Belarusian authorities determine the identity of this murderer and hand him over to the Polish authorities," he added.

The chairman of the parliamentary commission investigating the so-called visa-for-cash scandal said on social media on Thursday (June 6) that summonses for PiS chairman Jarosław Kaczyński and the former CEO of oil refiner Orlen Daniel Obajtek have been successfully delivered. The panel is probing claims that officials under the former government of the Law and Justice (PiS) party accelerated visa applications for migrant workers in return for payments. The leader of Law and Justice announced that he would appear before the committee.

Defending champion Iga Świątek took a big step towards a third successive French Open title by dismantling teary American third seed Coco Gauff 6-2 6-4 in the semi-final on Thursday (June 6) to match her longest winning streak on clay.

A Polish soldier who was stabbed last week trying to stop a group of migrants forcing their way into Poland through the Belarusian border died in hospital on Thursday (June 6) due to sustained wounds.

A teenage girl kneels on the sidewalk and apologizes to a group of girls her age. After a moment, one of them knees her in the head. The victim falls, and the attacker continues to strike her. Unfortunately, this was not a scene from a movie, but a real assault that occurred during the day on one of the streets in Poznań. The recording was posted online, and the police acted swiftly.

According to the latest poll conducted by the Opinia24 research institute commissioned by "Fakty" TVN and TVN24, 34 percent of respondents intend to vote for the Civic Coalition (KO) in the European Parliament elections. Law and Justice (PiS) would receive 32 percent of support. The Confederation also made it to the podium.

Soldiers who fired warning shots at a group of migrants who tried to force their way into Poland through the Belarusian border have been detained but not arrested, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz reported. He said the incident had occurred at the end of March and that he had been informed about it at that time. The minister added that the matter is under investigation. Two of the three soldiers have been charged so far.

World number one Iga Świątek holds a commanding 10-1 record over Coco Gauff but the top seed feels the American has matured since she burst on to the scene as a teenager and will pose a stern test when they meet in the French Open semi-finals on Thursday.

Robert Lewandowski is awaiting the Euro 2024 tournament eagerly, but with inner peace. He is pleased that this time the bubble of expectations ahead of the tournament is not excessively inflated. "I've changed my approach to major tournaments a bit," the captain of Poland's national football team told TVN24's Monika Olejnik.

Police officers from Pułtusk saved a woman who fell from a pier into a river and was swept away by the current. The 61-year-old, who could not swim, couldn't hold back tears of emotion. The woman's husband sent the officers a letter of gratitude for saving her life.

A man died in a car explosion in the western city of Zielona Góra. "The car was transporting gasoline canisters," said Piotr Kowalski, a spokesman for the city fire department.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government has officially launched a commission to investigate Russian and Belarusian influence in Poland's affairs in the years 2004-2024.

Poland's rate-setting institution, the Monetary Policy Council (MPC) has decided to keep the NBP interest rates at the same level as in the previous month. The decision corresponds with forecasts by economy experts.