Magdalena Wolińska-Riedi in her book ‘Woman in the Vatican’ took us for a trip to a mysterious world behind the Bronze Gate. As one of a few women living in the Vatican, she has shown surprising facts and curiosities following the Papal States. The book has been reprinted several times. What is more, crowds during meetings with the author indicates that these memories have met a warm reception.

The Pole did it again! Jan-Krzysztof Duda beat the world champion, Magnus Carlsen – for the second time in this year! The duel was in the fifth round of the 8th Altibox Norway Chess Tournament in Stavanger with the leading chess players.

Iga Świątek, in a fantastic style, triumphs at Roland Garros’ tennis court. Polish teenager won with, born in Russia, American tennis player Sofia Kenin 6:4 6:1. It is a historical success of our tennis player in Grand Slam.

On Thursday, at 6:30 pm Iga Świątek got information that she will face Sofia Kenin in the final of Grand Slam tournament on Roland Garros’s tennis court in Paris.

We are not planning to return to controls at the internal borders of the European Union, said the Deputy Minister of Interior and Administration Bartosz Grodecki. As of today, we do not have information that any of the EU countries are planning to close their borders, he stressed.

The Polish economy may shrink in 2020 for the first time over the past 30 years, recording a recession of 3.9 per cent, and in 2021 it will begin to recover gradually, according to the World Bank report published on Wednesday.

Almost PLN 5 million will come from EU funding for the revitalization of the Museum of Independence Traditions in Łódź. The total value of this investment is nearly PLN 8 million. The contract for co-financing the project was signed by the Marshal of the Łódź voivodeship, Grzegorz Schreiber.

A new package of restrictions will be introducing since Saturday, which is related to the escalation of the number of coronavirus cases. In the red zone, gastronomic premises may only be open until 22.00. Masks will become an obligation on free space not only in the red zone but also in the yellow zone, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski informed on Tuesday.

The Literature Prize ‘Nike’ got Radek Rak for ‘Fairy tale about the snake’s heart or another word about Jakób Szela’ – announced the Head of the Jury Paweł Próchniak during the Sunday’s gala.

- Farmer's Wives Association are experiencing their renaissance. Polish village develops, modernises. Wives, which take care of upholding traditions, do it to a large extent – said the wife of the Polish President Agata Kornhauser-Duda in Lublin on Saturday.

At the end of 22nd Nationwide Meetings of Travelers, Sailors and Mountaineers, on Saturday in Gdynia laureates of the most important Polish Travel Award – Kolos were announced. The awards were for the most curious achievements in 2019. Ryszard Pawłowski got the ‘Super Kolos’.

The improvement of safety on Polish roads and the further realisation of the National Road Construction Program and the National Railway Program are the priorities of the Ministry of Infrastructure after the government’s reconstruction – said the Minister of Infrastructure Andrzej Adamczyk to the Polish Press Agency (PAP) on Thursday.

The next step is behind us, the Head of the Ministry of National Defense, Mariusz Błaszczak, wrote after the decision of the Senate, which on Wednesday supported the bill authorizing the President to ratify the Polish-American Agreement on increasing the number of American troops in Poland. The US ambassador to Poland also expressed satisfaction with the vote.

A year ago, on 30th of September 2019, died Kornel Morawiecki. He was an anti-communist opposition activist and a legendary leader of ‘Fighting Solidarity’. The presidential candidate in 2010 and the Senior Marshal of the Polish Parliament of the Eighth Term. He was also awarded the Order of the White Eagle.

The Battle of the Niemen River, hidden in the shadow of the Battle of Warsaw, is one of the most significant battles in the Polish history – wrote Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to the participants of the celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the battle.

The investigation into the insulting of President Andrzej Duda during the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Poland's Wedding to the Sea was extended until the 10th of October, the prosecutor's office informed.

The Katyn Shadow March - commemorating about 22 thousand Polish citizens who were murdered by the NKVD in the spring of 1940, went down the streets of Warsaw on Sunday. One hundred fifty reenactors in the uniforms of the Polish Army, Border Protection Corps and State Police took part in the staging.

On Thursday, the Polish Parliament passed the Act on the Medical Fund, which provides for the allocation of additional money for health protection, including for the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer and rare diseases.