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12 July – Andrzej Duda is re-elected as the President of Poland. [2] 25 July – Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro declared he would begin preparing the formal process for Poland to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention.
International relations Honduras–Israel relations, Status of Jerusalem Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández informs Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over telephone of his plans to move the embassy of Honduras in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv by the end of the year. (Anadolu) Law and crime 2020–2021 United States racial unrest, Shooting of James Scurlock Jacob Gardner, an ...
Business and economy Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 recession COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil The Brazilian economy officially enters a recession after the country's statistics institute reported a 9.7% decline of its gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter, which is the second consecutive quarter of a decline in its GDP. It is Brazil's largest quarterly drop since ...
Here’s what Poland, Russia and NATO say happened. As Russia fired a wave of attacks on Ukraine, a missile explosion in Poland killed two. Here’s what Poland, Russia and NATO say happened. ...
October 2020 protests against abortion restrictions in Kraków, Poland. On 22 October 2020, the Constitutional Tribunal, with disputed judges, ruled that abortion in cases of disability or life-limiting illness were unconstitutional, further limiting abortion rights in Poland. The decision was nearly unanimous, with judges ruling 11–2 in ...
[20] 1979 – A French-supported coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokassa I. [21] 1982 – NFL season: American football players in the National Football League begin a 57-day strike. [22] 1984 – A suicide bomber in a car attacks the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing twenty-two people. [23]
Tension grew between the people of Poland and its communist government, as with the rest of the Eastern bloc as the influence of the Soviet Union faded. With the advent of perestroika in the Soviet Union under Mikhail Gorbachev, the opportunity arose to change the system of government, after the harsh period of martial law (1981-83) imposed by general Wojciech Jaruzelski.
20 July: Białystok equality march attacked by thousands of members of far-right groups, hooligan football fans, and others. [6] The New York Times , compared the publish shock to the reaction to the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.