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.

U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski gave a lecture at the University of Warsaw on Monday (May 9), in which he praised Poland for providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine. "Thanks to you, Poland is seen as a humanitarian superpower. I am proud to be a U.S. Ambassador to a humanitarian superpower," Brzezinski said.

Grand larceny in the village of Chyby (Greater Poland Voivodeship). An antique bell has been stolen out of the belfry at the local church. Poznań Police are on the case, while the parson calls on anyone who has "recently noticed anything suspicious" to come forward.

The Russian ambassador to Poland was doused in a red substance on Monday by people protesting against the war in Ukraine as he went to lay flowers at the Soviet Military Cemetery in Warsaw to mark the 77th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany.

A woman was driving the wrong way on the A1 highway between Bytom and Zabrze Północ junctions (Silesian Voivodeship). This dangerous incident was caught on dashcam of another car, whose driver then sent the footage to Kontakt24. The police said the detained 64-year-old woman had been driving under influence of alcohol.

Poland advocates the farthest-reaching sanctions against Russia, because Putin can be defeated either economically or militarily, Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Monday (May 9).

The Monetary Policy Council will keep on raising interest rates until it is certain that inflation is on a permanent decrease, Poland's central bank chief Adam Glapiński said at a press conference on Friday. The Council had increased the interest rates yet again on Thursday, in an attempt to curb inflation which recently has been at highest levels in decades.

"I have confirmed the purchase of Gladius unmanned drone systems. It is a cutting-edge equipment that will increase Poland's security," Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said on Friday. Under the contract, Poland will receive four battery-powered modules of unmanned search and strike systems.