The city of Gdańsk celebrates the 32nd anniversary of Poland's partially-free election of June 4th, 1989, which sparked democratic transition and the fall of communism. For the third time a huge Polish flag, crafted by some 1,000 people was raised at the city's tallest mast, and a special picnic was organised next to the European Solidarity Centre.

Belarus carriers will be banned from flying over European Union territory or having access to its airports from Friday, the bloc said, as the country's exiled opposition leader called for more joint Western sanctions.

"Mentally, emotionally and life-wise I'm ready to make any decision to help reverse this course of events, detrimental to Poland" - former prime minister Donald Tusk told TVN24 on Friday. He added that it was not about his personal ambitions, but rather to restore democratic order in Poland.

Residents of Lithuania's capital and Poland's Lublin can now see each other going about their daily lives in real time, thanks to a 'portal' sending live video to one another's cities.

To mark the 32nd anniversary of Poland's partially-free election of 1989, a monument to the Solidarity trade union was unveiled on Friday in Warsaw by the city mayor Rafał Trzaskowski and Belarusian opposition leader and president-elect of this country Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

Defending champion Iga Świątek wasted no time reaching the French Open third round as she sent out an ominous message to her title rivals with a crushing 6-1 6-1 defeat of Rebecca Peterson on Thursday.

For hiding during the war, for aiding children, for helping to escape, and for taking care for places of burial. President Andrzej Duda presented nine people from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine with Virtus et Fraternitas medals.

A court of appeals has decided that former minister Sławomir Nowak must return to custody, unless he pays bail of 1 million zlotys to the Warsaw District Prosecutor's Office. He has until June 19 to do it.

The government has decided to allow more people to participate in registered public gatherings starting June 6, but it hasn't done so with respect to spontaneous gatherings. "I can believe in many things, but spontaneous gatherings escalating into demonstrations of hundreds, I'm not buying tit" - the Speaker of the Sejm Elżbieta Witek said when asked about the issue.

Poland will triple the number of guests allowed at large gatherings like weddings, the health minister said on Tuesday, as the country eases COVID-19 restrictions further due to a falling number of cases.

Belarusian opposition politician Pavel Latushko said on Wednesday he would file a complaint with the Polish prosecutor's office against President Alexander Lukashenko and other officials due to threats of physical violence against him.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday that, thanks to Polish diplomatic service, Irena Biernacka, Maria Tiszkowska and Anna Paniszewa have arrived in Poland. They have been offered necessary support and placed under proper care, the ministry added.

Poland will offer COVID-19 vaccinations to children aged 12-15 from June 7 and is also joining an EU certificate scheme to make travel easier, ministers said on Tuesday.

The President of the Supreme Audit Office (NIK) informed on Tuesday he would notify the prosecutor's office about a possible offence committed by the Law and Justice party chairman Jarosław Kaczyński. Last week, Banaś had also informed the prosecutor about possible misconduct by PM Morawiecki and three members of his cabinet.

President Andrzej Duda ratified the EU recovery plan on Monday, which would secure nearly 60 billion euro for Poland to help the country's economy to heal after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Due to the unprecedented actions taken by the Belarusian authorities aimed against the people of this country, including independent journalists, we call upon the government of the Republic of Poland to provide support to Belarusian citizens seeking help in Poland.

Birthday girl Iga Świątek beat friend Kaja Juvan of Slovenia 6-0 7-5 to begin her French Open title defence on Monday.

"Medical recommendation is ready and it's positive. We opt, of course, for vaccinating children aged 12-15" - member of the Medical Council doctor Konstanty Szułdrzyński told TVN24 on Monday. In his view, "it would be good to try to vaccinate as many children by the end of June as possible".

Seasonally unadjusted gross domestic product (GDP) in the 1st quarter of 2021 was lower by 0.9% year-on-year comparison against the growth of 2.0% in the corresponding quarter of 2020 (constant average prices of the previous year) - the Central Statistical Office said on Monday.

A system of underground corridors has been discovered in Mamerki. This has sparked the imagination of treasure hunters who believe that the Nazis may have been hidden the legendary Amber Room in the Masurian forests. The tunnels are to be explored in June.

"We demand release of political prisoners tormented behind bars of Alexander Lukashenko's regime, and release of all Belarusian journalists from prisons and detention" - reads a petition written by Polish journalists who protested on Friday in front of the Belarusian Embassy in Warsaw.

Polish historian, former minister of education, opposition activist in communist Poland Henryk Samsonowicz passed away on Friday at the age of 91. The Institute of History of the University of Warsaw informed about the professor's death.

Poles can now enjoy themselves again in restaurants, bars and cafes, as further coronavirus restrictions have been eased. The new set of rules allows up to 50 guests on special events like weddings, excluding fully vaccinated people. Also swimming pools, gyms and solariums have now been opened.

"What happened was wrong and I'm furious" - deputy chief of Civic Coalition Marcin Kierwiński said on Friday in his comment on Thursday's vote lost by the opposition in the Senate. Although he admitted that the mistake made by his fellow lawmakers had been "involuntary", he said they would have to face consequences.

The upper house of Polish parliament, the Senate, on Thursday approved a law raising national guarantees to the EU budget, paving the way for the bloc to start borrowing within weeks for its 750 billion-euro post-pandemic recovery.

Natalia Protasevich, the mother of detained journalist and activist Roman Protasevich, tearfully told her son to "stay strong" and that she and his father Dzmitry would help get him released while at a news conference on Thursday (May 27) in Warsaw.

"I've confirmed the will of the Polish government to share vaccines and deliver them to Georgia" - Poland's President Andrzej Duda said after meeting with his Georgian counterpart Salome Zurabishvili in Tbilisi. He also expressed support for Euro-Atlantic aspirations of Geogia. "We are very proud to have such big support in Poland" - Zurabishvili said.

Civic Coalition, Polish People's Party and the Left announced on Thursday they would back Professor Marcin Wiącek as new Commissioner for Human Rights. Earlier that day, Deputy Speaker of the Sejm Ryszard Terlecki said the ruling PiS party would put forward independent senator Lidia Staroń as candidate for ombudsman.

Belarusian national flag carrier Belavia said on Thursday it had been forced to cancel flights to eight countries from May 27 to October 30 due to European flight bans, including flights to Kaliningrad, Russia's Baltic enclave.

The final stage of a contest for the best name for a little Bongo antelope from Warsaw Zoo was very tough. The battle between the two best proposals lasted until the last second, but the lovely ungulate has been named. The best name received 55 percent of votes.