Poland’s main news stories over the past week have included:

• Poland’s regional Covid-19 lockdowns now extend to four provinces as case numbers continued to rise

• Prawo i Sprawiedliwość to unveil new development plan labelled Polska Nowy Ład on Saturday in a bid to regain the political initiative

• Belarus and Poland engage in a further round of expulsions of each other’s diplomats as bilateral relations plummet, and

• the Polish-born cinematographer, Dariusz Wolski, is nominated for an Oscar for his work on the film News of the World.