A twelve-dish Christmas Eve supper is traditionally prepared to commemorate Jesus' twelve disciples in Central,Northern and Eastern European cultures,especially those that were formerly part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and neighbouring countries. The tradition is especially cultivated in modern-day Poland,where alternatively thirteen meatless dishes on Christmas Eve are sometimes served.
The Ministry of Culture and National Heritage is a ministry within Polish government led by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage responsible for national heritage preservation and Polish culture promotion. Ministry oversees state or partially state cultural institutions and implements the law regarding art and cultural property. Ministry headquarters are located at Potocki Palace,15 Krakowskie Przedmieście Street in Warsaw. Incumbent minister has been Hanna Wróblewska member of the Cabinet) since May 2024
Ewa Maria Wiśniewska is a Polish actress. During her career,she won several awards,include two Polish Film Awards,Polish Film Festival Awards,and Złota Kaczka. She is also recipient of Order of Polonia Restituta and Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture.
Sejm Constituency no. 31 is a constituency of the Sejm in the Silesian Voivodeship,electing twelve deputies. It covers area of counties:Bieruń-Lędziny,Chorzów,Katowice,Mysłowice,Piekary Śląskie,Ruda Śląska,Siemianowice Śląskie,Świętochłowice and Tychy.
Izabella Jadwiga Zielińska was a Polish pianist and pedagogue with one of the longest artistic biographies in Poland,starting back in 1935.
Lech Ordon was a Polish actor.
Gabriela Muskała is a Polish actress,screenwriter and director.
Now! was a short-lived liberal political party in Poland. The party was founded on 17 November 2018 by the former World Bank economist Ryszard Petru and Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus as a split from the Modern party which Petru was also a founder. His partner Joanna Schmidt,the vice-president of ALDE also defected. The party joined the European Coalition on 18 February 2019. The party was dissolved on 4 July 2019.
Ewa Walawska is a Polish printmaker.
Jakub Radomir Kumoch is a Polish political scientist,journalist and diplomat,since 2023 serving ambassador to China. He previously served as the Head of the International Policy Bureau in the Chancellery of the President of Poland,and as the Polish ambassador to Turkey (2020–2021),as well as to Switzerland (2016–2020).
The Virtus et Fraternitas Medal is a Polish state decoration established on 9 November 2017.
Anna Maria Żukowska is a Polish politician and jurist. Since 2019,she has been a member of the Sejm. She is a member of the New Left party and leader of The Left parliamentary group.
Joanna Maria Pilecka is a Polish diplomat,serving as an ambassador to Portugal (2021–2024).
The Roman Dmowski and Ignacy Jan Paderewski Institute for the Legacy of Polish National Thought is a Polish educational and historical research institute. Announced to appear at a press conference on 3 February 2020,it was formally inaugurated by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage,Piotr Gliński,on 17 February that year.
The New Left is a social-democratic political party in Poland. It is positioned on the centre-left on the political spectrum. Its leaders are Włodzimierz Czarzasty and Robert Biedroń.
Jan Maletka (1921-1942) was a Polish railway worker. On 20 August 1942 he was murdered by the Germans for providing water to Jews being transported to the Treblinka concentration camp. On 26 November 2021,as a part of the Called by Name project,a plaque commemorating him has been revealed in the village of Treblinka,which has sparked a controversy.
Adam Mariusz Kwiatkowski is a Polish politician,since 2022 serving as an ambassador to the Holy See.
Ewa Barbara Michnik-Szynalska is a Polish conductor and artistic administrator. From 1995 until 2016 she was the chief director and artistic director for the Wroclaw Opera.
Joanna Beata Wicha is a Polish nurse,labor activist and politician,elected member of the Sejm in 2023.
On December 19,2023,Bartłomiej Sienkiewicz,the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in Poland,dismissed the then-current state media directors and their supervisory boards,most notably those of public broadcaster Telewizja Polska (TVP),appointing new ones in their place. The move was met with criticism and accusations of illegality by the dismissed management and the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party,causing a parliamentary intervention in the TVP headquarters.
