Poland's deputy ministers of economic development Iwona Michałek and Andrzej Gut-Mostowy, as well as deputy science and higher education minister Wojciech Murdzek, announced their resignation from office. Earlier on, deputy chief of Accord Marcin Ociepa said he would step down as deputy minister of defence.

Thousands of people across Poland protested in defence of media freedoms on Tuesday, objecting to draft legislation that critics say could shut down TVN24, a U.S.-owned broadcaster critical of the government.

Poland's prime minister on Tuesday requested the dismissal of the head of a junior coalition partner from government, a spokesman said, leaving the future of the administration uncertain as the alliance that has ruled since 2015 fell apart. Asked to comment on the decision, Gowin said it would effectively end the ruling coalition.

He had very ambitious plans ahead of Tokyo, including winning a medal. At the Olympics, he got knocked out already in qualifications, after which he accused the organisers of killing the rivalry. Now, Poland's javelin thrower Marcin Krukowski has shared in social media his detailed view on what happened in Tokyo.

He is 30 years old. Before setting a store at Łęczycka street in Kutno on fire, he rented a room in a nearby hotel to get a good view. The man, who is facing up to 10 years in prison for causing damage worth nearly 3 million zlotys, claims this wasn't his first arson.

The European Commission will analyse Poland's decision to scrap a disciplinary system for judges which critics say is a tool to pressure judges, the European Commission said on Tuesday.

A firemen from Grodzisk Wielkopolski and his friends have come up with an idea to establish a fire station in a small village in Tanzania. After collecting money for the cause, they bought a fire truck in Germany and fully equipped it. The vehicle is on its way to Africa.

A record number of migrants have crossed the Polish border with Belarus since Friday, the Border Guard said on Monday, amid accusations Minsk is using illegal crossings to pressure European Union states.

The U.N. climate panel sounded a dire warning Monday, saying the world is dangerously close to runaway warming – and that humans are "unequivocally" to blame. "For Poland, it means that it must not delay the plan of ending burning coal by 2030," Climate Coalition said in a statement on Monday.

On Monday, August 9, TVN24 celebrated its 20th birthday. Morning and afternoon were full memories, anecdotes and interviews with well-known journalists, as well as those who work everyday behind the scenes. Here's how we celebrated our 20th anniversary.

The Regional Prosecutor's Office in Lubin (Lower Silesian province) has launched an inquiry into the death of a 34-year-old man after police intervention. The investigators are examining whether the officers overstepped authority and involuntary caused the man's death. The incident sparked a protest which turned into scuffles in front of a police station in Lubin. There were many detained, six officer were injured.

A group of members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee issued a statement on Friday. The congressmen, both democrat and republican, warned that adoption of planned changes to the media law would be "part and parcel of a troubling trend regarding independent media in Poland". The politicians also stressed that, if passed, the bill would "force the American media company Discovery, which owns TVN24, the country’s largest independent news channel, out of the Polish market".

Poland's Chief Justice on Thursday partially froze a disciplinary chamber for judges at the heart of a deepening dispute with the European Union over judicial independence that could see Warsaw face fines or even an eventual loss of funding. On Friday, a government minister accused the head of Poland's Supreme Court of bowing to the demands of "colonial" European Union officials in a row over the independence of the judiciary that could see Warsaw face financial penalties.

After struggling with huge health issues, severe pain and creeping sense of resignation, Poland's Maria Andrejczyk won an Olympic silver medal in the women's javelin in Tokyo on Friday. Her 64.61-metre throw was second only to China's Liu Shiying's gold-winning launch of 66.34 metres.

"Fourth wave of COVID-19 epidemic is slowly gaining momentum" - Health Ministry spokesperson Wojciech Andrusiewicz told TVN24 on Friday. He also said that, according to ministry estimations, the wave was expected to peak between September and October. "If we don't keep vaccinating, we must brace for a peak of up to 15,000 infections daily," he cautioned.

"The United Right is a great value and, in my opinion, it would be worth to continue this project until the end of term, but not at all cost," said Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Gowin. Later on Friday, the leader of a junior coalition partner, the Accord party, informed that he appointed Anna Kornecka, former deputy development minister freshly dismissed by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, as his plenipotentiary for investments and the Green Deal.

Poland's Aleksandra Mirosław smashed the women's world speed climbing record on Friday to win the first leg of the three-event Olympic final on Friday, as the competition that made its Games debut this week draws to a close.

Poland's Dawid Tomala cruised to victory in the Olympic men's 50km race walk with a dominant performance over the second half of the race in Sapporo on Friday, reaching the top of the podium in just his second completed race of the distance.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki dismissed Anna Kornecka as undersecretary of state in the Ministry of Economic Development, Labour and Technology. The decision has met with criticism from her colleagues from the Accord party, as well as opposition politicians.

In her first press conference after coming to Poland, where she has been granted a humanitarian visa, Krystsina Tsimanouskaya said on Thursday she was not planning to return to Belarus in fear of repressions.

An aircraft carrying Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya landed at Warsaw Chopin airport on Wednesday evening. Poland's Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydacz reassured on Thursday that the athlete "is and will be in a safe place, free of any danger".

Delay in the process of granting licence to TVN24 channel by National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) raises serious concerns regarding respect for the petitioner's rights, as well as a thorough and proper functioning of the Council as a constitutional body - the Commissioner of Human Rights Marcin Wiącek wrote in a letter to the KRRiT chief Witold Kołodziejski.

President Joe Biden picked Mark Brzezinski, a Democratic-aligned foreign policy official with ties to Poland, as his ambassador to the European country regarded as a key Western bulwark against Russia.

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya landed on Wednesday in Poland to take refuge after defying an order to return early to her authoritarian homeland from the Tokyo Olympics.

A draft amendment to Poland's Broadcasting Act, the so-called lex TVN, has drawn attention of U.S. senators who have issued a bipartisan statement regarding the issue. In their view, the legislation proposed by the ruling PiS party "would infringe on a free, independent media and jeopardize U.S. media investments in Poland".

Supreme Audit Office President Marian Banaś has asked the parliament speaker to dismiss his deputy Tadeusz Dziuba and notified the prosecutor's office about possible failure to fulfill his duties.

Poland's Wojciech Nowicki won the men's hammer throw with a personal best of 82.52 metres on Wednesday, while his compatriot Paweł Fajdek avoided another Olympic disappointment by picking up the bronze.

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya left Tokyo aboard a flight to Vienna on Wednesday, less than 72 hours after refusing her team's orders to return home.

Someone placed three little cats inside a cardboard box and then threw the box to a waste container. Employees of a waste disposal company saved them from dying. The kittens are now waiting for new owners in an animal shelter in Łódź, while the local City Guard cautions that abandoning animals could be interpreted as cruelty against them.

A 4-year-old stuck his head in between two concrete pillars at the observation deck located at the 30th floor of Warsaw's Palace of Culture and Science. The boy couldn't take his head out from the trap and so fire service arrived to the rescue. The firemen used vegetable oil to set him free.