Renowned Polish sociologist and political scientist, Professor Jadwiga Staniszkis, has passed away at the age of 81.

Professor Zbigniew Mikołejko has passed away at the age of 72. He was a distinguished philosopher, historian of religion and ideas, essayist and poet.

The goosander (Mergus merganser) is a protected bird species which in Warsaw can be found practically only in Łazienki Park. Right after hatching out, chicks follow their mothers and head towards Vistula River. Although the whole path is not very long, it does include a very difficult obstacle for the birds to surmount - the busy Czerniakowska Street. This year's first brave goosander mother successfully lead her offspring across the road. As every year, city services helped the birds migrate safely.

There's no threat to Polish citizens in Israel, but warnings remain in place. Those who don't have to, please do not travel there - Polish MFA spokesperson Paweł Wroński said on Monday (April 15).

President Andrzej Duda is a separate political player and the European Commission is aware of that - Poland's development funds and regional policy minister said on Monday (April 15), after announcing that Warsaw has received 6.3 billion euros in EU recovery funds. The minister added that Poland would carry out reforms fixing the rule of law in full as soon as it's possible.

Only 11 players have completed the "Sunshine Double", winning Indian Wells and the Miami Open back-to-back, but world number one Iga Świątek comes to Florida looking to join an even more exclusive club of those that have managed a double-double.

Polish farmers blocked roads with tractors and flares on Wednesday (March 20) in escalating protests against EU environmental regulations and cheap food imports from neighbouring Ukraine which the bloc provisionally agreed to prolong.

Poland will need an extension of EU rules that allow coal plant subsidies until 2028 as it will require coal power generation until it builds its first nuclear plant next decade, the top energy security official in the new government told Reuters.

A U.S. Air Force unmanned drone lost communication with base during a test flight from Romania to Poland on Monday evening. The MQ9 Reaper drone was forced into emergency landing and the military located it shortly after. "Everything was under control," Poland's Air Force Inspector assured on Tuesday (March 19).

A motion to put Adam Glapiński before the State Tribunal has been prepared and is ready. It will be filed in the coming days, Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday (March 19). Glapiński is the chief of Poland's central bank. He has been appointed to this role by the previous government, led by the Law and Justice party.

The only wedding known to have taken place in the Auschwitz concentration camp was held exactly 80 years ago. Austrian inmate Rudolf Friemel and Spanish forced laborer Margarita Ferrer Rey made their vows in one of the most terrifying places the world has ever seen.

Poland's Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Monday (March 18) that the government was not considering to send troops to Ukraine. The minister spoke at a joint press conference held with his German counterpart Boris Pistorius. He also announced that on March 26 Poland and Germany would launch an "armored capabilities coalition" to support Ukraine.

World number one Iga Świątek dominated ninth seed Maria Sakkari to win the Indian Wells final 6-4 6-0 and claim the title for a second time in the California desert on Sunday (March 17).

The European Commission proposed on Friday (March 15) an easing of a series of rules on leaving land fallow or rotating crops, offering concessions to farmers who have protested with tractor blockades across Europe over the past few months.

The leader of Poland's largest opposition party, former deputy prime minister Jarosław Kaczyński, said on Friday (March 15) he would refuse to tell everything he knows to a parliamentary commission investigating allegations of phone-hacking when his party, Law and Justice, was in power.

Poland, Germany and France speak with one voice on security issues and there is no division between them, Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Friday (March 15) during the Weimar Tringle summit in Berlin. The event's host, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, assured that the three countries' "common aim is and remains to ensure Ukraine can effectively defend itself against Russia's invasion". French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated his warning that it was not just Ukrainian, but European security at stake.

Land lying fallow no longer mandatory starting already this year - Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced on social media on Friday (March 15). He added the decision was a result of his talks with EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Earlier that day, Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski informed that the EU executive would propose legislative changes to the Green Deal.

"I see very strong determination from the side of the current government to correct things which, in my view, were wrong in the past," EU Commission Vice President Vera Jourova told TVN24 on Thursday (March 14). This way she commented on the ongoing changes to the Polish judiciary system. Asked if said changes could lead the EU to end the Article 7 procedure against Poland, Jourova said that "the ball is on Polish playground".

Polish opposition party Law and Justice (PiS) has asked the country's constitutional court to declare laws allowing a parliamentary committee to summon the central bank chief for hearings unconstitutional in a bid to block a probe planned by the ruling coalition.

"You are building one of the biggest armies in NATO," the chief of the Alliance Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday after meeting with Poland's President Andrzej Duda. He added that "Poland makes the whole Alliance stronger". The Polish president reiterated his call that each NATO member state increase its defence spending up to 3 percent of GDP. "Today we need greater force," he added.

EU Commission Vice President Vera Jourova is visiting capital cities of European states to discuss potential dangers ahead of this year's European Parliament election, that is to take place in June. On Thursday (March 14), Jourova met in Warsaw with Poland's Justice Minister Adam Bodnar. Among the topics the two politicians discussed were potential solutions that could help to safeguard democracy and the rule of law from threats coming from spyware systems such as Pegasus.

Polish leaders Andrzej Duda and Donald Tusk in US.

The European Commission has agreed to work on changes to European Union's agreement with Ukraine on the road transport of goods demanded by Polish truckers - the Polish infrastructure ministry said on Tuesday.

Tens of thousands of farmers and their supporters warned on Wednesday they would bring Poland to a standstill, after violent clashes with police outside the country's parliament in Warsaw.

Poland is in favor of establishing a special international tribunal for the crime of aggression, of which the Ukrainian people are the victim - Poland's Justice Minister Adam Bodnar said during his visit to Kyiv on Thursday (Feb.29). The minister also reassured that Poland would continue to help Ukraine in collecting evidence of war crimes committed by Russia.

Polish farmers protested on the border with Lithuania on Friday (March 1) against what they say are imports of Ukrainian grain through the Baltic country, something Vilnius denies.

Poland's Deputy PM and Minister of National Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz on Thursday (Feb.29) signed an agreement with U.S. government for the delivery of an integrated air and missile defense command system.

The Commission did a very proper assessment of the changes and so we decided to unblock the money, EU Commission Vice President for Values and Transparency Vera Jourova told TVN24. Asked about the scale of changes Poland had to make in order to receive the frozen EU funds, Jourova replied: "Well, in fact there was not much to be done."

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday (Feb.28) he would meet protesting farmers' leaders on Thursday, as demonstrations continued across the country. He added that Poland was in talks with Ukraine regarding a temporary closing of the border between the two countries. Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said later that day Ukraine was not going to close its border with Poland and was engaged in no talks on the matter.