Five things worth knowing December 15, 2024 – the most important events

224 out of 300 electors, including parliamentarians and representatives of local authorities, supported the presidential elections in Georgia Mikheil Kavelashvili, electing him to this office. He was the only candidate. He is supported by the country's ruling Georgian Dream party. Opposition representatives did not take part in the vote.

This is the first time in history that the presidential election in Georgia is not done by direct voting. The inauguration of the new head of state is scheduled for December 29.

The election took place in the shadow of protests that have continued since November 28. Demonstrators oppose the policy of Georgian Dream, which has suspended talks on the country's accession to the EU by 2028. The protesters are supported by the passing president of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, who announced that she will not leave office and will not recognize the election of the new president.

Read more: There was only one candidate. The electoral college has decided

The Supreme Council of the Polish People's Party adopted by acclamation the resolution of supporting Szymon Hołownia's candidacy in next year's presidential elections.

– These will be good months. We will convince many Poles and Polish women that an independent president, for the first time in 20 years, not from one or the other large camp, is a good solution – said the Marshal of the Sejm.

– We can proudly say that we have our own candidate who is not only the candidate of one environment, but is the candidate of several political circles, and will be, above all, the candidate of all citizens, we are counting on that – said the head of the PSL, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.

Read more: PSL decided to support Szymon Hołownia

According to the spokesman of the District Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw, prosecutor Piotr Skiba, the case has been ongoing since October investigation into irregularities in the asset declaration of Civic Coalition MP Kinga Gajewska.

The irregularities in Gajewska's statement concern the house in Błonie near Warsaw, which the MP received from her parents as a donation in August 2023. “According to the regulations, she had 30 days to report this fact to the register of benefits kept by the Speaker of the Sejm. Meanwhile, she did it only after 392 days, already in the current parliamentary term,” Wirtualna Polska reported.

The MP was questioned by the prosecutor's office.

Read more: Investigation into the case of an MP from the Civic Coalition. Gajewska was interrogated

The Polish Olympic Committee recommended on Thursday President Andrzej Duda as a member of the International Olympic Committee. Formally, this would happen in 2026, after the end of his presidency.

Donald Tusk commented on the matter on Saturday. The Prime Minister stated that “bad people have apparently maneuvered the President into this Olympic scandal. As soon as he realizes that he has taken the place of an Olympic medalist, active in the IOC for years, respected and competent, he will certainly make the right decision,” wrote the head of government on the X platform , referring to the current Polish representative. in the IOC.

Read more: Tusk on the “Olympic brawl” involving the president

The Holy Grail of history lovers – especially of the World War II period – was found on Sobieszewska Island in Gdańsk. Constructed in the 1920s, Enigma was intended for commercial use, but was quickly used in the German military.

The first part – the drum – of the famous cipher machine was found by Mrs. Marta, who is a novice in this type of research. Then, together with other members of the Latebra Foundation, she started digging more out of the ground.

Read more: They found fragments of the Enigma encryption machine. “There's adrenaline, my hands were shaking”