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Poland Legislature To Consider September 17 Public Holiday
 
(Posted on Tuesday, September 8, 2009)

Source: Polskie Radio (Warsaw)

Poland's Law and Justice opposition party (PiS) has filed a resolution in the lower house of parliament, calling for September 17 to be made a national public holiday, in commemoration of the 1939 invasion of Poland by Russia.

For its part, the Civic Platform government has introduced a counter-resolution, which calls for a commemoration of those who defended Poland against the Russian invasion, but without making September 17 a national public holiday.

If a new public holiday were to be declared, most observers would expect it to be a restoration of the Epiphany public holiday, canceled by the Communist party after WW2. An attempt was defeated last year (17-Oct-2008, 22-Sep-2008, and 27-Jun-2008), but the issue has never really gone away (19-Apr-2009).

Another possibility currently under consideration would be to make April 2, the date of Pope John-Paul II's death, a new annual public holiday (07-Apr-2009).

Related links:
Poland 2012 bank holidays and public holidays (current year)
Poland 2013 bank holidays and public holidays (next year)
Poland bank holidays and public holidays (news and updates)
Worldwide bank holidays and public holidays news updates (September 2009)


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