Lesser Poland Voivodeship Board of Education head Barbara Nowak on Tuesday publically advised against taking school students to see Adam Mickiewicz's "Forefather's Eve" at the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Kraków. On Wednesday, Poland's Education Minister Przemysław Czarnek backed Nowak in her criticism of the play directed by Maja Kleczewska.

Donald Tusk criticised Polish government on Wednesday for inaction in the face of the fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic. "Today is the last chance for PM Morawiecki to say what he's going to do stop the tragic statistics appearing every day," said the leader of Civic Platform. In his view, "lives of dozens of people each day depend on prime minister's decision". Poland reported 28,380 daily COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the health ministry said, a record for the fourth wave of the pandemic. The ministry also reported 460 deaths.

President Emmanuel Macron told Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Wednesday that France and other EU nations stood by Warsaw over its confrontation with Belarus but that did not mean the bloc would overlook concerns about the rule of law.

An exhibition "The Time of Caravaggio in the Collection of Robert Longhi" has been opened at the Royal Castle in Warsaw. At display, there are Caravaggio's two masterpieces: Boy Bitten by a Lizard and Narcissus. The latter can be admired in a separate room.

Social protection sickness and healthcare expenditure as a percentage of GDP was highest in Germany (11.2% of GDP), while it was lowest in Poland (4.8%), according to the latest estimate released by Eurostat.

Members of the Polish Chechen Muslim community buried on Tuesday an unborn migrant baby, who was miscarried by an Iraqi migrant on the Poland-Belarus border.

The thousands of migrants on the European Union's eastern borders with Belarus is an attempt by the Minsk regime to destabilise the EU, rather than a migration crisis, the head of the executive European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said.

Two million Poles live in extreme poverty. "They have less than 20 zlotys a day to rent a flat and but cleaning products, shoes and clothes," says Joanna Sadzik, head of the Noble Gift (Szlachetna Paczka) charity. In this year's "Report on poverty", the authors use a graphic example to demonstrate how many people live in abject conditions - without a toilet, shower, and in cold.

Poland said on Tuesday that groups of migrants had made new attempts to cross over the border from Belarus and it would be premature to say that the worst of the crisis on the European Union's eastern frontier was over.

A German shepherd-like dog attacked a man in Sulejówek and bit off his nose. The man was taken to a hospital, but the nose was left was at home. His friend was supposed to bring it to a hospital, but he got stuck in traffic. Police officers from Warsaw's Wawer district came to the rescue.

Three journalists from ARTE television and AFP agency were reprimanded by a Polish court in September for entering the area where a state of emergency has been imposed due to the migrant crisis. Poland's Commissioner for Human Rights, Marcin Wiącek, says the ban on entering the zone has been introduced in violation of the constitution. The ombudsman expects the journalists be acquitted, and has filed for a cassation to the Supreme Court.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Monday the fourth wave of coronavirus infections "will have a longer-lasting character, but not as rapid" as the previous waves.

Polish Border Guard said it had recorded 346 illegal attempts to cross the Polish-Belarusian border, while a group of 150 migrants tried to force their way into Polish territory. Local police has detained further four persons for transporting migrants.

A police officer from Olsztyn was driving to work, when he saw a Skoda blocking the right lane. He approached the vehicle and saw that the driver was unconscious. The door was locked, so he broke the window, pulled the man outside and began resuscitation. The police have published a video of this incident.

Domenico F., a member of the world's most dangerous crime organisations 'Ndrangheta, has been detained by Polish police in Kraków. The swift operation was possible thanks to cooperation within ENFAST police network.

Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Friday he hoped the "attack" on Poland's eastern border would end soon after Belarusian authorities removed migrants from makeshift camps along the frontier on Thursday (November 18).

Climate activists disappointed with an agreement reached at the COP26 summit in Glasgow took to the streets of Warsaw on Friday. They were holding banners saying "Why do have to fight for our future?" and "3 decades of inaction".

Poland accused Belarus on Friday of trucking hundreds of migrants back to the border and pushing them to attempt to cross illegally, only hours after clearing camps at the frontier.

We ask the Polish government to implement the last decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union regarding ending the disciplinary regime for judges, the European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders said in TVN24's "Fakty po Faktach" on Thursday. ""If you want to have the same application of the same EU law in all the member states, you need to apply and implement the decisions of the Court of Justice," he stressed.

Hundreds of Iraqis who have camped for weeks at Belarus' borders with the EU flew back to Iraq on Thursday.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Thursday commented on a report by TVN24's "Czarno na białym" on donations to his election campaign, made by his associates hired in state-owned companies. "It's fake news created by some TV stations, which is later spinned by the media only to be played out and commented on," he said, adding that the National Electoral Commission had approved PiS's campaign declaration "with no reservations".

Germany will not take in refugees stranded on the Belarus-Polish border, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said on Thursday after talks with his Polish counterpart.

After meeting with Britain's Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, Poland's Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak thanked the United Kingdom on Thursday for being able to rely on it, and for its involvement in challanges that lay ahead. "Of course, one such challenge is the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border," the minister stressed. "Poland and the United Kingdom will stand side by side in all the challenges that come our way," Ben Wallace said. The Royal Engineers will help Polish forces to protect the border with Belarus, which is also an EU frontier.

Foreign ministers from the G7 group of wealthy economies condemned Belarus for orchestrating irregular migration across its borders, and called for an immediate halt to what it called an "aggressive and exploitative campaign". Belarus wants the European Union to take in 2,000 migrants and Minsk will send 5,000 others back to their countries to fix the crisis on the Polish border, the president's spokeswoman was quoted as saying by Belta news agency on Thursday.

Polish Border Guard spokesperson Anna Michalska informed on Thursday that 79 Belarusian opposition members arrived in Poland seeking help. She added that the said persons have either filed for international protection, or declared to file for it soon.

The Sejm passed a draft amendment to the border protection law on Wednesday. If ratified, the legislation will allow the authorities to ban people from the border area. Such temporary bans would be issued by the interior minister, based on the opinion of the Border Guard chief.

Polish customs officers at the border crossing in Dorohusk (Lubelskie Voivodeship) inspected a vehicle driven by a German citizen and found dozens of artefacts that could have historical value. The found items included a helmet, peaked cap, and compasses, most likely from the WWII era. As the man did not declare carrying the said items, they have been confiscated.

Poland's President Andrzej Duda said on Wednesday that he had told his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier that Poland would not accept any decisions regarding the migrant crisis at the border with Belarus, made without its participation.

Poland confirmed the highest number of new COVID infections and deaths in the fourth wave of coronavirus pandemic. Asked about potential tightening of restrictions, Health Ministry spokesman Wojciech Andrusiewicz said "we should follow those we have now".

TVN24 has seen footage from Minsk showing large groups of migrants, most likely from the Middle East. In one video, dozens of people are waiting at a parking lot in the city centre. In recent weeks, migrants have been flying in to Belarusian capital, from where they are being transported in buses to the border with Poland and Lithuania.