Physical drives were discarded, but all documents, all information they included, have been stored and archived in line with the regulations - Poland's Deputy Foreign Minister Paweł Jabłoński said on Wednesday (Nov. 15). In response to an opposition MP's request, the ministry has recently revealed it discarded 400 kg of hard drives and other memory storage devices.

The Sejm has voted in four new members of the National Chamber of the Judiciary representing the parliament. All four were candidates of the democratic opposition groupings: Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz, Robert Kropiwnicki, Tomasz Zimoch and Anna Maria Żukowska. Candidates put forward by the still-ruling PiS party - Marek Ast, Bartosz Kownacki, Arkadiusz Mularczyk and Kazimierz Smoliński - have all been rejected in Tuesday's (Nov. 14) vote.

The new speaker of the Sejm Szymon Hołownia on Tuesday (Nov. 14) announced he would deliver an address to the nation in the coming days. "I think sometime this week," he said, assuring that new "democratic standards" would be observed in the parliament. "The freezer is going out of the speaker's office. If there's a bill that meets requirements, it should be proceeded by the Sejm," Hołownia said. The speaker also promised that efforts aimed at "sanation" of the Constitutional Tribunal and the National Council of the Judiciary would soon be launched. The speaker also outlined key plans the lower house has scheduled for next week.

After many years, it is once again possible to freely move along two important venues in Warsaw - the parliament building and the seat of the Constitutional Tribunal. Metal barriers - considered a symbol of the Law and Justice government - have been removed from the front of both institutions.

President Andrzej Duda has tasked Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki with a mission to form a new government. Morawiecki has now 14 days to form a new cabinet, while the president has to approve it within that same fortnight. The prime minister will then have another two weeks to present his new cabinet to the Sejm and ask for a vote of confidence. However, if anyone still doubts whether or not the opposition has the necessary majority to win votes in the lower house, Monday's inaugural session of the new parliament provided a rather clear answer.

The first group of Polish citizens evacuated from the Gaza Strip have safely arrived in Poland - the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed on Monday (Nov. 13). "This is not the end of our efforts. The goal is to evacuate all our citizens," the MFA added.

A total of 56 people have been detained during Saturday's march of Polish nationalists in Warsaw - said a spokesperson for Warsaw police Sylwester Marczak. He added that the majority of the detained persons had illegal drugs on them.

Our nations are bound together by a common aim and value of freedom. Every time we stood together, we changed history for good and won. Together, we are at least twice stronger - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in the wishes he extended to the Polish people on November 11, which is Poland's Independence Day. Earlier that day, the Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska had sent her own best wishes to Poland too.

For us, Poles, this day November 11 is a day of rejoicing, a day of pride, it is a day of glory, a day when we remind ourselves with emotion that, after 123 years, our country - Poland - has been reborn - Poland's President Andrzej Duda said during official celebrations of November 11 Independence Day.

Whoever utters the word "nation" to divide and spread hate, stands against the nation. Whoever covers up depravity and common thievery with the word "nation", commits sacrilege - Civic Platform leader Donald Tusk said in a video he posted on social media to mark Poland's November 11 Independence Day. Tusk also encouraged Poles to "celebrate and rejoice we live in free Poland".

The coalition agreement signed on Friday (Nov.10) by leaders of Polish opposition parties - Civic Coalition, Third Way, and New Left - includes names of candidates for prime minister and deputy PMs. The deal also explains in detail how the speakers of both chambers of parliament will perform their duties in a rotational system.

I wanted to see for myself the empowerment that is taking place, the mutual support, and the way the lives of the Polish and the Ukrainian people have been changed - U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told TVN24. He added that what he had experienced "is very moving and a very important story for me to take back with me to the United States". Buttigieg also stressed that the question of Ukrainian refugees was still a priority for U.S.

Poland's pro-European Union opposition parties said they plan to use all its proceeds from sales of EU carbon permits to finance a faster transition from coal to renewable energy.

Poland's pro-European Union opposition parties have reached agreement on a coalition, their candidate for prime minister, Donald Tusk, said on Friday, bringing them a step closer to taking power after they won a combined majority in an Oct. 15 election.

Poland's Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau confirmed on Thursday (Nov.9) that there were Polish citizens among the hostages taken by Hamas. Rau took part in a conference summoned on the initiative of France's President Emmanuel Macron and focusing on the humanitarian aid and current situation in the Gaza Strip.

Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov and his Polish counterpart have discussed Polish trucker protests at the Ukrainian border, his ministry in Kyiv said on Thursday (Nov. 9), adding that it would not compromise on licenses for Ukrainian drivers.

President Andrzej Duda has officially appointed new senior speakers of the two chambers of parliament. MP Marek Sawicki of PSL has been named the senior speaker of the lower house - the Sejm, whereas senator Michał Seweryński of PiS - the senior speaker of the Senate.

Mr Sebastian Wiśniewski no longer works as deputy chief of the Archdiocese of Białystok Caritas as he had filed for apostasy and left the Catholic Church. As he explains, his decision was motivated not only by nearly 50 years of life as a Catholic, but also sixteen years of work for a charity institution supervised by the Polish Episcopal Conference.

Germany is set to end the deployment of three Patriot air defence units to Poland after almost a year, the defence ministry in Berlin said on Wednesday, confirming earlier plans.

At a decision-making meeting held on Nov. 7-8, Poland's rate-setting Monetary Policy Council has decided to keep the NBP interest rates unchanged. Therefore, the main reference rate has been kept at 5.75%.

The British arm of defence firm MBDA has signed a 4 billion pound ($4.92 billion) deal to supply Poland with ground-based air defence systems, the British government said on Tuesday.

The new senior speaker will open the first session of the new parliament on Nov. 13. President Andrzej Duda announced in a televised address on Monday (Nov. 6) he has entrusted Marek Sawicki of PSL (Polish People's Party) with this honorary role. What are the duties of the senior speaker of the Sejm?

NATO allies condemned a decision by Russia on Tuesday to withdraw from the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, a key post-Cold War agreement, and said they would suspend its operation in response."Russia has violated the letter and spirit of the Treaty by failing to implement its provisions for many years, and then by launching an unlawful, unprovoked war," Poland's MFA and MOD said in a statement released on Tuesday.

Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Monday Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will have a chance to form a new government after his Law and Justice (PiS) party won in the Oct. 15 election, though the task seems impossible as the party lacks a majority. Morawiecki will have 14 days from the first parliamentary sitting to present his cabinet, and another 14 days to detail his programme to parliament and win its vote of confidence. However, if the proposed cabinet loses the vote, which seems very likely, the Sejm will have another two weeks to nominate another candidate for prime minister.

Iga Świątek dominated American Jessica Pegula 6-1 6-0 to win the season-ending WTA Finals in Cancun on Monday and regain her world number one ranking from Aryna Sabalenka.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki will get the first shot at forming a government after his nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party won last month's election, the president said on Monday - a seemingly impossible task as it lacks a majority.

Polish truckers blocked roads to three border crossings with Ukraine on Monday, authorities said, to protest against what they see as government inaction over a loss of business to foreign competitors during Russia's war on Ukraine.

Poland's president will tell the nation on Monday (Nov. 6) evening whom he will appoint as prime minister, an aide said, drawing a line under weeks of uncertainty after the ruling nationalists lost their parliamentary majority in an Oct. 15 election.