His three predecessors have celebrated the Jewish holiday, starting with President Lech Kaczyński in 2006.
Year: 2025
Polish city changes colour of Christmas bear’s scarf after complaints it looked too Ukrainian
Blue and gold had in fact been chosen because they are the colours of the city’s coat of arms.
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The “Heweliusz Effect”: Netflix’s biggest-ever Polish production added 78m zloty to economy, finds report
The series has quickly become one of Netflix’s most-watched non-English titles.
ASF-infected boar carcass was deliberately dumped and may be “eastern sabotage”, says Poland
“Sabotage activities, perhaps originating in the east, are an aspect that is being investigated,” says the agriculture minister.
US invites Poland to take its “rightful place” at next year’s G20 summit
Poland this year joined the world’s largest 20 economies.
German parliament calls for memorial to Polish WWII victims
The idea has been discussed for years, and was previously approved by the Bundestag in 2020.
Poland’s Supreme Court rejects right of EU to regulate Polish justice system
The resolution, adopted by two Supreme Court chambers, deepens Poland’s rule-of-law crisis.
Poland’s Communist Party declared unlawful by constitutional court
“There is no place in the Polish legal system for a party that glorifies criminals and communist regimes responsible for the deaths of millions.”
Nazi-German statue, dubbed “Teutonkhamun”, found during construction of Polish supermarket
The statue of a warrior, once part of a Wehrmacht barracks, went disappeared at the end of the war.
Polish parliament will seek rare override of presidential veto on dog-chaining ban
The last time a veto was overturned by parliament was in 2009 under President Lech Kaczyński.
Polish president signs fur farm ban into law but vetoes prohibition on chaining up dogs
The ban on fur farming will have an eight-year transition period and offer compensation to breeders.
Poland charges Russian with orchestrating sabotage network
Prosecutors are also seeking to obtain an Interpol red notice for the suspect.
Record number of workers in Poland despite shrinking and ageing population
More people are working beyond retirement age and previously economically inactive adults, especially women, are entering the labour market.
Poland bets on tourism to add extra dimension to booming economy
Olivier Sorgho
The government wants tourism to contribute 9% of GDP within a decade, up from 4% now.
