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

• the Polish soccer team makes it through to the knock-out stage of the World Cup in Qatar despite a 2-nil defeat at the hands of Argentina

• Poland changes tack and requests that Patriot air defence systems offered to the country by Germany are instead deployed in Ukraine

• the government announces plans for a public enquiry into the country’s energy policy since 2007, and

• a collection of artworks evacuated from Ukraine goes on public display in Poznań.