2026 in Poland

Incumbents

Position	Person	Party
President	Karol Nawrocki		Independent (Supported by Law and Justice)
Prime Minister	Donald Tusk		Civic Platform
Marshal of the Sejm	Włodzimierz Czarzasty		The Left
Marshal of the Senate	Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska		Civic Platform

• 1 January – Six localities obtain town rights: Branice, Janów, Janów Podlaski, Małkinia Górna, Stanisławów, and Staroźreby.^[1]
• 3 January – Polish language reform, the largest spelling reform in 90 years^[2][3]
• 12 January – Hungary grants asylum to former Polish justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, who is wanted on charges of corruption.^[4]
• 21 January – A magnitude 3.5 earthquake hits the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, injuring two people at the Lubin mine.^[5]

• 3 February – A resident of Hrubieszów is sentenced to 3.5 years' imprisonment for spying as part of a Russian plot to assassinate Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in 2024.^[6]
• 5 February – The United States severs official contact with the Marshal of the Sejm, Włodzimierz Czarzasty, citing his comments against US president Donald Trump.^[7]
• 18 February –
  • Bishop Andrzej Jeż of Tarnow becomes the first bishop in Poland to be tried on charges of failing to inform authorities about alleged sexual abuse of children by two priests in his diocese.^[8]
  • The Polish Land Forces bars the entry of Chinese-made vehicles to its premises due to espionage concerns.^[9]
• 19 February – President Nawrocki signs a law lifting special support measures for Ukrainian refugees.^[10]
• 20 February – Poland formally withdraws from the Ottawa Treaty.^[11]

• 6 March – Poland boycotts the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Italy in protest over Russian athletes being allowed to compete under the Russian flag after the lifting of sanctions imposed over the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.^[12]
• 7 March – Law and Justice (PiS) hold an convention in Kraków, where Przemysław Czarnek was named as the party's candidate for the office of Prime Minister for the Next Polish parliamentary election.^[13]
• 12 March – President Nawrocki vetoes the EU-sponsored Security Action For Europe (SAFE) scheme that would have raised nearly 44 billion euros in loans to improve defense capabilities, citing issues of national sovereignty.^[14]
• 18 March – A court in Warsaw approves the extradition of Russian archaeologist Alexander Butyagin to Ukraine, where he is wanted on charges of damaging the Myrmēkion site in Russian-occupied Crimea.^[15]
• 20 March – Defence minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announces the withdrawal of Polish forces from Iraq, stationed there as part of the CJTF–OIR joint task force against the Islamic State, citing the regional threat from Iran.^[16]
• 20 – 22 March – The 21st World Athletics Indoor Championships are held at the Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń in Toruń, Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship.^[17][18]

• 9 April – A magnitude 2.7 earthquake hits the Silesian Voivodeship, injuring three miners near Rydułtowy.^[19]
• 28 April – Three Polish nationals held by Belarus are released at the border with Poland following a prisoner exchange facilitated by the United States.^[20]

• 5 – 27 September – 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.^[21][22]
• September/October – 2026 Speedway World Cup at Stadion Narodowy in Warsaw.
• 3 – 20 December – 2026 European Women's Handball Championship in Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey.^[23]

Source:^[24]

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 6 January – Epiphany
• 5 April – Easter Sunday
• 6 April – Easter Monday
• 1 May – May Day
• 3 May – 3 May Constitution Day
• 24 May – Whit Sunday
• 4 June – Corpus Christi
• 15 August – Assumption Day
• 1 November – All Saints' Day
• 11 November – Independence Day
• 24 December – Christmas Eve
• 25 December – Christmas Day
• 26 December – 2nd Day of Christmas

• List of Polish submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film