Poland's Monetary Policy Council annouced on Wednesday (September 6) it has decided to decrease the NBP interest rates by 75 basis points. The main reference interest rate has therefore been set at 6.00% on annual basis.

After the media was denied access to migrants desperately trying to cross the Polish-Belarus border, director Agnieszka Holland decided to step in and make a wrenching movie about their plight. "I believe that migrant crisis, the refugee crisis, which started on the high level in 2014, is a crisis and challenge which will shape the future of Europe," Holland said.

The Catholic Church is to beatify a Polish family of nine including a new-born baby who died at the hands of the Nazis during World War Two, the Vatican's saint-making department said on Tuesday (September 5). The Ulmas’ beatification process was initiated in the Diocese of Przemyśl in 2003.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki's younger daughter goes to a private Catholic school in Warsaw at which fees for one year begin at 13,000 zlotys (approx. 2,900 euros). "You're not giving the highest rate to Poland's public education system," the Left MP Anna-Maria Żukowska said.

A new angiography room has been opened at the Children's Memorial Health Institute (CZD) in Warsaw. It was made possible thanks to the money collected during the 30th Grand Finale of the Grand Orchestra of Christmas Charity (GOCC) in 2022. The brand new biplane angiography machine offers a highly effective retinoblastoma treatment method. Retinoblastoma is a malignant tumor of the developing retina that occurs in children, usually before age five years.

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on Monday (September 4) opened a limited election observation mission for the 15 October 2023 parliamentary elections in Poland, following an invitation from the national authorities. The mission chief Douglas Wake said at a press conference in Warsaw that in the case of Poland "some recommendations have been addressed, and others have not". He was referring to the recommendations the OSCE had issued after previous elections in Poland.

Defending champion Iga Świątek exited the U.S. Open in the fourth round on Sunday and saw her reign as world number one come to an end after she unravelled 3-6 6-3 6-1 against Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Defending champion Iga Świątek barely broke sweat as she produced another rock-solid performance to roll into the fourth round of the U.S. Open with a 6-0 6-1 win over Slovenian qualifier and best friend Kaja Juvan on Friday.

Poland's ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party will not take part in election debates organised by TVN24, it said on Friday, accusing the Warner Bros-owned station of bias in favour of the opposition.

Nothing will change the history and the historical truth, the documents and photographs of Nazi German and Soviet Russian soldiers embracing each other - Poland's President Andrzej Duda said in a speech marking the 84th anniversary of WWII outbreak Friday (September 1). The president addressed those gathered at Westerplatte Peninsula in Gdańsk, Speaking during commemorations in Wieluń, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that the Poles "demand not only memory, not only the truth". "We demand reparation," he stressed.

Zbigniew Brzeziński and his wife Emilie Benes-Brzezinski have been posthumously awarded the Medal of Gratitude. Their son, U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski, accepted the award on behalf of his late parents. The ceremony was part of the commemorations of the 43rd anniversary of the signing of the Gdańsk Agreement in 1980.

World number one Iga Świątek moved into the third round of the U.S. Open on Wednesday but not without a fight, taming feisty Daria Saville, who had warned she had the game to make the defending champion uncomfortable.

In an interview with TVN24 BiS, European Space Agency (ESA) Director General Dr. Josef Aschbacher said that "investing in space is investing in the future". Poland and the ESA on Tuesday signed agreements on programs to support the development of the Polish space sector. "This means a lot for Poland. Poland has made a big step upwards in the scale of ESA member states," the ESA chief stressed.

The Sejm appointed on Wednesday (August 30) nine members of the commission to investigate Russian influence in Poland's internal affairs in the years 2007-2022. All candidates were submitted by the ruling Law and Justice party. The majority of opposition parties boycotted the vote, while the far-right Confederation party voted against most of the canditates.

The Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński said on Wednesday (August 30) that the planned exercises by Belarusian forces near their common border is "psychological warfare".

Jerzy Nowosielski's polychrome paintings can be found in St. John Climacus's Orthodox Church in Warsaw's Wola district. Harking back to Byzantine art, the paintings cover parts of the side walls and the arched coping. With the course of time, the condition of the artwork has seriously deteriorated. Although, as of now, the paintings are undergoing conservation, traces of repainting have been discovered on them.

Twenty-five passenger trains in four voivodeships grinded to a halt due to unauthorized use of the radio-stop signal. "All cases have been reported to proper authorities responsible for examining them in detail," said PKP PLK spokesperson Karol Jakubowski said on Tuesday (August 29).

Three more persons have died due to Legionnaires' disease and nine more have been infected - the County Sanitary and Epidemiological Station in Rzeszów said on Tuesday (August 29). A total of 14 deaths caused by the Legionella pneumophila bacterium have been reported so far.

World number one Iga Świątek got her U.S. Open title defence off to a dominant start on Monday, flattening unseeded Swede Rebecca Peterson 6-0 6-1 to kick off the action on Arthur Ashe Stadium.

The National Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating the case of a false alarm raised after last week's series of train stoppages in four provinces caused by unauthorized use of the "radio-stop" signal. On Sunday, the police have detained two men, one of whom - according to media reports - is a police officer. Stanisław Żaryn, deputy coordinator of special services, told tvn24.pl that another such incident happened after the two suspects had been detained.

Poland and the Baltic states will close their borders with Belarus entirely if a '"critical incident" involving Wagner mercenaries takes place, the Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński said on Monday. He added Poland has demanded from Minsk that Wagner Group mercenaries leave the territory of Belarus.

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Poland's Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak approved offset contracts for components for anti-aircraft and anti-missile medium-range missile sets in the second phase of the Wisła programme. "Experience from the war in Ukraine shows that air and missile defence is very important," the minister said, adding that the deal includes 13 offset commitments worth approx. 1 billion zlotys. "We are very pleased that cooperation with the United States is proceeding so smoothly," Błaszczak stressed.

Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia support extending a EU ban on Ukrainian grain import to those countries until the end of the year, Poland's Agriculture Minister Robert Telus said on Friday.

Poland's domestic security agency is investigating whether an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease that has killed seven people in the south of the country might be the result of intentional tampering with the water system, authorities said on Friday.

Poland's Iga Świątek is favourite to defend her title at the U.S. Open but after a stellar 2022 season some cracks have appeared in the four-times Grand Slam champion's aura of invincibility.

In a telephone call with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Poland's President Andrzej Duda extened his best wishes for the Ukrainian nation the country's Independence Day. Duda also reassured on social media that "Poland stands with free and independent Ukraine". "In 1991, Poland recognized our independence immediately after the referendum. It was a leader then and remains a leader now" - president Zelenskiy said on social media.

Poland's Border Guard seized almost 440 kilograms of cocaine worth around 180 million zlotys ($43.6 million) at the Baltic sea port of Gdynia, it said on Thursday.

Poland plans to raise spending on defence, health, social benefits and public sector pay in 2024, the prime minister said on Thursday, after the government approved the budget for next year with an eye on elections scheduled for Oct. 15.

The Wagner Group will become an even bigger threat now that it is likely to come under Russian President Vladimir Putin's control following the presumed death of its boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki suggested on Thursday (August 24). Russian authorities said mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as a passenger on a private jet that crashed on Wednesday evening (August 23), killing all those onboard.