Poland's justice ministry said on Tuesday (Jan. 23) that the pardon procedure case files regarding imprisoned former ministers Mariusz Kamiński and Maciej Wąsik have been sent to President Andrzej Duda. In the opinion attached to the files, Justice Minister and Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar recommended the president not use the right of pardon. The decision is now in the hands of President Duda, who is to hold a press conference at 5:30 p.m.

We welcome our Polish allies taking steps to continue to support our Ukrainian partners - U.S. State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said on Monday (Jan. 22), commenting on Prime Minister Donald Tusk's visit to Kyiv. Tusk reassured President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that Poland would support Ukraine's bid to join the EU and NATO.

Social media company X's platform has less antisemitic content compared with other applications, according to audits it has commissioned, X owner Elon Musk said on Monday (Jan. 22) at a conference on combating antisemitism.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday (Jan. 22) in Kyiv that the situation at the border with Ukraine had become "clearly better." Tusk's Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal said at a joint press briefing that he counts on Poland's support in negotiations regarding Ukraine's EU and NATO accession.

Elon Musk privately visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau site of a former Nazi German concentration camp on Monday (Jan. 22) before speaking later at a conference on rising antisemitism, after his social media platform X came under fire for some content.

The leaders of Poland and Ukraine pledged on Monday (Jan. 22) to tackle a thorny political dispute that had hampered their critical wartime alliance and boost defence cooperation as Russia's invasion grinds towards its third year. "Poland will do everything to increase Ukraine's chances of victory in this war," Tusk said at a joint media briefing.

Poland has met the final conditions needed to gain access to 76 billion euros ($83 billion) in funds from the European Union's 2021-2027 budget, a minister said on Friday (Jan. 19), but Brussels said it was still assessing the situation.

I just wanted to see minister Wąsik to ask him how he feels and to simply greet him as a colleague, but above all Mrs Wąsik, the wife, has asked me to pay this visit - chief of the PiS party Jarosław Kaczyński told reporters on Friday (Jan. 19) in front of the prison in Przytuły Stare. He went there to visit Maciej Wąsik, one of the former ministers sentenced by court to two years behind bars for abuse of power.

Visiting EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders said on Friday (Jan. 19) he hopes there will be support from all sides in Poland, including the president, for restoring the rule of law, which could allow Poland access to billions of euros of frozen EU funds.

I hear speculation that there might be a snap election. I don't see such possibility at all - Poland's President Andrzej Duda said on Thursday (Jan. 18) in Davos. "I hope I will be able to easily sign this budget. I would like for the government to be able to carry out the budget responsibly," he added.

Joanna Kulig has become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Polish actress announced the big news in an Instagram post with a photo of her taking part in a vote regarding this year's Oscar nominees.

A top Polish court rejected as illegal on Thursday (Jan. 18) plans to liquidate the country's state radio, television and news agency which the new pro-EU coalition government said had become propaganda outlets for the previous right-wing administration. Poland's culture ministry called the ruling invalid, arguing that the Tribunal in its current form was "not an independent and impartial" court.

World number one Iga Świątek battled back from two breaks down in the final set to beat Danielle Collins 6-4 3-6 6-4 on Thursday (Jan. 18) and reach the third round of the Australian Open for the fifth successive year.

A former Polish deputy foreign minister has been arrested on charges of speeding up visa applications in return for payment, the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA) said on Wednesday (Jan. 17).

Poland's parliament has voted to remove the immunity from prosecution of a lawmaker who used a fire extinguisher to put out Jewish Hanukkah candles in the country's parliament in December, an incident that caused international outrage.

Poland's President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday (Jan. 17) called on the country's Justice Minister Adam Bodnar to release the two recently arrested former ministers of the no-longer-ruling Law and Justice government. Duda added he had received information that one of the imprisoned politicians - former interior minister Mariusz Kamiński - had to be force-fed due to deteriorating health condition.

Poland is considering making more ammunition and military equipment, and scouring its stores for supplies as it works on a new aid package for Ukraine, Poland's new Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said in Davos on Wednesday (January 17).

President Andrzej Duda spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday (Jan. 16). After the talks, Duda said that "Ukraine should be invited to join the NATO" and assured Zelenskiy that Poland's foreign policy would continue to be "a policy of support for Ukraine".

Poland needs NATO's support to secure airspace and strengthen security, the Polish president said on Tuesday (January 16) on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Duda said Poland was in the process of building a three-layered air defence and missile defence system, but underlined incidents like the recent violation of Polish airspace by Russian rocket shows the necessity to strengthen Poland's security.

World number one Iga Świątek overcame a strong early challenge from former champion Sofia Kenin to reach the second round of the Australian Open with a 7-6(2) 6-2 victory in a high quality contest on Tuesday (Jan. 16).

Poland's core inflation in December 2023 dropped to 6.9% year on year, compared to 7.3% y/y in November - the National Bank of Poland said in a statement released on Tuesday (Jan. 16). The core inflation measure is used to show inflation net of food and energy prices.

Polish truckers who have blockaded some border crossings with Ukraine since November will suspend their protest until March 1 after signing an agreement with the government, the infrastructure minister said on Tuesday (Jan. 16).

A top Polish court moved on Monday to block the dismissal of a senior prosecutor accused of involvement in the politicisation of the country's legal system, underlining the challenges the government faces delivering reforms needed to get EU funds.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced that this year's local elections will be held on April 7 and 21. "I hope that April will be a good month for the Polish local governance," the PM said at a press conference on Monday (Jan. 15).

At the meeting with the president I said I could not imagine lack of cooperataion (with the president - edit.) in two obvious matters, Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said after Monday's talks with President Andrzej Duda. Tusk added that he and Duda stuck to their opinions regarding the rule of law understanding. He also stressed that what the president had called "rule of law terror" was "one of the most important rules" to him.

Poland's president condemned the dismissal of the state prosector on Monday (Jan. 15), escalating a conflict between the head of state and the new government as it moves to deliver on an election pledge to restore rule of law and unlock EU funds.

As this crisis related with President Duda's standpoint, who defends Mr Wąsik and Mr Kamiński, has already heated up to a very high temperature, I've turned to the president with an offer to meet as soon as possible, face to face - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in his first interview for Polish media since taking office in December. "It will take place on Monday at 11 a.m." - Tusk added.

Polish Justice Minister Adam Bodnar outlined on Friday (Jan. 12) a bill that aims to correct the way judges are appointed as a first step in rolling back the previous nationalist government's judicial reforms with a view to unfreezing EU funds.

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained a man working in a strategic enterprise who is believed to have been passing secret information to Polish security services, Interfax informed on Friday (Jan. 12), quoting a statement by the FSB. "Our facility in Moscow is currently gathering information regarding this matter," the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in an email reply to tvn24.pl's request for comment.

Andrzej Poczobut and dozens of other political prisoners are kept incommunicado, a leader of Belarusian opposition, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, told TVN24 BiS journalist Michał Sznajder. Asked about her husband Siarhei Tsikhanousky, sentenced by the Lukashenko regime to 18 years in prison, Tsikhanouskaya said: "I don’t know if my husband is alive." "That’s hell. And we are living in this hell," she added.