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Several ninth-century Arabic silver coins have been found in northern Poland. Experts believe they may have belonged to merchants travelling to and from the Viking Age port of Truso, which was situated nearby notesfrompoland.com/2026/09/…

Poland has proposed that, if the United States grants Ukraine permission to produce its own missiles for Patriot air-defence systems, the facility could be located on Polish territory to ensure its security notesfrompoland.com/2026/09/…

One of the priests injured in a knife attack by a Ukrainian man in Poland last week – which left another priest dead – has delivered a homily calling for people to forgive the attacker and not to blame Ukrainians as a whole for his actions notesfrompoland.com/2026/09/…

Official results from Kraków's mayoral election show that, as expected, independent Łukasz Gibała (36.4%) and Monika Piątkowska (29.9%), from Poland's main ruling Civic Coalition (KO) party, will proceed to a second-round run-off vote on 11 October wiadomosci.onet.pl/kraj/wybo…

Russia has condemned Poland's removal of a Monument of Gratitude to the Red Army, calling it “barbaric” and “sacrilegious”. The monument has been the subject of a long-running legal and political battle amid moves in Poland to “decommunise” public spaces notesfrompoland.com/2026/09/…

Polish President @NawrockiKn “does not like” the fact that Donald Trump has invited Vladimir Putin to the G20 summit in Miami, says his chief foreign policy aide. However, Nawrocki still plans to attend the event, which Poland is invited to as a guest notesfrompoland.com/2026/09/…

The Polish government has granted same-sex couples who married abroad the same tax rights as other married couples It follows an EU court ruling ordering Poland to recognise such marriages even though domestic law does not allow any form of same-sex union notesfrompoland.com/2026/09/…

Prosecutors have ended a decade-long case in which former Polish president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Wałęsa was accused of falsely claiming not to have authored documents relating to his alleged cooperation with the communist authorities notesfrompoland.com/2026/09/…

Poland's government has issued public guidance on how to act in the case of airborne attacks, amid growing concerns over the threat from Russia. It is also preparing evacuation plans and clearer markings for 85,000 shelters across the country notesfrompoland.com/2026/09/…

President @Zelensky has condemned an "evil" knife attack by a Ukrainian man at a Catholic abbey in Poland today, which left a priest dead and others injured Polish Prime Minister @donaldtusk says the perpetrator will face the “full severity of Polish law” notesfrompoland.com/2026/09/…

In a further escalation of the crisis around Poland's constitutional court, prosecutors have charged two officials for preventing new judges from taking up their positions. Meanwhile, the chief justice has launched proceedings against three other judges notesfrompoland.com/2026/09/…

A fire last night at a Starlink ground station in Poland that is used to provide internet services to Ukraine was caused deliberately and "the modus operandi is clearly Russian", says digital affairs minister @KGawkowski notesfrompoland.com/2026/09/…