Adam Szlapka, the new minister for European Union affairs, has said Poland is actively pursuing the unlocking of billions of euros in European money, emphasising the need for swift action and comprehensive rule of law changes. Szlapka is the new EU minister in the Donald Tusk government sworn-in by President Andrzej Duda on December 13.…
Poland will receive over CHF 320 million from the next edition of the Swiss-Polish Cooperation Programme to improve the life in smaller towns and facilitate research. Malgorzata Jarosinska-Jedynak, the minister for development funds and regional policy, announced that the second edition of the Swiss-Polish Cooperation Programme would cover two initiatives. First, the Polish-Swiss Programme for…
Donald Tusk, Poland’s new prime minister, has said that future of the Central Transportation Hub (CPK), the former government’s flagship project, will be determined in a transparent way. The financing of the CPK, a plan for a new airport with road and rail links to be located in the centre of the country, worth PLN…
Inflation is Poland is continuing to fall and is on its way to hitting the central bank’s (NBP) inflation target, Adam Glapinski, the bank’s governor, has said. Glapinski was speaking a day after the Monetary Policy Council (MPC) left the reference interest rate unchanged at 5.75%. Inflation in Poland now stands at 6.5% having hit…
LOT Polish Airlines is the world’s third best airline in 2023, according to the AirHelp Score ranking. The airline trailed Qatar Airways and Eurowings in the rating, which was based on three factors: punctuality, passenger reviews, and fair treatment when problems arose. LOT outperformed Etihad Airways (4th), United Airlines (10th) and KLM (16th). Germany’s Lufthansa…
Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on December 4 that Poland would again demand the renewal of permits restricting the transit of Ukrainian truckers across the border. Poland will very strongly and unequivocally demand the restoration of transport permits for Ukrainian drivers, Morawiecki has told reporters. The EU entry permit scheme for Ukrainian drivers was canceled…
Following agreements between the Ministry for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Poland and the Lubelskie Voivodeship, the Uhryniv-Dolhobyczow border crossing point was opened for empty trucks. This is a joint checkpoint on the Polish side, which usually operated only for cars and buses. Starting from December 4, trucks…