2025 in Poland
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Events in the year 2025 in Poland.
Incumbents
[edit]| Position | Person | Party | |
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| President | Andrzej Duda | Independent (Supported by Law and Justice) | |
| Prime Minister | Donald Tusk | Civic Platform | |
| Marshal of the Sejm | Szymon Hołownia | Poland 2050 | |
| Marshal of the Senate | Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska | Civic Platform | |
Events
[edit]January
[edit]- 22 January – Three miners are killed while 13 others are injured in a methane fire at the Szczygłowice Coal Mine near Siemianowice Śląskie.[1]
- 27 January – A magnitude 3.1 earthquake hits the Silesian Voivodeship, killing a miner and injuring 11 others in Radlin.[2]
February
[edit]- 5 February – The European General Court upholds the European Commission's decision to withhold 320 million euros ($332 million) from payments to Poland as part of a fine imposed on the then-Law and Justice government regarding its judicial overhaul in 2021.[3]
- 21 February – A court in Wrocław sentences a Ukrainian national to eight years' imprisonment for plotting arson attacks on behalf of Russia.[4]
- 27 February – A magnitude 3.1 earthquake hits the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, injuring a miner in Polkowice.[5]
March
[edit]- 20 March – A Ukrainian national is arrested in the Masovian Voivodeship on suspicion of spying for Russia.[6]
- 26 March – President Duda signs a law temporarily restricting the right of application for international protection for those entering Poland illegally.[7]
April
[edit]- 23 April – 4 May – XIX International Chopin Piano Competition[8][9]
- 29 April – A magnitude 3.0 earthquake hits the Silesian Voivodeship, injuring two miners in Ruda Śląska.[10]
Predicted and scheduled events
[edit]- 18 May – 2025 Polish presidential election[11]
- 28 May – 2025 UEFA Conference League final[12]
- 15 – 27 June – 2025 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship[13][14]
- 18 – 29 June – 2025 Men's Junior World Handball Championship[15]
- 27 August – 14 September – EuroBasket 2025 in Cyprus, Finland, Latvia and Poland[16][17][18]
Holidays
[edit]Source:[19]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 6 January – Epiphany
- 20 April – Easter Sunday
- 21 April – Easter Monday
- 1 May – May Day
- 3 May – 3 May Constitution Day
- 8 June – Whit Sunday
- 19 June – Corpus Christi
- 15 August – Assumption Day
- 1 November – All Saints' Day
- 11 November – Independence Day
- 24 December – Christmas Eve
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – 2nd Day of Christmas
Art and entertainment
[edit]Deaths
[edit]- 18 February – Marian Turski, 98, historian, journalist and Holocaust survivor.[20]
References
[edit]- ^ "Death toll in Poland coal mine fire rises to 3". AP News. 25 January 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
- ^ "Wstrząs w kopalni Marcel. Nie żyje jeden z górników". Rzeczpospolita (in Polish). 27 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ "Poland can't get its money back after the EU fined the country's previous, conservative government". AP News. 5 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
- ^ "A Ukrainian man is sentenced to 8 years in Poland for planning sabotage on Russia's behalf". AP News. 21 February 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ^ "Wstrząsy w kopalni na Dolnym Śląsku. Ewakuacja górników". Polsatnews (in Polish). 27 February 2025. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
- ^ "Poland charges Ukrainian man with scouting Polish military facilities on behalf of Russia". AP News. 1 April 2025. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
- ^ "Poland's president signs new law restricting asylum rights". AP News. 26 March 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
- ^ "International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition 2025". Global Foundation for the Performing Arts. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
- ^ Gołoś, Emil (2023-08-08). "Grzegorz MICHALSKI: Przed nami stulecie Konkursu Chopinowskiego". Wszystko co najważniejsze (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-05-31.
- ^ "Wstrząs w kopalni. 2 osoby zostały poszkodowane" (in Polish). TVP. 30 April 2025. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
- ^ Scislowska, Monika (9 January 2025). "Poland to hold presidential election on May 18, says parliament speaker who will run in it". AP News. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ "Lisbon to host UEFA Women's Champions League final in 2025". Union of European Football Associations. 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ "Poland host Women's Under-19 EURO in 2025". UEFA. 28 June 2023.
- ^ UEFA. "Women's Under-19". UEFA. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ^ "IHF Council awards events up to 2027". ihf.info. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ^ "Latvia, Cyprus and Finland named FIBA EuroBasket 2025 hosts". 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "Poland named FIBA EuroBasket 2025 co-host". fiba.basketball. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
- ^ "Draw to determine early designation of FIBA EuroBasket 2025 groups held in Ljubljana". fiba.basketball. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
- ^ "Poland Public Holidays 2025". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
- ^ "Marian Turski, Holocaust survivor who warned of the danger of indifference, dies at 98". AP News. 18 February 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
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