Two people died and four were injured in a series of accidents which happened on Wednesday in the Tatra Mountains. An 11-year-old child was among the injured persons, said a duty rescuer from Tatra Volunteer Search and Rescue (TOPR).

The European Commission will not approve any recovery plan unless it is certain that all criteria have been met - EU executive chief Ursula von der Leyen wrote in her response to a letter from a number of European Parliament groups, which had reacted to rumours regarding a potential agreement between the Commission and the Polish government on the National Recovery Plan. Von der Leyen listed three concrete requirements that Poland would have to meet in order for such an agreement to be reached.

The Diversity Charter is a voluntary committment of employers to promote diversity, inclusion and equal treatment policies, as well as counteract discrimination and mobbing, Warsaw City Hall said on Wednesday (May 18).

Hungary needs European Union funds to be unlocked to diversify its energy supplies, Poland's president said on Tuesday, offering some support to a country that has blocked a proposed EU ban on Russian oil due to the economic pain it would face.

Polish economy grew by 8.5% in the first quarter of 2022 year on year, according to a flash estimate released on Tuesday by Statistics Poland. For comparison, Poland's gross domestic product in Q4 of 2021 increased by 7.3% in relation to the corresponding period in 2020.

Firing practice with the use of the multiple integrated laser engagement system (MILES) and combat vehicle attack scenarios were on the list of Tuesday tasks of the Defender Europe 2022 NATO drills held in Drawsko Pomorskie. The practice is scheduled to be held until May 27.

Curators at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum have discovered personal data of a 4-year-old Věra Vohryzková, a Czech Jewish girl who in 1943 was sent to the concentration camp along with her mother and younger brother. The information was found written inside one of the children's shoes, which are part of the museum collection. This is yet another such find. In 2020, Amos Steinberg's shoe and a suitcase that belonged to his father, Ludvik, were identified.

Upon her trip to Poland, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen visited the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews and paid tribute her Polish Jewish ancestors who had lived in a town not far away, before leaving for the United States. Earlier that day, Yellen thanked Poland for sheltering millions of Ukrainian war refugees.

A community officer from Sosnowiec (Silesian Voivodeship) saw smoke coming out one of the apartments in a residential block. When he climbed onto a neighbouring balcony, he heard a sound like moaning or whining. After he got inside he looked into a crib, but luckily it was empty. What he did find was a dog suffocating with smoke. The brave officer saved the distressed animal and shortly after the firefighters extinguished the flames.

"Poland’s economic growth is expected to be impacted by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Higher uncertainty, trade disruptions, strong inflationary pressures and monetary policy tightening are set to curb GDP growth, which is expected to decelerate to 3.7% in 2022 and 3.0% in 2023," the EU executive said in the Spring 2022 European Economic Forecast.

PGNiG has signed Heads of Agreement with Sempra Infrastructure defining the main provisions of a purchase and sale agreement for 3 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per annum, the PGNiG Group informed in a statement on Monday (May 16). The LNG would be sourced from two liquefaction terminals in the Gulf of Mexico and would come to Poland and other countries via a floating regasification terminal in the Gulf of Gdańsk.

World number one Iga Świątek retained her Italian Open title after overwhelming Ons Jabeur 6-2 6-2 in Rome on Sunday, clinching her fifth consecutive WTA crown and winning her 28th match in a row.

President Andrzej Duda visited Tallinn on Friday (May 13). At a joint press conference with his Estonian counterpart Alar Karis, Duda said that both countries were lucky to have plenty of solutions at hand which "tell Russia loud and clear that it doesn't rule the world, and shall not rule the world". Simultaneously, Poland's Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak visited Vilnius, where he met with Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas.

Poland has ranked 43rd out of 49 European countries in the latest Rainbow Europe ranking, ILGA Europe announced. Countries which scored even worse include Belarus, Russia and Turkey. In the ranking of EU countries, Poland has scored the lowest for the third time in a row.

World number one Iga Świątek extended her winning run to 26 matches with a 7-6(2) 6-0 victory over Bianca Andreescu in the quarter-finals of the Italian Open on Friday.

Negotiators have finished work this week regarding Poland's National Recovery Plan, reaching milestones which will now be presented to the European Commission for acceptance, a Polish government spokesman told PAP news agency on Friday.

Inflation in Poland in April 2022 was at 12.4% compared to the corresponding month in 2021 - Poland's official statistical agency Statistics Poland said in a report released on Friday. This is 0.1 percentage point more than the agency estimated at the end of April. Compared to the March 2022, consumer prices in Poland increased by 2.0%.

A desperate father of a 5-year-old boy ran to police officers who were in the middle of an intervention and asked them for help as his son was suffocating. Realising that the situation was very serious, sergeant Radosław Kotwicki ordered a police escort and the race for the boy's life began. Luckily, it ended happily.

World number one Iga Świątek stretched her winning streak to 25 matches by beating Victoria Azarenka 6-4 6-1 in the last 16 of the Italian Open in Rome on Thursday.

If Russia decides to attack Poland or any NATO member state, the Alliance will respond as a coalition, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin assured on Wednesday during a session of House Appropriations Committee. He added that the United States were prepared to such scenarios and would be ready to respond.

First Communion celebrations in Poland have recently started to resemble small birthday parties. Among this year's most popular attractions are communion piñatas, which make many people feel offended.

Troopers from were called to I-84 in Tolland to assist a motor vehicle with a flat tire, the Connecticut State Police said in a Facebook post. Upon arriving, the officers realised that the person who had asked for assistance was none other than Poland's former president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Wałęsa.

"We have made huge funding available for the member states most affected, and it’s important that they use this money that is available now, because the needs are there right now," European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson said in an interview for TVN24 correspondent in Brussels Maciej Sokołowski. Asked if Poland's government was right to say that the country had not received any financial support to help refugees, she replied: "That is not true".

Poland and Slovakia pledge to lobby in favour of granting Ukraine the status of European Union candidate state as soon as possible, Poland's President Andrzej Duda said after meeting his Slovak counterpart Zuzana Caputova in Bratislava on Wednesday (May 11).

"At stake in this war is of course the future of Ukraine, the future of European security, and the future of Russia as well," former Prime Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt said in an interview for TVN24's Jan Niedziałek. Bildt, who had also served as Sweden's foreign minister took part in Impact'22 event held in Poznań. In his view, the conflict in Ukraine "is the biggest war we have had in our time".

The Polish ambassador to Russia was summoned to the Foreign Ministry in Moscow, the state-run news agency PAP quoted the Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau as saying on Wednesday, as tensions run high over the war in Ukraine.

Polish lawmakers will on Wednesday try to thrash out a compromise on changes to the country's judicial system that could unblock billions of euros in EU pandemic recovery funds blocked due to a dispute over the rule of law.

In his speech on "The American Day" event marking the 40 years of the KARTA centre, U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski spoke about the Polish-American relations. "Our nations must have a common, shared set of values," he said, adding that Poland and America should uphold the standards both countries have shared for two centuries. Ambassador Brzezinski also stressed that both the two nations should keep on helping Ukraine because "America and Poland today share the same freedom, but Ukraine does not".

Warsaw Zoo has completed moving one its pupils to a new home. North American porcupine Willson now lives in a more spacious and much greener enclosure.

Polish government has put forward a draft relief package for mortgage borrowers, aimed at supporting them in paying their monthly installments amid the increasing interest rates. "Today at the Council of Ministers we've proposed new solutions," Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Tuesday, adding that the package would now be referred to public consultation.