Jo Harper
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Jo Harper is a British national with a 20-year freelance journalistic career in Poland, Germany and the UK, writing for Deutsche Welle, Politico, the BBC, the Daily Mirror, Gazeta Wyborcza, Polityka, New Eastern Europe and Forbes. He is a published author of books on Polish affairs and holds a PhD from the London School of Economics.
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Will Poland profit from rebuilding Ukraine?
The issue of whether Polish businesses will profit from post-war reconstruction of Ukraine raised its head again recently. The picture is perhaps not as...
What’s happening on Poland’s Belarusian border?
The recent death of a Polish soldier stabbed at the fence by a Moroccan migrant has put the already fraught Poland-Belarus border area under...
How Poland stands in the AI-era
Can the process of Polish convergence at its current pace be sustained, or is it just a historical anomaly, and how does AI affect ...
Investment in Poland at a crossroads
On May 8, during the 16th European Economic Congress, during the session ‘Investments in Poland through the eyes of business. Regression and hopes,’ the...
Concerning fake news
Fake news mainly from Russia has become a key concern in Europe, with CEE on the front line. Poland Weekly spoke with Mateusz Zadroga,...
Poles at the polls: Europe awaits
Poland’s elections to the European Parliament will take place on June 9, the third in an electoral marathon, following parliamentary elections last fall and...
Asia’s Poland meets Europe’s Korea
Poland and Korea were both ruled by foreign powers at the start of the 20th century, Poland partitioned between Austria, Germany and Russia, and...
Can the Von der Leyen plan save Europe?
As far-right groups across Europe build on anti-immigration sentiment and doubts over the EU’s climate policy in the run-up to European Parliamentary elections in...
Dominika Kulczyk firm to raise 3.4 billion zl for green investments
A company owned by Dominika Kulczyk plans to raise up to 3.4 billion zlotys for green investments from the market, with most of the...
Maspex to spend a fortune on investments
The Group plans to invest 650 million zlotys on the development of production and logistics. One of the largest food companies in Central and...
Assembly of Chinese e-cars in Tychy to start begin
Reuters reported that the assembly of SKD Chinese Leapmotor cars is to start in Tychy in the second quarter of this year. There is...
Baltic Offshore Service Solution plans expansion
Baltic Offshore Service Solution is the name of the service company established by partners developing the Baltic Power offshore wind farm.The service company was...
VAT reduction on food to be lifted
Poland’s government will end 0% VAT on food introduced two years ago to help soften the blow of soaring inflation. The finance ministry said...
Polish e-commerce giant Allegro expands brand to Slovakia
Polish e-commerce giant Allegro – a leading player on the domestic market – has expanded its brand to a third country in the region...
Moody’s confirms Poland’s rating at A2
Moody's confirmed Poland's long-term foreign currency rating at the "A2" level, and its outlook remains stable, the agency said in a statement.The stable rating...
Weighing Tusk’s first 100-days
The largest ruling coalition party Civic Coalition (KO) laid out 100 things it would do in its first 100 days of government – how...