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24 October 2023 –
The Holy See announces Bishop Grzegorz Kaszak's resignation from the Diocese of Sosnowiec in Poland following allegations related to a priest's misconduct in Dąbrowa Górnicza. (AFP via The Manila Times)
15 October 2023 – 2023 Polish parliamentary election, 2023 Polish referendum
Poles elect members of the Senate and the Sejm. Votes are also cast in a referendum on migration, the removal of the border wall between Belarus and Poland, and the retirement age. (AFP via Barron's) (The Guardian)
Exit polls suggest that Poland's opposition parties, led by the Civic Coalition under former prime minister Donald Tusk, are poised to secure a parliamentary majority, potentially ending the eight-year governance of the Law and Justice (PiS) party. The exit poll voter turnout reaches a record of 73%. (AFP via Manila Bulletin) (CNN)
20 September 2023 – Russian invasion of Ukraine, Poland–Ukraine relations
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announces that Poland will stop supplying Ukraine with weapons, amid tensions between the two countries over the former's import ban on Ukrainian agricultural products. (CNN)
Vasyl Zvarych, Ukrainian Ambassador to Poland, is summoned by the Polish Foreign Ministry to convey its strong protest over the statement of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the United Nations General Assembly. Zelenskyy's statement that some European countries' actions indirectly help Russia, drew condemnation from Poland. (Ukrainian News)
19 September 2023 – 2023 Polish parliamentary election
Cash-for-visa scandal
Documents allegedly from the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicate that the Polish embassy in Minsk, Belarus, issued 784,173 visas to individuals from 65 countries with the aid of a Moscow-based company. Individuals who were denied entry at the Belarus-European Union border during the Belarus–European Union border crisis may also have been granted visas. (Gazeta.pl via MSN News)
15 September 2023 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia impose national import bans on 24 Ukrainian agricultural products, including grains, vegetables, meat products, and honey. (Reuters)
15 September 2023 – Cash-for-visa scandal
The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs dismisses its legal chief and cancels all contracts to outsource visa applications after seven people are charged in a visas-for-cash scandal. (Reuters)
13 September 2023 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki called on the European Union to extend an embargo on the import of Ukrainian corn, wheat, sunflower and rapeseed. (AP)

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