Poland’s parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of suspending the country’s participation in an international treaty limiting the size of military forces in Europe that has been in place since 1990. The move is part of a wider NATO decision to suspend the operation of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) in…
Poland has signed a EUR 1.5-billion (6.5 billion zloty) deal for the supply of thousands of Carl Gustaf M4 recoilless rifles and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition from Sweden, as the Nordic country prepares to join NATO. The shoulder-fired Carl-Gustaf rifles, produced by Swedish aerospace and defence company Saab, are designed to target…
A famous fast food stand located in front of Warsaw’s iconic Palace of Culture and Science is set to disappear after over three decades. The owner, who has been operating the premises without permission in recent years, has now given up his fight to keep it open. However, some local residents have launched a campaign…
Poland has signed a $2.5-billion (10 billion zloty) deal with the United States for an advanced air defence system. Once implemented, Poland will be the first country other than the US itself to use the system. The Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) – which will be delivered between 2024 and 2031 – will be part…
Russia is the largest supplier of onions to the Polish market from non-EU countries, and the third after Germany and the Netherlands. This is reported by EastFruit analysts with reference to the official trade statistics of Poland. “From the beginning of the season (August 2023) to the end of December 2023, Poland purchased 24.3 thousand…
A price war between Poland’s two largest supermarket chains has intensified after a court asked bailiffs to seize adverts by Biedronka claiming that it has been “cheaper than Lidl since 2002”. The battle between the two giants over the last month has aroused great public interest, including spawning a series of memes. But it has…
In January, the value of mortgages issued in Poland exceeded 10 billion zloty (EUR 2.3 billion) for the first time in history, as the last of contracts eligible for a popular government subsidy scheme for first-time buyers were finalised. The figure was five times larger than in the same month a year earlier, while the…