– Kamila Skolimowska Memorial Meet is one of the best sports events promoting Poland. The meeting is held as part of the Diamond League. This year’s edition took place last Sunday in Chorzów and was organized to the highest standards. I would like to thank the Polish athletes for the great sporting emotions and to congratulate the hosts, said minister of Sport and Tourism Kamil Bortniczuk during a press briefing at the ministry headquarters.

12 days, 13 cities and towns, 29 sports and nearly 7 000 athletes. The Third European Games Kraków-Małopolska 2023 have come to an end. The Polish national team has achieved very good results and has taken 6th place in the medal count, which is the white-and-reds’ best place in their history as participants of major multisport events.

Forty-one government delegations have adopted a subsequent statement on Russia’s war against Ukraine and international sport. The statement was issued at the 7th International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials Responsible for Sport, held under the auspices of UNESCO. Poland was among the countries that drew up the statement calling on the international community to continue showing solidarity with Ukraine. The full text of the statement is available below.

On 1 July 2023, Minister of Sport and Tourism Kamil Bortniczuk started his three-year term of office as a representative of the European Union on the Foundation Board of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The Foundation Board is WADA’s supreme decision-making body that determines the framework and development directions of the global anti-doping system impacting millions of athletes around the world.

Three Polish restaurants have been awarded prestigious Michelin stars, seven have received the title of Bib Gourmand, and thirty-nine have been judged worthy of recommendation. The Michelin Plaque award ceremony, attended by Deputy Minister Andrzej Gut-Mostowy, was held on June 27 in Poznań.

III European Games in Kraków – Małopolska has officially started on June 21st 2023. You can find all latest news from the Kraków – Małopolska 2023 European Games by clicking the banner.

The world-renowned Michelin Guide’s selection of restaurants has come to an end. On the basis of inspections and inspector assessments, three Polish restaurants have been awarded prestigious Michelin stars, seven have received the title of Bib Gourmand, and thirty-nine have been judged worthy of recommendation. The Michelin Plaque award ceremony will take place on June 27 in Poznań.

The International Business School in Sofia has awarded an honorary doctorate to Secretary of State Andrzej Gut-Mostowy for his achievements in the development of tourism. During the awarding ceremony Andrzej Gut-Mostowy delivered a lecture entitled „Cooperation with the tourism industry as a precondition for good tourism policy of the state”.

During its meeting in Brussels today, the EU Council for Education, Youth, Culture and Sport unanimously approved Polish Minister of Sport and Tourism Kamil Bortniczuk’s candidacy for the European Union representative in the Foundation Board of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). His three-year term of office will begin on 1 July 2023.

Polish-Romanian intergovernmental consultations led by Prime Ministers of Poland and Romania, Mateusz Morawiecki and Nicolae Ciucă, were held on Tuesday in Bucharest. Minister of Sport and Tourism Kamil Bortniczuk took part in the bilateral talks and the plenary session. The consultations in Bucharest ended, inter alia, with the signature of an inter-ministerial memorandum in the field of sport.