Polish e-commerce giant Allegro – a leading player on the domestic market – has expanded its brand to a third country in the region after launching the Allegro.sk shopping platform in Slovakia. Allegro, also one of Europe’s largest e-commerce platforms, has since 2022 been operating in Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Croatia under different…
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 outlook is supported by the significant improvement in relations with the EU since the change of government in December 2023. “In addition to unlocking significant EU funds, this has already…
On 20 March the Polish Minister of Digitalisation and the Minister of Science and Higher Education signed the European Declaration on Quantum Technologies of December 2023, also known as the Quantum Pact, already jointed by 18 EU Member States. The Quantum Pact expects all the European quantum computers to be connected within one network. The…
When Poland became a member state of the European Union on May 1, 2004, Warsaw was perhaps still a somewhat distant destination for many in Brussels. But 20 years down the line and Poland’s capital has come to represent a new center on the map of the EU. Poland’s economic dynamism and more recently its…
The leasing industry is one of the engines of the Polish economy, says Monika Constant, president of the Polish Leasing Association. It finances almost 30% of investment outlays and is the preferred form of financing for the SME sector, which generates nearly 50% of GDP, according to a report prepared by the Polish Leasing Association…
According to “Loud & Clear,” an annual report on music royalties, Spotify released data on Polish artists’ revenues from the platform for 2023 for the first time. In total, last year they amounted to over 150 million zlotys, an increase of 20% compared to 2022. For the past 11 years, Spotify has actively participated in…
On March 12, 1999, in the city of Independence in the US, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright formally received the document ratifying our access to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. This was an unequivocal and clear declaration, in which a free and democratic Poland set out the vision of its security and the way in…
Industrial production in February 2024 increased by 3.3% compared to the previous year. On a monthly basis, it increased by 0.7%, according to the Central Statistical Office. In February, sold industrial production was higher by 3.3% compared to February last year, when there was a decrease of 1.6% compared to the same period of the…
The prices of investment land are stimulated by the very limited supply of plots in attractive locations in the largest agglomerations in the country. Recently, there have been major changes on the investment land market in Poland. The expectations of plot owners are still high, however buyers are willing to pay more for plots that…
The Polish care industry remains a European leader during the crisis – optimistic perspectives, transitional difficulties. Year by year, there is an increasing demand for home care services in the European Union as the European population continues to age rapidly. According to data from the Central Statistical Office (Główny Urząd Statystyczny – GUS), Poland’s demographic…
According to Central Statistical Office (GUS) data, Poland had a foreign trade surplus of €10.5 billion in 2023, with the country’s largest partner again Germany. Although Poland had a trade surplus in many regions, a foreign exchange deficit of €79.3 billion in trade with China stood out. According to the report presented by GUS on…
The global real estate market is slowly recovering from the turbulence of recent years, and MIPIM 2024, organized for the 33rd time from March 12 to 15, 2024 at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, has attracted the world’s most important players in the industry, as well as investors, bankers and politicians – including office…
