Poland's new parliament on Tuesday (Dec.19) adopted a resolution calling for the restoration of public media impartiality, as the incoming government vowed to reform outlets that critics say became politicised under the previous administration.

Poland's new government has dismissed the country's representative to the World Bank, the prime minister said on Tuesday (Dec.19), drawing a rebuke from the central bank that had appointed him to the role.

The new Polish government has adopted a new draft budget for 2024. According to Finance Minister Andrzej Domański, the state budget for the upcoming year has been based on an assumed GDP increase by 3% and inflation at 6.6%. The budget deficit is to reach 184 billion zlotys. Prime Minister Donald Tusk reassured that both the 800+ social benefits and the 13th and 14th pensions would continue to be paid out. "There is money for it in the budget," the prime minister said.

Poland's core inflation in November 2023 dropped to 7.3% year on year, compared to 8.0% y/y in October - the National Bank of Poland said in a statement released on Monday (Dec.18).

Polish truckers on Monday (Dec.18) resumed their blockade of one of the main crossings at the Ukrainian border, a protest leader said, a week after it was temporarily lifted.

Ten families struggling with financial hardship from the town of Drawsko Pomorskie will receive Christmas packages filled with basic need products from the U.S. troops stationed at the local military base. The American soldiers came up with the idea, while the employees of the local social security center helped them to follow through.

CIA chief Bill Burns, Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani and the head of Israel's Mossad spy agency met in Warsaw on Monday (Dec.18) to discuss a potential new deal to secure the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. Poland's minister-coordinator of special services Tomasz Siemoniak said on the X platform he met with Burns on Monday and that the two underscored their "common will to maintain the closest possible cooperation between our countries' secret services".

A Polish mayor may not ban truckers from holding a protest in his commune, a court ruled on Friday (Dec.15), which means a blockade at the Jahodyn-Dorohusk border crossing with Ukraine may restart, PAP news agency reported.

Poland's new government needs "some time" to improve the independence of the judiciary so the European Union can disburse more funds, the bloc's top justice official said as Warsaw vows to restore the rule of law and seeks billions in handouts.

Poland's Minister of National Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz decided on Friday (Dec.15) to liquidate the parliamentary subcommittee for reinvestigation of the Smolensk air disaster of April 10, 2010. The defence ministry said in a statement released on Friday that all members of the subcommittee had been stripped of all authorization and powers necessary to act on behalf of said body.

Poland's new Prime Minister Donald Tusk got an early Christmas gift on Friday (Dec.15) as the European Union promised to transfer a first batch of funds hitherto frozen over democratic backsliding, though larger payments were set to take time.

Poland's new government will not be able to take action aimed at liquidating public radio and television companies until a court has ruled on whether such measures break the constitution, state-run news agency PAP reported on Thursday (Dec.14).

The Ministry of Affairs announced on Thursday (Dec.14) that "Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to the European Union Andrzej Sadoś was recalled to Poland and exempt from the obligation to perform work". Sadoś has been replaced in his duties by Piotr Serafin, who was Head of Cabinet of the President of the European Council Donald Tusk in 2014-2019. "Voices have been raised that the prime minister cannot nominate an ambassador. Piotr Serafin is not an ambassador, he is a minister plenipotentiary," said Paweł Wroński, a new spokesman for the MFA.

Hanukkah candles in Poland's parliament were lit again on Thursday, after a far-right lawmaker used a fire extinguisher to put them out earlier in the week in an incident that caused outrage.

The fact that a Polish court verdict forced a woman to travel abroad to get an abortion due to a foetal anomaly violated her right to private and family life, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday (Dec.14).

New Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was greeted with hugs by fellow leaders as he made a return to Brussels on Wednesday (December 13) for an EU Council summit -- gatherings he used to chair as its president.

The European Commission will find a way for Poland to access some 111 billion euros in frozen EU funds as the new Polish government moves toward alleviating the bloc's concerns about the rule of law, European Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn said on Wednesday (Dec.13).

Polish side Legia Warsaw will have no fans at their next five European away games, UEFA said on Wednesday, following crowd disturbances ahead of their Europa Conference League match at Aston Villa last month.

Poland's new Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday (Dec.13) in Brussels that Poland was on the final stretch to solve the issue of unfreezing EU funds to Poland. Tusk assured that "all the institutions know that we observe a renaissance of the rule of law in Poland". He also stressed that "apathy on Ukraine is unacceptable," adding that he would try to convince "some member states".

Poland's new justice minister on his first day in office signed a motion for the country to join the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), reversing the stance of the previous government that clashed with EU authorities.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has congratulated Donald Tusk on forming the new Polish government. "I look forward to working with Prime Minister Tusk to build on the longstanding, strategic U.S.-Poland partnership," he wrote on the X social media platform. U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that President Joe Biden "looks forward to continuing our work together as close allies".

New Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government was sworn in by President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday (Dec.13), the final step in a transfer of power that marks a huge change after eight years of nationalist rule.

Newly appointed Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's government won a vote of confidence in parliament on Tuesday (Dec.12). In the vote, 248 MPs were in favor of supporting the new cabinet, while 201 were against. President Andrzej Duda is due to appoint the Tusk's government on Wednesday morning.

"As the Marshal of the Polish Sejm I shall take all action possible in defence of Andrzej Poczobut and other arrested, in order to free them" - Speaker of the Sejm Szymon Hołownia said in his reply to a call issued by the Polish Media Council regarding the imprisoned journalist. "I am aware of the scale of repressions imposed by the Belarusian regime against journalists who risk their lives fighting for independent and free media," he added.

A far-right Polish lawmaker used a fire extinguisher to put out Hanukkah candles in the country's parliament, leading the speaker to exclude him from the sitting and provoking outrage. "(I) apologise to the entire Jewish community in Poland," Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś of Poland's Catholic Church said in a statement shortly after Tuesday's (Dec.12) incident.

Poland's newly-appointed Prime Minister Donald Tusk quoted a manifesto in a speech before parliament on Tuesday (December 12) written by a critic of the former ruling party, who died after setting himself on fire in protest in 2017.

Poland's newly appointed prime minister, Donald Tusk, said on Tuesday (Dec.12) his country will demand the full mobilisation of the West to help Ukraine, adding it will regain a leadership position in Europe and will be a strong part of NATO.

World number one Iga Świątek was named WTA Player of the Year for a second successive season, the governing body of women's tennis said. Świątek's coach Tomasz Wiktorowski has been named WTA Coach of the Year.

President Andrzej Duda will appoint Donald Tusk's cabinet on Wednesday (Dec.13) at 9 a.m. - head of the president's office Grażyna Ignaczak-Bandych announced on Monday evening. After having been approved by the parliament as Poland's new PM earlier that day, Tusk was invited by Duda for a face-to-face meeting.

Poland's parliament voted in favour of Donald Tusk becoming prime minister on Monday (Dec.11), putting an end to eight years of nationalist rule and setting the stage for a thawing of relations with the European Union.