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

• Poland joins in the international evacuation effort from Afghanistan following the fall of Kabul to the Taliban

• government announces its intention to reform the procedures for disciplining judges, moving to at least partially meet August 16th European Court of Justice deadline

• there’s sharp U.S. criticism of a new law labelled by critics as restricting Second World War - related property restitution claims, and

• Polish paralympians prepare for their Tokyo Games.