— GERMANY ARRESTS NORD STREAM 2 EXPLOSION SUSPECT – ASSOCIATED PRESS: A Ukrainian citizen suspected of involvement in the 2022 underwater explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipeline between Russia and Germany has been arrested, German prosecutors announced.
https://x.com/AP/status/1958477501010788479

— DĘBSKI: AND SCHROEDER REMAINS FREE: Meanwhile, former Chancellor Schröder remains at large – as does Merkel, who protected him…
https://x.com/SlawomirDebski/status/1958526515844423979

— AS MUCH AS 72.9 PERCENT OF IBRIS SURVEY PARTICIPANTS CONDUCTED FOR „RZECZPOSPOLITA” BELIEVE THAT THE SCANDAL RELATED TO THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FROM THE KPO MAY HARM DONALD TUSK'S GOVERNMENT. Only 22.7 percent of respondents hold a different opinion. 4.4 percent of those polled have no opinion on the matter. The most critical are Left (Lewica) voters (91 percent of their electorate believes this issue will harm the government), followed by those voting for Trzecia Droga (Third Way) (68 percent), and finally supporters of Civic Platform (PO) (65 percent)”.
https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art42882271-sondaz-czy-sprawa-kpo-zaszkodzi-rzadowi-donalda-tuska-polacy-nie-maja-watpliwosci

— JACEK NIZINKIEWICZ WRITES ABOUT A TRAGIC POLL FOR THE GOVERNMENT: A tragic poll for Donald Tusk's government. 72.9% of Poles believe the KPO scandal could harm the government. Even 53% of the October 15th coalition's supporters agree. Voters of the Left (91%), those voting for Trzecia Droga (68%), but also supporters of PO (65%) are critical.
https://x.com/JNizinkiewicz/status/1958779550692684190

— GOVERNING IS FATAL FOR CIVIC COALITION PARTNERS – ARTUR BARTKIEWICZ IN RZ: “Only the Civic Coalition (KO) is not losing support from governing since the end of 2023. Support is falling for the Left (Lewica), Polish People's Party (PSL), and Szymon Hołownia's Polska 2050 (Poland 2050). This bodes ill for the stability of the current majority”.
https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art42887841-artur-bartkiewicz-rzadzenie-zabojcze-dla-koalicjantow-ko-wybory-beda-wczesniej

— NAWROCKI WANTS TO GOVERN OUR COUNTRY – ROMAN IMIELSKI IN GW: “Nawrocki clearly stated that he wants to be the main decision-making center in our country. That he effectively wants to informally change the current constitutional system into a presidential one. Of course, for the 'good of Poles and the good of Poland,' because he will only support such legal projects”.
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,32193005,nawrocki-chce-rzadzic-naszym-panstwem.html

— FROM JANUARY 1, 2026, THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE INTENDS TO INCREASE THE TAX RATE ON WINNINGS FROM 10 TO 15 PERCENT – THIS WAS ANNOUNCED ON THE WEBSITE OF THE CHANCELLERY OF THE PRIME MINISTER.
https://tvn24.pl/biznes/z-kraju/podatek-od-wygranej-w-gore-z-10-do-15-procent-od-2026-roku-komunikat-ministerstwa-finansow-st8610848

— GOVERNMENT PREPARES ALCOHOL EXCISE TAX HIKES – MONEY.PL: “The Ministry of Finance is preparing excise duty increases on alcohol: by 15 percent next year and by another 10 percent in 2027. The industry speaks of a 'bolt from the blue,' and brewers warn that the scale of changes would be three times higher than in the excise map and would lead to over 60 percent cumulative increase by 2027.”
https://www.money.pl/gospodarka/grom-z-jasnego-nieba-rzad-szykuje-podwyzki-akcyzy-na-alkohol-7191560727046912a.html

— MEANWHILE, THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE DENIES WORKING ON A BANKING TAX: “The Ministry of Finance is not currently working on the previously considered solution regarding the taxation of mandatory reserves held at the National Bank of Poland (NBP)”.
https://x.com/MF_GOV_PL/status/1958790434483761268

— BOGUCKI: GOVERNMENT SEEKS FUNDS TO FILL A GIANT BUDGET HOLE – 300LIVE: 
https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/08/22/

— PEKAO SA DEMANDS REPAYMENT OF SALARIES COLLECTED BY FIVE PEKAO SA MANAGEMENT ADVISORS, EMPLOYED DURING MATEUSZ MORAWIECKI'S GOVERNMENT – DOMINIKA WIELOWIEYSKA IN GW: “An internal audit at Pekao SA revealed that a group of individuals connected with Law and Justice (PiS) performed no work for the bank but received very high salaries. ‘We were dealing, in essence, with fictitious employment,’ reads a letter from Pekao SA CEO Cezary Stypułkowski, obtained by 'Wyborcza.' The letter was addressed to bank employees and summarized PiS's governance of the company”.
https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,32193231,publikujemy-pelna-tresc-listu-prezesa-pekao-sa-opisujacego-praktyki.html

— ANDRZEJ BRZEZIECKI IN GW ON THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF JÓZEFA HENNELOWA'S DEATH: She accepted old age without self-pity or exaltation. In 2017, she told me in an interview for 'Polityka': 'I would like people not to pretend that it is incredibly beautiful and that old age is a gift – even when John Paul II said it, it didn't convince me.' Józefa Hennelowa lived her life without pretending anything or to be anyone – one can certainly envy her that.
https://wyborcza.pl/alehistoria/7,121681,32169592,to-juz-piec-lat-bez-pani-ziuty-prawicy-podpadla-sprzeciwiajac.html

— BIRTHDAYS: Edward Krzemień, Marcin Kierwiński (turns 49), Sylwester Chruszcz, Kazimierz Wóycicki.