Polish war correspondent and Dzień Dobry TVN reporter Bianka Zalewska has become one of this year's International Women of Courage award laureates. The award is granted by the United States Department of State. Zalewska shared how she had learned about winning the accolade in an interview for "Fakty" TVN correspondent in Washington, D.C., Marcin Wrona.

Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya was handed a 15-year jail term on Monday after being convicted in absentia for treason and "conspiracy to seize power", a verdict she said was punishment for her efforts to promote democracy.

Gazeta Wyborcza reported that the phone of Jacek Karnowski, mayor of the Baltic seaside resort of Sopot, was hacked in 2018-2019.

Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights activist Ales Bialiatski was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday by a court in his native Belarus which found him guilty of financing protests in a trial condemned by the European Union as a "sham". Poland's Prime Minister condemned the sentence by calling it "yet another scandalous decision recently made by the Belarusian court".

The National Museum of Agriculture in Szreniawa (in Greater Poland Voivodeship) had two of the most unusual guests: a duck and a goose. According to their owner, the waterfowl rode on a train with him and his dog. "I couldn't believe it, and I work at the agriculture museum and have seen a lot already," says the museum curator.

An opposition-linked Polish mayor had his phone hacked using Pegasus spyware, Gazeta Wyborcza daily reported on Friday, amid allegations that the country's special services have used the technology against government opponents.

Poland and Ukraine on Thursday called for international sanctions against Russia's nuclear energy sector, saying they feared their neighbour may hurt energy security and economies in Europe if attacks on Ukrainian power facilities continue.

A cyclist tripped right in front of a city bus in Częstochowa. "It was wet, I was going downhill, 50 km/h. I saw this cyclist on a sidewalk. The closer I was getting, the closer he was to the edge. I watched him and thought what would happen if he tripped. I knew I wouldn't be able stop," says Agnieszka, who was behind the wheel of the city bus.

A dark-grey cat found home in the famous Dragon's Lair underneath the Wawel Royal Castle in Kraków. Just like the original mythical dweller, the feline was lured out with a tasty-looking meal. Not only did castle security guards name the cat Wawel, but they also gave him a nickname: Smoczek, which means "little dragon" in Polish.

Former president of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko told TVN24's Michał Sznajder that the most difficult day of his life was February 24, 2022, when Russia attacked his country. He added that he remembered "people evacuating from Kyiv to the western border and most of them going to Poland". "I want to thank Poland that you were advocating for Ukraine in this difficult time," Poroshenko stressed. He also praised U.S. President Joe Biden for his support for Ukraine and managing to keep NATO countries united.

Poland's first ever robot-assisted surgeries on children were carried out at the University Clinical Centre in Gdańsk. The patients were three girls aged 4,6, and 17 respectively. More such operations are planned.

Polish government site podatki.gov.pl, at which citizens can submit their annual personal income tax information, was not functioning on Tuesday. "The overload was a result of intentional DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service - edit.) actions aimed at generating significant additional traffic at the site," the Finance Ministry's press office told TVN24 on Wednesday.

Polish amputee Marcin Oleksy still cannot believe his scissor kick won the 2022 FIFA Puskas Award for the best goal on Monday, beating finalists Dimitri Payet and Richarlison to the prize.

Poland's Minister of National Defence Mariusz Błaszczak on Tuesday approved the contract to purchase around 1,400 Borsuk amphibious infantry fighting vehicles as well as auxiliary vehicles. The first four machines are to be ready to use by the Polish Armed Forces already this year. "The era of BWP Borsuk has come," minister Błaszczak said at a press conference in Stalowa Wola. The IFVs will be produced by the local contractor Huta Stalowa Wola.

Civic Coalition, Poland 2050, the Left, Polish People's Party and local mayors on Tuesday signed a declaration to enter a Senate pact ahead of this year's parliamentary elections. "The upcoming elections will be the most crucial since 1989," said Mayor of Gliwice Zygmunt Frankiewicz of "Yes! For Poland" movement.

Polish amputee Marcin Oleksy won the Puskás Award for best goal of the year for a spectacular acrobatic volley with Warta Poznań against Stal Rzeszów. "Right now I'm gonna sit down at home and think what to do as I wouldn't like to abandon my duties," Oleksy said at Warsaw Chopin Airport upon his return from Paris.

"Gazeta Wyborcza" has published CCTV footage showing a police intervention in Poznań aimed at incapacitating a man suffering from schizophrenia. The cameras recorded the officers firing over a dozen shots at the man, of which five hit the target. Although the policemen have been accused of overstepping authority and casing bodily harm, they have not been suspended from duty. Their trial is to begin in March.

"Monetary and fiscal policy should be carefully balanced to support growth while avoiding high inflation expectations becoming entrenched," Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said in its latest report. The organization also suggested Poland introduce various changes, including the retirement age.

Daniel Obajtek, chief executive officer of Polish refiner PKN Orlen, said on Saturday.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said it on Friday during a visit to Kyiv, standing next to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday "we will defend every inch of NATO" to reassure allies on Europe's eastern flank facing Russia after Moscow suspended a landmark nuclear arms control treaty, which he called a "big mistake".

Fresh from his visit to Ukraine, U.S. President Joe Biden rallied NATO allies in Poland on Tuesday, proclaiming "unwavering" support for Kyiv and commitments to bolster the alliance's eastern flank against Russia.

Andrzej Duda's foreign policy adviser Marcin Przydacz in an interview with TVN24.

Poland announced more curbs to road traffic with Belarus on Monday, hours after saying Minsk was expelling three Polish diplomats, as relations between the two nations deteriorate.

U.S. President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Monday.

The Munich Security Conference.

The European Commission sued Poland on Wednesday in the EU's top court over violations of EU law by the Polish Constitutional Tribunal and its case law, the Commission said in a statement.

The White House said on Friday.