Sources: BBC
The Polish judiciary refuses extradition of a Ukrainian to Germany who is suspected of blowing up the Nord Stream pipeline, citing lack of evidence, arguing that it happened in international waters, on Russian-owned property, and amidst the Russian aggression against his state. 2025-10-17
The Israeli Navy intercepts and seizes the Polish-flagged "Marinette", the last vessel of the Global Sumud Flotilla, an international humanitarian flotilla seeking to break the Gaza blockade. 2025-10-3
Poland takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union after Hungary. 2025-01-1
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
Two people are killed in a fire at a PKN Orlen plant in Płock, Poland. 2022-09-27
At the end of a European Union summit, representatives threaten to fine Poland on a daily basis and withhold part of the EU's budget from Hungary over their laws against the gay and LGBT communities. 2021-09-14
Poland's Sejm votes 226–218 to pass a bill to strengthen the country's ban on non-European Economic Area entities from owning a majority stake in its broadcast networks. The opposition, American politicians, and TVN24, whose ownership by American media company Discovery, Inc. is being targeted by the bill, criticize it as a restriction on free speech. It goes to the Senate for a final vote. 2021-08-11
Poland reports a record high of 615 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, and authorities warn of a reinstatement of quarantine measures for travellers from other countries. 2020-07-30
Poland and Israel join Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Australia and Austria in announcing that, despite their agreement in July, they will not sign the United Nations Global Compact for Migration in Marrakech on 10–11 December 2018. 2018-11-20