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,…
Nathaniel England The annual Warsaw Security Forum (WSF) took place on October 3-4. This is one of the biggest international security conferences in Europe, taking place for the 10th year running. Attended by over 2,000 participants from 90 countries, with 200 speakers, this year’s forum consisted of four main tracks: defense, global outlook, energy and…
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…
Polish companies from, among others, the mining and transport sectors are interested in investing in Ukraine, said Deputy Minister of Funds and Regional Policy Jadwiga Emilewicz. “In the coming weeks we hope to present their offers during visits to western Ukraine and Kyiv,” she added. As Emilewicz pointed out, some of the companies interested in…
When the US are celebrating the first anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act and achieving more than 170,000 new green jobs, Europe is still subsidizing electric cars produced outside EU with further financial support. One year was enough to create more than 170,000 green jobs in the US. Biden’s plan has succeeded, companies are increasingly…
Interview with Jacek Gbur, Member of the Board and Sales Director for Poland and the Baltic States at Kramp. What trends are shaping the agricultural sector? Kramp invests a lot in data and analyzes what is happening in the market. We want to understand what the trends are because all our business is tailored to…
Poland Weekly talked to Artur Czuba, Associate Director from the Investment Department at Avison Young. How would you summarize the first half of 2023 on the real estate market in CEE? The current results in the property investment market may not appear very optimistic at the moment, but this is only a temporary situation. All…
They operate even more intensively during holiday seasons. They use every occasion to steal your money, personal data or even identity. Think twice when you little love ones want to look like famous doll… – we touch on all those aspects in the interview with Karol Wojtczak, Head of Transaction Monitoring at ING Hubs Poland. Transaction monitoring and anti–money laundering – what’s…
Polish President Andrzej Duda told participants at the Polish-Korean Economic Forum in Warsaw on July 14 that South Korea is Poland’s strategic partner and that Warsaw and Seoul would build closer economic ties. “I am counting on a greater presence of Korean investors in Poland,” Duda said. “Poland attaches great importance to cooperation with the Republic of Korea, which…
Authors: Aneta Ciechowicz-Jaworska and Izabela Szczepańska, Kancelarie Radców Prawnych A. Ciechowicz-Jaworska, B Ślażyński During and after the COVID 19 outbreak, the way we work changed. In addition to performing their duties at the so-called ‘workplace,’ employees started to provide work remotely. Due to the fact that previously the issue had not been regulated in the…
On June 28, 2023, a conference organized by the American Chamber of Commerce in Poland and the Warsaw School of Economics took place in Warsaw. “In the strategic context the US-Polish special relationship is especially important. Business and strategic interactions are now crucial,” US Ambassador to Poland, Mark Brzezinski, said. “The Polish-US friendship has never been stronger, driven by business and addressing global challenges that need to be faced by working…
From April 26, 2023, fathers in Poland have had the individual right to parental leave, of which nine weeks a year are reserved only for them – if they do not use it, they will lose it. The new legal order does not affect the position of mothers, but aims to help them develop their…
