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.

Polish scientists say their ongoing research into the potential use of earthworms' coelomic fluid to one day treat lung cancer is revealing promising results.

“The amendments introduced by Law and Justice do not alter the essential elements the President was concerned about,” presidential adviser and opposition activist under the Communist regime, Zofia Romaszewska, said on Friday. “Jarek [Kaczyński – ed.] believes one needs to shake it all up, to hold matters firmly in one's hand, and then everything will be great. In my opinion everything would be very bad this way,” she added.

- Poland hopes Turkey will eventually join the European Union, Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Tuesday, days ahead of an EU summit which will discuss the frayed relations between Brussels and Ankara.

On Thursday, negotiations between resident doctors and the government ended in a fiasco. Representatives of the protesting residents had hoped for a meeting with the Prime Minister, but Beata Szydło did not come. “The hunger strike will be resumed,” they declared during a press conference.

Poland's ruling nationalists have seen their public support rise to an all-time high in October, an opinion poll showed on Friday, benefiting from record-low unemployment and the popularity of their welfare-spending policies.

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Thursday he had a message for Polish people in Britain: You are welcome to stay in Britain after Brexit.

The EU may only be strong when its member states are strong, Peter Szijjarto, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, said in ‘Fakty z Zagranicy’ on TVN24 BiS. In his view, EU institutions are applying ‘double standards’ with respect to certain countries, including Poland, and are wrong in their assessment of actions taken by the Budapest government.

Poland sealed their first World Cup spot since the 2006 tournament after an early onslaught and a late flourish, including a goal from the excellent Robert Lewandowski, gave them a 4-2 home win over Montenegro on Sunday.

Poland's ruling PiS party and President Andrzej Duda say they are closer to a compromise on overhauling the judiciary, an issue that has divided the once close political allies and worried the European Union.

"It was a mistake, the measures were disproportionate to the situation, the attack was unjustified,” said President Andrzej Duda, referring to the measures taken by the Spanish authorities against participants in the referendum in Catalonia. “Legal measures should have been used, not force,” he added.

The Law and Justice Party (PiS) intend to revise the electoral regulations. They want to do this already in autumn, to hold the next election under the new rules. This has been announced by the Head of the PiS Parliamentary Club and by Ryszard Terlecki, the Deputy Speaker of the Sejm.

“I think it is completely inadequate and disproportionate to call me a defender of ‘claim traders’. I do not want to use harsher words”, said Adam Bodnar at a press conference in the Office of the Ombudsman. The Ombudsman was referring to the statement of Patryk Jaki made by the Deputy Minister of Justice on Twitter on Tuesday.

A former German actress and model has told Swiss authorities that film director Roman Polanski raped her at his mountain chalet in 1972 when she was 15 years old, local prosecutors said on Wednesday.

Several thousand Poles dressed in black marched through city streets in Poland on Tuesday in defence of women's rights, on the first anniversary of mass protests against a planned near-total ban on abortion.

It’s been a year since the Law and Justice government broke off the negotiations on purchasing Caracal helicopters. The first batch could have made it to the army already this year. It was announced that other machines would be purchased quickly but nothing has come out of it. “The realistic timing is the end of 2019 or even the year 2020”– says Michał Likowski, editor-in-chief of the “Raport-WTO” monthly.

“I hope that Jarosław Kaczyński will find the time for me and we will be able to clarify my suspension as member of PiS,” MP Łukasz Rzepecki told journalists gathered in front of the headquarters of the Law and Justice party in Warsaw. Referring to the matter which led to his troubles, he stated that he “would never support cronyism and would never be in favour of MPs being able to hide behind their immunity.”

Poland lowers its retirement age on Sunday, a costly election promise by the ruling conservatives which goes against a European trend of gradually increasing the pension age as people live longer and stay more healthy.

"Real unification of Europe within the European Union structure is still ahead of us" - President Duda thinks. The President expressed his doubts whether the shadow of the "cold war division" has passed and whether the awareness and sensitivity of the European nations are no longer clouded by it. The President also spoke about the transatlantic ties and the Polish eastern policy.

The alliance is committed to the collective security of all its members - reiterated Ben Hodges, the Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe. - The Russian Federation can see the strength of the alliance, they see the strength of Polish army. We need to demonstrate that we can move faster than them to make sure they don't make the miscalculation of thinking that they could attack - he emphasized.

Poland has every right to enact judicial reform, but reforms should be in line with Poland’s constitution and the highest standards of international law. It should also respect judicial independence and the separation of powers - State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert stated in a Sept. 28 press briefing.

“No court should ever be dragged into any political game,” stressed First President of the Supreme Court, Prof. Małgorzata Gersdorf during the 100th anniversary of the Supreme Court celebrations held on Thursday at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. President Duda’s letter was also read out during the ceremony.

The President conducts his own policy and in many or in most situations it is in harmony with what the government is doing, because there is a convergence, most of all about the programs,” Krzysztof Łapiński, spokesman for President Andrzej Duda, sais in “Jeden na jeden”.