The U.N. Refugee Agency on Friday urged Poland to help people fleeing war and persecution after Europe's human rights court ruled Warsaw had broken an international convention by denying asylum procedures to refugees.

Poland's biggest opposition party, the centrist Civic Platform (PO), said on Thursday it had petitioned the Supreme Court to declare the recent presidential election unfair to trigger an annulment and re-run.

The European Union's agreement on a coronavirus recovery fund is likely to embolden nationalist leaders in Poland and Hungary because it sets no mechanism for tying the disbursement of money to democratic norms.

Poland's justice minister said on Monday the European Union may be in a position to force Warsaw to legalise gay marriage if EU leaders make financial aid conditional on upholding democratic norms, and warned that this was unacceptable.

Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said it was hard to judge if the EU would reach a deal on its long-term budget and a proposed recovery fund during talks among the bloc's national leaders in Brussels on Friday and Saturday. Even if the leaders arrive at an agreement, Poland is likely to veto the deal as long as the rule of law condition is attached to it.

European Union leaders met on Friday for tense summit talks on a multi-billion-euro plan to breathe life into their economies, their first face-to-face meeting since the coronavirus pandemic plunged the bloc into its latest crisis.

The European Union must act against Poland's nationalist government for undermining democracy, a European Parliament committee said on Thursday after the re-election of a conservative president in the ex-communist country.

"We must stay united as there is a lot to do. We must keep on fighting for democratic Poland, to stop the central power which tries to control all independent institutions. So, there's really plenty of work ahead of us," mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski said in an interview for TVN24. After a long and tough presidential race the opposition candidate narrowly lost the presidential run-off to the incumbent Andrzej Duda, an ally of the nationalist government led by the Law and Justice party (PiS0. "It's already clear today that PiS will want to try even harder to attack free media, maybe try to abolish them, to attack local governments, and to push their pseudo-reform of the justice system even further," mayor Trzaskowski warned.

U.S. President Donald Trump has congratulated Andrzej Duda on his "historic" re-election as president of Poland.

The National Electoral Commission (PKW) on Monday evening announced the official results of the second round of presidential election. Andrzej Duda won 51,03 percent of votes, while Rafał Trzaskowski - 48,97 percent. The turnout was 68,18 percent.

The National Electoral Commission (PKW) has announced nearly final results election results collected from more than 99 percent of polling stations. Andrzej Duda has won 51,21 percent of votes, while Rafał Trzaskowski - 48,79 percent. The difference between the two candidates equals nearly 500,000 votes. "Still not all results have come in, therefore the final result cannot yet be announced," said the chief of the PKW, Sylwester Marciniak.

According to final late poll by Ipsos from 90 percent of polling stations, Andrzej Duda won 51 percent of votes, whereas Rafał Trzaskowski 49 percent. The margin of error in the updated late poll is 1 percentage point.

President Andrzej Duda's lead in the presidential run-off appears to be even bigger, according to a late poll by Ipsos published shortly before midnight. The results of the poll show the incumbent with 50,8 percent of votes, and his rival Rafał Trzaskowski with 49,2 percent. Therefore, the difference between two candidates has doubled up to 1,6 percentage points, compared to the exit poll in which it was at 0,8 pp.

Incumbent Andrzej Duda was marginally ahead in Poland's presidential election on Sunday, an exit poll found, in a result seen as likely to have profound implications for Warsaw's relations with the rest of the European Union.

President Andrzej Duda has won 50,4 percent of votes in the second round of presidential election, while mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski - 49,6 percent, according to an exit poll carried out by Ipsos. The pollster informed that based on this survey it was impossible to determine the definite winner of the vote. The margin of error in an exit poll is 2 percentage points, while in this case it was 0,8 pp.

Six people, including one child, have been injured after a whirlwind passed through a seaside town of Ustronie Morskie - the spokesperson for Fire Service voivodeship commander in Szczecin, Tomasz Kubiak said. Furthermore, the whirlwind damaged eight summer houses.

Poland's Health Ministry informed on Friday that 11 more people died due to COVID-19, and 265 new coronavirus infections were reported. In total, 37,216 infections and 1562 deaths have been reported.

The Government Centre for Security (RCB) on Friday issued an alert as strong wind and hailstorms are expected in the following provinces: Masovian, Podlaskie, Warmian-Masurian and Łódź, as well as a number of counties in Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Lower Silesian and Greater Poland.

The leader of Poland's ruling party, Jarosław Kaczyński, on Thursday accused the foreign media - in particular in Germany - of repeatedly meddling in Sunday's presidential election.

Electoral silence ahead of Sunday's (July 12) presidential election second round run-off vote begins at midnight on Friday (July 10). According to the latest phone survey carried out by Kantar for "Fakty" TVN and TVN24, the incumbent president and mayor of Warsaw go neck and neck. The poll shows Rafał Trzaskowski winning 46,4 percent of votes, while Andrzej Duda - 45,9 percent. Furthermore, as much as 7,7 percent declared they did not yet know who they would back.

A court in Oświęcim (Lesser Poland) has delivered a verdict in a trial regarding the 2017 car accident involving a government limousine carrying the then prime minister Beata Szydło. The case has been conditionally discontinued. However, the driver of a fiat seicento which collided with the state limo has to pay compensation to Mrs Szydło and one of the officers from her security detail.

The Polish foreign ministry summoned Germany's charge d'affaires in Warsaw on Wednesday to complain of what it said were inaccuracies and bias in German media coverage of Poland's presidential election.

A trial regarding former prime minister Beata Szydło's car accident from 2017 is coming to an end. On Wednesday (July 8), in their closing arguments, parties announced their expectations as to the ruling, which the court will likely pass on Thursday (July 9).

Health Ministry informed on Tuesday about 257 new cases of coronavirus infection and the death of 7 infected persons. In total, 36,412 persons have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Poland, of which 1528 have died.

The Government Centre for Security (RCB) has issued an RCB alert due to expected severe weather conditions. Forecasters from the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management (IMGW) informed that the weather may be very dangerous. Storms and strong wind are expected in the north of the country, while the southern parts are likely to be hit by hailstorms and heavy rain.

Poland's President Andrzej Duda on Monday proposed changing the constitution to ban LGBT couples from adopting children ahead of Sunday's presidential run-off in which the candidates are polling neck-and-neck.

EU countries should only get money from the bloc's budget and the COVID-19 recovery fund if they have robust courts and safeguards against corruption, a top official said on Monday, a couched warning to Poland and Hungary, among others.

Health Ministry confirmed on Monday 205 new coronavirus infection cases and the death of 4 people. In total, Poland has confirmed 36,155 SARS-CoV-2 infections so far, of which more than 1500 turned out fatal. On Sunday, 231 new infection were confirmed.

W drugiej turze wyborów prezydenckich Rafał Trzaskowski mógłby liczyć na 47 procent głosów wyborców, a Andrzej Duda - na 46 procent. Topnieje liczba niezdecydowanych wyborców i wygląda na to, że dzieje się to na korzyść kandydata Koalicji Obywatelskiej. Tak wynika z najnowszego sondażu telefonicznego Kantar dla "Faktów" TVN i TVN24. 

According to a poll by Ipsos conducted for OKO.press, Civic Coalition presidential candidate Rafał Trzaskowski could count on support of 49 percent of people declaring they would take part in July 12 presidential run-off. Incumbent president Andrzej Duda would secure 48 percent of votes in the same group of voters. Three percent of respondents were undecided, the poll showed.