Indicator history

There are no legal obstacles for minorities to exercise and manifest their religion and belief. According to the Polish law, national/ethnic minorities are defined as groups of Polish citizens that collectively meet the following conditions: it is less in number than the remainder of the Polish population; it differs in a significant manner from other citizens in terms of language, culture and tradition; it seeks to maintain its language, tradition and culture; it is conscious of its own historic national community and is inclined to express and protect it; it has resided in the Republic of Poland for at least 100 years. Being citizens, minorities enjoy the freedom of religion and belief to an equal extent as Polish citizens. In practice though, minorities draw attention to problems appearing from time to time, for example, related to taking days off from work and school during the period of religious holidays.