“A single tweet with complete diagnosis,” the president of the Nowoczesna caucus Katarzyna Lubnauer told TVN24's Fakty po Faktach, commenting on a tweet by the President of the European Council Donald Tusk. “He came to the conclusion that this is the moment to speak courageously about what's happening,” she added.

European Council President Donald Tusk said on Sunday he was alarmed by the similarity of policies pursued by Poland's right-wing government to what he described as "Kremlin's plan".

Ukraine has summoned the Polish ambassador in Kiev after Poland denied entry to a Ukrainian official in an escalation of a diplomatic spat over the two neighbours' troubled past.

The U.S. State Department approved a possible $10.5 billion sale of Raytheon Co's Patriot missile defense system to Poland, the Pentagon said on Friday.

South Africa's Justice Minister Michael Masutha on Friday denied parole to the killer of anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani, saying he had not expressed remorse for the murder.

The European Commission on Wednesday voiced fresh concerns over Poland's plans to reform its courts and EU lawmakers accused Warsaw of promoting intolerance, reflecting deep fears for the rule of law in the country.

Stanisław Piotrowicz, a man that has become one of the faces of Law and Justice’s judicial revolution played a more important role in the communist judiciary than he admits, as claimed by those who worked with him back then. They talk about his career in the Polish United Workers’ Party (PZPR) and at the prosecutor’s office. This career, contrary to what Piotrowicz himself declares, did not end at the time of martial law, about the introduction of which, by the way, he had no objections back then. Material of the “Czarno na białym” show.

A deeply moving exhibition of archives documenting the life and annihilation of Jews by Nazi Germany in the Warsaw Ghetto during World War Two goes on public display in Poland on Thursday.

“The PiS party is cheating, they are changing the rules of the game for their own benefit”, said Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, the leader of the PSL party, in the Jeden na jeden TV programme, referring to the proposal for changes to electoral arrangements proposed by the ruling party.

Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Monday there was no place in Poland for xenophobia, anti-Semitism and "sick nationalism", denouncing hate speech at a nationalist march in Warsaw in comments later echoed by ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski.

Twelve women were forcibly removed from the route of Saturday’s nationalist march after they assembled to voice their opposition. “They stood there instead of law enforcement services. Defenceless women faced down the brown wave. This was not a minor incident, it was a heroic act,” said Rafał Kasprzak, leader of Obywatele RP, an NGO. He also said that Warsaw’s authorities should have disbanded the march as law was being broken.

Demanding reparations from Germany for its actions in Poland during World War Two is a matter of honour for Warsaw, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of Polish ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, said on Saturday.

“We want God” screamed the banners carried by ca. 60,000 people who marched through the streets of the Polish capital on Saturday, 11 November, in the Independence March.

“The names of those who made our independence possible will go down in history. The dream of a free independent Poland was always of supreme importance to them,” said President Andrzej Duda on Saturday during the official celebrations of Poland’s Independence Day in Warsaw.

Poland's president and its ruling party have reached a compromise on judicial reform, a parliamentary deputy said on Friday, bringing them closer to resolving an issue that has kept them at odds for more than three months.

Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party said on Friday it planned legal changes to enhance democracy ahead of local elections next year but analysts said the measures aimed to boost the party's electoral prospects.

According to TVN’s “Fakty” news service, President Andrzej Duda has extended an invitation to Donald Tusk to join him in the celebration of Poland’s National Independence Day. The President of the European Council has accepted the invitation and will be visiting Warsaw on Saturday.

Poland wants to be sure that Christian traditions are not subject to "ideological censorship" in the European Union, Prime Minister Beata Szydlo said on Thursday, emphasising her party's opposition to Muslim immigration.

"The directions of Polish foreign policy are set by Law and Justice (PiS) chairman Jarosław Kaczyński. There is no other meaningful actor in this area,” said Kazimierz Michał Ujazdowski, former PiS member and MEP appearing on “Fakty po Faktach”. “This causes a state of permanent uncertainty among his party colleagues, especially pending the reconstruction of the Government,” added Aleksander Smolar, President of the Batory Foundation.

“The entire European Union should guarantee a membership perspective to Eastern Partnership countries,” said Polish President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday following a meeting with his Georgian counterpart Giorgi Margvelashvili.

Poland plans to restrict Sunday shopping from next year, as the conservative government pushes ahead with what it sees as a return to Roman Catholic values.

“He was a level-headed, calm man. Always. He had never performed any impetuous gestures in his life, so the shock was all the greater. But the phone call from my brother was clear, so I had to reconcile myself to it,” said the brother of Piotr Szczęsny, who immolated himself in front of the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw in October. Family and friends recall that he worried about the situation in Poland, but he was never vehement. He had planned his act for a long time.

Bayern Munich must make sure they bring in top players every season to stay competitive and ease the pressure on an ageing squad, Poland captain Robert Lewandowski said on Tuesday.

Several hundred people walked in silence on Monday night in Warsaw in memory of a 54-year-old man who died late last month after setting himself on fire in protest against the ruling conservatives' policies.

Polish reforms of its judiciary pose a systemic threat to the rule of law in the country and Warsaw must change tack, the deputy head of the European Commission said on Monday.

Germany on Saturday sought to defuse a diplomatic row with Poland, saying a call by the German defence minister to support a "democratic resistance" in the neighbouring country had been taken out of context.

Poland plans to bar Ukrainians with "anti-Polish views", its foreign minister said on Thursday, emphasising the nationalist credentials of his ruling party that often talks of the "historic wrongs" inflicted on Poles by their neighbours.

According to the information gathered by tvn24.pl, the Public Prosecutor's Office has started an investigation into the circumstances attending the conclusion of the contract for Russian gas supply by the coalition government of the Civic Platform and the Polish People's Party (PO-PSL) in 2010. Investigators will check whether the agreement could have been unfavorable for Poland and whether corruption could have been involved.

The “Fair Courts” campaign will be launched abroad. The Polish National Foundation hired a US company to “make its message understandable not only in Poland, but also abroad,” said its vice president. We have obtained documents that show what message the Foundation intends to promote around the world and how much it will cost.

Poland's Prime Minister Beata Szydlo will announce a cabinet reshuffle in coming days, she said on Tuesday, declining to respond to talk that her own job might be at risk.