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US Ambassador Mark Brzezinski paid a farewell visit to mayor Aleksander Miszalski on 12 December 2024. Also present at the meeting was US Consul General in Kraków Ms. Erin Nickerson.

On 10 December, Mayor Aleksander Miszalski received a visit from Rachel Launey, Director of the British Council Poland, and Alicja Grymek, Head Education British Council Poland, who leads the Kraków branch.

Time Out has published a list of the world's most beautiful Christmas trees. Kraków came top, even ahead of the iconic tree at Rockefeller Center in New York!

The anniversary of the Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology was the occasion for a visit to Kraków by the new Ambassador of Japan to Poland, H.E. Akiro Kono. On 30 November His Excellency paid a courtesy visit to the Mayor of Kraków, Aleksander Miszalski.

On 15 November 2024 the Israeli Ambassador to Poland, H.E. Dr Yacov Livne, met for the first time with Kraków Mayor Aleksander Miszalski.

A Christmas city break in Kraków is always a good idea, especially when the unique atmosphere is created by the Christmas market. It is this tourist attraction that the CNN noticed by recommending a visit to the capital of Małopolska. Traditionally, the market will be held on the Main Square and will last from 29 November to 1 January.

Mayor Alexander Miszalski introduced his new plenipotentiaries responsible for the city's activities in the fields of equality, culture and NGOs. They are respectively: Ewelina Pytel, who will look after equality policy for Kraków, Paweł Szczepanik, who will take care of the area of culture in the city, and Artur Buszek - who will work with NGOs.

Kraków is unquestionably the capital of the Global Business Services sector, and not only in Poland, but in the entire region of Central and Eastern Europe, representatives of the ASPIRE organization stressed during the “Beyond the Bubble” summit inaugurated on 24 October. Kraków Mayor Aleksander Miszalski attended the event.

The Meeting of Heads of State of the Arraiolos Group was held on Friday 11 October at the Wawel Royal Castle in Kraków, hosted by the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, and his wife.

During the 17th Congress of the Organisation of World Heritage Cities held in Cordoba, Spain, the Mayor of the City of Kraków Aleksander Miszalski was elected a member of the Board of Directors for the term 2024 - 2026.