A Polish Pendolino high-speed train has begun running in the Czech Republic for the first time. The development is part of a certification process that could allow Polish long-distance operator PKP Intercity to deploy the trains on international routes in the future. The train started operating between the Czech capital of Prague and the town…
Housing prices in Poland have fallen on both the primary and secondary markets for the first time in over 12 years, new data from the National Bank of Poland (NBP) show. Previously, Poland saw some of the fastest-rising property prices anywhere in Europe. The NBP data show that, in the fourth quarter of 2025, average…
Renewables now account for over half of installed power capacity in Poland, with the country’s climate minister calling it a “breakthrough moment”. “For the first time in history, the share of renewable energy sources in the installed capacity in our country has exceeded 50%,” wrote Paulina Hennig-Kloska on social media, noting that the latest data…
Almost two thirds of Poles travelled for leisure purposes last year, while almost half went abroad at least once, both of which were the highest figures ever recorded by state pollster CBOS. The findings add to other recent data showing the rising wealth and disposable income of households in Poland, whose economy has boomed in…
Poland has signed an agreement for a new anti-drone system that it claims will be the first of its kind in Europe. The network is intended to protect Poland’s eastern borders, where, in September last year, around 20 Russian drones entered Polish airspace in an unprecedented incursion. “We are creating an unprecedented, state-of-the-art system,” declared…
Poland will increase capacity for gas exports to Ukraine from the beginning of February. Ukrainian energy minister Denys Shmyhal has hailed the move as vital to help his country handle a winter heating crisis caused by Russia’s attacks. On January 27, Shmyhal announced that the two countries’ gas transmission operators had agreed a phased increase…
Poland saw the European Union’s second-fastest growth in tourism in 2025, behind only the Mediterranean island state of Malta. The figures come amid efforts by the Polish government to boost the role of tourism in the economy. New data from Eurostat, the EU’s statistical agency, show that the estimated number of nights spent in tourist…