Poland: defence spending record high in NATO

Poland’s plan to spend as much as 4% of its GDP on defence this year may be the most ambitious among all NATO member states, Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has said. The Prime Minister and the defence minister, Mariusz Blaszczak, visited the 18th Mechanised Division in Siedlce, eastern Poland, on January 30. Morawiecki…

Poland: more firms plan wage hikes

There is a slight rise in firms planning wage hikes in the coming quarter despite a drop in wage pressure, the National Bank of Poland (NBP) wrote on January 30 in a report. The number of firms planning to increase wages in the coming quarter increased slightly despite a drop in wage pressure, the National…