An agreement has been reached that will allow Poland to purchase 116 used Abrams tanks from the United States, the country’s deputy PM and defence minister have told the IAR news agency.

Jan-Krzysztof Duda won against Dutchman Anish Giri 2.5:1.5 in the quarter-finals of the FTX Road to Miami, an online rapid chess tournament. The Polish grandmaster checks into the top four of the prestigious Champions Chess Tour event for the third time in his career.

The Russian prosecution general has blocked access to the Polish Press Agency (PAP) portal along with other 22 websites, according to Roskomsvoboda, an organisation monitoring sites blocked by Russian authorities.

30 foreigners tried to illegally cross the Polish-Belarusian border yesterday. The information was provided by the Border Guard on Thursday morning. A large group of migrants had crossed the shallows on the Svisloch River.

The Baltic Pipe gas pipeline is contracted to transfer 5 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas this year, the prime minister said on Thursday.

In July, the head of the investigative division of the IPN (Institute of National Remembrance) in Gdansk, together with a group of experts and specialists in archaeology and anthropology under the direction of Dr Andrzej Ossowski of the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, made a breakthrough discovery - two mass graves containing approximately 17.5 tonnes of human ashes were found.

Russia wants to drag Belarus into a war against Ukraine in order to fill its personnel shortages, 'dispose' of the Belarusian army and absorb Belarus, Mykhailo Podolak of the Ukrainian presidential office assessed on Wednesday.

Poles purchased a record amount of bonds worth PLN 14.72 billion (EUR 3.05 billion) in June, the finance ministry announced on Wednesday.

Salaries in the Polish economy are likely to increase by 10.8 per cent on average this year and by 9.4 per cent in 2023, according to a central bank official.

Szczecinek policemen had an unusual intervention last weekend. A horse was running along one of the busiest streets in Szczecinek regardless of the traffic. Fortunately, the story has a happy ending. Police officers caught the runaway and handed him over to his keeper.

The company's spokesperson has told PAP that Amazon is considering setting up new distribution centres in Poland.

Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, has sent to parliament a draft law granting Polish citizens special status in Ukraine.

The number of new job offers in Poland has fallen for the second month in a row, compared to the same period of 2021, a report has revealed.

A man has been arrested on charges of inciting the assassination of Poland's president and prime minister on social media, a top security official said on Monday.

In recent months, we can all see the effects of rising inflation - whether at the petrol station, in the supermarket or on our energy and bills for heating. What's clear: the value of money is decreasing. Cash savings are not earning interest and penalty interest is being charged on higher deposits.

Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland's prime minister, was among the dignitaries at a ceremony on Sunday to mark the 77th anniversary of the so-called Augustow Roundup operation which saw at least 592 Polish freedom activists murdered by Russia's NKVD and SMERSH forces in 1945.

Karol Świderski scored a goal for Charlotte FC in a 4:1 win over Nashville FC in the North American MLS football league. Jarosław Niezgoda also scored a goal in the Portland Timbers' 3:0 away win against the Seattle Sounders.

Pomeranian police are warning against fraudsters renting accommodation that does not exist. Last week, a resident of the Opolskie Voivodeship who wanted to rent a flat in Sopot was conned in this way.