- yesterday
Polish leaders mark 87th anniversary of World War II as Berlin sets 2027 date for victim memorial
At ceremonies on the Westerplatte peninsula, Donald Tusk linked 1939 appeasement to the war in Ukraine, while Karol Nawrocki renewed calls for German reparations.
- 2d ago
Polish fighter jets intercept Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft 30 km north of Łeba
Polish fighter jets intercepted a Russian Il-20 intelligence aircraft approximately 30 kilometres off the coast of Łeba on Monday, with defence officials confirming no airspace violation occurred.
- 5d ago
Polish government clashes over NATO nuclear sharing after deputy minister rejects hosting warheads
Polish Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz reaffirmed Warsaw's interest in NATO's Nuclear Sharing program on 27 August, countering public statements by his deputy Paweł Zalewski.
- Aug 24
Poland and three NATO allies sign 8 billion PLN deal for Piorun missiles
Poland's Armament Agency has signed an 8 billion PLN framework agreement with Mesko to supply thousands of Piorun anti-aircraft systems to Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Norway under the EU SAFE programme.
- Aug 24
Polish General and Senator Mirosław Różański Dies at 63 After Illness
General Mirosław Różański, former General Commander of the Polish Armed Forces and sitting chairman of the Senate National Defence Committee, died overnight at age 63 following an illness.
- Aug 23
Two-thirds of Poles back term limits for prime ministers and MPs in survey
A survey by SW Research shows 67.6% of Poles favor limiting prime ministers to eight years and lawmakers to three terms, mirroring recent constitutional reforms in Hungary.
- Aug 23
Poland puts territorial troops on 48-hour alert after storms cause widespread damage
Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz placed twenty Territorial Defence Forces brigades on heightened readiness on 22 August as severe gales prompted thousands of firefighter interventions across Poland.
- Aug 19
Warsaw opens condolence book for 1944 Uprising veteran Wanda Traczyk-Stawska after death at 99
A public book of condolences opened in Warsaw on 19 August 2026 following the death of 99-year-old Warsaw Uprising veteran and educator Wanda Traczyk-Stawska.
- Aug 12
Poll shows 67.2% of Poles support PiS plan to deport jobless Ukrainian men of conscription age
An IBRiS poll for Rzeczpospolita found 67.2% of respondents support deporting Ukrainian men of conscription age who lack legal employment in Poland, a proposal announced by PiS vice-president Tobiasz Bocheński at the party's August 6 convention in Warsaw.
- Aug 2
Ukraine warns Russia is stockpiling captured drones for false-flag attacks on NATO
Advisor to Zelensky says Moscow is repairing downed Ukrainian UAVs to stage attacks that could be blamed on Kyiv, echoing earlier Polish defense ministry alerts.
- Aug 1
Poland resumes search for missing fragment of Russian Kh-101 missile that fell in Lublin region on Thursday
Investigators returned to the crash site in Tarnawa-Kolonia on Saturday after laboratory analysis revealed one additional piece of the cruise missile remains unaccounted for, though officials say it poses no danger to residents.
- Aug 1
Poland sends 105 firefighters to Spain as part of EU wildfire pre-positioning operation
The first of three 35-person shifts flew from Kraków to Castilla-La Mancha on 1 August to back up Spanish ground crews with hand-tool wildfire suppression, part of the EU’s largest-ever pre-positioning operation involving 777 firefighters from 14 nations.
- Jul 31
Polish fighters intercept Russian Il-20M spy plane 56 km off Koszalin, second incident in two days
A Polish pair of fighter jets intercepted a Russian Il-20M electronic reconnaissance aircraft 56 km northwest of Koszalin on Tuesday morning, the second such scramble in two days. The aircraft was flying in international airspace without a transponder or flight plan, testing NATO air defences.
- Jul 30
Russia launches massive overnight attack on Ukraine, killing at least 7; unidentified object crashes in Poland
Over 70 missiles and 280 drones struck Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, and Lviv overnight, killing at least seven people and injuring about 30. An unidentified object entered Polish airspace, prompting fighter scrambles and leaving a 10-metre crater near Tarnawa-Kolonia.
- Jul 29
Nawrocki leads trust poll as Bosak surges 10 points and Czarnek plunges
President Karol Nawrocki remains the most trusted politician in Poland with 51.3%, but the July IBRiS/Onet survey shows a 10-point jump for Confederation's Krzysztof Bosak and a 6.4-point slide for PiS PM candidate Przemysław Czarnek.
- Jul 28
Poland's foreign ministry blasts Putin's 'primitive disinformation' on western Ukraine
Polish authorities have issued a sharp rebuttal after Vladimir Putin said Ukraine would eventually lose its western regions to neighbours including Poland, Hungary and Romania. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the remarks a cynical attempt to drive a wedge between Kyiv and its allies.
- Jul 24
Antoni Macierewicz indicted after calling military counterintelligence chiefs 'Russian agents' in parliament
Prosecutors filed charges on 23 July 2026 against the former defence minister and current PiS MP, who faces up to one year in prison for insulting and slandering three senior officers during a live-streamed Sejm session.
- Jul 24
Polish coalition revives pledge to double tax-free allowance to 60,000 PLN before end of term
Senator Grzegorz Schetyna says the government will raise the tax-free amount from 30,000 to 60,000 PLN in stages before the current parliamentary term ends, despite earlier warnings from the finance minister about the 54 billion PLN annual cost.
- Jul 23
Czech UH-1Y Venom helicopter crashes at Náměšť air base, killing one soldier and injuring four
The UH-1Y Venom went down at the 22nd Helicopter Base in Náměšť nad Oslavou on Thursday afternoon with five soldiers aboard. Emergency services transported four injured to hospitals in Brno and Jihlava.
- Jul 21
President Nawrocki's approval hits record 56% as parliament ratings slip
A July CBOS poll shows 56% of Poles approve of President Karol Nawrocki's performance, the highest since he took office, while the Sejm and Senate see their ratings decline.
