Recent events

• On 9 January, police entered the Presidential Palace in Warsaw to arrest former Interior Minister Mariusz Kamiński (Law and Justice party) and his former deputy, both of whom had been sentenced to two year's jail for abuse of power.
• On 9 January, Tadeusz Isakowicz-Zaleski (pictured), an Armenian and Roman Catholic priest, and former anti-Communist dissident, died at the age of 67.
• On 13 December, Donald Tusk of the Civic Coalition was sworn in for his third nonconsecutive term as Prime Minister of Poland.
• On 13 November, former TV host Szymon Hołownia of the Poland 2050 party was elected Marshal (speaker) of the Sejm (lower house of parliament).
• On 15 October, the ruling Law and Justice party won the parliamentary election, but failed to retain a majority in the Sejm, while a nationwide referendum on a variety of topics failed due to a widespread boycott.

Ongoing
Constitutional crisis • Belarus–EU border crisis • Ukrainian refugee crisis

Holidays and observances in January 2024
(statutory public holidays in bold)

• New Year, 1 January
• Three Kings' Day (carolers pictured), 6 January

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