Meanwhile, Kraków and Wrocław also placed in the top three for cities of their size.
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Cigarette smugglers turn to balloons amid Poland-Belarus border clampdown
One of the side effects of the migration crisis on the Belarus border has been a major decline in the number of cigarettes being smuggled into Poland.
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Polish chemicals group Azoty notifies prosecutor over contract with PiS-era foundation
Grupa Azoty says its inability to withdraw funding for the Polish National Foundation caused “damage of great magnitude to the company”.
4.5 million Poles blocked their identity number to protect against fraud
Since June, all financial institutions have been obliged to check the status of a PESEL number before granting a loan or signing a contract.
Poland’s largest and most advanced satellite reaches orbit
The satellite will provide high resolution images that can be used by various sectors, from agriculture to the military.
Polish business groups urge government to “support legal, sustainable labour immigration”
Poland’s demographic situation means “there will be too few of us” to supply the labour market, say the business groups.
Polish post office to offer redundancy to 15% of staff as part of “transformation plan”
The plan will also involve modernising IT systems, logistics processes and the sales network.
Poland records EU’s fastest GDP growth
“We are better than all the big EU countries, and we beat the Germans by a long shot,” declared Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Poland signs $10 billion deal with US for 96 Apache attack helicopters
The deal will make Poland the second largest user of these helicopters in the world, after only the US itself.
Atlético Madrid announce Polish delivery firm InPost as new sponsor
The agreement will see the firm’s famous parcel delivery lockers installed at the Metropolitano stadium in the Spanish capital.
Poland extends reward of free apartments to Olympic silver medalists after winning only one gold
Boxer Julia Szeremeta, canoeist Klaudia Zwolińska and cyclist Daria Pikulik will benefit from the decision.
Poland records OECD’s highest growth in real household income
Poland’s growth of 10.22% was well above the OECD average of 0.92%
Poland signs $1.2bn deal to produce launchers for Patriot missile systems
The deal shows that “Poland is among those countries in Europe that have the greatest trust from the United States”, says the defence minister.
Wages grow in Poland at fastest rate in at least two decades
The average monthly salary reached 8,038.41 zloty (€1,858.68) per month before tax in the second quarter of 2024.
