Elżbieta Witek

State officials send best wishes to miners on St. Barbara's day

Best wishes were expressed by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki who wrote on Twitter that the Barbórka has a great tradition and is a special and unique holiday because St. Barbara is the patron saint of miners. /Twitter

On the occasion of St. Barbara’s Day, Barbórka, the Day of Miners in Poland, Poland's top officials sent their good wishes to miners in all regions of Poland.

Polish Sejm holds inaugural sitting, elects speaker

The Sejm (lower house of parliament) during its inaugural sitting on Tuesday elected Elżbieta Witek from the ruling party Law and Justice (PiS) as Sejm speaker. She was the only candidate for the post.

Elżbieta Witek elected new lower house speaker

Former Polish Interior Minister Elzbieta Witek was elected Sejm (lower house) speaker during a Friday vote.

Twenty-five detained after incidents at LGBT march in Białystok

Twenty-five hooligans have been detained and heard charges after violence erupted during the first LGBT march in Poland's eastern city of Białystok on Saturday, Deputy Interior Minister Jarosław Zieliński has said.

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