The scheme can be used by those who return to Poland after spending at least three years abroad.
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Why Poland is clinging onto coal, despite the economic and environmental costs
Alicja Ptak
Poland’s energy transition is being held back by its legacy as a major coal producer and political inaction.
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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.
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.
