2025 in Poland

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Events in the year 2025 in Poland .

Incumbents

Incumbents

Position	Person	Party
President	Andrzej Duda (until 6 August)		Independent (Supported by Law and Justice)
	Karol Nawrocki (since 6 August)		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

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 no-confidence vote 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]
• 26 August – A magnitude 2.0 earthquake hits the Silesian Voivodeship, injuring three people at the Mysłowice-Wesoła Coal Mine. ^[36]
• 27 August – 14 September – EuroBasket 2025 in Cyprus, Finland, Latvia and Poland ^{[37] [38] [39]}
• 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. ^[40]

September

• 9 September – Poland orders the expulsion of a Belarusian diplomat for spying and arrests a suspected Belarusian spy. ^[41]
• 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. ^[42]
• 12 September –
  • A magnitude 4.5 earthquake hits the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, injuring one person at the Rudna mine. ^[43]
  • Poland closes its border with Belarus amid the beginning of the Zapad 2025 joint Russian-Belarusian military exercise. ^[44]
• 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. ^[45]

Holidays

Further information: Public holidays in Poland

Source: ^[46]

• 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

• List of Polish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Deaths

January

• 1 January – Zdzisław Skupień, 86, mathematician ^[47]
• 2 January – Karol Krasnodębski, 95, politician ^[48]
• 6 January – Krzysztof Sońta, 56, politician ^[49]
• 7 January – Mirosława Marcheluk, 86, actress ^[50]
• 9 January – Mariusz Trynkiewicz, 62, serial killer and sex offender ^[51]
• 10 January – Longin Pastusiak, 89, politician ^[52]
• 11 January – Barbara Rylska, 89, actress ^[53]
• 25 January – Marcin Wicha, 53, writer and graphic designer ^[54]

February

• 1 February – Leon Wróbel, 70, sailor ^[55]
• 10 February – Wojciech Dziembowski, 85, astronomer ^[56]
• 15 February – Michał Czajkowski, 90, Catholic priest and Security Service collaborator ^[57]
• 17 February – Krystyna Daszkiewicz, 100, professor of law at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań ^[58]
• 18 February – Marian Turski, 98, historian, journalist and Holocaust survivor ^[59]
• 19 February – Jan Eugeniusz Krysiński, 89, former rector of the Łódź University of Technology ^[60]
• 25 February – Kazimierz Romaniuk, 97, Catholic bishop ^[61]
• 28 February – Stanisław Gebhardt, 96, economist and activist ^[62]

March

• 15 March – Barbara Skrzypek, 66, government official ^[63]
• 23 March – Bogdan Daras, 65, wrestler ^[64]
• 29 March – Stefan Hula Sr., 77, skier ^[65]

April

• 14 April – Piotr Turzyński, 61, auxiliary bishop ^[66]
• 15 April – Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak, 74, actress ^[67]
• 24 April – Andrzej Fiedor, 79, biathlete ^[68]

May

• 3 May – Sylwester Wilczek, 89, ice hockey player ^[69]
• 4 May – Jerzy Pasiński, 77, politician and former mayor of Gdańsk ^[70]
• 16 May – Jadwiga Rappé, 73, opera singer ^[71]
• 18 May Andrzej Matysiak, 77, canoeist ^[72]
• 21 May – Leszek Górski, 63, swimmer ^[73]

June

• 8 June – Ewa Dałkowska, 78, actress ^[74]
• 10 June – Marek Trojanowicz, 81, chemist ^[75]
• 13 June – Piotr Nowina-Konopka, 76, politician and diplomat ^[76]
• 16 June – Krystyna Palmowska, 76, mountaineer ^[77]
• 21 June – Danuta Kobylińska-Walas, 93, sea captain ^[78]

July

• 17 July – Joanna Kołaczkowska, 59, actress ^[79]
• 18 July – Michał Bałasz, 102, architect ^[80]
• 18 July – Edward Kupczyński, 96, speedway rider ^[81]
• 20 July – Urszula Kozioł, 92, poet ^[82]
• 26 July – Piotr Łossowski, 100, historian and academic ^[83]
• 27 July – Jerzy Sztwiertnia, 78, film director ^[84]

August

• 13 August – Marian Błażej Kruszyłowicz, 90, Roman Catholic prelate, auxiliary bishop of Szczecin-Kamień (1989–2013). ^[85]
• 20 August – Józef Kowalczyk, 86, Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop of Gniezno and primate of Poland (2010–2014). ^[86]

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External links

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