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On May 8, during the 16th European Economic Congress, during the session ‘Investments in Poland through the eyes of business. Regression and hopes,’ the panel discussed the details of a report by ING Bank Śląski and the organizer of the European Economic Congress (EEC), the PTWP Group. The report was based on 26 conversations between…
The number of people earning over PLN 10,000 (2,300 euros) gross per month increased to 1.5 million in Poland in 2022, according to a report by KPMG. However, the group of people with net assets exceeding $1 million fell by a tenth. The number of people exceeding the second tax threshold (PLN 120,000 gross per…
Fake news mainly from Russia has become a key concern in Europe, with CEE on the front line. Poland Weekly spoke with Mateusz Zadroga, from FakeNews.pl. “We could see an increase in disinformation narratives during the women’s strike against stricter abortion laws in the fall of 2020. Many manipulated and falsified narratives were created around…
In 1994 Poland as the first Central-European Country signed the co-operation agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) and in 2014 the Polish Space Agency (POLSA) was established. Thanks to this Polish institutions and companies have been attending ESA’s missions, including the most recent one JUICE – Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer – to research Jupiter…
The Warsaw leg of the Wolves Summit CEE took place on May 8-9. The start-ups that offered the best technological solutions were awarded at the Great Pitch Contest event, where Saventic, Proofminder, and FleetFox took the top three prizes. The Wolves Summit, which started in Warsaw in 2015, continues its integrated deal flow creation and…
Every festival is characterized by the soul that moves it and in the European panorama, one of the most open to the themes of social inclusion and innovation is the WeMakeFuture festival, which this year will be held in Bologna on 13-15 June. Italy is certainly not the first country that springs to mind if…
Jagiellonian University scientists have developed the world’s first method of fast identification of bacteria and fungi in photographs from light microscopes. The innovative technology was developed in collaboration with the Department of Molecular Medical Microbiology coordinated by Professor Monika Brzychczy-Włoch and the Institute of Computer Science and Computer Mathematics coordinated by Bartosz Zieliński Ph.D, a…
LOT Polish Airlines has contracted 11 new Boeing 737 Max 8 airplanes for 186 passengers from The Boeing Company. The first one is to be delivered in the beginning of May and two others during this summer holidays. Now LOT has 11 such two-engine narrow jets and the delivery of 11 new ones is to…
Building shell of Olszynki Park complex in Rzeszów has just been completed. It contains 220-metre tower with 41 overground levels that is the highest residential building in Poland and the second 78-metre tower with 18 levels. The complex has been designed by S.T. Architekci and developed by Deweloper Apklan. Borth towers contain 292 apartments, the…
From simple transactional tasks to complex knowledge-based processes – the business services sector will tell the story of growth-oriented transformation On June 3-5, in the ICE Kraków Congress Centre, the ABSL Summit will bring together more than 1,400 business leaders, government officials, experts and economists from around the world. Dozens of debates and meetings will…
PricewaterhouseCoopers produced the report “The Economic Impact of a Westinghouse AP1000 Reactor Project in Poland” for Westinghouse and its owners, Brookfield and Cameco. According to the report, six Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear power units will produce more than $30bn of GDP impact and their subsequent operation would generate $9.5bn in GDP annually. In November 2022 Poland…
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched the world’s first regional Clean Energy Training Center in Warsaw to help start Poland’s domestic nuclear energy program. The center will serve Poland and broader Central European region as a training hub for countries considering new or expanded nuclear reactor deployment. The first training session was launched at Warsaw Technical University in cooperation with the…