Poland's Iga Świątek knocked out rival Aryna Sabalenka 6-3 6-2 in the semi-final of the season-ending WTA Finals in Cancun on Sunday, putting the world number one ranking within her reach ahead of Monday's title match.

The deficit of the central and local government sector in 2023 is to reach 192 billion zlotys – according to a fiscal notification sent to Brussels by the Polish government. In nominal terms, this is a record figure. However, compared to the country’s GDP, there have been periods when the situation was worse. Here’s how it has looked recently.

A safe space is created by school communities - parents, teachers, and students. Such a space should be available to everyone - Dominik Kuc of the GrowSPACE foundation told TVN24 on Friday (Oct. 27). Approx. 100 schools across Poland celebrated the annual "Rainbow Friday" to support LGBT+ pupils.

What happened on the 7th of October is indeed a black day in the history of the state of Israel, a black day in the history of the Western world. October 7 was the bloodiest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust - the Ambassador of Israel to Poland Yacov Livne said in an interview with TVN24 BiS.

Poland risks losing access to frozen European Union funds if it drags out the process of forming a new government, opposition leader Donald Tusk said after the president opted on Thursday (Oct.26) not to appoint a new prime minister.

Mateusz Morawiecki and Donald Tusk are the candidates for the prime minister of a new cabinet - Poland's President Andrzej Duda said at a press conference on Thursday (Oct.26). Duda summed up the two-day consultation with leaders of parties that have won parliamentary seats in the recent election. The president also announced the new parliament will convene on Nov.13.

Representatives of New Left met with President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday (Oct. 25) to discuss the creation of a new government after the recent parliamentary election. "I think the president is growingly convinced that the opposition are cooperating with each other and that they are united over two fundamental declarations," one of the leaders of the left-wing alliance, Włodzimierz Czarzasty said after the meeting at the Presidential Palace.

Leader of the Third Way coalition, Szymon Hołownia and Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, met with Poland's President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday (Oct. 25). "The president has made it clear he would convene the first session of the Sejm, most likely, the very last minute," Hołownia said after the meeting. He added the president did not want to shorten the current term of the lower house. Kosiniak-Kamysz said Duda had not yet made any decisions regarding tapping a new prime minister.

Poland must use all methods possible to access frozen European Union funds, opposition leader Donald Tusk said on Wednesday during a trip to Brussels, as he seeks to resolve rows between Warsaw and the EU that have led to the cash being withheld.

Polish president Andrzej Duda held consultations on Tuesday with Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki of the still-ruling PiS party, and Donald Tusk, the leader of the largest liberal opposition grouping Civic Coalition. The head of president's office Grażyna Ignaczak-Bandych said on social media that both meetings "went on in good atmosphere". "The president congratulated Law and Justice on winning the election and Civic Coalition on the good election result," she added.

A Polish bishop, whose diocese was reportedly the scene of a sex party organised by priests at which Polish media say a male sex worker collapsed after taking erectile dysfunction pills, has resigned, the Vatican said on Tuesday (Oct. 24).

Poland's likely next prime minister Donald Tusk will meet top EU officials in Brussels this week in a bid to rebuild ties and unblock EU funds frozen because of rule-of-law concerns under Poland's outgoing Eurosceptic government, EU officials said.

Legislation which lowered the retirement age for Polish judges violates their rights, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said on Tuesday, as reforms in Poland are expected to come under the spotlight following a national vote this month.

If Donald Tusk's cabinet is formed, we will be a firm and tough, but also substantive, opposition - Poland's Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro told a press conference on Tuesday (Oct. 24). He also called the coalition formed by opposition parties a "coalition of treason".

Poland's mainstream opposition parties said on Tuesday they are ready to take power, as they seek to increase pressure on the president to make a quick decision on appointing their candidate Donald Tusk as prime minister.

Neither the CBA nor any other service reporting to me had the opposition under surveillance - Poland's Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński reassures. He announced the CBA (The Central Anti-Corruption Bureau) would notify the prosecutor's office over the recent comments made by the bureau's former chief Paweł Wojtunik.

During Tuesday's consultations with the president, PiS will be represented by a party of three: Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Deputy Speaker of the Sejm Ryszard Terlecki, and the party spokesman Rafał Bochenek - government spokesperson Piotr Muller told TVN24 on Monday (Oct. 23). Later on Tuesday, the president will also speak with a Civic Platform delegation. Representatives of Third Way, New Left, and Confederation will meet with Andrzej Duda the following day. Leaders of democratic opposition parties are expected to issue a joint statement on Tuesday morning.

The docket sheet at the website of Poland's Constitutional Tribunal is empty. Not a single case has been listed for hearing. One of the possible reasons behind this situation is a serious conflict within the court over the term of its president, Julia Przyłębska. This, in turn, precludes the full court panel to convene and look into an amendment to the law on the Supreme Court which, according to the ruling party, could unblock billions of euro in EU recovery funds earmarked for Poland.

All circumstances suggest that the first session of the Sejm in the new term will be held on November 13 or 14 - the chief of president Andrzej Duda's office, Paweł Szrot, told TVN24 on Friday (Oct. 20). The president will meet with party leaders next week in order to discuss forming of a new government.

If Putin is not stopped, he could threaten Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - all NATO allies, U.S. President Joe Biden said in a rare Oval Office address on Thursday (Oct. 19). "If Putin attacks a NATO ally we will defend every inch of NATO," he said.

The National Board of Civic Platform has decided to entrust Donald Tusk with the mission to form a new government. The head of the Civic Coalition parliamentary grouping, Borys Budka, said on Thursday (Oct. 19) that Tusk has been authorized to conduct coalition talks with Third Way and New Left.

The NSZZ "Solidarność" spokesperson Marek Lewandowski said he "doesn't respect" TVN24's right to inform viewers about the activity of top state officials, and did not let a TVN24 reporter inside a meeting with President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. He did, however, allow the state-controlled TV reporters into the event.

Poland's President Andrzej Duda will meet parliamentary party leaders next week, his office said, as the nation waits to see whom he will task with forming a government after the ruling nationalists lost their majority in a general election. "The meetings will be held separately with each of the election committees, in the order in accordance with the results achieved by these committees in the elections," the president's office said on X on Thursday (Oct. 19).

A 22-year-old man pretended to be a mannequin standing on display at a shopping mall in Warsaw. Once the establishment had been closed, he stole jewellery from one of the stores. On another day, also after closing time, he enjoyed a square meal at a restaurant and then slid under a gate into a clothes store. After he replaced his attire with a set of brand new garments, the man felt hungry again and returned to the restaurant for another free meal.

"Poland is outraged by the unacceptable toll of innocent civilian lives taken by the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict," the Polish Foreign Ministry said on X on Wednesday (Oct. 18). The MFA also called upon "all sides to act to deescalate the conflict".

Inflation in the European Union in September 2023 dropped to 4.9% year on year against 5.9% in August - according to the latest data released by Eurostat on Wednsday (Oct. 18). The Netherlands is currently experiencing deflation. Hungary, on the other hand, has recorded the highest inflation in the whole bloc. Moreover, this is the only EU state with inflation level in double digits.

The United States looks forward to working with Poland's next government after Sunday's election, White House National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a post on X on Tuesday (Oct. 17). Election results from Poland showed the ruling nationalists losing their parliamentary majority to a liberal pro-EU party and its allies. The previous day, U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski had said the record voter turnout "is a strong manifestation of the importance the Polish people attach to freedom and democracy".

The president has time for that - President Andrzej Duda's aide Paweł Szrot asked when the head of state would start political consultations aimed at appointing a new government. Szrot added that candidate for prime minister is put forward by parliamentary majority, "but we still need to wait this majority". In his view, "we can already see first disputes among the opposition parties". "Everything suggests it will actually take a while," the aide said.

Poland's president should move swiftly to allow the formation of a new government, Donald Tusk, leader of the Civic Coalition (KO), said on Tuesday, after official election results showed his liberal pro-EU party and its allies winning a majority. "The winning democratic parties are in ongoing contact and are ready to take over the responsibility for governing the country anytime now," Tusk added.

The National Electoral Commission (PKW) has published the final results of the 2023 parliamentary election. We now know how the distribution of seats in the Sejm will look like. According to tvn24.pl calculation based on the PKW data, the democratic opposition groupings have won a combined majority of 248 seats, with the absolute majority at 231.