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On 16 June 2025, Mayor Aleksander Miszalski met with Philippe Froissard, European Commission's Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), to discuss the challenges and commitments arising from the Climate City Contract signed by Kraków in September 2024.

Kuwait, situated between Iraq and Saudi Arabia, is one of the world’s most important oil producers. On 10 June 2025 Mayor of Kraków Aleksander Miszalski met with the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Poland, His Excellency Saad Abdulaziz Mohammad Al-Mehaini, to seek economic cooperation opportunities.

The Sustainable Night-Time Economy Commission reminds residents and visitors of the maximum taxi fare rates applicable in Kraków and encourages reporting any violations to the Kraków city hall.
 

On 4-6 May 2025 the ICE Kraków Congress Centre hosted the World News Media Congress. The event, organized by WAN-IFRA – the world's largest organization of publishers and journalists – has brought together media representatives from nearly 80 countries.

The International Relations Students' Association of Jagiellonian University invites to the XVI edition of the Diplomatic Festival under the theme "Diplomacy of Resilience", which will take place on May 13-15, 2025, at the Faculty of International and Political Studies, Władysława Reymonta 4, Krakow.

Kraków has been awarded the Bronze Prize in the prestigious 2025 European Capitals of Inclusion and Diversity Award, organized by the European Commission. The city was recognized for its wide-ranging efforts to support diversity and inclusion in public spaces, the healthcare system, education, and culture.

On April 15–16, Kraków hosted a delegation from the Ukrainian city of Sumy, which has recently suffered the devastating consequences of Russian attacks. On Palm Sunday, a missile strike on the center of Sumy resulted in the deaths of over 40 people and left another 100 seriously injured. Mayor of Kraków, Aleksander Miszalski, extended his condolences to the Consul General of Ukraine. Kraków will also be providing Sumy with humanitarian aid.