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

• Prime Minister Morawiecki announces a staged, but extensive, reopening of Poland’s economy and society during May

• Prawo i Sprawiedliwość does a deal with Lewica to gain approval for the National Recovery Fund despite the opposition of Solidarna Polska

• Visegrad Group leaders back the Czech Republic in its diplomatic spat with Moscow, and

• the beatification ceremony of the late Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński is to go-ahead in Warszawa on September 12th.

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

• Poland backs new U.S. sanctions on Russia expelling three diplomats with Russia retaliating in kind

• Morawiecki hints at a wider reopening of the Polish economy at the end of May or early June, as there is some easing of restrictions in eleven provinces

• Constitutional Tribunal ruling means Adam Bodnar cannot continue beyond another three months as Human Rights Commissioner, and

• Poland marks the 78th anniversary of the 1943 Warszawa Ghetto Uprising.

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

• Health Minister Adam Niedzielski announces the reopening of pre-schools amid an overall downward trend in Covid-19 cases

• Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau strongly backs Ukraine in the crisis over the massing of Russian troops on its eastern border

• There’s a court setback for PKN Orlen’s acquisition of Polska Press amid concerns about increased government influence over the media, and

• State leaders mark the 81st anniversary of the Katyń Forest massacre of 22,000 Polish officers and others.

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

• Health Minister Adam Niedzielski announces the additional restrictions due to lapse on Friday are being extended until April 18th

• Poland sees muted Easter celebrations in the shadow of Covid-19 and official calls to spend Easter at home

• Confusion amid a sudden extension followed by a swift row-back on vaccine eligibility for over 40s as Szymon Hołownia is among those vaccinated, and

• Hubert Hurkacz is a new Polish tennis champion winning the Miami Open men’s singles title.

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

• The government imposes a further tightening of Covid-19 restrictions including a two week closure for more businesses

• Poland calls for international actions against Belarus following the detention of leading figures from the Polish minority there

• Controversy continues to swirl around PKN Orlen President Daniel Obajtek as a Prawo iSprawiedliwość Sejm member denies any impropriety in a past intervention in his favour, and

• A New Yorker magazine article’s description of Poland’s role during the Nazi German Holocaust of Jews provokes a furious response.

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

• Poland’s regional lockdowns go nationwide from last Saturday and is due to run until April 9th, with much 'non-essential' activity halted

• Reported total Covid-19 cases go over the 2 million milestone with a record daily case figure of nearly 30,000 on Wednesday

• Senate Marshal Tomasz Grodzki and PKN OrlenPresident Daniel Obajtek both deny claims of past wrongdoing, and

• TVP airs fresh claims of an inadequate initial Polish investigation into the 2010 Smolensk air crash by the then Donald Tusk-led government.

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.

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

• Over 17,000 new daily Covid-19 cases are reported on Wednesday as the third wave of infections escalates

• A Polish diplomat is expelled from neighbouring Belarus for taking part in a commemorative event for the ‘Żołnierze Wyklęcki’ - Polish anti-communist resistance fighters

• PKN Orlen sources one million tons of crude oil from the U.S. as part of moves to diversify energy supplies and reduce dependence on Russia, and

• President Duda extends thanks to the nation’s women on the occasion of International Women’s Day on Monday.

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

• Ministers condemn the latest ruling from the EU Court of Justice on Poland’s judicial reforms which opposition leader, Borys Budka, labels ‘the victory of the rule of law over lawlessness’

• The number of Covid-19 vaccines administered in Poland reaches 3.47m as the recent spike in case numbers continues

• The Government approves plans for a major reform of the pension system with a move to individual retirement accounts, and

• Poland holds a national day of remembrance for the ‘Żołnierze Wyklęcki’– the anti-communist resistance fighters who fought on after the end of the Second World War.