Thanks to the TDF (Wojska Obrony Terytorialnej - WOT) soldiers, Poland is stronger, more resistant to threats, said Minister of Defense Mariusz Błaszczak in Grudziądz. He added that this formation helps Poles in many difficult, sudden and tragic situations.

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki received the Silver Cross of Fighting Solidarity (Solidarność Walcząca). In his short speech, the head of the government compared the "political class wanting a better Poland" to the national football team. "They are trying, they are fighting and it is - I would say - getting better (...), but something is still missing. There is no good cooperation," said Morawiecki.

On September 1, I am convinced of this - and everything indicates it - we are returning to work in schools, to full-time education, said Przemysław Czarnek, the head of the ministry of education and science, on Friday in Sieradz.

The opposition’s attempt to dismiss Speaker of the Parliament Ryszard Terlecki and three government ministers, Michał Dworczyk, Jacek Sasin and Mariusz Kamiński, has failed. The ruling coalition managed to maintain a united front in the voting process and overcame the very narrow margin which grants it a parliamentary majority. The vote was preceded by an unusually heated debate.

"According to the decisions of allies, we decided not to extend the mission of the Polish Military Contingent in Afghanistan. At the end of June we complete our military commitment to the largest NATO operation in history," President Andrzej Duda reported.

"The Internal Security Agency and the Military Counterintelligence Service determined that the list of the targets of the social engineering attack included at least 4,350 e-mail addresses belonging to Polish citizens. The services have information about the connections between the aggressors and the activities of the Russian secret services," reported the spokesman of the minister coordinator of special services, Stanisław Żaryn.

The Bank of the National Economy and the Prime Minister’s Chancellery are launching a Government Fund named “Polish Order: Strategic Investments Program”. The financial aid is designed to stimulate investment in regions all over Poland. Local governments will receive 95 percent of the non-returnable co-financing for, among others, water and sewerage infrastructure, modernization of heating plants to make them zero emission and waste management.

The investment on the Vistula Spit is of an economic nature, but also related to security, the connection of Elbląg with the sea creates opportunities for military reinforcement if necessary, emphasized today the head of the Ministry of National Defense, Mariusz Błaszczak.

The inhabitants of Nowa Biała suffered a huge tragedy, but the Polish state will not leave them alone, declared Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Monday. The most important thing will be help in the reconstruction of houses and farm buildings, experts are already estimating the losses, he added.

The 18th Mechanized Division is the division with the highest ability to cooperate in NATO, its staff works according to procedures other than those of other Polish divisions, said the Commander of the 18th MD, Div. Gen. Jarosław Gromadziński.

On Friday, Poland handed over to the EU Member States, the European Commission and the Council a document on the details of cyberattacks carried out in recent days in the country.

According to the knowledge I obtained from the Internal Security Agency, the cyberattack on Polish politicians and officials was directed from the territory of the Russian Federation, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said at today's briefing. During his visit to Mikołów, he said that we were dealing with a "modern version of a hybridwar".

On June 21, the 50th edition of the legendary program of Polish Radio 1 "Lato z radiem" or Summer with Radio will start. Every day from Monday to Saturday from 9.00 to12.00 on the air of "Jedynka" new unusual places on the map of Poland, and on Fridays at 8 pm concerts of the greatest Polish stars, informed Anna Górka from PR.

A new honorary consulate of the Republic of Poland was opened today in Trowbridge in south-west England. It is to facilitate the provision of consular assistance to approx. 70,000 Poles living in this region.

Convincing Poles to choose an aircraft for this year's vacation, pointing to its epidemic safety and the use of EU COVID certificates by passengers - these are the goals of the information campaign launched today by the Civil Aviation Office.

During the NATO summit in Brussels, President Andrzej Duda held bilateral talks with the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the US President Joe Biden. As Krzysztof Szczerski, the head of the presidential Bureau of International Policy, informed, the latter was held at the request of the American side. "Poland is still an important ally of the USA within NATO, and the USA is an important ally of Poland," he stressed.

The ruling Law and Justice party gained 4 additional votes in the Sejm, Poland’s lower house of Parliament. The Kukiz'15 movement announced cooperation with the largest group in the parliament. The movement's leader is rock musician turned politician Paweł Kukiz who signed a program agreement with Law and Justice leader Jarosław Kaczyński. It provides for strict anti-corruption regulations, the implementation of referenda, and the appointment of justices of the peace.

Most of NATO's member states perceive the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in a positive light. According to the Pew Research Center survey, positive opinions about NATO are record-breaking in several member states.