2024 in Poland
Incumbents
Events
January
- 9 January – Former Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski and his then-deputy Maciej Wasik are arrested by police inside the Presidential Palace in Warsaw following a legal dispute over their conviction and pardon for abuse of power.[1] They are pardoned for a second time by President Andrzej Duda on 23 January.[2]
March
- 1 March – Nineteen people are injured, including six children in a vehicle-ramming attack in Szczecin. Police rule out terrorism, and the suspect is found to have a history of mental illness.[3]
- 5 March – One soldier is killed and another its injured after they are run over by a military tracked vehicle at the Drawsko Training Ground in Drawsko Pomorskie, West Pomeranian Voivodeship.[4]
- 24 March – A Russian cruise missile violates Polish airspace over Oserdów, Lublin Voivodeship, prompting the activation of aircraft from the Polish Air Force.[5]
- 29 March – President Andrzej Duda signs a law suspending the country's participation in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.[6] He also vetoes a law that would have allowed women ages 15 and above to have over the counter access to morning-after pills.[7]
April
- 7 April – 2024 Polish local elections (first round): The opposition Law and Justice party comes first in local elections while the ruling coalition retains a majority of the votes.[8]
- 18 April –A Polish national is arrested on suspicion of collecting intelligence at Rzeszów–Jasionka Airport for Russia as part of a plot to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during his visit there, following a tip from Ukrainian authorities.[9][10]
- 21 April – 2024 Polish local elections (second round)[11]
May
- 10 May – 2024 Polish farmers' protests: Thousands of protesters march through Warsaw, against the European Union's environmental regulations.[12]
- 12 May – A fire breaks out at the Marywilska 44 shopping complex in the Białołęka district of Warsaw, engulfing most of its 1,400 shops and service outlets.[13]
- 14 May – Three miners are killed after part of the Mysłowice-Wesoła Coal Mine caves in.[14]
- 23 May – A 17th-century painting by Jan Linsen that was stolen as part of a theft of 85 artworks from the Westfries Museum in Hoorn, The Netherlands in 2005 is recovered from an apartment in Kraków.[15]
- 28 May – A soldier is injured after being stabbed along the Poland-Belarus border by a migrant trying to enter the country illegally during a patrol in Podlaskie Voivodeship.[16] He later dies of his injuries on 6 June.[17]
- 29 May:
- The Polish Defence Ministry gives Ukraine permission to use Polish-supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russian territory.[18]
- Two border guards are injured in an attack by migrants along the Poland-Belarus border.[19]
June
- 9 June – 2024 European Parliament election: The Civic Coalition emerges as the largest party in the Polish contingent to the European Parliament.[20]
- 10 June –
- One person is killed in an explosion at the Mesko armaments plant in Skarżysko-Kamienna.[21]
- Poland announces a "no-go zone" in the Białowieża Forest in order to prevent migrants from crossing the border from Belarus. In response, concerns are raised about the potential impact on tourism during the summer.[22]
- 19 June – The European Commission reprimands Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, and Slovakia for breaking budget rules.[23]
- 26 June – The leaders of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia call on the European Union to construct a €2.5 billion (US$2.67 billion) defence line between them and Russia and Belarus to secure the EU from military, economic, and migrant-related threats.[24]
Holidays
Source:[25]
- 1 January - New Year's Day
- 6 January - Epiphany
- 31 March - Easter Sunday
- 1 April - Easter Monday
- 1 May - May Day
- 3 May - 3 May Constitution Day
- 19 May - Whit Sunday
- 30 May - Corpus Christi
- 15 August - Assumption Day
- 1 November - All Saints' Day
- 11 November - Independence Day
- 25 December - Christmas Day
- 26 December – 2nd Day of Christmas
Art and entertainment
Deaths
- 1 January – Iwona Śledzińska-Katarasińska, 82, politician, MP (1991–2023)[26]
- 2 January – Zvi Zamir, 98, Polish-born Israeli military officer, director of the Mossad (1968–1974).[27]
- 4 January – Emil Polit, 83, painter.[28]
- 5 January – Ryszard Karpiński, 88, Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Lublin (1985–2011).[29]
- 7 January – Mateusz Rutkowski, 37, ski jumper.[30]
- 9 January – Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski, 67, Roman Catholic priest and political dissident.[31]
- 10 January – Janusz Majewski, 92, film director (Lokis, Epitafium dla Barbary Radziwiłłówny, Hotel Pacific) and screenwriter.[32]
- 11 January – Marek Litewka, 75, actor (Camera Buff, The Constant Factor).[33]
- 25 January – Bat-Sheva Dagan, 98, Polish-Israeli Holocaust survivor, educator and author.[34]
References
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- "Poland's president pardons 2 imprisoned politicians from previous conservative government — again". Associated Press. 2024-01-23. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- "19 Injured As Car Drives Into Crowd In Poland's Szczecin". www.barrons.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
- "A Polish soldier was killed and another injured in a vehicular accident at an army camp". Associated Press. 2024-03-06. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
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- Martin Fornusek (18 April 2024). "Polish, Ukrainian authorities expose Pole who allegedly offered to assassinate Zelensky for Russia". The Kyiv Independent.
- "Poland's prime minister celebrates after his party wins a string of cities in mayoral votes". Associated Press. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- "Polish farmers march in Warsaw against EU climate policies and the country's pro-EU leader". AP News. 2024-05-10. Retrieved 2024-05-10.
- "A fire burns down almost an entire shopping center housing 1,400 outlets in Warsaw". AP News. 2024-05-12. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
- "A third miner is declared dead in a cave-in in southern Poland". AP News. 2024-05-16. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
- "Stolen Dutch masterpiece missing for nearly 20 years found in Polish apartment". TVP. 2024-05-23. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
- "Migrant stabs Polish soldier at Belarusian border". TVP. 2024-05-28. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
- "Polish soldier stabbed at the Belarus border dies of his injuries as pressure from migrants rises". Associated Press. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- "Poland allows Ukraine to use Polish-supplied weapons to strike targets in Russia". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- "Another incident at Polish-Belarusian border leaves two officers injured". TVP. 2024-05-31. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
- "We have waited 10 years, says Tusk as he celebrates historic victory in European elections". TVP. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- "An explosion and a fire at an armaments plant in Poland kills 1 person and injures another". Associated Press. 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- "Polish border no-go zone will stop tourists as well as migrants, locals fear". Reuters. June 10, 2024.
- "European Commission reprimands France and six countries for breaking budget rules". Le Monde.fr. 2024-06-19. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
- "Poland, Baltics call for EU defence line on border with Russia, Belarus". June 27, 2024.
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- "Zvi Zamir, Mossad director during Yom Kippur War, dies at 98". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 2024-01-02. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
- S.A, Telewizja Polska. "Zmarł jeden z najbardziej znanych i cenionym malarzy - Emil Polit". rzeszow.tvp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- "Bishop Ryszard Karpiński [Catholic-Hierarchy]". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
- "Zmarł Mateusz Rutkowski mistrz świata w skokach narciarskich. Kilka lat temu wystąpił w Skawicy". Sucha24 (in Polish). 2024-01-07. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- "Nie żyje ksiądz Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski". dziennik.pl (in Polish). 2024-01-09. Retrieved 2024-01-09.
- "Janusz Majewski nie żyje. Słynny reżyser miał 92 lata". www.rmf24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-01-10.
- "Nie żyje Marek Litewka. O śmierci aktora poinformował krakowski Teatr Stu". Głos24 (in Polish). 2024-01-12. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
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