Karol Nawrocki has become Poland’s first president to attend the annual pilgrimage to the country’s holiest Catholic shrine.
Politics
Law recognising Silesian as regional language in Poland approved by parliament
A previous such bill was vetoed by former President Andrzej Duda in 2024, and Karol Nawrocki may now do the same.
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