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2025 in Poland
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The following lists the events of the year 2025 in Poland.
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Events
January
- 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 Silesian Voivodeship, killing a miner and injuring 11 others in Radlin.[2]
February
- 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]
- 13 February – Solidarity endorses Karol Nawrocki, the Law and Justice (PiS) candidate for the 2025 Polish presidential election[4]
- 21 February – A court in Wrocław sentences a Ukrainian national to eight years' imprisonment for plotting arson attacks on behalf of Russia.[5]
- 27 February – A magnitude 3.1 earthquake hits Lower Silesian Voivodeship, injuring a miner in Polkowice.[6]
March
- 20 March – A Ukrainian national is arrested in Masovian Voivodeship on suspicion of spying for Russia.[7]
- 26 March – President Duda signs a law temporarily restricting the right of application for international protection for those entering Poland illegally.[8]
April
- 23 April – 4 May – XIX International Chopin Piano Competition[9][10]
- 29 April – A magnitude 3.0 earthquake hits Silesian Voivodeship, injuring two miners in Ruda Śląska.[11]
May
- 7 May – One person is killed in an axe attack inside the University of Warsaw. The attacker is arrested.[12]
- 12 May – The Polish government orders the closure of the Russian consulate in Kraków following authorities blaming a fire that destroyed the Marywilska 44 shopping center in 2024 on arson orchestrated by Moscow.[13]
- 17 May – Poland's Justyna Steczkowska finishes in 14th place at Eurovision 2025 in Switzerland with the single "Gaja".[14]
- 18 May – 2025 Polish presidential election (first round): Rafał Trzaskowski wins a plurality of the vote with 31.1%, followed by Karol Nawrocki with 29.1%.[15]
- 28 May – Twenty-eight people are arrested following clashes between Chelsea and Real Betis supporters ahead of the 2025 UEFA Conference League final in Wrocław.[16]
June
- 1 June – 2025 Polish presidential election (second round): Karol Nawrocki is elected president with 50.9% of the vote.[17]
- 11 June – Prime Minister Donald Tusk survives a vote of confidence in the Sejm.[18]
- 15 – 27 June – 2025 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship[19][20]
- 17 June – The Third Way is dissolved as an electoral alliance.[21]
- 18 – 29 June – 2025 Men's Junior World Handball Championship[22]
July
- 6 July – Poland imposes temporary border controls on crossings with Germany in Lithuania as part of efforts to curb the flow of irregular asylum-seekers.[23]
- 17 July – Three doctors are convicted of involuntary manslaughter and are sentenced to up to 18 months' imprisonment and a six-year ban on practicing medicine over the death of a pregnant woman from sepsis in Pszczyna in 2021 that led to nationwide protests over alleged links to anti-abortion laws.[24]
- 19 July – Anti-immigration protests organised by Konfederacja are held across Poland.[25][26]
- 21 July – A light aircraft crashes in Strąkowa, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, injuring the two people on board.[27]
- 22 July – A magnitude 3.5 earthquake hits the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, injuring a miner at the Polkowice-Sieroszowice mine.[28]
- 29 July – Authorities announce the arrest of 32 people on suspicion of carrying out sabotage attacks on behalf of Russia.[29]
August
- 6 August – Karol Nawrocki is inaugurated as president.[30]
- 9 August – More than 100 people are arrested for rioting during a concert by Belarusian rapper Max Korzh at the Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw.[31]
- 11 August – A magnitude 2.3 earthquake hits the Silesian Voivodeship, killing a miner at the Szczygłowice Coal Mine.[32]
- 20 August – A suspected Russian military drone crashes into a cornfield near Osiny, Łuków County, in Lublin Voivodeship.[33][34]
- 25 August – President Nawrocki vetoes a bill that would have extended financial support for Ukrainians fleeing the Russo-Ukrainian war as well as funding for Starlink systems to maintain Ukraine's internet connectivity.[35] A revised version of the bill is subsequently signed on September 29.[36]
- 26 August – A magnitude 2.0 earthquake hits the Silesian Voivodeship, injuring three people at the Mysłowice-Wesoła Coal Mine.[37]
- 27 August – 14 September – EuroBasket 2025 in Cyprus, Finland, Latvia and Poland[38][39][40]
- 28 August – An F-16 fighter jet of the Polish Air Force crashes during a rehearsal for the Radom Air Show in Radom, killing the pilot.[41]
September
- 9 September – Poland orders the expulsion of a Belarusian diplomat for spying and arrests a suspected Belarusian spy.[42]
- 9–10 September – Russian drone incursion into Poland: Poland says that it shot down Russian drones which violated its airspace during a Russian attack on Ukraine.[43]
- 12 September –
- A magnitude 4.5 earthquake hits the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, injuring one person at the Rudna mine.[44]
- Poland closes its border with Belarus amid the beginning of the Zapad 2025 joint Russian-Belarusian military exercise.[45]
- 15 September – A Ukrainian and a Belarusian national are arrested on suspicion of flying a drone over sensitive government facilities in Warsaw, including over the Belweder palace.[46]
- 28 September – Poland wins the bronze medal at the 21st FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship in the Philippines after defeating Czechia in four sets (25-18, 23-25, 25-22, 25-21).[47]
- 30 September – Nord Stream pipelines sabotage: Authorities arrest a Ukrainian diver in Pruszków, Masovian Voivodeship, who is suspected of his involvement in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions in the Baltic Sea.[48]
October
- 4 October – 2025 Speedway of Nations final at MotoArena stadium in Toruń.[49]
- 7 October – The European Parliament lifts the immunity of Polish MEPs Daniel Obajtek and Michał Dworczyk as part of a corruption investigation against them.[50]
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Holidays
Source:[51]
- 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
Deaths
January
- 1 January – Zdzisław Skupień, 86, mathematician[52]
- 2 January – Karol Krasnodębski, 95, politician[53]
- 6 January – Krzysztof Sońta, 56, politician[54]
- 7 January – Mirosława Marcheluk, 86, actress[55]
- 9 January – Mariusz Trynkiewicz, 62, serial killer and sex offender[56]
- 10 January – Longin Pastusiak, 89, politician[57]
- 11 January – Barbara Rylska, 89, actress[58]
- 25 January – Marcin Wicha, 53, writer and graphic designer[59]
February
- 1 February – Leon Wróbel, 70, sailor[60]
- 10 February – Wojciech Dziembowski, 85, astronomer[61]
- 15 February – Michał Czajkowski, 90, Catholic priest and Security Service collaborator[62]
- 17 February – Krystyna Daszkiewicz, 100, professor of law at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań[63]
- 18 February – Marian Turski, 98, historian, journalist and Holocaust survivor[64]
- 19 February – Jan Eugeniusz Krysiński, 89, former rector of the Łódź University of Technology[65]
- 25 February – Kazimierz Romaniuk, 97, Catholic bishop[66]
- 28 February – Stanisław Gebhardt, 96, economist and activist[67]
March
- 15 March – Barbara Skrzypek, 66, government official[68]
- 23 March – Bogdan Daras, 65, wrestler[69]
- 29 March – Stefan Hula Sr., 77, skier[70]
April
- 14 April – Piotr Turzyński, 61, auxiliary bishop[71]
- 15 April – Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak, 74, actress[72]
- 24 April – Andrzej Fiedor, 79, biathlete[73]
May
- 3 May – Sylwester Wilczek, 89, ice hockey player[74]
- 4 May – Jerzy Pasiński, 77, politician and former mayor of Gdańsk[75]
- 16 May – Jadwiga Rappé, 73, opera singer[76]
- 18 May Andrzej Matysiak, 77, canoeist[77]
- 21 May – Leszek Górski, 63, swimmer[78]
June
- 8 June – Ewa Dałkowska, 78, actress[79]
- 10 June – Marek Trojanowicz, 81, chemist[80]
- 13 June – Piotr Nowina-Konopka, 76, politician and diplomat[81]
- 16 June – Krystyna Palmowska, 76, mountaineer[82]
- 21 June – Danuta Kobylińska-Walas, 93, sea captain[83]
July
- 17 July – Joanna Kołaczkowska, 59, actress[84]
- 18 July – Michał Bałasz, 102, architect[85]
- 18 July – Edward Kupczyński, 96, speedway rider[86]
- 20 July – Urszula Kozioł, 92, poet[87]
- 26 July – Piotr Łossowski, 100, historian and academic[88]
- 27 July – Jerzy Sztwiertnia, 78, film director[89]
August
- 13 August – Marian Błażej Kruszyłowicz, 90, Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Szczecin-Kamień (1989–2013).[90]
- 20 August – Józef Kowalczyk, 86, Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Gniezno and primate of Poland (2010–2014).[91]
October
- 10 October – Adam Strzembosz, 95, first president of the Supreme Court (1990–1998).[92]
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