Poland's government does not want Poland to leave the European Union, the prime minister said on Tuesday, accusing opposition politicians of spreading what he said were lies.

The Ministry of Health informed on Tuesday about 2,118 new coronavirus cases and the death of 49 Covid patients. Since the start of the pandemic Poland has reported 2,925,425 infection cases and 75,918 Covid-related deaths.

The European Union "will start collapsing" unless it challenges a ruling by Poland's top court that national legislation trumps European laws, a senior official with the bloc said on Monday.

Police from Lower Silesia (Dolnośląskie Voivodeship) runs a preventive-educational course for priests from Archdiocese of Wrocław. The aim of the training is to improve safety of senior citizens and people living alone, as they are the most common victims of scams.

The European Commission will issue "in due time" a payment request calling on Poland to pay the penalties imposed by the EU's top court in the dispute over the Turow lignite mine, a Commission spokesman said on Monday.

The Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior and Administration in Warsaw (MSWiA hospital) is said to have misallocated public funds, which were meant to be used as bonuses for medical personnel at the COVID field hospital at the National Stadium in Warsaw - tvn24.pl learned from a complaint filed at the prosecutor's office. The MSWiA hospital authorities claim they didn't mention covid bonuses in job offers when recruiting staff to the temporary hospital.

Former residence of Hitler, the Wolf's Lair in Gierłoża near Kętrzyn (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship) has been already visited by 250,000 tourists this year. Compared to the pre-pandemic times, it approx. 70,000 visitors less - Chief of Srokowo Forestry, Zenon Piotrowicz, told Polish Press Agency.

An 11-year-old boy ran towards police officers tending to a road accident nearby Polna street in Sieradz (Łódzkie province) and told them there was a little baby in a window at the fourth floor ready to fall down. "Thanks to this boy's watchfulness a tragedy was prevented," said a spokesperson for Sieradz police.

Poland has summoned the Belarusian charge d'affaires Alaksandr Czasnouski over the situation at the border, where there has been a surge in migration, Polish state-run news agency PAP reported, citing sources.

A Polish court ruling challenging the supremacy of EU law plunged the European Union into an existential crisis on Friday and raised the possibility of Poland leaving the 27-nation bloc. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, said she was "deeply concerned" by the ruling and that the executive she leads would do all in its power to ensure the primacy of EU law. Welcoming the court ruling, Poland's prime minister said his country wanted to stay in the wealthy trade and political group it joined in 2004 but that each member state must be treated equally and with respect.

Poland's Constitutional Tribunal ruled on Thursday that some articles of the European Union treaties are unconstitutional in the country, challenging a key tenet of European integration.

An 11-week-old baby suddenly choked and stopped breathing. Despite her best efforts, the boy's mother, Giulia, couldn't help him. Luckily, she remembered there was a fire station very nearby. "I ran outside the house in pyjamas and slippers and I shouted for help. Luckily, they heard me. The gate was closed, but they jumped over the fence," the woman said. The firemen saved her boy's life.

Activist Katarzyna A., better known as Babcia Kasia (Grandma Kasia), has been sentenced to six months of community work, after being found guilty of violating bodily integrity of three police officers. Gradma Kasia's attorney has appealed against the sentence issued in the absence of parties, which means the plaintiff and the defendant will face each other in court.

Deputy Commissioner for Human Rights Dr. Hanna Machińska commented for TVN24 on the situation of migrants at the Polish-Belarusian border. "As a state we are still deaf and blind," she said, stressing that migrants often don't understand the procedure of applying for international protection. "We see women in advanced pregnancy. We shouldn't expect they will be fully conscious partners in the procedure. First and foremost, they should be offered help. And it's the state's duty," she said.

Poland's Monetary Policy Council announced it has increased the NBP interest rates for the first time in 9 years, in order to curb inflation the highest inflation spike in 20 years. The reference rate has been increased by 0.4 percentage points, up to 0.50%. The decision will likely affect payments of loan borrowers.

Holders of Polish passports can visit 182 countries and territories without visas, according to the latest Henley Passport Index 2021. On the top of the list are Japanese and Singaporean passports, with which one can enter 192 countries and territories vise-free.

Poland's Health Ministry informed on Wednesday about 2,085 new coronavirus cases, most of them in Lubelskie and Mazowieckie provinces, as well as 33 COVID-related deaths. The country's Deputy Health Minister Waldemar Kraska said daily COVID-19 cases have risen by around 70% in the past week, warning the country that a fourth wave of the outbreak is gathering pace.

Poland and the Czech Republic will not hold further talks on the Turow mine until after the Czech parliamentary election on Friday and Saturday, the Polish prime minister said on Wednesday.

The top European Union court ruled on Wednesday that Poland violated a key democratic tenet of judicial independence in forcing the transfer of a judge critical of the government, as well as denying him the right to appeal to an independent court.

Officers from Poznań City Guard have rescued a fox who got stuck in a factory building in Starołęka district. The animal was hanging down stuck between a pipe and the wall. After being rescued, the fox was released into city's green areas.

Anti-Semitic graffiti has been discovered on barracks on the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau II Nazi death camp, the Memorial and Museum running the site said on Tuesday, condemning the act as "outrageous."

Members of "Wizna 1939" Association have found remains of a Polish soldier in Sanie-Dąb (Podlaskie province). Most likely, he was an artillery soldier who was killed in fights that took place in the region on August 3-4, 1920.

Health Ministry spokesman Wojciech Andrusiewicz said on Tuesday the COVID-19 epidemic was spreading faster in Lubelskie, Podlaskie and Podkarpackie provinces. He added that approximately 56, 46 and 42 percent of hospitals beds were being occupied respectively in those regions.

Polish Border Guard spokesperson Anna Michalska said on Tuesday the service won't be giving illegal immigrants "a lift" to other European capitals, "so they could file for international protection there". "We register requests by these people right here, in Poland. And if they declare they want to file in other countries, then they should find a legal way to get there," she added.

Video footage from a police body cam, showing a police intervention against 29-year-old Łukasz - which ended in his death, was recorded only by accident. One officer thought he switched the camera off, but he actually switched it on - tvn24.pl has found out.

In an appeal for humanitarian help for migrants, the President of the Polish Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki, wrote that it "should become a priority of action for both state and non-governmental institutions". He also stressed that "one cannot stigmatize newcomers by making harmful generalizations".

A commemorative plaque for American photographer Julien Bryan has been unveiled on the wall of the Headquarters of the Military Police at Ostroroga street in Warsaw's Wola district. Bryan documented the fighting in Poland's capital city under German siege, as well as everyday life of Warsaw residents in September of 1939.

A road police patrol stopped a driver for speeding on the S8 expressway near Zambrów (Podlaskie province). Although he was issued a ticket for his offence, three days later, he send an email to the local police station in which he thanked the officers for professionalism and praised their service.

"The aim of changes to the constitution is introducing an cast-iron guarantee that Poland's potential decision to leave the EU would be possible only through a referendum, or by a two-thirds majority in the Sejm and the Senate" - Civic Platform (PO) leader Donald Tusk said, announcing Civic Coalition's draft changes to the country's fundamental act.

The European Commission may approve in November EU-funded national recovery plans of Poland and Hungary, but will set conditions linked to respecting the rule of law for the release of EU funds, EU officials said.