Housing prices rose by 17.7% year-on-year in Poland in the second quarter of this year compared to an EU average of 2.9%.
Alicja Ptak
Recruitment for “Ukrainian Legion” begins in Poland
Ukrainians living abroad will be trained and equipped by Poland then sent to help defend their homeland.
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Polish energy giant Orlen eyes acquisition of troubled fertilizer plant from Azoty
Orlen has been taking over state competitors at a rapid pace in recent years in a bid to become a global player.
Costa del Pole: Polish buyers snapping up record amounts of property in Spain
Alicja Ptak
In 2022, Poles bought almost 3,000 properties in Spain, 160% more than a year earlier.
Members of the Polish state TV board submit complaint over its “biased” coverage of opposition march
TVP’s news coverage regularly described Sunday’s anti-government demonstration as a “march of hate”.
Poland’s disciplinary system for judges infringed European law, finds EU court
The ruling ends a long-running case that has seen Poland fined over half a billion euros.
Cat carer ordered to remove enclosure from city-owned garden despite neighbours’ support
“If we agreed to the enclosure for cats, we would then also have to allow for unsightly fences or wooden bike sheds,” says the building’s manager.
Poland recorded EU’s largest emissions decline in 2022
Poland produced almost 8 million tonnes less of CO2 equivalent last year, according to new EU data.
The VoiCEE podcast: hosting Russian nukes “destroys our sovereignty,” says Belarus opposition leader
Alicja Ptak
In this episode, Pavel Latushka discusses the increasingly close cooperation between Belarus and Russia
PepsiCo opens 1 billion zloty snack plant in Poland
The facility is PepsiCo’s first in the EU designed to measure CO2 emissions, with the aim of achieving net zero emissions by 2035.
Inflation slows in Poland to lowest level in over a year
The Polish Economic Institute estimates inflation will fall to single-digit levels around October this year.
Poland and Germany agree to strengthen border security to curb irregular migration
The governments say, however, that there is “currently no justification for reintroducing border controls” as two German states requested.
Poland sanctions 365 Belarusians and bans Belarusian and Russian trucks
The sanctions come in response to Belarus’s Supreme Court upholding the eight-year prison sentence against Andrzej Poczobut.
Majority of Poles support construction of small nuclear reactors
But support falls to 45% when Poles are asked if they would want a small nuclear reactor in their local area.
