Marta Cienkowska
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- Oct 8
Sejm passes law topping up social insurance for low-income artists, 232 votes to 197
The bill subsidises social insurance contributions for artists whose income stays below 125% of the minimum wage, about 68,000 zloty gross a year. It now goes to the Senate.
- 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.
- Sep 30
Kanye West cancels St Petersburg concerts following venue and permit dispute
Moscow promoter Say Agency called off two scheduled performances by Kanye West at the Gazprom Arena on 10 and 11 October, ending weeks of dispute over rental agreements and official approvals.
- Sep 7
Polish actor Jan Frycz honored with state funeral at Warsaw Powązki Cemetery
Family, artists, and state officials attended the secular and state funeral of actor Jan Frycz at Powązki Military Cemetery in Warsaw on 7 September following his death at age 72.
- Aug 31
Warsaw bids farewell to Uprising veteran Wanda Traczyk-Stawska in multifaith funeral
State dignitaries, Warsaw residents, and multifaith clergy gathered on 31 August 2026 for the funeral Mass and burial of Warsaw Uprising hero Wanda Traczyk-Stawska following her death at age 99.
- Aug 30
Poland and Ukraine rebury 55 Volhynia massacre victims in Ostrowki on 83rd anniversary
Remains of 55 Polish civilians exhumed from mass graves in Ostrowki and Wola Ostrowiecka were interred at an old Polish cemetery in north-western Ukraine during a joint ceremony attended by Polish and Ukrainian officials.
- Aug 20
Poland revokes Warsaw Uprising patronages after OnlyFans creator named ambassador
Polish ministries withdrew honorary patronages from the 82nd Warsaw Uprising commemorations after Stowarzyszenie Warszawa 44 appointed OnlyFans creator Monika Laskowska and kick-boxer Marcin Różalski as promotional ambassadors.
- Aug 8
Ukraine approves exhumations of Polish WWII victims in Huta Pieniacka and Uhly
Ukraine's national memory institute announced approvals on 8 August for exhumations in Huta Pieniacka and Uhly, plus DNA sampling in Ostrówki, following a commission meeting on 7 August.
- Jun 27
Second phase of search for Polish UPA victims in Puzniki ends without finding mass grave
Poland’s culture minister announced Friday that the latest search for victims of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in Puzniki failed to locate a second mass grave, with another round of work planned for August.
- Jun 19
Polish Sejm advances artist social security bill despite 74% public opposition
The lower house rejected a motion to kill the bill at first reading, 233–199, sending it to committee as the government presses ahead with a long-discussed plan to subsidize ZUS contributions for low-income artists.
- Jun 14
86 years after first transport to Auschwitz, survivors and officials honor victims at Death Wall ceremony
On the 86th anniversary of the first mass deportation to Auschwitz, survivors, state officials, and youth gathered at the Death Wall to honor the 728 Poles and Polish Jews who arrived on June 14, 1940, and the more than one million murdered at the camp.
- May 29
Poland's artist pension bill ignites culture war: 'Polish peasant' slurs, a minister on the ropes, and a 4.4 billion złoty fight
A government plan to subsidize social security for artists has triggered a furious backlash, pitting the ruling coalition against the right-wing opposition and sparking a debate over elitism, public finances, and the value of culture.
