Germany's foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, has said the matter of Poland's World War Two reparations claim is closed from Berlin's point of view.

Poland's defence minister officially handed over the "small Narew" short-range defence system to Polish armed forces in the eastern city of Zamosc on Tuesday.

Almost 400,000 signatures had been collected in favour of a citizens' initiative to amend the criminal code to penalise those who “insult and mock” the Catholic Church and other religious groups, announced the country’s minister of justice.

Warsaw Security Forum, a two-day meeting featuring top politicians and defence industry representatives from the EU and the US, started on Tuesday.

In Gdynia, Białystok and Sopot, rents in the first half of this year rose by around 40, 38 and 36 per cent respectively, compared to the previous six months, according to the latest report. The smallest increases were in Warsaw and Poznań - they did not exceed 20 per cent, it was added.

“It is quite possible that he (Vladimir Putin -ed.) can end up striking some of these distribution places, where the supplies are coming through, including inside of Poland,” US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, said in an interview with CNN.

Today, the Head of the Foreign Ministry, Zbigniew Rau, initialled a diplomatic note on reparations, which will be forwarded to German diplomacy. “The settlement of the consequences of the German aggression and occupation should include, among other things, the payment of compensation by Germany for material and non-material damage caused to the Polish state,” Zbigniew Rau reported.

Sergey Andreyev, Russia's ambassador to Poland, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Monday in protest over Russia’s annexation of parts of Ukraine, a government minister has said.

The 85th annual Pulaski Day Parade passed through the streets of New York today. The event was held under the slogan: "Marching with Heart, Soul & Love of Polonia". The patriotic march was attended, among others, by the New York Club of "Gazeta Polska".

Pope Francis has appealed to the Russian President to stop the "spiral of violence and death" in Ukraine. This is the first such direct appeal since the beginning of Russian aggression. He also called on the Ukrainian president to be "open to serious peace proposals".

The presidents of Central and Eastern European NATO members in a joint statement have expressed support for Ukraine's territorial integrity and decried Russia's attempts to annex parts of Ukraine.

Tom Kristensson and Andreas Johansson (Hyundai i20 R5), according to unofficial results, has won the 67th Rally of Vistula! The Swedes covered the fastest eight of the ten special stages and outclassed the competition. In second place were Grzegorz Grzyb and Adam Binięda (+1:14.4 s, Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo), who won the remaining two special stages. The podium in Wisla was completed by Kacper Wróblewski and Jakub Wróbel (+2:10.6 s, Škoda Fabia Rally2 Evo).

Poland has completed the construction of a barrier on its border with Belarus making illegal entry to the country impossible via that route, a senior government official has announced.

The transit of natural gas through the new Baltic Pipe gas pipeline from Norway to Poland has started, pipeline operator Gaz-System tweeted on Saturday.

Andrzej Duda, the Polish president, has vowed that Poland will never recognise Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian territory.

Poland's prosecutor general, Zbigniew Ziobro, has ordered an investigation into the explosions that damaged the Nord Stream pipelines built to carry Russian natural gas to Europe.

The 67th Wisła Rally started this afternoon in the very centre of the Beskid capital. The crews have 10 asphalt special stages with a total length of 110.9 km to cover, while the entire rally route is almost 300 km long.

Poland's environment and climate minister has announced the country will table a motion at a Friday ministerial meeting in Brussels to introduce a maximum price for natural gas.