— BIELAN: IF THAT'S ALL THEY FOUND AFTER SO MANY MONTHS, IT SHOWS HE'S AS PURE AS THE DRIVEN SNOW, "I CONVINCED THEM LONG AGO." CZARNEK ON CONFEDERACY, SAWICKI: KPO FUNDS FOR STATE-OWNED COMPANIES ARE AVAILABLE, BUT NOT FOR ENTREPRENEURS – 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/01/30/

— KONRAD FIJOŁEK WITH AN MBA DIPLOMA FROM THE BRITISH PARTNER OF COLLEGIUM HUMANUM? THE OMBUDSMAN DEMANDS EXPLANATIONS – ANDRZEJ PLĘS ON JEDYNKA RZESZOWSKICH NOWIN: “The Office of the Ombudsman has requested the Mayor of Rzeszów for his position regarding the Executive Master of Business Administration postgraduate diploma, which he allegedly obtained from Apsley Business School in London. For written confirmation that Konrad Fijołek completed his studies with the British partner of the notorious, and now defunct, Collegium Humanum university, members of the Graphic Designers Association, which brings together former employees of Rzeszów Graphic Works, have been seeking since the spring of last year at the Rzeszów City Hall.”
https://nowiny24.pl/konrad-fijolek-z-dyplomem-mba-brytyjskiego-partnera-collegium-humanum-rpo-domaga-sie-wyjasnien/ar/c5p2-27217865

— PEW SURVEY: POLES ARE STILL CATHOLIC. SECULARIZATION IN POLAND IS HAPPENING SLOWLY – RZ: “Nearly four decades after the fall of communism, 60 percent of our country's inhabitants believe that faith is a significant or key factor in national identity. This is much more than in Western European countries.”

— THREE-QUARTERS OF POLES WANT THEIR LEADER TO DEFEND THE PRINCIPLES OF FAITH – CONTINUED FROM RZ: “However, when less restrictive criteria are considered, it is evident that the process of secularization in our country is proceeding more slowly than often assumed, and the difference in views compared to Western European countries remains significant. Four months before the presidential election, 73 percent of Poles believe it is quite or very important for their country's leader to defend the canons of the dominant religion. In France, this figure is 24 percent, in Germany 42 percent, in Spain 34 percent, and in the United Kingdom 50 percent.”
https://www.rp.pl/spoleczenstwo/art41742041-sondaz-pew-polak-to-wciaz-katolik-laicyzacja-w-polsce-nastepuje-powoli

— THE IBRIS SURVEY CONDUCTED FOR RZ INDICATES THAT UKRAINE'S LACK OF REACTION TO THE EXHUMATION OF THE VOLHYNIAN MASSACRE VICTIMS SHOULD INFLUENCE WHETHER THIS COUNTRY WILL BECOME A MEMBER OF ALLIED STRUCTURES OR THE EU IN THE FUTURE – MICHAŁ KOLANKO IN RZ: “Only 34.8 percent of respondents indicated that Ukraine does not need to meet such a condition before deciding on military and economic integration with the European Union countries. 50.2 percent presented the opposite opinion, and 14.9 percent had no opinion. Among the group that 'conditions' Ukraine's participation in the EU and NATO on undertaking exhumations, supporters of the opposition (PiS, Confederation, Razem) predominate – 67 percent, and undecided – 52 percent. These are mainly 40-year-olds (76 percent), people with secondary education (51 percent), and viewers of TV Republika (90 percent).”
https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art41742151-sondaz-ibris-ukraina-powinna-zamknac-sprawe-ekshumacji-polska-stawia-warunki

— LAYOFFS AT POCZTA POLSKA ARE IN FULL SWING. 15% OF THE STAFF WILL LOSE THEIR JOBS – PIOTR SKWIROWSKI IN RZ: “Next week, over 8,500 Poczta Polska employees will receive an offer for voluntary departure from the company. Refusal will be futile, as group layoffs will follow. The management of Poczta Polska explains that this is necessary because the company is in poor condition.”
https://www.rp.pl/uslugi/art41744411-zwolnienia-w-poczcie-polskiej-ruszaja-pelna-para-prace-straci-15-proc-zalogi

— THE CONSEQUENCE OF JOURNALISTS AND OTHER OBSERVERS OF REALITY WITHDRAWING FROM ATTEMPTS TO DESCRIBE IT IMPARTIALLY AND SELFLESSLY IS THE DEEPENING OF CHAOS IN PEOPLE'S MINDS – DARIUSZ ROSIAK IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: “The consequence of journalists and other observers of reality withdrawing from the attempt to describe it impartially and selflessly is the deepening of chaos in people's minds. Every opinion has equal value because there are no constant reference points by which its value can be verified. Popularity on the internet, the number of views, likes, and shares become the ultimate verifiers.”

— OUR SITUATION IS NOT IMPROVED BY THE CHAOTIC MOVEMENTS OF DEFENDERS OF THE OLD ANALOG ORDER, WHICH ARE INFUSED WITH EASILY PERCEPTIBLE FEAR AND HYPOCRISY – CONTINUED DARIUSZ ROSIAK IN TYGODNIK: “If anyone is terrified by such a vision, I only point out that we are essentially already living in such a world, and avoiding understanding its essence does not improve our situation, but worsens it. Nor do the chaotic movements of defenders of the old analog order, which are infused with easily perceptible fear and hypocrisy, improve it.”

— IN POLAND, THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH HAS TAKEN OVER STATE INSTITUTIONS DESTROYED OVER YEARS OF PIS RULE, CONTINUES THE DESTRUCTION OF SOME OF THEM, CITING THE NEED FOR JUSTICE AND – OF COURSE – STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY – DARIUSZ ROSIAK CONTINUES TO WRITE IN TP: “Here are a few examples. The Constitutional Court in Romania annuls elections under the guise of protecting the state from foreign influences and algorithmic manipulation. For several months, the French President has been heroically clinging to constitutional powers to prevent parties that won the elections from governing the country. In Poland, the government, which has taken over state institutions destroyed over years of PiS rule, continues the destruction of some of them, citing the need for justice and – of course – strengthening democracy.”

— HOW DOES ELON MUSK'S ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE GERMAN POLITICS BEFORE THE ELECTIONS ACTUALLY DIFFER FROM THE MIRRORED ATTEMPT BY GERMAN MEDIA TO DEPRECATE TRUMP – BOTH LAST YEAR AND BEFORE THE PREVIOUS ELECTIONS – ROSIAK CONTINUES TO WRITE IN TP: “However, it is equally valid to ask what is the actual difference between Elon Musk's attempt to influence German politics before the elections and the mirrored attempt by German media to deprecate Trump – both last year and before the previous elections.”

— THE WAR OF ALL AGAINST ALL IS THE NATURAL MEDIA ENVIRONMENT TODAY – INCLUDING MEDIA CALLED "TRADITIONAL" – STILL ROSIAK IN TYGODNIK: “Even those who today criticize political polarization, wokeness, and other poisons that flow in dense streams online, thrive on this swamp. The conviction that every, even the smallest group of people, divides into oppressors and the oppressed is not limited to followers of wokeness at all. The war of all against all is the natural media environment today – including media called ‘traditional’ – and it is becoming the natural state of media-emotional democracy.”

— THE CURRENT MOMENT OF CRISIS AND CULTURAL CRISIS IS BEING EXPLOITED BY POLITICIANS AND IDEOLOGUES DEFENDING THE OLD WORLD SOLELY OUT OF FEAR OF LOSING POWER; I PREFER TO LIVE IN A SYSTEM THAT GUARANTEES ME SUCH A POSSIBILITY THAN IN A WORLD WHERE AN OFFICIAL DISPOSES OF THE RIGHT TO DISCUSSION – STILL DARIUSZ ROSIAK IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: “The issue of criticizing Musk for interfering in politics is no longer so obvious. He has the right to the most extreme views and to invite whomever he wishes to his interviews, even the most suspicious types. I prefer to live in a system that guarantees him such a possibility than in a world where an official disposes of the right to discussion. We must not fail to notice that the current moment of crisis and cultural crisis is being exploited by politicians and ideologues defending the old world solely out of fear of losing power and privileges.”
https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/co-sie-dzieje-z-demokratycznym-swiatem-idzie-fala-wieksza-od-trumpa-189555

— NO CEO SHOULD FEEL TOO SECURE AND CANNOT SLEEP SOUNDLY – SAYS A PERSON CLOSE TO THE GOVERNMENT, CONFIRMING THAT A PERSONNEL REVIEW IS UNDERWAY AT THE MINISTRY OF STATE ASSETS – BARTEK GODUSŁAWSKI IN BUSINESS INSIDER: “No CEO should feel too secure and cannot sleep soundly,” a person close to the government tells us, confirming that a personnel review is underway at the Ministry of State Assets (MAP) in state-owned companies. CEOs and board members appointed through qualification procedures after the change of power are under scrutiny. The review also covers members of supervisory boards.”

— FORMER PRIME MINISTER AND PAST INFLUENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR JAN KRZYSZTOF BIELECKI HAS RETURNED TO THE GAME – CONTINUED GODUSŁAWSKI IN BI: “There is a conviction among the ruling coalition politicians that personnel changes in companies will also be made because former Prime Minister and past influential economic advisor Jan Krzysztof Bielecki has returned to the game. Many of our interlocutors point to him as a promoter of Jakub Jaworowski's government career.”

— MEMBERS OF THE BOARDS AND SUPERVISORY BOARDS IN SEVERAL LARGEST STATE-OWNED COMPANIES HAVE BEEN SELECTED AND MAY SAY GOODBYE TO THEIR POSITIONS IN THE COMING WEEKS – CONTINUED GODUSŁAWSKI IN BUSINESS INSIDER: “– To my knowledge, members of the boards and supervisory boards in several of the largest state-owned companies have been selected and may say goodbye to their positions in the coming weeks. If this does not happen relatively quickly, the closer it gets to the presidential election, the less room there will be for moves that would cause a avalanche of media speculation or some factional fights within the ruling camp – claims our government interlocutor. In his opinion, after what happened at PZU, some top managers will start looking for political protection from various influential politicians of the ruling camp.”
https://businessinsider.com.pl/wiadomosci/ministerstwo-aktywow-panstwowych-przeprowadza-przeglad-kadr-w-spolkach/jglpqq1

— BIRTHDAYS: Maria Zajączkowska turns 85, Maciej Samcik, Anna Skowrońska-Łuczyńska.