- Aug 28
Polish President Karol Nawrocki signs laws on banking supervision, wastewater cooling and rescue dogs
Polish President Karol Nawrocki has signed three legislative amendments covering banking regulations, industrial water reuse for energy facilities, and rescue dog integration into the volunteer fire service.
- Aug 26
Polish Finance Ministry estimates 8 billion PLN budget loss from presidential vetoes
Calculations from Poland's Ministry of Finance attribute an 8.04 billion PLN revenue shortfall in 2026 to six legislative measures blocked by President Karol Nawrocki, including levies on fuel and alcohol.
- Aug 8
President Nawrocki signs four bills, sends registered-pledge law to Constitutional Tribunal
President Karol Nawrocki signed four bills on 7 August 2026, covering housing buyer protection, Polish-flag shipping, financial-supervision fees, and registered pledges, while sending the pledge law to the Constitutional Tribunal over concerns it may violate the right to court and property rights.
- Aug 3
President Nawrocki pardons Legia Warsaw fan 'Staruch', drawing sharp criticism from Tusk and government
President Karol Nawrocki lifted a stadium ban for Legia Warsaw ultra Piotr 'Staruch' Staruchowicz, one of three clemency grants announced Monday. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said the pardon 'says more about presidents than all their speeches combined.'
- Jul 11
Poland's PM and president clash over credit for Volhynia exhumations on anniversary of massacre
Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he personally led the push to resume exhumations of Polish massacre victims in Ukraine, but President Karol Nawrocki's spokesman called the assertion 'insolence', crediting a December 2025 presidential meeting instead. Tusk also announced a Wall of Remembrance in Warsaw.
- Jun 27
36-year-old Ukrainian detained in Poland for death threats against President Karol Nawrocki amid bilateral tensions
Police in Zielona Góra arrested a 36-year-old Ukrainian man who allegedly threatened to kill President Karol Nawrocki during an online discussion. The detention occurs against a backdrop of deepening Polish-Ukrainian diplomatic friction over historical memory.
- Jun 23
Piotr Pytel released after 21 years as justice minister grants break in life sentence
Piotr Pytel, convicted in Germany for a murder he says he didn't commit, left prison in Rzeszów on Monday after Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek ordered a break in his life sentence. The decision comes as a new pardon procedure is underway, with the final say resting with President Karol Nawrocki.
- Jun 23
Poland-Ukraine diplomatic rift deepens as Zelenskyy skips Gdańsk reconstruction summit
The Ukrainian president will not attend this week's Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdańsk after a bitter row with Poland over a military unit named after nationalist fighters from World War II.
- Jun 13
Nawrocki in US for Trump birthday, criticises government over 'anti-American narrative'
President Karol Nawrocki visited the United States for Donald Trump's 80th birthday celebrations and a UFC gala, using the occasion to advocate for a permanent American troop presence in Poland and to criticise his own government's 'anti-American narrative'.
- Jun 11
Over half of Poles say Zelenskyy's UPA unit naming worsened their view of Ukraine, poll finds
A SW Research poll for Rzeczpospolita shows 51.9% of Polish respondents say their attitude toward Ukraine and Ukrainians worsened after President Zelenskyy named a military unit after the UPA, an organisation responsible for the Volhynia massacres.
