President Andrzej Duda and the first lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda are in Lithuania on an official visit. During their stay, the head of the Polish state will meet Lithuanian officials, establish the Presidential Council of the two countries, and inaugurate the Polish-Lithuanian Economic Forum.

Let's buy Polish products, let's support Polish companies, let's encourage these companies to support each other, let's support Polish entrepreneurship by buying Polish products and supporting Polish service providers. This is a job for all of us. In this way, each of us can pursue economic patriotism, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State Assets, Jacek Sasin said during the VI Extraordinary Congress of Clubs of "Gazeta Polska".

Warsaw has responded to Berlin’s earlier announcements about the need to introduce the ‘money for the rule of law’ mechanism and has blocked the EU budget. Along with Poland, Hungary is also against this approach. This afternoon, before the decision was taken, the head of the United Poland party commented on the matter.

Disorganization, chaos and lack of coherent messages. The police are receiving more and more criticism for blocking the Motorized Independence Rally. The event last Wednesday was organized not only by the national community, it was also the work of drivers arriving to the capital from all over Poland.

Instead of being a family-centred, peaceful holiday, the 102nd anniversary of Poland’s regaining independence quickly turned into street clashes and brawls. After yesterday’s march, over 300 people were detained. A fire broke out in one of the apartments of Warsaw’s Powiśle district as nationalists threw flares at a window with a rainbow flag on it. The police published an image of the perpetrator and asked Polish citizens for help in the search.

On Wednesday, the celebration of the National Independence Day took place across Poland. This year the celebrations had a unique course due to the restrictions related to the COVID-19 epidemic. Regaining independence was commemorated, among other places, in Warsaw, Krakow, Poznan and Gdansk.

On Wednesday clubs of "Gazeta Polska" organized the Independence Day celebrations. Club members of "Gazeta Polska" in Piotrków Trybunalski set off at 2 p.m. on a motorized march.

Patriotism is the wise love of the motherland, it is the conscientious daily performance of duties, from the smallest to the greatest, Przemysław Czarnek, the Minister of Education and Science, said thanking students and teachers for singing the national anthem together on the eve of Independence Day.

Protests following the recent ruling of the Constitional Tribunal which limits abortion in Poland are continuing on the streets of Polish cities as are attacks on senior politicians from the United Right government. Yesterday, during one demonstration, protesters threw meat in front of the headquarters of the Ministry of Education, among others.

The organizers of the Independence March have announced that this year’s event will take place as a motorcade because of the coronavirus pandemic. According to the organizers, everyone who wishes to participate in the march is very welcome to come to Warsaw as long as they do not leave their cars.

I am convinced that following Joe Biden's victory in the US presidential election, Polish-American relations will develop as well as ever, the head of the Chancellery of the Polish Prime Minister, Michał Dworczyk said.

At the end of last week, six ventilators arrived at the University Hospital in Zielona Góra. This is another batch of medical equipment purchased by the provincial government as part of the "Lubuskie versus virus" program, Marzena Toczek, spokeswoman for the provincial board, said.

The Editor in Chief of the Gazeta Polska newspaper, Tomasz Sakiewicz commented on the matter of this year’s March of Independence by encouraging Poles to stay safe and not endanger others.

The health care system in Poland is approaching its capacity. The government is introducing new restrictions. According to Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, social distancing is the only way to avoid a full stop of the economy. However, today's message is that the next lockdown is a matter of time.

The acquisition of Ruch, a popular kiosk network in Poland, by PKN Orlen is entering the implementation phase. Composition proceedings with Ruch's creditors were carried out, which was finally confirmed by the court. This was the last condition for closing the trial, PKN Orlen informed. The company added that the closing of the transaction is expected by the end of this year.

Following the recent spike in coronavirus infections and the protests against the ruling of the Constitutional Tribunal which tightened the abortion law in Poland, the latest opinion polls show that there has been a drop in support for the ruling Law and Justice party, with little increase for the opposition. The governing United Right coalition needs to think of some way to recover the support before the parliamentary elections in 2023.

The Catholic Church celebrates All Saints’ Day today. In Poland it is also a day of reflection and the time for visiting the graves of relatives. This year, however, the cemeteries are closed to the public for three days as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

On Sunday, the Minister of Health, Adam Niedzielski, issued an order to the President of the National Health Fund that each person from the medical staff fighting Covid-19, along with paramedics and hospital laboratory diagnosticians, would receive 100 percent more remuneration in the form of an additional benefit.