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Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś

On 15 October, the ruling Law and Justice party won the parliamentary election, but failed to retain a majority in the Sejm, while a nationwide referendum on a variety of topics failed due to a widespread boycott.
On 30 September, Grzegorz Ryś (pictured), Archbishop of Łódź, was elevated to cardinalate.
On 16 September, Poland won the 2023 Men's European Volleyball Championship.
On 14 September, Piotr Wawrzyk, dismissed from his post of Deputy Foreign Minister amid a cash-for-visa scandal, was hospitalized after a suicide attempt.
On 9 September, Green Border, a drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland about the ongoing migrant crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border, won the Special Jury Prize at the 80th Venice International Film Festival.

Holidays and observances in October 2023
(statutory public holidays in bold)

Bust of John Paul II in Kraków

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