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08.02.2024Minister Nitras signs the EU Sports Ministers’ declaration on protecting and strengthening European values in sportOn 8 February 2024, sports ministers from 26 EU Member States, including Minister of Sport and Tourism Sławomir Nitras, signed the Declaration on the European Sport Model. The document calls on sport governing bodies and the European Commission to promote sport based on values such as democracy, transparency, integrity, gender equality and openness.
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22.01.2024Deputy Minister Ireneusz Raś met with Deputy Minister for Sport of Ukraine Andriy CzesnokovDeputy Minister Ireneusz Raś, on behalf of Minister of Sport and Tourism Sławomir Nitras, met on Monday with a delegation of the Ministry of Youth and Sport of Ukraine, headed by Deputy Minister Andriy Czesnokov.
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09.01.2024Minister Nitras meets with Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana TsikhanouskayaMinister of Sport and Tourism Sławomir Nitras met with Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya on Tuesday, 9 January. The main subject of the meeting was cooperation between Poland and Belarus in the field of sport.
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28.12.2023Deputy ministers appointed at the Ministry of Sport and TourismOn 28 December 2023, Minister of Sport and Tourism Sławomir Nitras handed over letters of appointment to Secretaries of State at the Ministry of Sport and Tourism Ireneusz Raś and Piotr Borys.
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13.12.2023Sławomir Nitras appointed Minister of Sport and TourismOn 13 December 2023, at the request of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, President Andrzej Duda appointed Sławomir Nitras as Minister of Sport and Tourism.
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11.12.2023Statement following the IOC’s decision allowing neutral athletes from Russia and Belarus to participate in the Paris Olympic Games
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07.12.2023Increased amounts of monthly sports grants for athletesOn 1 January 2024, an amendment to the Regulation of the Minister of Sport and Tourism of 17 May 2022 on monthly sports grants will come into effect. The amendment will increase the amounts of monthly sports grants for athletes representing our country at international sporting events in Olympic sports.
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28.11.2023Winners of the Competition for the Best Tourism Product – PTO Certificate are already knownFor the twentieth time, the main and most prestigious awards in the Polish tourism industry have been presented. At the twentieth anniversary gala of the Competition for the Best Tourism Product certified by the PTO, held in Warsaw, 16 tourist products were awarded. The 2023 Gold Certificate was presented to Bieszczady Railbike Tours.
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07.11.2023Tourism accessible for allSocial tourism - travel for people with special needs is nowadays a natural priority for tour operators, travel agencies and tourist information points. Everyone travels, including people with disabilities and seniors. This segment is growing because of the demographic trend of population aging. The national Programme Accessibility Plus 2018-2025 was discussed at the 11th Forum of the Polish Tourism Organisation and Regional and Local Tourism Organisations.
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11.10.2023Important notice for travellers and operators of tours to IzraelIn connection with the outbreak of the war in Israel the Minister of Sport and Tourism, in consultation with the Minister of Finance, have considered that in the country unavoidable and extraordinary circumstances have occurred that constitute grounds for launching payments from the Tourism Aid Fund.