• Events during the year 1997 in Poland. 1 January: Skępe regained its town rights. Pasym, Radlin, Siechnice and Świątniki Górne were granted town rights...
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    Assembly of Poland on 2 April 1997, approved by a national referendum on 25 May 1997, promulgated by the President of the Republic on 16 July 1997, and came...
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    Sejm (redirect from Sejm of Poland)
    Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Polish: Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland. The Sejm has been the...
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    The 1997 Central European flood or the 1997 Oder Flood of the Oder and Morava river basins in July 1997 affected Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany...
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    Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains...
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  • The year 1997 in film involved many significant films, including Titanic, The Full Monty, Gattaca, Donnie Brasco, Good Will Hunting, L.A. Confidential...
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    Holocaust in Poland was the ghettoization, robbery, deportation and mass murder of Jews, alongside other groups under similar racial pretexts in occupied...
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    Progressive Democrats respectively, win the 1997 General Election. July – The 1997 Central European flood occurs across Poland, Germany, and the Czech Republic....
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    Parliamentary elections were held in Poland on 21 September 1997. All 460 members of the Sejm and 100 senators of the Senate were elected. The liberal...
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    Poland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 26 times since its debut in 1994. The Polish participant broadcaster in the contest is Telewizja...
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    Jews in Poland dates back at least 1,000 years. For centuries, Poland was home to the largest and most significant Ashkenazi Jewish community in the world...
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    and annexing the whole of Poland under the terms of the German–Soviet Frontier Treaty. The invasion is also known in Poland as the September campaign...
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    Controlled-access highways in Poland are part of the national roads network and they are divided into motorways and expressways. Both types of highways...
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  • The government of Poland takes the form of a unitary semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the president is the head of state and...
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    The 1997 Polish Speedway season was the 1997 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland. The 1997 Individual Speedway Polish Championship final was held on...
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    (1952–1989), formerly the Republic of Poland (1947–1952), and also often simply known as Poland, was a country in Central Europe that existed as the predecessor...
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    in Poland face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. According to ILGA-Europe's 2024 report, the status of LGBTQ rights in Poland is...
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    Poland was ruled at various times either by dukes and princes (10th to 14th centuries) or by kings (11th to 18th centuries). During the latter period,...
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    and flags of the Republic of Poland are described in two legal documents: the Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 1997 and the Coat of Arms, Colours...
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    The economy of Poland is an emerging and developing, high-income, industrialized, mixed economy that serves as the sixth-largest in the European Union...
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  • Abortion in Poland is illegal except in cases where the pregnancy is a result of a criminal act or when the woman's life or health is in danger. The last...
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    The Poland national football team (Polish: Reprezentacja Polski w piłce nożnej) represents Poland in men's international football competitions since their...
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    the Republic of Poland. Their rights and obligations are determined in the Constitution of Poland. The president jointly partakes in the executive branch...
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    (the Sejm). Both houses are accommodated in the Sejm and Senate Complex in Warsaw. The Constitution of Poland does not refer to the Parliament as a body...
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    The demographics of Poland constitute all demographic features of the population of Poland including population density, ethnicity, education level, the...
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    the Kingdom of Poland. She reigned from 16 October 1384 until her death. She was the youngest daughter of Louis I of Hungary and Poland, and his wife,...
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  • party in Poland, which was active in 1997–2003 and 2007–2014. In 2014, the party was incorporated into Poland Together. The party was formed in January...
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  • The history of Poland from 1945 to 1989 spans the period of Marxist–Leninist regime in Poland after the end of World War II. These years, while featuring...
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  • Poland does not legally recognize same-sex marriages or civil unions. In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have limited legal rights...
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    use, including cannabis, is illegal in Poland. It was classified as a narcotic in 1951 but it was not until 1997 that possession and use of the drug became...
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