European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday that the European Union would widen its sanctions against Belarus, targeting both people and entities. She added the situation on the border between Belarus and Poland was not a migrant crisis, but an attempt by the "authoritarian regime" of Minsk to destabilize its neighbours.

Workers were doing their best on Wednesday to remove paving stones, bins and city bikes from the route of the nationalists' march marking Poland's Indpendence Day, planned for Thursday. Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski said all dangerous things would be removed on Wednesday, in line with police recommendations.

EU ambassadors agreed on Wednesday that Belarus' decision to encourage Middle Eastern migrants to enter Poland can legally be considered a "hybrid attack" that serves as a basis for a new round of sanctions on Minsk, diplomats said. The NATO reassured on Wednesday it stood by Poland in Belarus migrant crisis.

Poland's Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported the highest number of hospitalised COVID patients since May. Furthermore, 18,550 new infections and 269 deaths were recorded. Deputy Health Minister Waldemar Kraska said the government wasn't planning any new restrictions at that time.

Russia blamed the European Union on Wednesday for the migrant crisis on the border between Belarus and Poland, accusing it of trying to "strangle" Belarus with plans to close part of the frontier and urging it to talk directly with Minsk. German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone that Belarus's "instrumentalisation of migrants" was inhumane and unacceptable and asked him to press Belarus's government on the matter, her spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Migrants trapped in Belarus made multiple attempts to force their way into Poland overnight, Warsaw said on Wednesday, announcing that it had reinforced the border as the European Union prepares to impose sanctions on Belarus over the crisis.

"For the first time in 30 years, we see the safety and integrity of our borders being so brutally attacked and tested," Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said at a special session of the Sejm devoted to the migrant crisis at the Polish-Belarusian border. He added the country was dealing with a "staged spectacle". The head of the government also stressed that migrants were being used "as human shields to destablise the situation in Poland, Lithuania and the whole EU".

Polish foresters are rejoicing after spotting a lynx in Szczecinek forests (Western Pomeranian Voivodeship). They are now hoping the animal, long-unseen in the region, will settle in the area.

The National Bank of Poland has launched sales of collector banknotes with a face value of 20 zlotys, commemorating Poland's late president Lech Kaczyński, who died in the Smolensk plane crash in 2010, along with 95 others. Long queues have formed at NBP branches, as they also offer special 500-zloty coins with the president's likeness. Collectors can also buy the items online, but the prices are much higher than at the counter.

Poland's ruling PiS party spokeswoman Anita Czerwińska said on Tuesday that the Independence March on November 11 will have an official status. She also appealed for the march to be held with dignity, and that it would not lose its civic character.

Poland's Ministry of National Defence has published a new video from the Polish-Belarusian border. "A large group of Belarusian officers are approaching the migrant campsite in Kuźnica," the ministry informed in social media on Tuesday. Hundreds of migrants camped out near the Belarus border with Poland on Tuesday in freezing overnight temperatures as the Polish Prime Minister visited the border and officials warned tension could increase in coming days.

Poland's Defence Ministry has published another video from the border area with Belarus. The footage shows numerous campsites spanning along the border line. Polish government officials said the country was expecting further "attacks" on the border by "groups of several hundred people".

Polish customs checked a package sent from Canada to an address in the town of Chociwel (Western Pomeranian Voivodeship). Inside the box, instead of spices declared by the sender, the officers found human ashes. The customs suspect the sender wanted to bypass tight restrictions regarding transport of human remains into Poland. The police were notified about the case.

A video published by the Polish Ministry of Interior on its Twitter page on Monday (November 8) shows a line of Polish border guards in riot gear and a large group of migrants standing behind barbed wire on the Polish-Belarusian border.

Warsaw's Court of Appeals has rejected a Prosecutor General's request in which he had asked the court to revoke its decision disallowing registering of the Independence March as a cyclical event, the court's press office announced on Monday.

European Court of Human Rights ruled on Monday that Polish Supreme Court's Chamber of Extraordinary Review and Public Affairs was not an independent and impartial court, as the country's system of nominating judges was faulty. The ruling is likely to be a significant argument in the ongoing debate on the legality of all nominations of judges issued by Poland's new National Council of the Judiciary.

Poland's Ministry of National Defence published a video on Monday showing a huge group of migrants in the state of emergency area. Earlier that day the group was seen entering the border area in the assist of Belarusian services. The migrants followed a path starting in Belarusian village of Bruzgi and continuing through a forest towards the border with Poland. Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said that already 12,000 soldiers were protecting the border with Belarus. Moreover, Poland's Territorial Defence Force has been put on high alert.

Poland and the Czech Republic need until Monday to conclude talks on the Turow open-pit lignite mine, Polish climate minister Anna Moskwa said on Friday as the two countries try to resolve their most serious spat in decades.

Board of directors of the hospital in Pszczyna have suspended two doctors who were on duty when a 30-year-old pregnant woman died due to septic shock.

Climate activists have presented Poland with an ironic "Fossil of the Day" title for dodging its commitment to phase out coal by 2030 already the day the country made the pledge. The title is being awarded on each day of the COP26, to countries "doing the most to achieve the least" in terms of the progress on climate change.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki informed on Friday that Poland has signed a contract for a COVID-treatment drug delivery. He added, however, that the European Union still has not approved the already manufactured medicines, and that Poland was waiting for a decision of the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

Poland said on Friday a Belarusian soldier tried to fire flares at Polish border troops and others tried to tear down fencing along the frontier amid rising tension over a wave of migrants trying to reach European Union territory from Belarus.

Poland and other nations on Thursday pledged to phase out their use of coal-fired power and stop building plants, a deal the COP26 climate summit host Britain described as putting the end of the fuel "in sight."

Poland's only submarine in use on Wednesday docked in the PGZ Naval Shipyard in Gdynia for a general overhaul. This means that until the vessel has been repaired, Polish Navy will be left without a single submarine in combat readiness.

At a press conference on Thursday, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski commented on the current epidemic situation in Poland. He announced that the duty to wear face masks in closed public places, such as shopping malls, would soon be executed more rigorously.

Belarusian soldiers threatened to open fire on Polish troops just across the border, the Polish Defence Ministry said on Thursday, in what it said was an attempt to escalate a crisis over migrants at their common frontier. The Foreign Ministry of Belarus summoned Poland's charge d'affaires and issued him a protest, RIA news agency reported on Thursday.

Poland reported 15,515 daily COVID-19 cases on Thursday, health ministry data showed on Thursday, the highest total since April.

Bayern Munich coach Julian Nagelsmann said Robert Lewandowski will be aiming for 100 goals in the Champions League after the Poland striker scored a hat-trick in Tuesday's 5-2 thrashing of Benfica.

Belarus declared the Poland-based Belsat news channel and people united through its "Internet resources" an "extremist" organisation on Wednesday, meaning its employees and viewers can face up to seven years in prison.

Poland's Monetary Policy Council on Wednesday decided to increase the interest rates yet again. The NBP reference rate has been raised by 0.75 percentage points, from 0.50% up to 1.25%. The Council's decisions affect the situation of loan borrowers. When the interest rates go up, they can expect their monthly payments to go up accordingly.