Uniting Nations: Culture and sustainable development
With the international meeting held in Istanbul in November 2022, the International Committee of Sustainable Thematic Film Festivals (CINETOUR) was established, with the support of UNESCO, Foundation for United Nations SDG and the Council of Europe. The CINETOUR committee, which aims to bring together thematic film festivals, directors, artists, media-culture-art representatives and many important personalities…
Wind blows in the right direction
Sylwia Ziemacka talked to Elro van den Burg, Project Initiator of Linked by Offshore Wind. You are the initiator of an organization called Linked by Offshore Wind. Can you tell us more about the background of creating this organization. What type of companies are a part of Linked by Offshore Wind and what are you…
Aid to earthquake victims in Türkiye
Poland Weekly expresses its solidarity with all those who suffered as a result of devastating earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria. At the request of His Excellency Cengiz Kamil Fırat, the Ambassador of Türkiye in Poland, below we publish information about collection of aid for the victims. On February 6, two devastating earthquakes hit southeast of…
Innovation in Poland’s modern business services sector
ABSL’s Modern Business Services Sector in Poland 2022 report confirms that the sector continues to stand out from other industries due to its high level of innovation. More than 72 percent of the sector’s representatives in Poland declared that they had introduced innovations in the last three years, compared to the enterprise sector average of…
Highlights from the Railway Direction Days 2023
Almost 4,500 km of High Speed Railway lines are planned for the Three Seas Region. The first sections should be launched as early as 2028. During Railway Direction Days in Warsaw, a cooperation agreement was signed by representatives of Centralny Port Komunikacyjny, Rail Baltica and Správa železnic. According to the investor schedules, by 2028, the…
Learning to deal with labor market uncertainty
Sylwia Ziemacka talked to Cezary Maciołek, President of the Progres Group. The labor market seems to be doing quite well considering the current unemployment rates, despite the many challenges we face. What are the expected employment projections in 2023? The International Labor Organization (ILO) predicts that the level of employment in the world will increase…
Revolution in the drug discovery process in the biotechnology market
Sylwia Ziemacka talks to Janusz Homa, CEO & Co-Founder of Ardigen S.A. What is Ardigen’s profile? What exactly do you do? A significant problem in modern pharmaceuticals and biotechnology is the growing cost of discovering and bringing a new drug to market – estimated at $2.6 billion. Conversely, there are many unmet clinical needs that…
Securing a good life, with a little help
Poland Weekly talked to Anna Suwalska MD, PhD, a Sense Med Concept expert, about her New Year’s resolution, life in harmony and a holistic approach to health. The beginning of the year is a good time to talk about resolutions and goals for the New Year. Where is mental and physical health on the list…
Startups in Poland
Only 7 per cent of start-ups at the time of the survey felt a decline in foreign investors’ interest in the Polish market. A much larger proportion (38 per cent) had not yet felt such a negative trend. More than one in two startups, however, gave the answer “difficult to say”, which may herald a…