Stuart Dowell
Founded in 1851, Wedel survived both Nazi and communist rule.
Business
Polish mobile payment system BLIK expands abroad
The system – which is used by millions of Poles – is now available in Slovakia, with plans to also expand into Romania.
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Students help elderly entrepreneurs with “Business Grandparents” social media accounts
Many such businesses have struggled during the pandemic.
Polish province had EU’s lowest unemployment rate in 2020
But Poland’s figures may conceal growing “hidden unemployment”, say experts.
Climate NGO sues heating coal producer for greenwashing products
The company says it is correctly applying the product name used by regulators.
Shoppers tussle in scramble for YouTuber-branded ice creams in Poland
Shoppers were recorded fighting to get hold of the product in one supermarket.
Why is Poland’s economy emerging so strongly from the pandemic? A comparison with the UK
Paweł Bukowski and Wojtek Paczos
The type of lockdown matters, but Poland has also had some luck.
Poland’s public debt to grow 433 billion zloty in first two years of pandemic
Debt is forecasted to reach 1.5 trillion zloty by the end of 2021.
A tenth of Belarus’s ICT specialists have relocated to Poland
The Polish government has set up a programme to help them move.
Portuguese-owned supermarkets fined for mislabelling foreign products as Polish
Jerónimo Martins claims it is the vicitim of “discrimination”
Poland aims to reduce coal to 11% of energy mix by 2040, declares president at climate summit
Andrzej Duda repeated calls for a “just transition”.
Many professions emerge from pandemic with higher wages in Poland
There has been greater demand for IT, logistics and accounting services.
Number of immigrant workers in Poland growing at “record rate”
Poland has had one of the EU’s highest levels of immigration in recent years.
Poland plans reform to decouple health insurance from employment status
Poland already has the lowest unemployment rate in the EU.
