The European Commission announced in a statement on Friday (August 4) it has approved Polish scheme to support companies in the context of Russia's war against Ukraine.

Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny had an extra 19 years added to his jail term on Friday in a criminal case that he and his supporters said had been trumped up to keep him behind bars and out of politics for even longer. Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday (August 4) that it "strongly condemns the verdict against the Russian oppositionist".

Poland's former foreign minister Jacek Czaputowicz said that, in the context of Polish-Ukrainian relations, Poland pursues "a policy of hyenas and jackals". His comment has met with a response from his predecessor in office, current PiS MEP Witold Waszczykowski. "And this guy replaced me! Was it worth it?" - Waszczykowski said on Twitter. In an interview with TVN24, he argued that Poland has its interest and it should pursue it. The current Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau issued a statement regarding Czaputowicz's words.

Poland has detained another suspected member of a Russian spy network, bringing the total number of people detained as part of an investigation to 16, Interior Minister and Special Services Coordinator Mariusz Kamiński said on Friday (August 4).

Hybrid attacks from Belarus on Polish territory are coordinated in the Kremlin, Poland's defence minister said on Thursday (August 3) after visiting areas close to the Belarusian border.

The European Union executive said on Thursday (August 3) that Poland's new law on Russian influence, dubbed "Lex Tusk" by the opposition, "continues to raise serious concerns". Despite criticism that it could serve as a tool to persecute political rivals ahead of a national election due this autumn, Poland's President Andrzej Duda - an ally of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party - signed the law into force on Wednesday.

Warsaw police has released footage of a high-speed car chase after an intoxicated driver. In an attempt to escape, the man drove his vehicle along the hard shoulder, next he switched to the opposing lane and sped against the traffic. Once he was apprehended by the police, it turned out he was under the influence of an intoxicant.

Fighters from Russia's private Wagner mercenary force are being moved close to NATO's eastern flank to destabilise the military alliance, Poland's prime minister said on Thursday.

Poland's Justice Minister and Prosecutor General Zbigniew Ziobro has decided to dismiss the deputy chief of Poznań-Stare Miasto District Prosecutor's Office. At a press conference on Wednesday (August 2), he explained that "the liability is adequate to the tasks the prosecutor was responsible for". The minister was referring to the case of 24-year-old Marika, a woman sentenced for attempted robbery. Ziobro also said that, in said case, "glaring mistakes were made that resulted in a dubious legal classification".

The Russian navy has started scheduled drills in the Baltic Sea involving over 30 ships and boats along with 20 support vessels and 30 aircraft, Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday. Polish MOD has said it is "carefully monitoring the situation".

Poland's President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday (August 2) signed into law the amended bill that would set up a special commission to investigate Russian influence in Poland in 2007-2022. The bill is widely known as "Lex Tusk", as its critics argue it is primarily meant to target opposition ahead of this year's parliamentary election, including Civic Platform leader and former PM Donald Tusk.

Poland will increase the number of troops at its border with Belarus after two helicopters from Belarus violated Poland's airspace on Tuesday, Poland's Ministry of National Defence said in a statement. Belarusian MOD denied that its helicopters had done so.

Ukraine and Poland called in the ambassadors from each other's countries on Tuesday as a dispute escalated after a foreign policy adviser to Poland's president said Kyiv should show more appreciation for Warsaw's support in its war with Russia.

The United States is not aware of any specific threat posed to Poland or other NATO allies by the presence of Wagner Group forces in Belarus, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday. He also reassured that the United States would defend its every NATO ally.

"At the beginning of the uprising the generals would ask: 'what do we need so many women for?'. And when the uprising was ending, we received the same rights as boys. And we shall not give up these rights," the Warsaw Uprising veteran Wanda Traczyk-Stawska said during commemorations of the 79th anniversary of the insurgency. She also stressed that although the constitution guarantees equality to everyone, the Polish government "has forgotten that women have their status guaranteed in this constitution".

Poland and its capital city on Tuesday (August 1) marked the 79th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising. Official commemorations of the insurgency were held all over Warsaw and in other Polish cities. The tragic insurrection commenced on the 1st of August, 1944, and lasted 63 days until it was crushed by better-equipped German army. To punish Warsaw and the insurgents, the retreating German forces razed approx. 85% of the city to the ground.

The Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said at a press briefing on Monday (July 31) that "any attacks by the Wagner Group will be seen as an attack by the Russian government". Responding to Fakty TVN reporter Marcin Wrona's question, the ambassador added that the Russian paramilitary organization composed of mercenaries was not operating independently, but rather "at the behest of the Russian government".

The revitalization of Operation Tempest Park in Warsaw's southern district of Mokotów has been completed. The revamped park reflects the historical significance of this place. It tells the story of the reconstruction of Warsaw and has display cases with photographs of the ruined city. The Warsaw Uprising Mound has therefore become a two-story observation platform.

Consumer prices in Poland in July 2023, compared with the corresponding month of the previous year, increased by 10.8% (price index 110.8), and as related to the previous month decreased by 0.2% (price index 99.8) - according to the flash estimate released on Monday (July 31) by Poland's Central Statistical Office (Statistics Poland).

"First Polish pilots will begin practice on Apache helicopters in the beginning of August. Right after the traning has been completed, first eight helicopters provided by the USA will be at the Polish Armed Forces disposal," Poland's Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said on Friday (July 21). "Today we got to see what Apache helicopters are capable of, proof that this aircraft is the most advanced military helicopter in the world," said U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski, who accompanied minister Błaszczak at a military proving ground in Nadarzyce.

Two Polish police officers on duty in Croatia rescued a drowning 29-year-old. On Tuesday (July 18) morning, at the beach in Makarska, the policemen spotted a man in the water. "He was twisting in pain. You could see his left shoulder was in an unnatural position. He just couldn't swim anymore," said Officer Marcin Czyż. "Polish policemen great heroes of Makarska," wrote a local news portal.

A military reconnaissance drone that crashed in southwestern Poland late on Tuesday was being used by U.S. soldiers for a training flight, the Polish defence ministry said on Friday.

Poland's security committee decided in a meeting on Wednesday to move military units to the country's east due to the Wagner Group's presence in Belarus, state-run news agency PAP quoted its secretary as saying on Friday (July 21). Later that day, Russia's President Vladimir Putin accused Poland of having territorial ambitions in the former Soviet Union, and said any aggression against Russia's neighbour and close ally Belarus would be considered an attack on Russia.

Former Poland captain and Borussia Dortmund winger Jakub Błaszczykowski said on Thursday he had decided to end his playing career.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal on Thursday condemned a decision by Poland to extend a ban on Ukrainian grain exports to the European Union as an "unfriendly and populist move".

Poland's defence ministry is monitoring the situation on the border with Belarus and is prepared for various scenarios, it said on Thursday, after Belarus said mercenaries from Russia's Wagner Group would take part in military exercises near the border. Asked about Poland's move, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters: "Of course it is a cause for concern. The aggressiveness of Poland is a reality".

Poland has sent 149 firefighters and 49 vehicles to help battle the fires raging across Greece. "The whole of Poland is proud of you, the whole Europe and the whole world" - State Fire Service Deputy Chief Arkadiusz Przybyła told the firefighters on Wednesday (July 19).

"Joanna's courage proves that when even a single victimized person is brave enough to speak out and stand against this government, they can really help to make a change," Civic Platform leader Donald Tusk said on Wednesday (July 19). This way he commented on the police intervention in Kraków against a hospitalized woman, named Joanna, who had taken an abortion pill and was later questioned and searched by the officers. Tusk called upon his supporters to take part in the "Million Hearts March" on October 1.

Poland's Supreme Medical Chamber informed on Wednesday (July 19) it has launched an inquiry to explain all details of the police intervention against a woman who had taken an abortion pill. "We won't stand for violation of patient's right to intimacy, the physician-patient privilege as well as hampering efforts to help the patient," the Chamber said. The Patient Ombudsman and the Commissioner for Human Rights have also launched separate inquiries in order to explain the incident.