European Union energy ministers on Monday agreed a gas price cap, after weeks of talks on the emergency measure that has split opinion across the bloc as it seeks to tame the energy crisis.

Poland is buying a system to train naval crews in anti-submarine warfare from Sweden's Saab , its defence minister said on Friday, as Warsaw ramps up defence spending in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Poland's most senior police officer was injured and hospitalised when a present he received during a visit to Ukraine exploded at police headquarters in Warsaw, Poland's interior ministry said on Thursday.

Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Thursday he would for a second time refuse to sign into law proposed reforms to education which critics say would limit students' access to lessons on issues such as LGBT rights.

Poland's parliament will not start debating a judicial reform bill on Thursday the ruling party hoped would unblock COVID-19 recovery funds withheld by Brussels in a dispute over the rule of law after the country's president voiced his concerns.

A co-founder and former chairman of TVN, and one of the most prominent figures of Polish media in decades - Mariusz Walter - passed away on Tuesday (December 13) at the age of 85.

Płock Diocese Curia apologised on Tuesday for the incident in which a priest had pressed an educational care facility pupil against the desk and twisted his arms during religion class. "Apologise to the Lord," the priest ordered the student. The curia informed the Bishop of Płock would immediately speak to the priest and the school board. The Masovian Board of Education announced it would carry out an inspection at the educational care facility. Poland's Children's Rights Ombudsman said he would "demand consequences be drawn".

A group of EU commissioners responsible for recovery funds negotiations with Poland have expressed a positive opinion regarding a plan of changes in Poland's judicial system proposed by the Polish government - TVN24 correspondent in Brussels Maciej Sokołowski reported on Tuesday (December 13). If Warsaw implements said changes in the form they were discussed on Tuesday, the European Commission will be ready to greenlight cash payout for Poland.

The chairman of the ruling Law and Justice party Jarosław Kaczyński has been reprimanded by the Deputies' Ethics Committee for his comment blaming Poland's low birth rate on "boozing" women. The committee chairperson MP Monika Falej of the Left party said Kaczyński had put the Sejm's reputation at risk.

"Thanks to Poland's leadership we're standing strong in support of Ukraine - faced with the Russian aggression - supporting it terms of security assistance, economic assistance, humanitarian assistance," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said after meeting with Poland's Minister of Foreign Affairs Zbigniew Rau. "I can't think of a time when the United States and Poland, and our partnership has been more important and more effective," Blinken added. Minister Rau later told reporters that the talks pertained, among other things, to ensuring "safe skies" over Ukraine.

The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers called on Poland on Friday to change its procedure for appointing judges, which it said in its current form may result in multiple violations of the right to a fair trial.

Poland's Kamil Majchrzak has been provisionally suspended by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) for failing a drug test, with the player saying he did not knowingly take a banned substance and that the news was "the biggest shock."

Professor Anna Landau-Czajka of the Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History Polish Academy of Sciences has won this year's Jan Karski and Poland Nireńska Award, which is granted to authors of works of Jewish role and contribution to Polish culture. "This is a special award endowded by the courier of the Polish government-in-exile during World War II to honor his wife, Pola Nireńska" - said Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute director Monika Krawczyk.

The European Commission has deducted another tranche of penalty cash from funds earmarked for Poland, TVN24 Brussels correspondent Maciej Sokołowski learned on Thursday (December 8). The Court of Justice of the European Union has imposed the penalties on Poland for not complying with the ruling of said court ordering the country to dismantle the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court. So far, Poland has already lost 300 million euro, which is 1.4 billion zlotys.

Poland's Health Minister Adam Niedzielski announced on Thursday (December 8) that vaccinations against COVID-19 for children aged from 6 months and 4 years would be launched on December 12.

Poland's Monetary Policy Council has decided to leave NBP interest rates unchanged - the Council announced on Wednesday (December 7). Such decision was expected by many economy experts. The main, reference interest rate remains at 6.75%.

Poland and Germany have come to the agreement that the German Patriot air defence system will be stationed in Poland, a defence ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday, after Warsaw had initially suggested sending the systems on to Ukraine. On Tuesday evening, Poland's Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said on Twitter that Poland was preparing to deploy the German Patriot air defense system on its territory.

Maciej Oksztulski, the only nonverbal autistic person in Poland holding a PhD degree, has been named this year's "Person Without Barriers". The title of "Person Without Barriers of Two Decades" has been awarded to Piotr Pawłowski, a journalist and social activist, creator of an integration platform for people with disabilities "Integracja". The final gala of contest was held on Tuesday (December 6) at the Royal Castle in Warsaw.

Santa Claus got some help from Polish counter-terrorism police on Saint Nicholas day as the officers absailed down from the roof of a children's hospital in the southern city of Rzeszów to deliver presents to patients.

The U.S. State Department has approved a potential sale of 116 General Dynamics made M1A1 Abrams tanks, other vehicles and munitions to Poland in a deal valued at up to $3.75 billion, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

"The question of financing has been a problem of Polish football for years," Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki wrote on social media on Tuesday (December 6). He added, however, that "there will be no government funds for bonuses for football players". Earlier that day, Morawiecki argued that "our players deserve some kind of bonus". Furthermore, in his view, a success like reaching World Cup last 16 "is worth every penny". Government spokesperson Piotr Muller also commented on the question of bonuses for national team players.

A Polish court ruled on Tuesday that an IKEA manager who dismissed an employee for posting anti-LGBT comments on an internal work forum was not guilty of religious discrimination.

The first 10 K2 tanks and 24 K9 howitzers from South Korea were officially handed over to Polish soldiers on Tuesday (December 6) in Gdynia, Poland. "To prevent aggression, to halt the enemy, the possession of this equipment by the army is necessary," president Andrzej Duda said at an official ceremony.

Poland's World Cup last-16 exit on Sunday ended a run fuelled by hopes and dreams but their fighting spirit was a fitting tribute on Miners' Day in Poland to celebrate their patron saint of 'hard work and good death'.

Two teenage girls saw a man running out of a toy store. They thought it might have a thief. Unfortunately, the 22-year old man disappeared behind neighbouring houses. The girls saw the man later again at a train, and this time they decided to act.

Two frigates that are part of Standing NATO Maritime Group One - SNMG-1 - entered the port of Gdynia on Friday morning (December 2). The Dutch and Danish vessels have come to Poland to restock.

The German government is not in talks with Ukraine about the transfer or deployment of Patriot air defence systems there, said a German government spokesperson on Friday.

Several Ukrainian embassies abroad have received "bloody packages" containing animal eyes, the foreign ministry said on Friday, after a series of letter bombs were sent to addresses in Spain including Ukraine's embassy in Madrid. Two of these facilities are located in Poland.