Michelin has published its first-ever restaurant guide covering the whole of Poland, highlighting the country’s impressive culinary scene. The new, expanded guide adds 92 new restaurants to those previously recognised in Poland, including four newly awarded a coveted Michelin star. Meanwhile, Bottiglieria 1881 in the city of Krakow retains its position as the country’s only…
Czech rail operator Leo Express will next month launch a new train route from Poland to Germany via the Czech Republic that will be one of the longest rail services in Europe, spanning more than 1,300 km (800 miles). The daily service, due to begin on June 25, will run between the eastern Polish city…
American industrial giant Honeywell has signed an agreement to establish a centre in Poland for servicing the engines of US-made Abrams tanks. It will be the first facility of its kind in Europe and only the third in the world. There was “no better proof of the durability, reliability and long-term outlook of Polish-US cooperation…
The Polish state defence firm Bumar-Labedy has signed an agreement with South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem setting out the terms of production in Poland of dozens of South Korean K2 tanks. It will be the first time in almost two decades that Poland will manufacture tanks domestically. The agreement, signed on April 27, formally defines the…
A consortium led by the US company Hill International has been awarded a 1.6-billion zloty (EUR 373 million) deal to act as the general contract engineer for the construction of a major new airport near Warsaw in central Poland The deal was announced on April 17 by CPK, the state-owned firm overseeing the wider 132…
Poland’s economy is 42% larger than it would be if the country had not joined the European Union, according to new analysis by the Polish Economic Institute (PIE), a public think tank. Its figures come amid growing political debate in Poland about the possibility of leaving the EU. So-called “Polexit” seemed unthinkable until recently, but…
Poland’s state National Development Bank (BGK) and the European Union’s European Investment Fund (EIF) have announced their first investments under a joint programme that funds Polish companies operating in the advanced technology sector. They are providing EUR 85 million (365 million zloty) to three Polish venture capital funds that specialise in identifying and financing early-stage…