Poles can now file for so-called credit vacations. A special law has entered into force on Friday (July 29), allowing mortgage borrowers to suspend to up to eight monthly payments. Banks estimate that as many as 85% of all borrowers might file requests to have their payments postponed.

Commenting on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's words, his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki said on Friday (July 29) that "Poland and Hungary have parted ways". He denied Poland was taking part in the war in Ukraine, saying that his country was only making efforts to help the Ukrainians "to survive the brutal Russian attack" and "keep territorial integrity".

Inflation in June was 15.5% year on year, according to a flash estimate published on Friday (July 29) by Statistics Poland. Inflation in June was also at 15.5% compared to June of 2021.

UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe González Morales, praised Polish authorities and citizens for all the help and support they have offered to Ukrainian refugees, but at the same time urged the country to treat non-Ukrainian migrants the same way. "I note with concern that this double standard approach has led to feelings of being discriminated among third country nationals," Morales said in a statement released following his trip to Poland and Belarus on July 12-25.

We are observing a slowdown in the new infections increase dynamics. It indicates we are getting closer to the apogee of the next COVID-19 wave - Poland's Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said at a press briefing on Thursday (July 28). He added that the summer wave was likely to reach its peak in the second half of August, when the average number of daily infections might be at 10,000 cases daily.

According to firefighters battling a huge wildfire consuming Bohemian Switzerland National Park in northern Czech Republic, although the fire is not spreading anymore, flare-ups do still occur. Seven helicopters - including a Polish Black Hawk - are extinguishing the flames. Two Italian firefighting planes have joined the operation after the morning fog lifted. A TVN24 crew has been watching the firefighting mission.

Polish activist and journalist Sławomir Sierakowski - the initiator of a crowdfunding campaign to purchase a Bayraktar drone for the Ukrainian Army - informed on Thursday (July 28) that the drone producer will donate the device to the Ukrainians free of charge. "The collected money will be spent on humanitarian aid," Sierakowski told TVN24. As a result, thanks to the Baykar company's gesture, Ukraine will receive equipment and financial aid worth nearly 50 million zlotys.

Sweden's Foreign Minister Ann Linde says her country won't return a precious document looted in Poland during the Swedish Deluge in the 17th century. The document in question is Łaski's Statute - Poland's first codification of law. The idea to return the Swedish copy of the statutes to Poland came from a right-wing MP Björn Olof Söder.

Prime ministers of Poland and Spain - Mateusz Morawiecki and Pedro Sanchez - met in Warsaw on Wednesday (July 27) as part of intergovernmental consultations organised between the two countries on a regular basis since 2003. Among the topics discussed by the two leaders were safety, war in Ukraine, energy security and inflation. "We will give everything we can so that Europe is not Putin’s energy hostage," Sanchez said, while Morawiecki added that Poland ans Spain were "writing the latest history of the continent".

Russia cannot be trusted to honour an agreement to allow the export of Ukrainian grain from Odesa, the Polish prime minister said on Wednesday, after Moscow launcehed a missile strike on the Black Sea port. Mateusz Morawiecki also vowed Poland was ready to help Ukraine to move grain out of the war-torn country.

Hydrological situation in Poland is very bad. Many rivers are running dry, while the water level in the largest one in Poland - the Vistula - is very low. Around 300 munipalities across the country called on the residents to save the resources. An expert from WWF Alicja Pawelec told TVN24 on Tuesday about the ever more real consequences of water shortage in Poland.

Poland, Slovakia and Italy have agreed to help Czech Republic in battling a massive fire raging in the Bohemian Switzerland National Park, Czech Interior Minister Vit Rakusan said on Tuesday (July 26). "Already today firefighters and police officers with the use of a Black Hawk helicopter and a Bambi Bucket container will help to fight the fire in the National Park Bohemian and Saxon Switzerland," chief commander of Polish State Fire Service Andrzej Bartkowiak said on Twitter.

European Union countries approved a weakened emergency plan to curb their gas demand on Tuesday, after striking compromise deals to reduce the cuts for some countries, as they brace for further Russian reductions in supply. Polish Climate Minister Anna Moskwa said the deal would impose no constraints on Poland's gas use, and opposed the idea that a country should curb its industrial gas use to help other states facing shortages.

Poland cannot agree to European Union's proposal to impose mandatory gas use limits on the bloc's member states - Polish Climate and Environment Minister Anna Moskwa said on Monday (July 25). She dismissed the idea as being "totally against the idea of energy security and democracy."

Polish fundraiser to buy a Bayraktar TB2 drone for Ukrainian Armed Forces ended in success on Sunday (July 24), with a total 22.5 million zlotys collected. The Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - produced by the Turkish Baykar company - has proved to be extremely useful on the battlefield during the ongoing war in Ukraine. As a result, also the Polish Army has decided to buy the effective drones. How do Bayraktars work and what are its capabilites? What do we about its design?

Japanese passport allows holders visa-free entry to 193 countries, which makes it the most powerful passport in the world - according to the latest Henley Passport Index. Holders of Polish passports - ranked 10th in the index - can enter 182 countries without visas.

Polish PT-91 Twardy MBTs are in Ukraine, we are very grateful to our Polish friends - head of Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office Andriy Yermak informed on Twitter on Monday (July 25).

United States Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski visited Jasna Góra Monastery on Friday (July 22). "To be here in person is so spiritually moving, personally moving, and I feel like I'm almost channeling with my late father Zbigniew Brzezinski when I'm here," the ambassador said. He also thanked Poles for all the help and support they have been offering refugees from Ukraine.

March of Remembrance passed through the streets of Warsaw to commemorate Jews who had been killed in the so-called liquidation action of the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942. Eighty years ago, the Jewish community of Warsaw almost completely ceased to exist. In the summer of 1942, the Germans deported nearly 300,000 Jews to the Treblinka death camp.

On Friday (July 22) in Gdynia, President Andrzej Duda signed bills into law, which ratify Sweden and Finland's accession to NATO. "The border between the North-Atlantic Alliance and Russia has been largely increased, by approx. 1,600 kilometres. Is that what Vladimir Putin wanted?" - Duda said. "Russia had expected its attack on Ukraine would divide NATO, cause uncertainty, and weaken the Alliance. It turned out completely the opposite way," the president added.

According to the latest political parties support poll by Kantar Public, Civic Coalition (KO) overtook Law and Justice (PiS) in the lead by 1 percentage point, with 27% of respondents declaring support for the largest opposition formation. 26% would support the ruling PiS party. In June, the same poll showed 29% declaring support for PiS, and 23% for KO. According to this month's survey, four other parties would also win seats in the Sejm: Szymon Hołownia's Poland 2050, the Left, Confederation, and Polish People's Party-Polish Coalition.

Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak announced on Friday (July 22) Poland would sign a contract with South Korea to purchase K2 Black Panther tanks, K9 howitzers and three squadrons of FA-50 fighter jets. First howitzers and tanks are to arrive in Poland already this year, whereas first planes - in 2023, the minister added.

Polish authorities have issued heat warnings for many parts of the country, with temperatures as high as 36.7 degree Celsius (98 Fahrenheit) measured in Kórnik near Poznań, Western Poland. In the port city of Gdańsk in northern Poland, many residents and domestic tourists from Poland and tourists from abroad flocked to the town's beaches to cool down.

Barcelona signing Robert Lewandowski is relishing a new challenge after joining the Catalan club and the 33-year-old said he was ready to play in their upcoming pre-season game against rivals Real Madrid in the United States.

The upper house of Polish parliament, the Senate, on Wednesday passed two bills necessary for the country to ratify Sweden and Finland's accession to the North-Atlantic Alliance. The draft legislation had been previously approved by the lower house - the Sejm. Now, the bills will land on president Duda's desk who will sign them into law.

Barcelona have signed world-class striker Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich for up to 50 million euros ($51.14 million), the two clubs announced late on Tuesday. The final agreement comes three days after the Catalan club announced an agreement in principle for the Polish striker, which came while the team was flying to the United States.

Poland's Supreme Audit Office (NIK) has notified a prosecutor yet again, saying the health ministry might have violated the law when purchasing ventilators. Health Ministry spokesperson Wojciech Andrusiewicz said on Tuesday that the ministry had not received official information regarding the case.