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Poland’s elections to the European Parliament will take place on June 9, the third in an electoral marathon, following parliamentary elections last fall and local elections in April. If April’s elections were a mini-plebiscite on the first few months of the post-Law and Justice (PiS) government, a coalition led by Civic Coalition (KO) leader, Donald…
Poland and Korea were both ruled by foreign powers at the start of the 20th century, Poland partitioned between Austria, Germany and Russia, and Korea under Japanese rule. Such shared histories of external oppression are clearly a factor that brought the two nations closer together after the Cold War. Today Korea and Poland have a…
Terra Electrorecycling, part of the Elemental Group, has opened a modern e-waste processing plants in Poland in Grodzisk Mazowiecki. The new installation will enable the processing of 100 refrigerators per hour, regardless of the type of refrigerant used in the construction of the device. The older technology allowed for the processing of 60 freon or…
Age no longer bothers companies Every fifth employer (22%) plans to employ seniors, according to a study by the Progres Group. This number may increase if the Polish government’s plans to offer subsidies to companies for employing an older person looking for a job, e.g. a retiree, come into force. There is no shortage of…
Warsaw Chopin Airport was established 90 years ago. For years, it has remained a window to the world and the main Polish transfer hub. It is also the largest airport in Central and Eastern Europe. What are the biggest challenges it has to face and what will its future look like? The management board of…
On Wednesday, 24th April, the European Parliament approved construction of Poland’s Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) in the Trans-European Transport Network TEN-T. The Regulation on the network development was passed by overwhelming majority of 565 votes will enter into force 20 days after publication in the Official Journal. By adopting it the Parliament updated the EU’s…
Challenges in the IT industry through the eyes of a recruiter from Michael Page Poland is a significant player on the international stage in the IT industry, especially in the areas of artificial intelligence, big data or machine learning. These are at the same time the fastest growing and key areas today, generating new opportunities,…
Better sentiment among entrepreneurs, the results of a 2024 business survey suggest. Poland among the three best-rated investment locations. Entrepreneurs are looking to the future with more optimism than in the past several months. This applies both to the prospects for their own businesses and the economy as a whole. Government decisions related to the…
A report by the Polish Economic Institute (PIE) – ‘Work-life balance and flexible forms of work organization’ – shows that Poles work an average of 40.4 hours a week, 3 hours longer than the EU average and 8 hours longer than in the Netherlands, where working hours are the shortest in Europe. At the same…
Elemental Strategic Metals, based in Zawiercie, and Ascend Elements, based in Westborough, Massachusetts, in April announced the formation of AE Elemental, a joint venture based in Zawiercie. The companies will own 50% in the JV and will be the operators of a newly built electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling plant, which will deal with dismantling,…
TRUMPF Huettinger, a leader in modern technologies, has opened a new building of the research and development center in Zielonka near Warsaw. The expanded TRUMPF Huettinger R+D center now covers 3,800 sq m. modern space, half of which is dedicated to advanced laboratories. The remaining part of the facility includes offices, workshops, a warehouse, assembly…
As far-right groups across Europe build on anti-immigration sentiment and doubts over the EU’s climate policy in the run-up to European Parliamentary elections in June, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, arrived in the capital of Silesia, Katowice, for the 16th European Economic Congress in Katowice on May 7 to present her…