Daria Gosek-Popiołek
Polish activist and politician
Photo: Adrian Grycuk, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
- Sep 27
Łukasz Gibała leads Monika Piątkowska into Krakow mayoral runoff as debate dispute unfolds
Independent candidate Łukasz Gibała won 36.38% of the vote in Krakow's snap mayoral election on 27 September 2026, setting up an 11 October runoff against Senator Monika Piątkowska.
- Sep 12
Poll shows Gibała leading Piątkowska by 0.5 points ahead of Kraków snap election
A new IBRiS survey of 1,000 residents puts Łukasz Gibała at 17.6% and Monika Piątkowska at 17.1% ahead of the 27 September vote, with 20.1% of voters still undecided.
- Sep 7
Kraków electoral commission registers eight mayoral candidates as Konfederacja and Banaś fail signature threshold
The Municipal Electoral Commission in Kraków registered eight candidates on Tuesday for the 27 September election, while rejecting four bids due to signature deficiencies.
- Sep 5
Kraków electoral commission registers Łukasz Gibała for snap mayoral election after signature dispute
The Kraków municipal electoral commission approved Łukasz Gibała's mayoral candidacy after his team filed replacement signatures, alongside four other certified contenders for the 27 September vote.
- Aug 7
Gibała leads Kraków mayoral poll at 25.1% as he announces fourth candidacy ahead of 27 September election
Łukasz Gibała announced his fourth candidacy for mayor of Kraków on 7 August, as a new poll gives him 25.1% support against 12% for Monika Piątkowska ahead of the 27 September election.
- Jul 27
Poland's deputy minister sold micro-apartments to brother before steering short-term rental law
Ireneusz Raś, the deputy sports minister who drafted a law on short-term rentals, owned three micro-apartments in a Lodz building now operating as an aparthotel. He sold two to his brother, a priest, and transferred the third to his ex-wife three months before joining government in December 2023.
- 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.
