Poland's government has adopted a resolution to increase ammunition production and wants to allocate 2 billion zlotys ($463.32 million) for such investments, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday, as Ukraine's allies seek to increase supplies.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Tuesday issued recommendations for the gradual return to international competitions for Russian and Belarusian athletes as neutrals, with President Thomas Bach saying their participation "works" despite the war in Ukraine. Poland Deputy Foreign Minister Piotr Wawrzyk called the decision a "day of shame" for the Olympic body. "We must not close our eyes to reality. Russian sport is centrally managed by the Kremlin," said Czech Foreing Minister Jan Lipavsky.

Belarus will certainly face further European sanctions due to a Russian plan to station tactical nuclear weapons in the country, Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Tuesday, as tensions between Warsaw and Minsk hit new highs. Romania and Poland are in talks with the European Commission over export tracing mechanisms for Ukrainian grains to ensure local farmers are not hurt by a flood of cheap imports, Morawiecki announced together with Romania's PM Nicolae Ciuca.

Britain and Poland will build two temporary villages in western and central Ukraine to provide housing for those forced from their homes by Russia's invasion, London said on Tuesday, pledging 10 million pounds ($12.3 million) in funding.

Poland striker Karol Świderski's goal before the break secured a 1:0 win over Albania to earn their first Group E points of the Euro 2024 qualifiers on Monday. Despite a goalless draw in Moldova, the Czech Republic lead the group with four points.

The West should be calm in its response to Russia's decision to station tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Poland's European Union Affairs Minister Szymon Szynkowski vel Sęk said on Monday. Russia's President Vladimir Putin announced the highly controversial move on Saturday, sending a warning to NATO over its military support for Ukraine and escalating a standoff with the West.

Russian and Belarusian athletes should be banned from the 2024 Olympics in Paris unless Moscow pulls its forces out of Ukraine, according to Poland, Britain and the Baltic states, despite the IOC saying it plans to let them compete as neutrals.

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"Poland has entered the joint ammunition purchase program and, together with other countries, we will be buying this ammunition mainly for European money," said Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. He added that the government would soon launch "a special multiannual program that will support production of ammunition in various parts of our country".

Poland has detained another two foreign citizens on charges of spying for Russia and Belarus, prosecutors said on Monday, as the largest country on NATO's eastern flank finds itself increasingly targeted by Moscow's intelligence services.

Two goals within the first three minutes and a second-half Jan Kuchta strike helped the Czech Republic to cruise past Poland 3:1 in their opening Euro 2024 qualifier on Friday.

Polish mining trade unions staged a protest in Warsaw in front of the seat of the EU Commission Represenation. The coal miners claim their jobs are in danger due to the latest EU executive directive assuming significant reduction of methane emissions in all member states from 2027.

The legendary British actor and comedian John Cleese expressed his delight with an instrumental version of the famous Monty Python's song "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" performed by a Polish quartet Grupa MoCarta (the quarter also uses an English name: MozART Group). The video was viewed by hundreds of thousands users in less than a day.

The European Peace Facility, which is used to fund arms for Ukraine, will amount to at least 3.5 billion euros ($3.76 billion) in the coming years, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Friday on the sidelines of a European Union summit in Brussels. He added that Poland would receive up to 900 million euros in the coming months as compensation for transferring arms to Ukraine.

"I think the visit really impressed him," the British Ambassador to Poland Anna Clunes told TVN24, referring to Prince William's unannounced trip to Poland. "In two days he had a chance to thank the soldiers as well as understand and speak with refugees and volunteers," Clunes added.

Two police officers from Kwidzyn helped a young homeless man who had stolen groceries from a shop. The officers who were called to the scene did not stay indifferent to the shoplifter's predicament and took him to a local addiction center. A few days later, the two policemen received a letter of gratitude from the parents of the 20-year man.

Poland will seek an additional 240 million euros ($261 million) in European Union funding to refinance military purchases for Ukraine, the Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday (March 23). He also said Poland would seek to strongly raise the issue of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia during the ongoing conflict. European Union leaders held talks on Thursday with U.N. chief Antonio Guterres on global food security and sanctions imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, and were also expected to endorse a plan to supply more artillery shells to Kyiv.

Britain's Prince William met the Polish president in Warsaw on Thursday, on the second day of a visit to the country to thank troops and local people for their support for Ukraine.

Britain's Prince William made an unannounced trip to Poland on Wednesday to thank British and Polish troops involved in providing support to Ukraine, before meeting refugees who have fled the conflict with Russia to hear of their experiences.

At a joint press conference held on Wednesday (March 22) together with Israel's Foreign Minister eli Cohen, the chief of Polish diplomacy Zbigniew Rau announced the two countries had reached an agreement regarding the resumption of Israeli youth educational trips to Poland. Minister Cohen expressed his hopes that Poland would soon also appoint an ambassador to Israel, arguing that it would "allow resumption of the ongoing diplomatic work that is required in the face of the challenges before us".

Iga Świątek has withdrawn from the Miami Open due to a rib injury, the world number one and defending champion said on Wednesday.

Japanese and Polish prime ministers - Fumio Kishida and Mateusz Morawiecki - said on Wednesday (March 22) bilateral relations between the two countries are strong and will develop in different fields. Later that day, the head of Japan's government met with Poland's President Andrzej Duda.

"My letters arrive sporadically. The same goes with other political prisoners. However, when it comes to other categories of prisoners, the question of correspondence looks completely different, and there are much wider possibilities to correspond with inmates," said Natalia Pinchuk, the wife of the jailed Peace Nobel Prize-winning Belarusian dissident Ales Bialiatski.

Polish and Dutch fighter jet pilots participated in a joint exercise on Tuesday (March 21) from the northern Polish city of Malbork.

An unusual incident too place in Pabianice, central Poland. An unknown perpetrator entered a local property and stole a pot filled with fresh tomato soup. Whoever did that must have been really hungry as they ate the soup and left only carrots and other soup vegetables out by the door.

In a video posted on Law and Justice's official TikTok profile, MP Radosław Fogiel said that young people "don't know anything" about the ruling party and its policies, and that their "hate has been shaped" by song lyrics. "What do you actually hate PiS for?" - he asked, sparking thousands of replies, most of them negative. Government spokesman Piotr Müller said on Monday that, possibly, some of the comments would be "a certain lesson in humility" for the ruling camp.

The first permanent garrison of the U.S. Army in Poland will be opened on Tuesday (March 21). Commander of U.S. Army Area Support Group-Poland Col. Jorge M. Fonseca told TVN24 that it "is a huge testament of our commitment to our bilateral relationship with Poland".

Health care, high cost of living, and education-related issues are the three crucial election campaign themes, according to a poll carried out by Kantar for "Fakty" TVN and TVN24. The respondents were asked to say whether, in their opinion, given issues were important and whether they should be debated before the election.

Britain is ready to help Poland fill its air defence gaps caused by Warsaw sending some of its MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine but Poland has not yet made such requests, British Armed Forces Minister James Heappey was quoted as saying on Monday.