Sources: Reuters
As a response to Germany tightening border controls and following a call for EU-wide solutions by its Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk issues a request to the European Union to accept a provisional suspension of migrants' right to asylum in order to control irregular immigration from Belarus, which human rights activists condemn as unconstitutional. 2024-10-12
Germany issues its first arrest warrant related to the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage for a Ukrainian man who crossed the border from Poland into Ukraine before the arrest could be carried out. 2024-08-14
National Security Bureau chief Jacek Siewiera announces that Poland will send "a team of military advisors" to the Finland–Russia border in response to an official request for allied support. Finland says it was unaware of the Polish offer. Russia warns against the move, viewing the concentration of troops on the border as a threat. 2023-11-29
Poland's Minister of National Defence Mariusz Błaszczak announces the construction of a barrier along the border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, as Poland believes that Russia will use the border to illegally transport African and Asian immigrants to Europe. 2022-11-2
Poland reports a record for the second consecutive day of 40,876 new COVID-19 cases, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 4,484,095. 2022-01-22
Poland declares a state of emergency on its border with Belarus amid an increase in illegal migration. The Polish Border Guard says that there were around 3,500 attempts to illegally cross the border in August, 2,500 of which were not successful. 2021-09-2
Poland reports a record 21,897 new cases, bringing the total number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic to 362,731. 2020-10-31
Poland extends its ban on foreigners entering the country until June 12 due to COVID-19. 2020-05-13
Poland takes over the rotating Presidency of the United Nations Security Council. 2018-05-1
Russia's authorities deny Poland's Senate speaker Bogdan Borusewicz entry into Russia for the funeral of slain Kremlin critic Nemtsov. 2015-03-3