Yesterday evening an agreement was reached concerning the EU budget. Despite the earlier threats from the Prime Ministers of Poland and Hungary, the two countries did not veto the budget. In the conclusions of the summit, representatives of the member states wrote that the sole report on violations of the rule of law won’t be enough to block EU funds.

Recruitment for work in a temporary hospital, which was established in Targi Kielce, is in progress. Almost 700 people applied, including 45 doctors, 250 nurses and 77 paramedics.

The Marshall of the Sejm, Elżbieta Witek, wrote a letter to Khadiji Arib, chairwoman of the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in which she expressed her "amazement" and "disappointment" at the acceptance by this chamber of a motion calling on the Dutch government to file a complaint against Poland to the Court of Justice of the EU.

The General Prosecutor applied to the Constitutional Tribunal for a declaration of non-compliance with the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of the goals and activities of the political party Communist Party of Poland (Komunistyczna Partia Polski - KPP), according to the information reached by the portal Niezalezna.pl

The Regional Prosecutor's Office in Lublin is investigating possible financial irregularities in the Open Dialogue Foundation (Fundacja Otwarty Dialog - FOD), and the financial flows of the company "Silk Road" related to the FOD, are also being examined, the wPolityce.pl news outlet informed on Monday.

Warsaw Central Railway Station is celebrating its 45th birthday. The construction of this city centre landmark lasted 1100 days and was completed on December 5th, 1975.

Children from Western Christian countries, including Poland, are celebrating Saint Nicholas Day today. It is the feast day of St. Nicholas of Myra with particular emphasis on his reputation as a bringer of gifts. According to Polish tradition, on the 6th of December, children wait for Santa Claus to come and put a present under their pillows provided that they have been good during the year. Children who have behaved badly might expect to find a twig or a piece of coal under their pillows.

“Poland needs strong development impulses. The basic one is investments, but undoubtedly, export is also the driving force behind development - not only in terms of shipping our goods and services into the world. Foreign expansion of Polish companies is necessary which, apart from trade, also means investments” states Paweł Majewski, the president of the board of the Polish Oil Mining and Gas Extraction.

The District Court in Olsztyn and its subordinate district courts are ready to conduct hearings and court hearings at a distance," Olgierd Dąbrowski-Żegalski, spokesman for the district court said. He assured that the courts had appropriate hardware and software.

The energy transformation must be implemented, but it must be done in a fair and rational manner, taking into account Polish economic realities and workers' interests, said President Andrzej Duda in a Barbórka message to miners. Barbórka is a Polish miners festival.

The European Commission does not have the right to interfere in our judiciary system, the head of the PiS (Law and Justice party) parliamentary club, deputy speaker of the Sejm, Ryszard Terlecki said referring to the EC's position on the Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court in Poland.

The opposition parties in Poland continue to push for a change of the government’s attitude and withdrawal of the intention to veto the EU budget. According to the head of the Civic Platform party, Borys Budka, opposing the Union’s budget plan would result in Poland receiving no funds for investments from the EU.

During the Tuesday meeting, the government adopted a draft law on amendments to the law on the entry into the territory of the Republic of Poland, residence and departure from this territory of citizens of European Union Member States and their family members.

Tensions are running high between the police and the protesters during the Nationwide Women’s Strike. According to many political commentators, instead of helping and solving problems, Polish politicians are instead creating more chaos. The editor-in-chief of ‘Gazeta Polska, Tomasz Sakiewicz had this to say on the matter.

The temporary hospital in Płock, built by PKN Orlen, has a sufficient number of personnel for 46 beds. The facility will be taken over by the Provincial Complex Hospital on Tuesday, December 1. The first patients will be admitted to it after a few days.

The trust of Poles in the Polish Army is a reason to be proud and an even greater motivation to act for Poland and Poles, Minister of National Defense Mariusz Błaszczak emphasized on Monday referring to the IBRiS survey for Onet.

Many political commentators are still criticising the speech given on Friday by the Marshal of the Senate, Tomasz Grodzki. The Marshal criticised the stance of the Polish government regarding the EU budget, as well as its veto of the linking of the budget to the rule of law.

"You don't sit down at the table with cheats," Jacek Saryusz-Wolski claims, proposing to wait out the current German presidency in the Council of the European Union and continue talks about the EU budget and the so-called rule of law in the new year.