Poland recorded a 45 percent decline yesterday in the expected influx of Russian gas. Polish natural gas network operator PGNiG has said that gas supplies through entry points on the Ukrainian and Belarusian borders have been lower since Monday. On … Read More
In his capacity of Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk has spearheaded the idea of an EU energy Union, and leading Polish politicians expect him to continue to do so as Council President, when he will take up the job … Read More
The EU should establish a temporary investment fund capable of paying for infrastructure projects worth €700 billion, Poland’s finance minister has said. In a speech a the Bruegel think-tank on Thursday (4 September), Polish finance minister Mateusz Szczurek called for … Read More
Ex-Soviet state Belarus has declared it will buy about 200,000 tonnes of Polish milk, as well as other products, the agriculture ministry says: a boon for Poland’s farmers hit by Russia’s EU embargo. Belarus has declared it would buy about … Read More
Polish economists expect the election of Donald Tusk as president of the European Council could help speed up Poland’s entry to the euro zone. PwC chief economist Witold Orłowski believes that as Poland has been one of the least affected … Read More
More than half of Poles back the government’s plan to build nuclear power stations, a poll reveals. Almost 64 percent of the respondents in a survey by the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM) said they were in favour of … Read More
Polish and Lithuanian state gas companies have applied to the EU to cover three quarters of the cost of building a 500 km gas pipeline between the two nations. The project is part of an attempt to “integrate the isolated … Read More
Poland has asked the European Commission to send a formal complaint to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over the Russian ban on imported EU food products that has hit Poland particularly hard, the Polish Economy Ministry said yesterday. So far the Commission been cautious about … Read More
As tension in Ukraine increases, the Polish government is working on increasing spending on defence to 2 percent of the GDP from the current 1.95 percent. This will mean an additional 800 million zloty (190 million euro) spent on military … Read More
E-commerce giant Amazon is carrying out a huge recruitment as it prepares to launch its three Polish logistics centres. Amazon may soon become a major employer in western Poland, with jobs available for some 8,500 people within the next three … Read More
Agriculture minister Marek Sawicki has said that cabbage and pepper growers may be the first Polish farmers to receive compensation in connection with Russia’s import ban. Vegetables that would normally be exported to Russia will have to be withdrawn from … Read More
Poland may ask for up to 500 million euro in compensation for fruit and vegetable growers hurt by the Russian import ban, depriving farmers of one of their main export markets. Following Russia’s introduction this month on a ban on … Read More
Since the Kaliningrad amber Company intends to place the export of its goods until further on ice, the Polish Amber processors and sellers think about how they might come in the future to the coveted commodities. As is well known, the … Read More
Following the decision of the EU to impose further sanctions on Moscow, Russia decided on Tuesday to place an embargo on the import of Polish fruit and vegetables. Officially, the decision was taken as Russian sanitary inspectors claim that Polish … Read More
Poland may be able to collect more traffic fees from airlines as airspace over Ukraine is closed. While the conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues and civil air routes are closed over the latter country, airlines have had to modify … Read More
Following numerous reports of African Swine Fever hitting wild boar in north-east Poland, the disease has now hit a domesticated herd of pigs at a farm near Bialystok. Two pigs have died because of the disease, deputy Veterinary General, Krzysztof … Read More
Minister of Transport Wlodzimierz Karpinski has insisted that a LNG terminal in Swinoujscie, north west Poland, will not be subject to further delays and it will open in mid-2015. “In accordance with long-standing contracts, we will be able to receive … Read More
The Lithuanian government has agreed to spend over 9 million euros on the purchase of portable Polish air defence systems by the close of 2016. The plan to buy Polish Grom (Thunder) systems was approved at a cabinet meeting earlier … Read More
The European Commission has endorsed revised legislation allowing food producers to continue selling products on the domestic market in spite of exceeding new restrictions on carcinogenic substances. However, the products cannot be exported to other EU member states, and they … Read More
A report by international advisory firm KPMG argues that the consumption of contraband cigarettes is on the rise in Poland. According to the report, Poles bought 6.1 billion contraband cigarettes in 2013, meaning that the state treasury lost 2.84 billion … Read More
