Events in the year 2021 in Poland.

2021
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Poland

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The Sejm assigned several patrons for year of 2021, so that 2021 is to be known as the Stanisław Lem Year, Stefan Wyszyński Year, Cyprian Norwid Year, Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński Year, Tadeusz Różewicz Year, as well as the Constitution of 3 May Year in Poland.[1]

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Events

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Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Poland

January

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February

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  • 10 February — Several TV channels, radio stations, and web portals went off air in protest of a tax on advertising revenue proposed by the Ministry of Finance.[5]

April

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  • 1 April — Start of the Polish Census 2021.[6]
  • 14 April — The Constitutional Tribunal ruled paragraph 3 of Article 6 of the Act on the Commissioner for Human Rights, which allowed the Commissioner to remain in office until another one takes up the position, to be unconstitutional. The Tribunal decided that the current Commissioner, Adam Bodnar, who had remained in office as the Sejm and the Senate could not decide on a successor, had to vacate his post in three months' time.[7][8]

June

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  • 13 June — The city of Rzeszow holds a special election for the vacated office of President (Mayor) of the city. Konrad Fijołek, the joint candidate of the liberal-left opposition parties (KO, P2050, L, KP), is elected with 56% of the vote, behind by three right-wing candidates (supported by PiS, SP-P-K15, and Confederation respectively).
  • 27 June — Poland enacts a law setting a 30-year time limit on appealing administrative decisions made by special administrative bodies, effectively meaning that owners of property seized in the communist era can no longer receive compensation. The law sparked a diplomatic incident with Israel.[12][13][14] Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid described as the bill as "immoral and a disgrace." Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said "I can only say that as long as I am the prime minister, Poland will not pay for German crimes: Neither zloty, nor euro, nor dollar."[15]

July

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  • 14 July — The Constitutional Tribunal rules that any interim measures from the top European court against Poland's judicial reforms were "not in line" with the Polish constitution. the Polish justice minister, Zbigniew Ziobro, said the constitutional court’s decision was "against interference, usurpation and legal aggression by organs of the European Union".[16][17][18]

August

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  • 12 August - Polish members of parliament pass controversial media bill which restricts foreign ownership of media broadcasts.[19]
  • 14 August - Poland’s President Andrzej Duda signed the restitution law. In response, Israel recalled its envoy from Poland and told the Polish ambassador not to return.[20][21] Nevertheless, Poland returned its envoy to Israel in July 2022 as a sign of rapprochement in bilateral relations.[22]

September

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October

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  • October 7 — The Constitutional Tribunal rules that some articles in EU treaties are "incompatible" with its national legislation and unconstitutional. it also ruled that Poland’s constitution takes precedence over some EU laws.[23][24][25]

December

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Scheduled/predicted events

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Deaths

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January

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February

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March

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April

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References

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