-- POLAND IS A WONDERFUL COUNTRY, FULL OF GOOD, WARM-HEARTED PEOPLE, BUT WE OFTEN ALLOW THE LANGUAGE WE USE TO DIVIDE US - FIRST LADY MARTA NAWROCKA IN VIVA: “My greatest social dream is for Poland not to be divided. Neither politically, mentally, nor emotionally. I would like us, as a society, to learn to talk to each other again, to listen to each other, to disagree beautifully. Poland is a wonderful country, full of good, warm-hearted people, but we often allow the language we use to divide us.”

-- WHEN WE ARE TOGETHER, WE DON'T SIT OVER LAWS, BUT OVER BUILDING BLOCKS, SCHOOL NOTEBOOKS, AND PLANS FOR THE FUTURE - STILL MARTA NAWROCKA IN VIVA: “This is the most beautiful thing about all of this – that despite the changes around us, we remain the same inside. We have never tried to be someone we are not. My husband is the president, but when we come home, we take off our suits, sit with the children, watch movies, talk, laugh. When we are together, we don't sit over laws, but over building blocks, school notebooks, and plans for the future. This rhythm of life allows us to not lose ourselves. And this is precisely the key to balance and success. We have always taken care to separate our professional and private lives.”

-- MARTA NAWROCKA MENTIONS IN VIVA THAT PERHAPS A DOG WILL JOIN THE NAWROCKI FAMILY: “Only – or as much as! – three months have passed in this new reality, and I'm not looking too far ahead. I only know that I will never again wake up at four in the morning for operations, that I will not be fighting illegal gambling in the Tri-City, that this path is closed. That path has closed, but a new one has opened. There is still a lot ahead of us. Uncertainty is part of everyone's life. But one thing is certain: that Karol, our children, the cats, and I will always be here. And perhaps, after some time, a… dog will join us.”
https://x.com/LeskiewiczRafa/status/1986304279989125517

-- VIVA MUST EXPLAIN ITSELF REGARDING THE COVER WITH MARTA NAWROCKA: https://www.onet.pl/styl-zycia/onetkobieta/pierwsza-dama-na-okladce-vivy-redakcja-odpowiada-krytykom/6htwdx1,2b83378a

-- EVERYTHING HAPPENING IN AND AROUND PiS ONLY HELPS TUSK - AGNIESZKA KUBLIK IN GW: “And meanwhile, for some time now, everything that happens in PiS and around PiS – whether it's Kaczynski himself at a party convention attacking not only Berlin and Brussels but also Paris, or Zbigniew Ziobro posing with Orban in Budapest – only helps Tusk.”

-- THE MAGIC OF THE KACZYŃSKI NAME, WHICH ALLOWED HIM MORE FREEDOM, IS CEASING TO WORK - KUBLIK CONTINUES IN GW: “And Kaczynski is furious because of this. And even more so, because he is discovering that his immunity is dissolving. The magic of his name, which used to allow him more leeway, which made institutions and state representatives, even those independent of him, defer to him, is ceasing to work.”

-- PiS FIERCELY DEFENDS RYMANOWSKI, BECAUSE IT'S A FIGHT FOR THE FREEDOM TO LIE - KUBLIK CONTINUES IN GW: “PiS fiercely defends Bogdan Rymanowski, who has given himself the right to repeat scientific lies and calls it freedom of speech. This is also no accident – because it is a fight for the freedom to lie. And Kaczynski's trial concerns more or less the same thing: whether one can lie publicly, simply because one has a personal-party interest in doing so.”
https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,32378138,dzieki-nawrockiemu-pis-mial-przejac-inicjatywe-co-na-nowogrodzkiej.html

-- ZIOBRO IS PLAYING ON SYMPATHY - WOJCIECH CZUCHNOWSKI IN GW: “‘There was a time when Ziobro's misfortune touched many hearts. But then people felt deceived. They don't know when Ziobro spoke the truth about his illness and when he embellished it.’”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,32380109,kiedy-ziobro-mowi-prawde.html

-- CZARNEK ON ZIOBRO'S ARREST: A DEATH SENTENCE - 300LIVE: 
https://300polityka.pl/pl/live

-- BUSINESS INSIDER ON ANDRZEJ DOMAŃSKI'S MAP OF INFLUENCE - AS WRITTEN BY SONIA SOBCZYK-GRYGIEL: “Three months after the reconstruction, the prevailing belief is that Domański is very busy and lacks time. His situation is not helped by the lack of sufficient staff – fully trusted deputy ministers and directors who could relieve him of some burden. He has a small circle of trusted collaborators, including the president of Polish Power Grid, Grzegorz Onichimowski, with whom he collaborated before the 2023 elections at the Civic Institute – a PO think tank, or Jurand Drop, the deputy finance minister, who, like him, hails from Krakow. Within the ministry, his trusted collaborator is also Magdalena Lerczak, deputy director of the minister's office, and Katarzyna Wiśniewska-Rosik, deputy director of the Department of Public Spending Efficiency and Accounting at the Ministry of Finance. Domański also cooperates closely with Wojciech Wrochna, the government plenipotentiary for strategic energy infrastructure.”

-- PEŁCZYŃSKA-NAŁĘCZ DOES NOT HIDE THAT SHE WANTS TO BE THE LEADER OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGENDA - SOBCZYK-GRYGIEL CONTINUES IN BUSINESS INSIDER: “She does not hide that she wants to be the leader of the development agenda. In a recent interview with Business Insider Polska, she emphasized that her ministry is responsible for the medium-term national development strategy until 2035. When asked what she specifically would like to do as deputy prime minister, she replied: 'To negotiate the new EU budget as effectively as possible, implement funds from the current perspective, and implement the development strategy. We must define our development model.'”
https://businessinsider.com.pl/gospodarka/rekonstrukcja-rzadu-zmienila-uklad-sil-ministra-pelczynska-nalecz-w-ofensywie-analiza/xsghw0c

-- INCREMENTAL COST INCREASES ARE UNSUSTAINABLE - SAYS THE MINISTER OF HEALTH JOLANTA SOBIERAŃSKA-GRENDA ABOUT THE SITUATION IN THE NFZ TO MONEY.PL - IN AN INTERVIEW WITH TOMASZ ŻÓŁCIAK AND GRZEGORZ OSIECKI: “We are hitting a wall this year, and next year we will certainly hit it. The subsidy to the NFZ budget has been doubled, and it's still not enough. The incremental increase in costs is unsustainable. Since we don't want to increase the health contribution – because politicians' declarations are unequivocal on this matter – we must rely on money from the state budget.”

-- THE MINISTER OF HEALTH SPEAKS TO MONEY ABOUT DIALOGUE WITH THE PRESIDENT: “For me, this is an advantage. Today, I have the opportunity to talk with the president's entourage, with his advisor, without political baggage. We talk rationally about the system. We don't always have to agree, but our combination – a doctor, a lawyer, an economist – allows us to talk and exchange arguments. I didn't come to settle scores; I came to diagnose the state of the system and talk with experts, regardless of their political affiliation. (...) We will try to gain the greatest possible support for our ideas, because some of them require the adoption of laws. I would like not only the parliament but also the president to accept our proposals.” 
https://www.money.pl/gospodarka/minister-zdrowia-dla-money-pl-do-sciany-dochodzimy-w-tym-roku-a-w-przyszlym-na-pewno-juz-dojdziemy-7218278183090848a.html

-- SHOPS WILL PAY BILLIONS. THE GOVERNMENT IS INTRODUCING COSTLY CHANGES FOR RETAIL - PIOTR MAZURKIEWICZ IN RZ: “A poorly prepared deposit system, new obligations related to recycling, or the construction of charging stations for e-cars are just some of the ideas that will hit the retail sector, which accounts for almost 20% of GDP. The costs could reach PLN 8 billion.”
https://pro.rp.pl/raporty-ekonomiczne/art43287761-sklepy-zaplaca-miliardy-rzad-wprowadza-kosztowne-zmiany-dla-handlu

-- MARIAN KMITA TO CHALLENGE PIESIEWICZ IN THE POLISH OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - MATEUSZ PUKA IN SPORTOWE FAKTY: “Now his volte-face is seen in the community as the beginning of... an election campaign in the Polish Olympic Committee. – I didn't have to 'confess' because writing this letter is not a crime, but merely an attempt to initiate a conversation about important matters for the Polish Olympic Committee. Besides, it was clear from the beginning who authored the letter. It was a collective effort under my editorship – commented Marian Kmita. This candidacy cannot be underestimated, and it should be expected that from now on Piesiewicz will face constructive opposition that will point out his every mistake.”
https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/inne/1218210/nie-malysz-czy-korzeniowski-to-on-moze-zagrozic-pozycji-piesiewicza

-- BIRTHDAYS: Jacek Sasin, Jacek Snopkiewicz.