I'm glad to see Mayor of Gdańsk Paweł Adamowicz understand that it's impossible to hold official commemorations at Westerplatte without the presence of the Polish Army; the obsevances should be held with full military ceremonial - the Minister of Defense Mariusz Błaszczak said on Tuesday.

We've been worrying that the new commission members who lack judges' experience may not be able to fulfil their duties, but all the problems seem to be gone; it looks that the elections will go as planned - said the Chairman of the National Electoral Committee (PKW) Wojciech Hermeliński.

"We've expected that our arguments regarding changes in the Polish judiciary may not convince the European Commission, not because they are weak, but because the Commission is acting politically," said the Deputy Minister of Justice Łukasz Piebiak.

Mayor of Gdańsk Paweł Adamowicz has invited the Minister of Defense Mariusz Błaszczak to the observances of the anniversary of WWII outbreak at Westerplatte. "We find it important to include the Polish Army representatives in the commemorations," Mr Adamowicz wrote in a letter to the the minister.

The President met on Monday with the signatories of the letter in which they appeal to him to veto the amendment changing the Electoral Code provisions regarding the European election rules.

Polish football champions Legia Warszawa appointed Portuguese former star Ricardo Sa Pinto as manager. Chairman Dariusz Mioduski hopes the decision will lead end the crisis and put the club back on the winning track.

It still remains unclear whether the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party will respect the expected ECJ's ruling regarding the Polish Supreme Court law.

"We will meet at an exceptional parade," says defense minister Błaszczak. The opposition raises concerns over the state of the Polish Army, and Warsaw drivers are taking a big forced detour.

A Polish ceramics company has revealed they were commissioned by the United States Central Intelligence Agency to produce an exclusive set of crockery bearing the agency's logo.

A fifth body was found on Friday in the wreckage of an Alaska sightseeing plane that crashed near North America's tallest peak, leaving no doubt the pilot perished with his four Polish passengers on the steep mountainside, authorities said.

Another two candidates have withdrawn their applications for Supreme Court judge position, according to the information issued by the National Council of the Judiciary. One of the candidates who decided not to apply is a solicitor and the other's a junior specialist in the Supreme Court Research and Analyses Office.

Nobel prize-winning scientist Marie Curie was the most influential woman in history, Britain's BBC found in a poll on Thursday, highlighting her role in curing cancer.

A total of six Arabian horses were sold at the prestigious Pride of Poland auction in the country’s celebrated stud farm of Janów Podlaski in eastern Poland on Sunday, netting their owners a combined EUR 501,000.

With seven gold medals, four silver and one bronze, Poland led the overall medal table until the last event when Great Britain won its seventh gold medal, in men's 4x100m relay at the European Athletics Championships in Berlin.

The Minister of Maritime Economy and Inland Waterways Marek Gróbarczyk has criticized Poland's Defence Ministry's plan to buy from Australia used frigates for the Polish Navy.

Over 111,000 Poles murdered during the so-called Polish operation conducted by the Soviet NKVD in the years 1937-1938 were commemorated at the Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East in Warsaw on Saturday.

Justyna Święty-Ersetic (AZS AWF Katowice) was the first to reach the finish line in the 400 metre dash with 50,41 and won the gold medal in European Athlethic Championships in Berlin. Shortly after, Adam Kszczot won his gold in 800 metres after getting his best result this year - 1.44,59. Finally, Polish runners won woman's 4x400 metres relay race to grab third gold in a row on Saturday.

Poland's President Andrzej Duda on Friday visited the centenary rally of the Polish Scouting and Guiding Association (ZHP) in Gdańsk, northern Poland, and said that the country's scouting movement is firmly etched in Polish independence.

Michał Kwiatkowski has won road bicycle race Tour de Pologne. Britain's Simon Yates came first in the last stage around Bukowina Tatrzańska.

Funeral ceremonies of the late Tomasz Stańko were held on Friday at the Powązki Military Cemetary. The last farewell to the legend of Polish jazz was attented by his family, friends and various artists.

"Cold War", by Oscar-winning Polish director Paweł Pawlikowski, will open the 24th Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) on Friday, the largest film competition and industry platform in a region stretching from Vienna to Istanbul.

Urn with ashes of General Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski was buried on Friday at the Powązki Cemetary in Warsaw. General Ścibor-Rylski (nom de guerre "Motyl" - The Butterfly) has died aged 101. He was a participant of the Warsaw Uprising, Chairman of the Association of Warsaw Insurgents and a member of the initiative group of the Warsaw Rising Museum.

A famous Gdańsk statue of the sea god Neptune has become the latest Polish landmark to be dressed up in a T-shirt with the slogan 'Constitution', part of a stealth campaign by protesters who accuse the government of eroding the rule of law.

Poland's president will likely veto changes proposed by the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) designed to benefit big political parties in 2019 elections to the European Parliament, he said in remarks published on Thursday.

Paulina Guba (AZS UMCS Lublin) has won the gold medal in shot put at Athletics Championships in Berlin. Guba, 27, has become the European champion with a 19.33-metre throw. Klaudia Kardasz (KS Podlasie Białystok) came fourth after beating her life record with 18.48 metres.

The Amber Gold affair investigative committee has received a formal request to hold the hearing of former prime minister Donald Tusk on 2 October; the committee will grant this request - the chair of the committee Małgorzata Wassermann (Law and Justice) said on Friday.

The brother of a Polish man convicted of kidnapping a British model in Milan will also stand trial in connection with her abduction, an Italian judge ordered on Thursday.

On 1 September President Andrzej Duda will visit Tczew and take part in commemorations of the WWII outbreak anniversary; at Westerplatte, he will be represented by top officers from National Security Bureau (BBN) - the Chief of the Cabinet of the President Krzysztof Szczerski informed on Friday.

Polish Armed Forces are an integral part of Westerplatte; each year the representatives of uniformed services partake in the commemorations of the anniversary of World War Two outbreak, and this year will be no different, said the Mayor of Gdańsk Paweł Adamowicz on Thursday.

MEP Kazimierz M. Ujazdowski has decided not to run for mayor of Wrocław. He also said that he's not going to support Jacek Sutryk "or any other candidate of current line". He will, however, back NGOs and civic associations.