A herd of cows of French Limousin breed happen to be roaming through forests in Mircze Forest District (Lublin Voivodeship). The cattle has escaped from a local farm, whose manager has been already issued a fine. So far, the cows on the run have seemed very reluctant to let go of their freedom.

Father of a 5-year-old boy came to a police station in Włodawa (Lublin Voivodeship) and returned a phone and some money found by his son in the street. Now, thanks to the young boy's grown-up resolve, the lost items can be recovered by their rightful owner.

Poland is planning for a possible influx of refugees from Ukraine in case of a Russian invasion, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday, despite Moscow's assurances it was scaling back a troop buildup near Ukraine.

The CJEU ruling is evidence of a very serious political, historic mistake made by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki - Poland's Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro said at a press conference on Wednesday (Feb.16). In his view, the ruling made by EU's top court, which rejected Polish and Hungarian challenge to rule of law conditionality mechanism, allows for unlawful limitation of freedom of EU member states. Morawiecki later replied to Ziobro by saying he understood the minister's "agitation", adding that he hoped the ruling would not affect the unity of the ruling coalition.

The European Union's top court on Wednesday cleared the way for the bloc to potentially cut billions of euros in handouts to Poland and Hungary where populist rulers stand accused of violating democratic rights and freedoms.

Poland has alerted the security services and public administration against threats in cyberspace, the Government Centre for Security said on Tuesday, just hours after Ukraine reported its defence ministry and two banks had been hacked.

Poland's gross domestic product in the 4th quarter of 2021 increased by 7.3% year on year, whereas compared to 3rd quarter of last year the GDP grew by 5.3% - according to a flash estimate released on Tuesday by Statistics Poland.

Prices of consumer goods and services in January 2022 increased by 9.2% year on year, and by 1.9% compared to the previous month (December 2021), Poland's government agency Statistics Poland informed on Tuesday.

Mayors of Warsaw and Prague, Rafał Trzaskowski and Zdenek Hrib, went to Kiev to meet with the city's mayor Vitali Klitschko. "They are showing their solidarity with Ukraine, with the Ukrainian nation. They are declaring support on our road to the European family," Klitschko said after the meeting. "We are here also to show our readiness to help. If anything happens, both Warsaw and Prague are ready to provide this help," Trzaskowski said.

Polish and Russian foreign ministers, Zbigniew Rau and Sergei Lavrov, met in Moscow on Tuesday (Feb.15). "Europe's security is in deep crisis. Situation around Ukraine remains very tense and there is still risk of it escalating," the Polish minister said. The talks were on issues pertaining Polish chairmanship of the OSCE. "We would like to create an informal platform for open political discussion between OSCE nations, which would allow for the discussion of mechanisms for stopping crises like the present one," minister Rau added. Lavrov said after the meeting that Russia would continue its dialogue with the West on security issues.

Situation is tense in and around Ukraine, which is facing threat of another Russian invasion. "We will act accordingly to the developing security situation. We have prepared plans for various scenarios," Poland's Ambassador in Kiev Bartosz Cichocki told TVN24 on Monday.

Poland's esteemed journalist, writer, and diplomat Daniel Passent passed away on Monday at the age of 84. The information about his death was first released by "Polityka" weekly, with which Passent has been collaborating throughout his whole career since 1959.

Two inspections took place in Lesser Poland Board of Education on Monday. One was related to the pandemic and the question of remote learning, while the other to the recently passed new law on education, known as lex Czarnek. The first control was carried out by MPs from the Left party, whereas the other by Civic Platform deputies. Between the inspections, the head of the education board Barbara Nowak held her own press conference, at which she said that empty boxes she had prepared for the inspectors were to symbolise thousands of emails sent by parents. She added that she had not printed them out in order to protect the environment.

The United States will be sending 3,000 additional troops to Poland in the coming days to try and help reassure NATO allies, four U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday, as Russia held military exercises in Belarus and the Black Sea following the buildup of its forces near Ukraine.

President Andrzej Duda said after Friday's call with U.S. President Joe Biden, leaders of the EU and NATO, and of a few countries, that "there is an absolute unity among Western leaders, there's a deep need for solidarity". He added that no declarations were made regarding sending any military forces to Ukraine, but there was readiness to support Ukraine financially and through arms deliveries, especially defensive means.

Poland's ruling Law and Justice party proposed legislation on Friday aiming to ease a dispute with the European Union over judiciary independence and unlock access to EU funds.

The head of Polish diplomacy Zbigniew Rau on Friday met with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. After the talks, Rau said they discussed, among other things, the "deteriorating security situation around Ukraine", Poland's OSCE chairmanship, and the Normandy Format. Ukrainian head of state said on Twitter after the meeting with the Polish minister that the two discussed "the peace process and the security situation".

Warsaw City Hall has granted the title of Historic Artistic Workroom to Grażyna Hase's Studio. "It's a magical place at which ideas for fashionable looks, original creations and clothing patterns - inscribed forever into Poland's world of fashion design - have been coming to life since the 1980s" - the city authorities said.

The government has put forward a draft legislation on national parks, which would introduce entrance fees for visitors. The authorities make no bones that the change is addressed mainly to the residents of Kraków, Poznań, and Warsaw, who currently enjoy national parks located in a walking distance from their homes.

During his visit in Warsaw, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with President Andrzej Duda, whose aide Jakub Kumoch later said the two politicians held a "very interesting" discussion. Earlier that day, Johnson met with his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki. The prime ministers also met with Polish and British soldiers.

American F-15 jets landed at a Polish air base on Thursday, Warsaw's defence minister said, as NATO beefs up the military presence on its eastern flank amid tensions over a standoff between Ukraine and Russia. Earlier that day British troops landed in Warsaw as part of the push from NATO members.

British prime minister Boris Johnson said during a trip to Poland Thursday (February 10) that if Russian troops were to invade Ukraine, "there will be bloodshed and I think everybody in Russia must understand that". Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki thanked his British counterpart for sending troops to the country.

Poland's Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau on Thursday called on all sides to show political will to end the standoff between Ukraine and Russia, speaking on a visit to Kyiv as holder of the rotating presidency of the OSCE.

Poland's lower house of parliament on Wednesday rejected a Senate veto of a draft amendment to education law, knows as lex Czarnek. If signed into law by the president, the bill will extend the authority of boards of education. The Sejm passed the draft legislation in an unexpected vote during Wednesday's session.

An end to the COVID-19 pandemic is in sight, the Polish health minister said on Wednesday, as he announced a cut to the isolation period for people infected with the coronavirus and looser quarantine rules.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will visit Poland on Thursday, a Polish foreign ministry spokesman said, amid tensions over the security situation in Ukraine.

Firefighters rushing to a burning car at the S8 expressway had serious troubles to get to the scene. A video from their dashcam shows that many drivers did not know how to create a so-called corridor of life.

The leaders of Germany, France and Poland will discuss ways to de-escalate tensions over the Russian military build-up on the border of Ukraine in their talks late on Tuesday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said. Poland's President Andrzej Duda said that finding a solution to avoid war was necessary. "I believe we can achieve this," he added. France's President Emmanuel Macron said that "peace and stability of the European continent are treasured by us and we believe our duty is to do whatever is in our power to preserve it".

The American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday announced the nominations for the 94th Academy Awards. There are two Poles among the nominees, Warsaw Film School student Tadeusz Łysiak for his short movie "The Dress", and two-time Oscar laureate Janusz Kamiński for cinematography in Steven Spielberg's "West Side Story".

Poland's Monetary Policy Council on Tuesday decided to raise the main, reference interest rate by 50 basis points up to 2.75%, in a move expected by most economists.