Cyberspace Defence Force is a regular army component having both defensive, reconnaissance, and offensive capabilities - Poland's Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said on Tuesday during an official ceremony presenting the newly established forces.

The European Commission informed Polish government that the EU executive will proceed to executing fines imposed on Poland over Turów mine dispute with the Czech Republic, TVN24 correspondent in Brussels Maciej Sokołowski reported on Tuesday. The sum for the first month of unpaid penalties, in the amount of 15 million eurios, is to be deducted from EU funds for Poland in 10 days.

President Andrzej Duda said after meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday that, in his opinion, "NATO's presence in the eastern flank should be increased along the whole eastern flank starting from the north, all the way down to the south". Stoltenberg stated that the readiness of the NATO Response Force had already been increased and that NATO is considering the deployment of additional battlegroups to the south-eastern part of the Alliance.

Britain will send a further 350 troops to Poland show the two allies "stand side by side", British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said on Monday (February 7).

Polish Finance Minister Tadeusz Kościński has resigned, a spokesperson for the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party said on Monday, after a dispute over the rollout of tax reforms.

What we need today is European unity, both within the EU, and the NATO; only this way can we protect peace and the international law, because as long as it's being upheld, there's no risk of war - Poland's President Andrzej Duda said on Monday in Brussels.

Construction of controversial Stobnica castle on an artificial island in the Notecka Forest can now be resumed. The Voivodeship Administrative Court in Warsaw has overruled last year's decision by Poland's Chief Construction Supervision Inspector (GINB) who cancelled the construction permit. Until a final ruling has been passed, the construction of the castle can continue, said GINB spokesperson Joanna Niedźwiedzka.

Two U.S. military planes landed in Poland on Monday (February 7) and more were expected later in the day, bringing the bulk of the extra troops that President Joe Biden ordered to Europe last week over the Ukraine crisis.

Poland's Supreme Audit Office (NIK) has been subject to thousands of attempted online attacks affecting more than 500 devices in the past two years, a spokesperson said on Friday, confirming Polish media reports.

Funeral service for Barbara Krafftówna were held on Friday at Warsaw's Church of St. Andrew the Apostle and St. Brother Albert. The actress was buried in the Avenue for the Distinguished at Powązki Cemetery. "She was an artist of a huge and versatile talent, reinforced by great diligence and passion," President Andrzej Duda wrote in a letter which was read out during the observances.

A U.S. Army plane carrying soldiers and military equipment touched down in Rzeszów, Poland on Friday (February 4).

Poland has paid the agreed compensation in a dispute over Turów mine that lies close to the border with the Czech Republic and Prague has withdrawn its complaint at the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Polish prime minister said on Friday.

The European Court of Human Rights pointed on Thursday to a "systemic dysfunction in judicial appointments procedure in Poland", ruling that a company had been denied its right to a proper hearing due to how judges were appointed.

The leaders of the Czech Republic and Poland agreed a deal on Thursday to end a long-running dispute over the Turów open-pit coal mine on the Polish side of the border, a row that had reached the European Union's top court.

Poland's President Andrzej Duda on Thursday put forward a bill to dismantle a controversial disciplinary chamber for judges, hoping it would allow the government to end a row over the rule of law with Brussels and unblock European Union funding.

A little two-toed sloth was born in Warsaw Zoo on December 22, 2021, and therefore its zodiac sign is Capricorn. The fourth child of Amy and Paavo is the fifth sloth born in Warsaw zoological garden.

The United States will send nearly 3,000 extra troops to Poland and Romania to reinforce Eastern European NATO allies in the face of what Washington describes as a Russian threat to invade Ukraine, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.

They were walking down the street with a donation box, when they noticed through an apartment window that an older man was lying on the floor. They immediately called help. Two teenage girls from Chrustowo (Greater Poland Voivodeship) were praised by the authorities and the police.

Gazprom's critics suffered a blow on Wednesday when the European Union's second highest court upheld a 2018 decision that let the Russian gas giant settle a long-running antitrust investigation without paying a fine.

Archeologists researching a construction site of Five Corners Square in downtown Warsaw have discovered an Uhlan sabre from early 1920s. The weapon was found in the foundations of a pre-war tenement building at the corner of Szpitalna and Zgoda streets. The artefact has been added to the Polish History Museum collection.

78 years ago, soldiers from Kedyw - a dedicated Polish special operations unit - carried out a successful assasination of Franz Kutschera, SS and Reich's Police Chief, known as the "Butcher of Warsaw". Kutschera's mission in occupied Warsaw was to spread terror in the city and discredit Poland's underground resistance in the eyes of the civilians. He was sentenced to death by a "Special Court" of the Polish Underground State. He was shot in Aleje Ujazdowskie, one of the city's most prominent boulevards.

Majority of anaesthesiologists from the University Children’s Hospital of Kraków (UCH) quit their jobs on Tuesday, the hospital spokesperson informed, adding that scheduled surgeries have been suspended, and admissions halted. The facility now operates in an emergency mode. "We are doing our best to avoid evacuation of patients," the spokesperson stressed.

Britain, Poland and Ukraine are working to strengthen their three-way cooperation in the face of the threat of a new Russian military intervention, the leaders of the two eastern European countries said in Kyiv on Tuesday.

The 30th Finale of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (GOCC) came to an end with a declared collected sum of 136.3 million zlotys, WOŚP charity informed on Monday. Last year's grand finale brought nearly 127.5 million zlotys.

"The Lamentation of Christ" - a painting by an artist from the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder has returned to Poland after being looted during the Second World War. The picture has rejoined Polish collection thanks to restitution efforts by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, as well curators from the National Museum in Wrocław.

Poland have named former Legia Warsaw coach Czesław Michniewicz as their new manager after parting ways with Portugal's Paulo Sousa, the Polish Football Association said on Monday.

Poland has offered Ukraine to supply the country with defence munitions in the face of the mounting tension at the border with Russia, chief of Poland's National Security Bureau (BBN) Paweł Soloch announced on Monday. "The offer was made to the Ukrainian side, we are waiting for an answer," he added.

Poland's Gross Domestic Product increased by 5.7% in 2021, after a 2.5% decrease in 2020, according to a preliminary estimate published on Monday by Statistics Poland.

Poland's National Security Council (RBN) convened on Friday to discuss the situation between Russia and Ukraine. After the session, held under the classified procedure, President Andrzej Duda thanked the council members for "extraordinarily constructive atmosphere" of the meeting.

Health Ministry spokesman Wojciech Andrusiewicz said on Friday a decision has been made to shorten the quarantine and isolation periods for medics working with patients, and uniformed services. He added that isolation time would now be seven days, and quarantine - five.