Inflation reached 4.2% in July – the highest level this year – accelerating from 2.6% in June.
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Swiftmania hits Warsaw with Eras Tour concerts expected to bring city €44 million
Accommodation prices in Warsaw have soared this week for the nights of Taylor Swift’s three concerts.
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Poland’s first eco sex shop aims to sell organic toys and educate customers
The owner hopes the shop will help change attitudes towards sex in Poland.
The rise and fall of Poland’s once richest man
Maria Wilczek
In the latest blow, Leszek Czarnecki’s beleaguered Idea bank will be swallowed up by a state-owned rival.
Privatisation in Ukraine offers a historic opportunity for Polish companies
Paweł Musiałek and Michał Wojtyło
Strengthened Polish-Ukrainian cooperation at economic level can bring mutual benefits.
Notes from Poland’s most-read stories of 2020
Our most popular article from each month of a memorable year.
Fiat Chrysler to invest €166 million in Polish car factory
The plant will make new hybrid and electric models of Jeep, Fiat and Alfa Romeo cars.
Coal stockpiles grow in Poland amid lockdown, rising electricity imports and shift to cleaner energy
Demand for Poland’s coal-fired electricity is dwindling.
Poland’s thriving video game industry is ready to step out of CD Projekt’s shadow
Marcin Lewandowski
Negative interest rates introduced by a Polish bank for first time
Poland’s banking sector has been hit hard by the pandemic.
What does Polish state oil firm’s media takeover mean? Five expert views
Agnieszka Wądołowska
Orlen is buying hundreds of local newspapers and websites from their German owner.
85% of Poland’s eastern migrant workers not going to homeland for Christmas
The most common reason for remaining in Poland over the holidays was to work.
Polish government abandons promise to fully compensate “every family” for electricity price rises
It will instead help only “the most vulnerable consumers”.
Despite pledge to abandon coal, Poland plots new mines
Katarzyna Kojzar
The planned new mines could cause huge environmental damage.
