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

• Controversy engulfs Education and Science Minister Przemysław Czarnek over alleged bias in the allocation of government funding to NGOs

• Approval of further sales of the U.S. HIMARS artillery rocket system to Poland is announced

• There are indications that Poland may soon return its ambassador to Israel amid improving relations between the two countries, and

• Poland joins in extending assistance to Turkey following Monday’s massive earthquake which claimed over 11,000 lives there and in Syria.