Poland has new public holiday

December 27 will become a new public holiday in Poland to mark the 1918-19 Greater Poland Uprising after President Andrzej Duda signed into law a bill instituting the new holiday on Tuesday. Andrzej Duda signed the new legislation in Poznan, the capital of the western region of Wielkopolska, or Greater Poland. The National Day of the Victorious Greater Poland Uprising, was approved by parliament in October at the president's initiative, and will be celebrated every year on December 27.