To mark the 77th anniversary of Polish Army's capture of Monte Cassino in 1944, the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk offered a 20-percent discount on a "Red Poppies" items collection. Among other things, the museum store had in its offer a tie, a card holder, or even socks. The collection has been under fire in social media. "The Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk apologises to all those who felt offended" - the spokesperson of the museum said.

After April this year the state budget had a 9,2-billion-zlotys (approx. 2,03 billion euro) - Poland's Minister of Finance, Funds and Regional Policy Tadeusz Kościński announced. He also drew attention to the increase in VAT revenues in April, which to an extent came as a result of the statistical base effect.

Former Chinese ambassador to Poland Liu Guangyuan will take over as head of foreign ministry’s Hong Kong office. In this autonomous region he will replace Xie Feng - official press agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.

In the last two deliveries we received 450,000 less doses than Johnson & Johnson had declared - chief of the Government Strategic Reserves Agency Michał Kuczmierowski told TVN24 on Wednesday. "Until we receive delivery confirmation, we can't provide vaccination points with exact delivery dates" - he added.

The European Parliament on Tuesday formally approved the European Union's multi-billion euro fund to support countries as they wind down fossil fuel industries, as the bloc overhauls its economy to fight climate change. Poland, which employs over half of the roughly 230,000 people working in Europe's coal industry, is in line for the biggest share.

A Pontiseum, or a museum of bridges, has been been opened next to the Świętokrzyski Bridge on the left-bank Warsaw. The museum offers visitors a chance to see fragment of Warsaw bridges blown up during the two world wars.

We see yet another act of the appalling and disgusting war between state institutions - a Left party lawmaker Krzysztof Śmiszek said on Tuesday. He was referring to a letter by the Supreme Audit Office (NIK) President Marian Banaś, addressed to the European Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (EUROSAI). In the letter, Banaś complained about government pressure put on the NIK. "I can't see any pressure whatsoever. Constitution prevents us from doing such things" - said the Speaker of the Sejm Elżbieta Witek.

At a meeting of parliaments of the Visegrad Group countries in the Polish Sejm, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said "we all long for getting back to normal, but unfortunately there will always have a certain fear creeping back in our heads". He added there was still a high risk of new variants of coronavirus and new viruses.

Robert Lewandowski matched Gerd Mueller's extraordinary achievement of scoring 40 goals in one season, but he still has another game up in his sleeve. Bayern striker can establish a new Bundesliga record in this season's last fixture against Augsburg. However, there are some journalists and football fans in Germany who would rather prefer Lewandowski wouldn't.

Civic Platform MEP Róża Thun announced on Monday that she has quit as party member. She explained that her views were at odds with the official party line, and that the vote over the Recovery Fund was the last straw. "I'm against poorly-coordinated bargaining between parties affecting projects aimed at supporting hundreds of millions European citizens in crisis" - she said in a statement. "I can only regret that she has made such a decision" - Civic Platform chairman Borys Budka said about Thun's departure.

French Open champion Iga Świątek said securing a spot in the top 10 of the world rankings was evidence her game had become more consistent after the Pole struggled with some "frustrating" results following her maiden Grand Slam triumph last year.

Poland's prime minister set off on a tour of the country on Monday to promote his government's "Polish Deal" economic programme, which he says will make taxes fairer but the opposition has branded divisive.

Poland's national team coach Paulo Sousa on Monday announced a list of players that would play in the EURO 2020. Two regular first-eleven players have been placed on the reserves list: West Brom's winger Kamil Grosicki and Dinamo Moscow's playmaker Sebastian Szymański.

Human rights are universal and everyone, including LGBTI persons, are entitled to their full enjoyment. This is the key message of an open letter signed by 48 ambassadors to Poland, as well as by representatives of international organisations based in Warsaw.

Eastern Partnership, Western Balkans and EU external relations were among the topics of discussion between the foreign minister of the Visegrad Group countries in Łódź.

Poland striker Krzysztof Piątek has been ruled out of Euro 2020 after fracturing his ankle playing for club side Hertha Berlin, the Polish Football Association said on Friday.

"We reiterate our strong support for the Office of the Polish Commissioner for Human Rights, an ombudsman institution, equality body, and accredited as A-status NHRI, in its work to promote and protect human rights and equality in Poland in an independent and effective manner" - the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions, the European Network of Equality Bodies, the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions, the International Ombudsman Institute, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, and the Regional Office for Europe said in a joint statement.

Heavy rainfall that would not stop for many hours on Thursday caused a landslide at a football pitch in Poland's southern town of Wodzisław Śląski. The landslide was caught on camera.

After more than three hours of deliberations on Thursday, Poland's upper house - the Senate - rejected the Bartłomiej Wróblewski's bid to replace Adam Bodnar as the Commissioner for Human Rights. The candidate backed by the ruling PiS party was two votes short from being approved.

Polish carrier PLL LOT has suspended flights to Tel Aviv due to the escalation of conflict in Israel and Gaza. Flights will be relaunched depending on the situation in the region.

On Thursday, at a press conference regarding results of inquiry into the preparation of last year's postal voting in presidential election, the chief of the Supreme Audit Office Marian Banaś said "it's a weird coincidence that two days ago we received an email about bombs planted on our premises and in eight of our branches". "Today, in turn, there was an email saying may son was about to commit suicide" - he added.

Head of Poland's Supreme Audit Office Marian Banaś presented results of an inquiry into the preparation of postal voting in 2020, which did not take place in the end. He added the office has notified the prosecutor about two possible law violations relating to the planning of the ballot.

The European Commission has increased its GDP forecast for Poland in 2021 from 3,1 percent to 4 percent - according to the "European Economic Forecast. Spring 2021". The unemployment rate for 2021 is expected to be the lowest in the whole EU and equal 3,5 percent.

Polish nurses organised a protest on Wednesday at Warsaw's Plac Na Rozdrożu, which could be literally translated as "At the Crossroads Square". For the duration of the manifestation, the nurses called the venue "At the Polish Nurses and Midwives' Career Crossroads Square", as they demanded decent wages and better working conditions. They also pointed out problems such as the increasing age average of Polish nurses.

Poland will bring forward the reopening of cinemas and start vaccinating 16- and 17-year-olds, the prime minister said on Wednesday, as COVID-19 cases decline.

"Poland calls upon all sides in Israel & Palestine to put an end to violence and prevent further loss of life" - the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a tweet on Wednesday.

First it walked straight down the pavement, but then started to get closer to the road. This beaver's night stroll through Gniezno could have ended tragically. The animal was spotted by police officers and it continued on its path under their watchful eye.

A man parked his car in central Łódź and went to a shop. A few second later, two men broke the car window and took a shopping bag which happened to contain 800,000 zlotys. A police officer off duty accidentally witnessed the bold

U.S. President Joe Biden "underscored his commitment to rebuilding alliances and strengthening Transatlantic relations" - reads a statement issued by the White House after a virtual summit of the Bucharest Nine. He also stressed "the importance of strengthening democratic governance and rule of law - at home, within the Alliance, and around the world".

The buildings of Polish state institutions including the Supreme Court were evacuated due to a bomb threat on Tuesday, the institutions and media said, the day the court's Civil Chamber is due to issue guidance on Swiss franc mortgages.