2024 was the 12th year in a row in which deaths have exceeded births.

2024 was the 12th year in a row in which deaths have exceeded births.
The rebound followed a period of slow growth in 2023, when GDP expanded by just 0.1%.
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It also urges Poland to fulfil milestones agreed to unlock billions in post-pandemic recovery funds.
“We cannot invest where regulations outright stifle investment processes,” said the CEO of Polish state energy giant Orlen in Prague.
Grants of up to €250,000 will help agricultural producers weather increases in fertiliser prices and the lack of stability on the market.
Until now, succession at family businesses could be costly, difficult and time consuming.
PSL’s leader said the agreement would be voluntary but did not answer whether doing so would be a condition for standing on the party’s electoral lists.
EuRoPol Gaz is demanding a payment of lost transmission fees after Gazprom halted supplies last year.
Councillors in Kraków voted to ban sales between midnight and 5.30 a.m.
They argue that the technology, which is still in development, is not sufficiently tested and produces large amounts of nuclear waste.
“Unfortunately we will encounter such provocations,” said the Polish government spokesman.
Ukraine announced it would stop requiring permits from Polish firms, but the protesters insist on the reinstatement of old, pre-war rules.
“It shows zero respect for the dead, after all this is the biggest cemetery in the world.”
The proposal comes as six rebel judges refuse to rule on a key law for the ruling party.