2016 in Poland explained

Incumbents

Incumbents! Position! Person! Party

President	Andrzej Duda	Independent (Supported by the Law and Justice)
Prime Minister	Beata Szydło	Law and Justice
Marshal of the Sejm	Marek Kuchciński	Law and Justice
Marshal of the Senate	Stanisław Karczewski	Law and Justice

Events

August

• August 5–21 — 87 athletes from Poland compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

September

• September 3 — Poland win the eighteenth edition of the Eurovision Young Musicians in Cologne, Germany.^[1]

December

• From December 8 — State Owned PZU together with Polish Development Fund acquired Bank Pekao, Poland's second largest bank previously owned by UniCredit, by buying a 32.8 per cent stake in the bank for the amount of PLN 10.6 billion (EUR 2.6 billion).^[2]
• From December 16 — protests against law limiting of freedom of the press.^[3]

See also

• 2016 in Polish television

Notes and References

1. Web site: Poland wins Eurovision Young Musicians 2016!. youngmusicians.tv. European Broadcasting Union. https://web.archive.org/web/20160908031523/http://www.youngmusicians.tv/page/news?id=poland_wins_eurovision_young_musicians_2016. 8 September 2016. dead.
2. News: UniCredit sells Bank Pekao stake to Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń and Polski Fundusz Rozwoju. 8 December 2016. 19 December 2016.
3. December 17, 2016. Poland protests: Crowds renew calls for press freedom . BBC News. en. January 23, 2022.