Frank Gardner, the BBC’s security correspondent, was on a short-haul flight from Warsaw to London.
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Polish media giant sees share price plunge amid reports of feud between founder and children
The conflict reportedly centres around the new wife of billionaire Zygmunt Solorz, one of Poland’s richest people.
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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.
Polish oil giant Orlen accused of inflating fuel prices
Wrocław’s public transport authority and opposition parties have called for an investigation into the “thieving monopoly” of Orlen.
Poland freezes gas prices in 2023 for households, schools, hospitals and churches
Maximum gas prices will remain the same in 2023 as they were in 2022, preventing a threefold increase.
Inflation dampens Poles’ Christmas cheer
Alicja Ptak
“People are now buying individual branches rather than whole Christmas trees.”
Poland has installed third most solar capacity in EU this year
“Poland’s solar performance has been remarkable,” writes industry body SolarPower Europe.
Poland has EU’s third lowest share of IT professionals in workforce
Polish IT firms say that they find over 40% of their vacancies hard to fill, a new report has found.
Supermarket encourages Polish shoppers to buy “imperfect vegetables” for Christmas
“They look different but taste the same. Don’t waste food and support Polish farmers before Christmas.”
Poland records EU’s second-largest improvement in VAT collection
Poland closed its VAT gap by 9.1 percentage points between 2016 and 2020, equal with Hungary and behind only Latvia.
Rural standards of living should match central Warsaw, says ruling party in appeal for rural vote
Law and Justice (PiS) has launched a renewed appeal to the Polish countryside ahead of next year’s elections.
Mercedes investing €1 billion in Poland to build first electric-only van plant
The new factory in Poland will be Mercedes-Benz’s first to exclusively produce electric vans.
