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On Wednesday morning, November 4, agents of Poland's Central Anti-Corruption Bureau (CBA) detained 25 people on the orders of the prosecutor's office. The investigation covers alleged misconduct in 2018–2019 involving failures by management and supervisory board members to fulfill their duties, causing losses to Elektrownia Ostrołęka Sp. z o.o., Enea SA and Energa SA. The estimated financial damage exceeds 1 billion zlotys. Searches and evidence collection are underway at 30 locations across 11 Polish provinces.

President Nawrocki announced that the draft of the new National Security Strategy is ready. "The document must now be urgently adopted by the Council of Ministers and submitted for my approval," he said before the start of Tuesday's National Security Council meeting

Thousands of young people gather in Václavák amid strikes and protests against Mr. Babiš

Polish President Karol Nawrocki accused PM Donald Tusk of a "crime against the Constitution" to his face at a National Security Council meeting Tuesday over the government's move on the top court. "Today you have been left without allies," he told Tusk. "All that remains for you is violence." He vowed to use all his powers to stop it and set a deadline of Nov. 11

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday that Poland had successfully prevented what appeared to be an attempted provocation overnight on its border with Russia's Kaliningrad exclave. Tusk said additional police officers and troops, including counterterrorism units, had recently been deployed to northeastern Poland after authorities received more precise intelligence about possible acts of sabotage and a potential incursion by armed individuals in the first half of November.

Hundreds of British troops and RAF jets are joining 10 nations in Poland for Exercise Koalicja, the first major exercise of the UK-France-led Multinational Force–Ukraine (MNF-U)

Warsaw Airport: Bomb threat reported on flight arriving from London

Britain & France prepare a multinational military force for potential deployment to Ukraine after the war

Wizz Air flight from London to Sofia diverted to Budapest due to a bomb threat. Hungarian Defence Minister Romulus Rusin-Sandi announced on Facebook that a Gripen fighter jet from the Hungarian Air Force was scrambled to escort the passenger aircraft. The aircraft landed safely at Budapest Airport. Representatives of Wizz Air told the 24.hu news portal that competent authorities are currently conducting a security check of the aircraft and passengers. After the incident, the fighter jet returned to base. According to the Hungarian Defence Minister, police took additional security measures after the Wizz Air flight landed

MFA of Poland Sikorski: Please note that we are dealing with an unprecedented scale of cooperation online between Russian accounts and propagandists, and the global far right. This is an evident alliance. Or at least collaboration. This should give all of us food for thought about who wants to stir things up in Poland and who this serves

Authorities discovered safes weighing 1,660 kg of the kind used by banks and pawnshops inside a soundproofed room secured by a security door in the home of Miklós Seszták, a member of parliament and former minister under @PM_ViktorOrban

The TISZA parliamentary group supports the election of Dr Péter Fejes as Prosecutor General

Tusk: The solution to the conflict is simple and possible without changes to the Constitution. The President recognizes the judges legally elected by the Sejm, because that is what the Constitution stipulates, and they take up their duties in the Tribunal. For now, @NawrockiKn is choosing forceful confrontation, which could cost Poland very dearly. A democratic state under the rule of law cannot yield to violence, no matter how powerful external forces support the attack by PiS, Konfederacja, Braun, and Nawrocki. And it will not yield

Legally elected judges were attacked, and police defended the court from attackers – said Prime Minister Donald Tusk in his address. The head of government emphasized that "peace cannot be achieved by yielding to injustice and violence."

Kosiniak-Kamysz: constitutional reset will lead to rebuilding trust in the Constitutional Tribunal

Peter Mayar: Fulfilling one of TISZA's key promises, we will make the secret police files from the socialist dictatorship public on 4 November. This will be a difficult and sensitive issue for many families, but without confronting the past, there can be no genuine political change

The President of the Republic of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, is holding a meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, as well as the Deputy Marshal of the Sejm Piotr Zgorzelski. Accompanying the President are the Head of the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland, Minister Zbigniew Bogucki, and the Head of the Presidential Cabinet, Minister Paweł Szefernaker

Marcin Horala: I have convened an extraordinary session of the Parliament at the President of the Polish Republic's office for 15:00.

Hołownia: We call on the President and Prime Minister to meet as soon as possible, today, to agree on a reset of the TKR.

President Nawrocki to convene an urgent consultation with parliamentary forces in connection with the situation surrounding the Constitutional Tribunal.

Russia's Lavrov says inviting Poland to attend G20 meeting breaks diplomatic rules

Vice-President of Constitutional Court of Poland Bartłomiej Sochański is currently in his office. He declares that the "order" issued by Anna Korwin-Piotrowska ordering a break in the official duties of the President and Vice-President of the Constitutional Tribunal are non-existent documents.

President of the Polish Republic Karol Nawrocki meets with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Zbigniew Kapiński.

Anna Korwin-Piotrowska, a judge with Poland's constitutional court, has ordered its president Bogdan Święczkowski and his deputy to be suspended from hearing cases for a month, sparking accusations of a coup and tense protests

President Nawrocki has landed in Warsaw and will meet Supreme Court First President Zbigniew Kapiński immediately, his chief of staff says

Poland experiences a new escalation in the dispute over its Constitutional Court. Police moved onto the grounds of the highest constitutional body in Warsaw, where protesters had gathered.

The President of the Constitutional Tribunal appealed to both the police and protesters to remain calm and refrain from using violence. He announced that he would withdraw from the Tribunal grounds to prevent an escalation

Tusk: Restoring the rule of law is our duty. After years of "PiS" lawlessness, this is a difficult, sometimes painful process that requires decisive action. There is no other way.

Polish President Karol Nawrocki turned back his plane en route to Senegal on Friday after police entered the premises of Poland's top court and its president was suspended

Polish Justice Minister and Prosecutor General Waldemar Żurek says he has submitted five motions to the Constitutional Tribunal seeking to lift the immunity of acting Tribunal President Bogdan Świeczkowski and Vice-President Bartłomiej Sochański to allow their prosecution. The motions total 224 pages, accompanied by 50 volumes of evidence concerning alleged crimes. Żurek said the documents were submitted to the Tribunal's most experienced judge, with further information to be provided by the Tribunal.