Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called on Wednesday (October 5) for regional leaders to put Belarus on top of international meetings.

In his speech at Warsaw Security Forum, U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski reassured that the United States was committed to ensuring Poland's military safety, as well as security in broader terms, including energy and democracy. President & Managing Director Warner Bros. Discovery Poland Kasia Kieli also took part in Wednesday's panel.

Poland's Monetary Policy Council announced in a statement on Wednesday (October 5) it decided to leave the NBP interest rates on the same level as last month. This has been first such decision since October, 2021, when the series of interest rates increases began. Most experts were predicting another increase by 25 basis points. The main, reference rate has been set at 6.75%.

According to the latest, revised data, Poland's economy increased by 6.8% in 2021 - the country's Central Statistical Office (Statistics Poland) informed on Wednesday (October 5). In April, the agency reported that Poland's GDP had increased by 5.9% in 2021.

"The worst thing is the children rarely see their dad, they are with virtually all of the time. But I'm sure that this separation will only strengthen our relation," Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska said in an interview for "Dzień Dobry TVN". She underscored she felt "wonderful" in Poland.

"I doubt that our, Belarusian army will participate alongside Russian army, because first of all, there are no anti-Ukrainian moods among our army, and secondly, our army is not experienced, we don’t have anything to fight with," Belarusian dissident Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya told TVN24 on Tuesday during Warsaw Security Forum. She added that "any mobilisation of Belarusian people will be a political suicide for Lukashenka".

Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister of Poland Mariusz Błaszczak handed soldiers of the 18th Anti-Aircraft Regiment the certificates attesting that they had completed a course on operating the "Small Narew" system elements. "We are finalising another stage of Polish-British cooperation, which means strengthening of Polish Armed Forces, as well as of the resilience of the whole eastern flank," he said during the official ceremony in Zamość. The event was also attended by British Secretary of Defence Ben Wallace, who said: "As we face the threat from Russia, we need the equipment and the capabilities to safeguard our people and preserve European stability".

Former commander of U.S. European Command - General Philip M. Breedlove - spoke with TVN24 reporter Jan Niedziałek on Tuesday during Warsaw Security Summit held in Poland's capital city. "I believe Ukraine will continue to push Russia out of Ukrainian lands," the general said, adding that "that could even include Crimea".

Russia's President Vladimir Putin is doing everything he can tp break the West's cohesion, former commander of United States Army Europe, General Ben Hodges told TVN24 on Tuesday. "That's not gonna happen," he said, adding that "Ukraine is going to continue to defeat Russian forces". Furthermore, in his opinion, "Ukraine has achieved irreversible momentum".

The Polish economy may grow at 1.6 percent next year when compared to 4.0 percent anticipated for 2022 and 3.6 percent forecasted in the previous edition of the report published in spring - according to the latest annual report published on Tuesday (October 4) by the World Bank. The slowdown is to be mainly affected by the war in Ukraine. "The global economy continues to be weakened by the war through significant disruptions in trade and food and fuel price shocks," says the report.

Poland believes that Germany can be convinced to change its position on World War Two reparations, the foreign minister said on Tuesday (October 4), even as his German counterpart reiterated at a joint news conference that for Berlin the issue was closed.

"We're entering the next 25 years stronger than ever before, because we're doing it as Warner Bros. Discovery. This opens completely new opportunities for us" - President & Managing Director Warner Bros. Discovery Poland and TVN CEO Kasia Kieli said on Monday morning in TVN24. She also expressed her gratitude to the viewers. "They are incredible, we can feel their sympathy for us, their support in every step we take, they are behind us also when times get tough," Kieli stressed.

Iga Świątek will not play for Poland in next month's Billie Jean King Cup finals in Glasgow, the world number one said on Monday as she took issue with the sport's governing bodies and their handling of the tournament calendar.

Russia's Ambassador to Poland Sergey Andreev was summoned to Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday (October 3). The ministry expressed Poland's standpoint regarding the pseudo-referenda carried by Russian occupiers in four regions of Ukraine and attempts to incorporate part of this country's territory into Russia. Polish MFA spokesperson Łukasz Jasina spoke to reporters after Andreev's visit. "We have summoned Mr Ambassdor to express our standpoint regarding President Vladimir Putin's illegal decisions (and) the also illegal annexation of Ukraine's territories," he stressed.

The Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau has signed a diplomatic note to Germany concerning reparations for World War Two, he said on Monday, formalising Poland's demand for compensation.

Today's desperate action by the Kremlin is a defeat for those who naively believed in a compromise with Russia, Poland's President Andrzej Duda said on social media on Friday (September 30), in response to Russia's annexation of four regions of Ukraine. Poland's Foreign Ministry also issued a statement in that regard, saying that "Russia seeks escalation of the conflict and rejects its peaceful settlement".

Inflation in September this year rose at a 17.2% annual pace, according to a flash estimate released on Friday (September 30) by the Central Statistical Office of Poland (Statistics Poland). The barrier of 17% has been crossed for the first time since February, 1997. Experts projected consumer prices to increase by 16.5% year on year.

Michał Dworczyk announced on Friday (September 30) he resigned as chief of prime minister's chancellery. "I'd like to thank Chairman Jarosław Kaczyński, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, PiS leadership and all KPRM employees" - he said on social media.

"The Congress of the United States has approved $288.6 Million in Foreign Military Financing for Poland" - U.S. Embassy in Poland announced on Thursday (September 29). According to a statement published on the embassy's website, "Poland has delivered extraordinary support to Ukraine in the face of Russia’s further invasion. These funds will speed the backfill of capabilities Poland has been able to provide from its own stocks to add to Ukraine’s defense, including main battle Tanks".

"The predominant conviction in this discourse, which is mainly run by the media, boils down to that the Russians might have had an interest in committing such a deed," Poland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau said in an interview for Fakty TVN reporter Marcin Wrona. The minister was referring to the still-unexplained circumstances of the recent sabotage on the Nord Stream pipelines on the Baltic Sea.

"President Putin and Gazprom’s decision some weeks ago to restrict or shut down Nord Stream 1 ripped off the band-aid. It told us that we couldn’t expect Russian oil and gas in that sense, and so we’d have to find some other way," CNN journalist Richard Quest said in an interview for TVN24's Michał Sznajder. In his view, Europe should expect "blackouts" and prepare for "energy sharing or rationing". "All of these things will affect Europeans and will help to push the European economy into recession," Quest warned.

Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger visited the site of the former German Nazi death camp Auschwitz in Poland on Wednesday, vowing to fight hatred and discrimination and keep the story of what took place there between 1940-1945 alive.

The Sejm Deputies' Ethics Committee on Wednesday (September 28) reprimanded PiS chairman Jarosław Kaczyński for his derogatory comments on LGBTQ+ people he had made this summer.

Poland will spend 26.8 billion zlotys ($5.35 billion) on support for households as energy costs soar following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the government said in the justification of a bill published on Wednesday.

A Łódź repertory cinema - Kino Bodo - will cease to operate in November due to a threefold increase in heating and electricity bills. "The first thing people cut down on when faced with tight home budget is, unfotunately, culture. And so a small cinema like ours is not able to survive," says the owner of the place, Wojciech Wojtysiak.

The European Commission has deducted another - sixth - tranche from funds earmarked for Poland. This is yet another financial penalty for the country's non-compliance with the ruling issued by EU's highest court, which ordered Warsaw to immediately suspend law provisions regulating the functioning of the contested Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court. This time, the Commission deducted 33 million euro, which is approximately 157 million zlotys.

Two people were killed in a blaze that erupted in a furnace at PKN Orlen production facility in Płock on Tuesday (September 27). The company said the fire was extinguished soon and called up a special commission to investigate what caused the tragic accident. The police and prosecutors' office are also looking into the matter.

President Andrzej Duda, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen symbolically opened the Baltic Pipe gas pipeline on Tuesday (September 27) by turning a valve at the gas compressor station in Goleniów, northwestern Poland. Gas from the Norwegian continental shelf will flow to Poland starting October 1. The Baltic Pipe Project is one of Poland's flagship investments meant to end the country's energy dependence from Russia and ensure its energy security.

A 17-year-old girl wrote words of support for the LGBTQ+ community and critical of the Church. She did that on the pavement in front of a church in Toruń, using a yellow chalk. Shortly after a police patrol arrived and handcuffed the girl. The incident has been captured in a camera recording. A left-wing MP Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus demanded explanations from the police.

Concerts by Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters were cancelled by a venue in the Polish city of Kraków, organisers said on Sunday, after the artist's comments on the war in Ukraine caused a storm of criticism.