The average monthly salary reached 8,038.41 zloty (€1,858.68) per month before tax in the second quarter of 2024.
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Facebook ordered to stop showing scam ads featuring Polish TV star
Omenaa Mensah filed a complaint over fake reports of her death on Facebook and Instagram.
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Number of foreign workers registered in Poland passes one million
“The Polish labour market is becoming more and more attractive to foreigners,” says the head of the state Social Insurance Institution (ZUS).
Poland’s booming furniture industry hit by soaring wood prices and consumer belt tightening
Anna Rzhevkina
Poland is among the world’s top exporters of furniture.
Almost 14,000 Ukrainian businesses created in Poland in the first nine months of 2022
Companies in Poland with Ukrainian capital operate primarily in trade, construction, and transport and storage and warehouse management.
Opposition leader Tusk denies planning to raise retirement age if he wins power
His comments come after a former advisor called for the retirement age to be raised, as it was when Tusk was previously prime minister.
Poland and Ukraine to open “energy bridge” linking electricity grids
The electricity interconnection between Ukraine and Poland is set to open in the first quarter of this year.
Polish government sets out plans to prevent “pathological” housing development
Many new developments contain small apartments crammed closely together, often with little natural light, privacy and green space.
Poland produced record 40% of electricity from wind on 31 December
Across 2022 as a whole, wind generated 11.5% of Poland’s electricity.
Record number of train journeys in Poland last year
Almost 59 million journeys were made on PKP Intercity, Poland’s main long-distance train operation, last year, nearly 10 million more than the previous record.
Poland approves $1.4 billion deal to buy 116 Abrams tanks from US
$200 million of the costs will be covered by the US itself as part of military aid to Poland.
Poland imported record amount of liquefied natural gas in 2022
Poland’s LNG terminal received 58 shipments carrying 4.4 million tonnes, figures that were 66% and 57% higher than a year earlier respectively.
Sales of new homes fell 38% in Polish cities in 2022 but prices rose 9%
The fall in sales, however, did not translate into a fall in prices, which rose by 9% year-on-year.
Poland investigating provenance of 16th-century “king’s sword” on auction in Germany
The German auction house says the sword belongs to Sigismund III Vasa, king of Poland from 1587-1632.
