Bioseco wins German-Polish Business Award
Bioseco – a technological R&D company specializing in the development of innovative devices for the automatic detection of birds in the airspace of wind farms and airports – won the fourth edition of the Polish-German Economics Award in Warsaw on October 17. The company won among five finalists representing new technologies and innovations. This year,…
Science, technology and longevity
Sylwia Ziemacka talks to dr n. med. Robert Jarema, Medical Director at theLongevity Center and Aubrey de Grey, PhD, President and CSO, LEV Foundation. Robert is a physician with more than 25 years of clinical experience, specializing in urology, andrology, infertility treatment and male hormone therapy. His work focuses on assessing the biological age of…
Reskilling in Tech & empowerment for women
Welcome to the next episode of StartUP with Poland. This time,Tessa McIver talks to Joanna Pruszynska-Witkowska. Joanna is co-founder of Future Collars, a digital platform that empowers individuals to upskill and reskill for tech jobs. With over 20 years of experience in communications, Joanna began her career as an executive at Leo Burnett and Havas…
Container terminal in Świnoujście gets green light
The project to build a container terminal in Świnoujście in northwest Poland has reached an important milestone with a positive environmental decision. The document was issued by the Regional Directorate for Environmental Protection in Szczecin, following a thorough analysis of the potential impact of this investment on the surrounding environment. The assessment process also included…
Attracting foreign students to Poland
Following the progress in the number of foreign students in Poland, Collegium Civitas’ Vice-Rector for International Relations Katarzyna Maniszewska spoke with Erol Dzhelik from Poland Weekly. Are Polish universities active in attracting foreign students? Yes, they are. Not all of them of course, but there is a growing interest in internationalization among Polish Higher Education…
Big money not all candidates expect in IT industry
IT workers in Poland are still focused on above-average salaries, especially those in programming. Salary is the leading factor determining a change of employer, as confirmed by the Talent Trends 2023 study by PageGroup. However, for IT professionals and programmers, salary is increasingly not enough to drive talent to change jobs. Poland Weekly talked to…
Will WIBOR loans follow the Swiss franc legal path?
Disputes over mortgages denominated in Swiss francs have long dominated a certain type of court case in Poland, placing a significant burden on the judiciary, which often struggles to cope with lawsuits filed by law firms specializing in such disputes. In Poland, a popular mortgage now is a PLN-denominated loan with a variable interest rate…
Patchwork capitalism in CEE
Below are some of the highlights from the SGH and Economic Forum Report, a cyclical publication that since 2018 has summarized the most important economic and social processes taking place in Poland and in the countries of the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region. Development trajectories of CEE countries – the impact of the COVID-19…
Real estate set to turn corner
The current results in the property investment market may not appear very optimistic at the moment, but this is only a temporary situation. All market players were aware, the slowdown was to hit in 2023. Total transaction volume in the CEE region in H1 2023 – 2.2 billion euros – noted a decrease by 59%…