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04.12.2025Handball at Orlik pitches - the great national finals at ERGO Arena are behind usAfter three months of fierce competitions, the teams from Winnica and Brodnica became the winners of the national tournament Handball at Orlik Pitches. During the final matches held on 3 December at Gdańsk-Sopot ERGO Arena, the young players showed great commitment. The matches were watched by current and former national team members who were present in the stadium.
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02.12.2025Magdalena Krucz appointed new president of the Polish Tourism OrganisationMagdalena Krucz was appointed president of the Polish Tourism Organisation on 2 December 2025, at a session of the Senate Committee on National Economy and Innovation. The nomination letter was presented to her by Jakub Rutnicki, Minister of Sport and Tourism and Ireneusz Raś, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Sport and Tourism.
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02.12.2025A new opening for Polish tourism - key decisions from the Polish SenateAt the Polish Senate, a meeting devoted to the future of tourism in Poland was held, which was attended by representatives of the government, the parliament, experts and representatives of the industry. The Ministry of Sport and Tourism was represented by Secretary of State Ireneusz Raś who presented current data on the sector and its key development directions.
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24.11.2025Polish Sport Development Strategy 2040. The Road to Olympic and Paralympic Games in Poland. Public consultations beginA year after announcing the commencement of works on the Polish Sport Development Strategy 2040, a meeting was held at PGE Narodowy national stadium in Warsaw to set out their further stages. The meeting was attended by Minister of Sport and Tourism Jakub Rutnicki, Mayor of Warsaw Rafał Trzaskowski, IOC member and two times Olympic vice-champion Maja Włoszczowska, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Sport and Tourism Piotr Borys, Advisor to the Minister of Sport and Tourism and four times Olympic champion Robert Korzeniowski, presidents of Polish sports federations, athletes, as well as representatives of ministries, state-owned companies, sports organizations and the media.
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18.11.2025Sports Ministers' joint statement on the decision of the International Paralympic Committee of 27 September 2025Minister of Sport and Tourism Jakub Rutnicki has joined the Ministers for Sport from European and non-European countries who signed a joint statement on the International Paralympic Committee's announcement of 26 September 2025 on the Russian and Belarusian National Paralympic Committees.
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16.11.2025Second edition of the tournament "From Orlik pitch to the Stadium” is behind us. Great emotions at PGE NarodowyLast Saturday will be remembered for long by young footballers who met at the PGE Narodowy national stadium for the Grand Finals of the tournament called From Orlik pitch to the Stadium. 24 teams competed in the tournament's final matches, refereed by Szymon Marciniak, for the title of Poland's best team in three age groups: U-13, U-14 and U-15. The medals and cups were handed over to the winners by Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Minister of Sport and Tourism Jakub Rutnicki.
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07.11.2025Jakub Rutnicki, Minister of Sport and Tourism appointed Member of the Board of the World Anti-Doping AgencyOn 4 November 2025 Jakub Rutnicki, Minister of Sport and Tourism, was appointed by the Council of the European Union as a member of the Foundation Board of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). As a minister from the current presidency trio (Poland-Denmark-Cyprus), he will represent the European Union in the WADA structure. The Board, in which Poland has gained a representative, is WADA's highest decision-making body.
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17.10.2025Minister Jakub Rutnicki presented the Ministry's plans. "I have focused on dialogue, cooperation and agreement”On Thursday evening, Minister of Sport and Tourism Jakub Rutnicki provided information on programmes and projects planned by the Ministry of Sport and Tourism. "Since my first days at the ministry, I have focused on dialogue, cooperation and agreement”, emphasised Minister Rutnicki at the session of the Sejm Committee on Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism. The minister spoke e.g. about the talks with Polish sports federations, promotion of physical activity, support for athletes and for clubs that train children and young people, accelerated development of infrastructure, works on the Sports Development Strategy and building of the Poland Brand.
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16.10.2025The first meeting of the Tourism Council convened by Secretary of State Ireneusz RaśOn 16 October 2025, Secretary of State Ireneusz Raś convened the first meeting of the Tourism Council established pursuant to regulation no. 12 of the Minister of Sport and Tourism of 18 April 2024.
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15.10.2025"Accelerated development of Orlik sports facilities is a fact." Press conference of Minister of Sport and Tourism Jakub Rutnicki on the second anniversary of the parliamentary elections320 Orlik sports facilities have already been renovated, 1015 are under refurbishment and 83 new ones are under construction. The Orlik infrastructure programme has accelerated across Poland. Two years after the 2023 parliamentary elections Minister of Sport and Tourism Jakub Rutnicki summarised to-date development of the infrastructure. The press conference held at the Orlik pitch in Prażmów was attended also by Michał Kmiecik, mayor of the municipality of Prażmów and by ambassadors of the Active School programme: Szymon Marciniak, a football referee and Sławomir Szmal, a former top handball player and the current president of the Polish Handball Federation.