Adam Szłapka
Polish politician and political scientist (born 1984)
Photo: Adrian Grycuk, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
- 2d ago
Poland charges 46-year-old man with inciting murder of PM Donald Tusk
Police detained the 46-year-old in Oborniki on Monday, 12 October, and prosecutors charged him on Tuesday, 13 October, with inciting murder and insulting senior officials, days after a separate arrest over a plot against Tusk.
- 2d ago
Government spokesman Adam Szłapka ends briefing after clash with TV Republika reporter
Adam Szłapka, the government spokesman, told TV Republika journalists they could apologize and leave instead of asking questions at a Warsaw briefing on Tuesday, 13 October, held after that day's government meeting.
- 3d ago
NBP resubmits board appointment requests to Nawrocki as November deadline nears
The National Bank of Poland said on Monday, 12 October 2026, that it had again submitted appointment motions to President Karol Nawrocki. Radio ZET reports that NBP president Adam Glapiński has not filed new nominations, and deputy president Adam Lipiński's term ends in November.
- 3d ago
Government spokesman says Braun must be taken seriously as a threat, not as a politician
Government spokesman Adam Szłapka said on Tuesday, 13 October, that Grzegorz Braun should be treated as a serious threat to Polish interests, responding to President Karol Nawrocki's Rzeczpospolita interview on a right-wing Senate pact.
- 3d ago
Prosecutors charge 66-year-old Krzysztof N. with nine counts over alleged attack plot on Tusk
Warsaw prosecutors charged Krzysztof N. with nine offences on Tuesday, 13 October, and asked a court to order temporary arrest. Investigators say they found improvised explosive devices at his home in Wrocław, where he lives.
- Oct 5
Poll finds 68% of Poles oppose Szymon Hołownia joining cabinet as regional funds minister
A Pollster survey shows 68% of respondents oppose Szymon Hołownia becoming minister of funds and regional policy, as the former Sejm marshal regroups inside Polska 2050.
- Oct 4
Poland probes errant airstrike warning sent to 700,000 in western border region
Poland's Government Centre for Security apologized after an emergency text warning of Russian airstrikes in Ukraine was sent to up to 700,000 residents in western Lubuskie Voivodeship instead of eastern Lubelskie.
- Oct 1
Polish government and presidential office clash over horse upkeep contracts in Promnik
A political dispute in Warsaw intensified after government officials questioned Chancellery of the President contracts funding three horses kept at the Promnik official residence.
- Oct 1
Poland's Interior Minister calls urgent security meeting after President Nawrocki rejects agency head
Interior Minister Marcin Kierwiński scheduled a Thursday briefing at the State Protection Service headquarters after President Karol Nawrocki refused to appoint Colonel Tomasz Jackowicz as commander.
- Sep 30
Poland forms Center for Combating Disinformation under Paweł Olszewski
Prime Minister Donald Tusk signed Ordinance No. 59 to create the inter-agency body, which will coordinate ministries, security services, and police to track and counter false narratives.
- Sep 30
EU court dismisses Poland's request to suspend provisional Mercosur trade deal
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that Warsaw failed to show serious harm from the interim trade agreement, leaving the treaty in provisional effect while Poland's main lawsuit proceeds.
- Sep 26
Michał Moskal suspends PiS parliamentary club membership after crypto lobbying allegations
Lawmaker Michał Moskal stepped aside from the Law and Justice parliamentary club following reports that draft crypto legislation was shared with Zondacrypto chief Przemysław Kral.
- Sep 9
Polish prosecutors open investigation into alleged assistance in Zbigniew Ziobro flight to United States
The Warsaw District Prosecutor's Office opened a formal inquiry into whether TV Republika head Tomasz Sakiewicz and Law and Justice MEP Adam Bielan helped former Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro evade arrest and relocate to the United States.
- Aug 8
Polish prosecutors charge three former Orlen managers over 1.5 billion PLN oil contract fraud
Poland's Regional Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw filed an indictment on 7 August 2026 against three former Orlen managers for causing 1.5 billion PLN in damages through three unfavorable oil contracts. A fourth suspect, former OTS GmbH CEO Samer A., is being sought via extradition from the UAE.
- Jun 30
President Nawrocki says he has ‘duty to impose will of nation’ as government accuses him of blocking EU defence funds
Polish President Karol Nawrocki declared a ‘duty to impose the will of the Nation’ on politicians he accused of losing touch, while government spokesperson Adam Szłapka countered that the presidential camp had blocked the EU’s €150 billion SAFE defence programme.
- Jun 30
Poland names Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka as state resilience plenipotentiary, winds down SAFE role
The Polish government appointed Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka as plenipotentiary for strengthening state resilience on 30 June, simultaneously abolishing her previous role overseeing the SAFE defence-funding programme.
- Jun 23
Civic Platform MP Małgorzata Pępek receives hospital test after 3‑week wait while normal patients queue 23 months
Małgorzata Pępek, a Civic Platform MP from Żywiec, underwent a medical examination in February 2025 after just three weeks’ wait while other patients face a 23‑month queue, according to portal zero.pl.
- Jun 17
Polish government adopts resolution to begin work on a permanent US military base, with Lower Silesia and Wielkopolska under consideration
The Council of Ministers approved a resolution on Tuesday authorising Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz to negotiate with Washington and coordinate infrastructure preparations for a permanent American military presence in Poland.
- Jun 1
Tusk dissolves Civic Coalition's Małopolska structures after Kraków referendum defeat, appoints Niedziela as commissioner
Prime Minister Donald Tusk has dissolved the Civic Coalition's regional structures in Małopolska following the recall of Kraków's mayor, appointing Deputy Speaker Dorota Niedziela to rebuild the party ahead of snap elections in August.
