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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Woshwosh makes a splash
Data from the European Commission show that since 1996 the amount of clothing purchased in the EU per person has increased by 40%. Annually,...
Sweden-Poland trade on the upside
Sales of goods between Poland and Sweden have increased by 400% since Poland joined the EU in 2004. Today, Poland ranks tenth among Sweden's...
Poland combats flood impactÂ
Prime Minister Donald Tusk on September 18 announced a state of natural disaster in the flooded areas of southern Poland after at least five...
Poland and India renew an old relationship
Poland and India have upgraded their diplomatic relationship to the level of strategic partnership, Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced during a visit to Warsaw...
Kielce defense fair attracts global big shots
Andrzej Duda, for his last time as president, took part in the International Defence Industry Exhibition (MSPO) in Kielce in early September, one of...
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...