The BBC News Polska service will initially be available as a one-year pilot project.
It is the first new language offer from the BBC since BBC News Serbian was announced in March 2017.
BALANCE spoke to Fiona Crack, deputy director of global news at the BBC, about why the broadcaster is investing in the Polish-language service—and why now.
BBC News Polska, the new Polish-language service from Britain's public broadcaster, was launched in Warsaw on Tuesday.
BALANCE is presented by Danuta Isler