"Today we stand a chance to defeat the pandemic, but first we all should want to get vaccinated" - Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Friday in Gdańsk. He also said it was "highly likely" for Poland to develop herd immunity by the end of the second quarter of 2021.

Russian Ambassador to Poland, Sergei Andreyev, was summoned on Thursday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw, where he received a diplomatic note declaring three employees of the Russian Embassy "personae non gratae".

Stanisław Kowalski has turned 111 on April 14, 2021. Only a few years back, the oldest living male in Poland was still taking part in athletic competitions. Nowadays, he no longer runs and throws the discus or the hammer, but simply enjoys his retirement. According to those who spent his birthday with him, Mr Kowalski "still has plenty of life energy and is in good spirits".

Poland started administering Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 shots on Thursday as benefits from the vaccine outweigh potential risks, government and drug office representatives said.

The Constitutional Tribunal led by Julia Przyłębska has ruled that a provision allowing the Commissioner for Human Rights to remain in office after the end of his term is unconstitutional. The verdict effectively removes Adam Bodnar from the office, and no successor has yet been appointed.

Poland's ratification of legislation essential to the European Union's COVID-19 recovery fund was in doubt on Wednesday, as the largest opposition party said it would not support it without safeguards over how the money would be spent.

Two members of the Union of Poles in Belarus (ZPB), Andrzej Pisalnik and his wife Iness Todryk-Pisalnik have been already released and returned to their home in Grodno. On Wednesday morning they were detained by the police and taken to Minsk for interrogation in relation to the ZPB board members, including Andżelika Borys and Andrzej Poczobut, who are under investigation.

Catholics should refuse to be vaccinated with AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson shots, unless they have no other vaccines to choose and are expected to for instance at work - chairman of episcopal bioethics experts team Bishop Józef Wróbel said in a statement on Wednesday. Government Information Centre said in response that many lives depend on the vaccination programme.

Poland will vaccinate its Olympic athletes and national football team against COVID-19, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday, as the nation eyes medals with just 100 days to go until the Tokyo Games.

Żłobki i przedszkola wrócą do stacjonarnego funkcjonowania od poniedziałku. Zostaną otwarte też obiekty sportowe na świeżym powietrzu - poinformował minister zdrowia Adam Niedzielski. Pozostałe restrykcje będą przedłużone do 25 kwietnia. Hotele i obiekty noclegowe będą zamknięte do 3 maja.

The first general vaccination point, together with 16 pilot sites, will be open April 19, Prime Minister's Chancellery chief and national vaccine programme coordinator Michał Dworczyk said at a press conference on Tuesday. He explained the government's aim was to carry out 20 million vaccinations by the end of the second quarter of 2021.

The groom had heavy symptoms of COVID-19, and so the couple were determined to get married as soon as possible. And so they did at a hospital in Gdańsk. Now, after three weeks, the groom has recovered and left the ward.

Polish competition watchdog UOKiK denounced on Tuesday a court's decision to suspend its approval of state-run refiner PKN Orlen's takeover of newspaper publisher Polska Press, thereby temporarily blocking the deal which had been slammed by the opposition.

Health Ministry on Tuesday reported 13,227 new cases of coronavirus infection and 644 deaths of COVID patients. Since the start of the pandemic Poland has reported 2,599,850 infections and 59,126 deaths.

Poland marked the 81st anniversary of the Katyń Massacre. Ceremonies took place across the country to honour the 22,000 victims, mainly army and police officers, who had been murdered by the NKVD on Stalin's orders in 1940.

There is no credible reason to believe the former minister of transport Sławomir Nowak will attempt to mislead the investigation, while there has been a number of shortcomings in the manner the prosecutor's office and the Central Anticorruption Bureau have been handling the case - the tvn24.pl portal has unofficially learned these were the main arguments behind the court's decision to release the former minister from detention.

A Polish court ruled on Monday that antitrust approval for state-owned refiner PKN Orlen's takeover of newspaper publisher Polska Press should be suspended, said the office of the Polish human rights commissioner, which brought the appeal.

The police blocked entry routes to the Jasna Góra meadows. Bikers who couldn't enter gathered in the nearby streets. Some 100 fines were issued, and videos and photos from the event are to be examined by the prosecutor and sanitary authority. Sunday's pilgrimage marked the start of the biking season.

The health minister has agreed to prioritise vaccinations of representatives of 5 professions, including emergency dispatchers and groups responsible for organising vaccination process, the chief of PM's office Michał Dworczyk said on Monday.

A set of 10 photographs taken by Konrad Brandel in 1873 showing Warsaw cityscape have been recently added to the Warsaw Rising Museum's vast collection.

Health Ministry on Monday reported 12,013 newly confirmed cases of coronavirus infection and 61 deaths. So far, the country has reported a total of 2,586,647 cases, of which 58,481 were fatal.

The Council of Europe Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights has rejected all Polish candidates for ECHR judges - TVN24 reporter Michał Tracz learned on Friday. There were three Polish candidates: Aleksander Stępkowski, Elżbieta Karska and Agnieszka Szklanna.

"As regards to the number of hospital beds and ventilators, Polish people should feel safe" - President Andrzej Duda said on Friday after the Cabinet Council meeting. He informed that over 10,000 hospital beds and approximately 1,000 ventilators were free and ready to use.

Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth's husband who helped modernise the monarchy and steer the British royal family through repeated crises during seven decades of service, died on Friday at Windsor Castle. He was 99. Polish Embassy in London extended condolences to the Royal Family.

Poland seems to have passed a peak in the number of coronavirus infections, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said on Friday, adding that the country is still testing its health system capacity.

"The purpose of my visit was to reaffirm our policy that Ukraine is not alone in defending its sovereignty, territorial integrity, and inviolability of its borders and that Ukraine has every reason to defend itself" - Poland's Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau said on Thursday in Kiev.

A senior Polish judge put a transgender child in danger by tweeting about her and a complaint will likely be filed with prosecutors, an opposition politician said on Thursday regarding the incident which has outraged liberal Poles.

By the end of April, all people over 60 who are willing to, will get vaccinated, PM Mateusz Morawiecki said at a press conference on Thursday. His top aide Michał Dworczyk announced a plan of alternative ways to get vaccinated.

Police, prosecutors, city hall and historic preservation office are investigating the case of artefacts that went missing from the area where the Warsaw Ghetto once had been designated.