Polish Television has decided that Rafał Brzozowski will represent Poland at this year's Eurovision Song Contest final with his song ‘The Ride’. The concerts will take place on 18, 20 and 22 May 2021 at the Ahoy Hall in Rotterdam.

Enhanced cooperation with third countries as a necessary element to increase the effectiveness of the EU migration policy was the focus of yesterday’s discussion of EU Foreign and Home Affairs Ministers, which was devoted to migration issues. Poland was represented by Deputy Ministers Paweł Jabłoński (the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and Bartosz Grodecki (the Ministry of the Interior and Administration).

Law and Justice MP Bartłomiej Wróblewski announced that he decided to run for Commissioner for Human Rights. ‘I am prepared for this function because of my education, because of my professional work and because of my social experience, serving other people,’ he said.

Today, the Polish economy is one of the most crisis-proof, dynamic and resilient in Europe, and perhaps even in the world - says the President of National Bank of Poland NBP Adam Glapiński in the latest weekly newspaper ‘Sieci’. ‘Poland has very little debt, internally and externally,’ he added.

The European Parliament adopted a resolution to declare the European Union an "LGBTIQ freedom zone". Prof. Zdzisław Krasnodębski in a conversation with Katarzyna Gójska on the Polish Radio One said that the document is a political declaration and has no legal consequences. But he also reported, "In another document, it is even said that this and there is this tendency to change the language when we say 'mom', 'dad' - we are just discriminating against individuals," he reported.

We would be in favour of opening schools gradually, but where it is possible and safe to do so; I do not expect it to be an overnight opening of all schools - said government spokesman Piotr Müller.

Violation of epidemic regulations is the official reason for the expulsion from Poland of the Consul of the General Consulate of the Russian Federation in Poznan. As TVP.info reports - the diplomat, although infected with the coronavirus, did not remain in isolation, but repeatedly left his place of residence. He was, among other things, on the grounds of the Russian Consulate General in Poznan and in the area of the Ministry of the Interior and Administration (MSWiA) hospital in Poznań where his wife was lying. He also took pictures of people protesting in Poznań in defence of Alexei Navalny.

An ambulance with a patient suffering from Covid-19 left the hospital from Ústí nad Orlicí in eastern Bohemia this morning. This patient is going to the hospital in Raciborz. This is the first transport in the Czech Republic of a patient during a pandemic to a hospital abroad.

The president signed the Fourteenth Pension Act on Monday. The additional benefit in the fall will be given to approx. 9.1 million people. ‘I can confidently say that this was my election commitment. It's a big deal that this is happening during a pandemic when the country is going through great hardship,’ said President Andrzej Duda.

The pandemic has become a real catalyst for digital transformation, digitalization brings hope for the better, it is a chance for survival and even accelerated development - said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki during the beginning of the 13th TIME Economic Forum.

Justyna Święty-Ersetic won the silver medal at the European Championships in a 400 m run. Her time of 51.41 is only seven hundredths worse than the Polish record. The winner was Dutchwoman Femke Bol - 50.63. The bronze was won by Britain's Jodie Williams - 51.73.

I had a very good conversation about the need for a coherent EU policy towards other countries, including Russia, Belarus and China, and about the improvement of vaccine approval and the production in Europe - said Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki after Saturday's conversation with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven.

The Prime Minister had good news for the Poles today. Mateusz Morawiecki conveyed on Facebook that Poland has a chance in the fourth quarter of this year to beat the economic growth before the coronavirus pandemic. ‘Not only will Poland not have a recession, but it will also experience a strong economic rebound - I think at least at the level of 4% GDP,’ declared Mateusz Morawiecki.

‘This powerful drill will crush not only the layers of earth, but it will break the barriers of inability, submission and weakness,’ this is what Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said at the ceremony marking the start of work on the digging of the tunnel under the Świna River. During the ceremony in Świnoujście, the Prime Minister stressed that his dream was a strong coast.

The vision of the e-country is changing and being updated all the time, e.g. as a result of events such as a pandemic - said the Secretary of State at the Chancellery of the Prime Minister Marek Zagórski at the press conference about Country 2.0 on Thursday. He stressed that more e-administration solutions are being developed.

The 37-year-old was under the influence of drugs when she drove into a gas station building in Rymań. ‘This is according to preliminary chemical and toxicological tests, which were received by the police in Kołobrzeg,’ informed Ryszard Gąsiorowski, spokesman of the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Koszalin.

Distance learning has been extended till March 14 for students of classes IV-VIII of primary and secondary schools. Younger pupils - from classes I-III of elementary schools - continue to be taught stationary in schools, except pupils from Warmińsko-Mazurskie voivodeship who are returning to distance learning.

It is our duty to cherish the memory of the Accursed Soldiers - says the Minister of National Defense Mariusz Błaszczak in his message on the occasion of the National Accursed Soldiers Remembrance Day. Their uneven fight, for which many of them paid with their lives, is a model of patriotism of the highest order,’ he adds.